Do you connect to the universe as a whole, or do you not?

Hi. I’m from r/artificial. I’ve never been to this sub so I hope I’m allowed to post here. <br><br>Just hang on. I know what you’re thinking. This isn’t the first time someone from Chambers has posted about the universe, and it’s not going to be the last. But this post is about something very different, and it might interest you. I’m going to describe a feeling that’s hard to describe in words - the one of a profound non-connection from the universe. <br><br>I agree that the universe is interconnected, but whatever that principle of connection is, I don’t feel it. I have this feeling that I am completely separate from the universe, with no mystical sense of what’s happening on the other side of the observable universe. To me, it’s a thing outside of myself, with no real internal connection to it whatsoever.<br><br>If I realize that I am just a small speck in the grand universe, it makes me depressed. It makes me feel useless, and like my life doesn’t matter. I have this feeling of an overwhelming disconnection from the universe, and it’s not a good feeling.<br><br>But many of my friends do feel connected, and they often try to take me out of my bubble and view life from a macro perspective. They tell me that everything in the universe is interconnected, and that we are each a critical part of the web. They explain to me that life is a series of relationships between people, and that our reality is full of constant interactions. They say that when I realize that I am part of the universe, I will realize that my life isn’t insignificant, but important, because it’s a thread in a tapestry of relationships.<br><br>But none of that matters. I still don’t feel connected. I don’t care about the universe, and it doesn’t care about me. It has its own laws, and its own rules for functioning, and I can’t change it. I might be a thread in a tapestry, but I am a thread with no real effect on the entire picture. When I realize that I am a part of the universe, it makes me feel powerless and irrelevant, not powerful.<br><br>I can’t change the way that I look at my life. I don’t want to view it from a macro perspective, I want to view it from my own perspective. My life is mine, not the universe’s. So I don’t need to have a connection to the universe as a whole. I don’t need to be a thread. <br><br>If you feel the way that I do, don’t worry. It’s not a bad thing. You are free to disconnect from the universe, and view your life as yours, and not the universe’s. If you can’t feel a connection to the universe, then you can’t. And that’s not a problem.<br><br>But a lot of people can feel a connection. They interpret the universe as the sum of human life, and they see the threads in the tapestry. They feel a strong connection to it, and they believe that it is interconnected and interdependent. If you do, then that’s fine. You’re completely free to have that perspective, and you should keep looking at the universe in that way.