Cosmic Honesty

I’m sharing some core tenets that have helped me, I hope they help you too.

1. I Don’t Know, and That’s Okay

I will not pretend to know what started the universe, or why it exists, or if it even needs a why.

I will sit with mystery without demanding it explain itself.

I will respect the unknowable, but I will not worship it.

2. Consciousness Is Weird, So Let’s Respect It

I have a mind. A will. I can choose things. That’s absurd.

I can reflect on my own reflection. I can imagine hypothetical squirrels running for office. This is all objectively ridiculous, and yet—it’s happening.

So I’ll treat consciousness as sacred, because it’s the only tool I have to make sense of any of this.

3. Morality Isn’t Cosmic, But It Still Matters

There may not be divine justice, but I can choose to do right anyway.

Not because someone’s watching—but because I am.

Empathy, fairness, kindness—these are the things that tether us to meaning. I will try to live by them, even when no one’s grading me.

4. Love Is Real Enough

Maybe love is just brain chemistry.

Maybe it’s evolutionary trickery.

But when I feel it, it feels like truth.

So I’ll honor it. I’ll show it. I’ll build relationships like they’re the only thing that matters—because maybe they are.

5. Awe Is Fuel

I will let myself be floored by a sunrise, a child’s laugh, a black hole diagram, a random act of kindness.

I will make room for beauty, absurdity, and wonder.

If God doesn’t speak, the universe still sings—and I will listen, even if it’s just my own heartbeat echoing in the void.

6. Death Sucks, So Life Must Matter

I don’t know what happens when I die. Probably nothing.

That makes this moment, this life, this body and breath—the whole damn thing—urgent and precious.

I will not wait for a heaven. I will try to build something good here.

7. I Am Small. And That’s Beautiful

I am a blip. A dot. A carbon-based accident riding a rock around a fireball.

But I’m aware of it. And that makes me big.

I won’t waste that.

Practices (aka Stuff to Keep You Grounded)

• Quiet time without screens. Not prayer. Just… being.

• Acts of kindness. Not for reward. Just because you can.

• Journaling. To make sense of what the hell your brain’s doing.

• Reading things that challenge you. Avoid echo chambers.

• Laughing often. Absurdity is therapy.

• Creating something. Music, writing, soup. It’s sacred.