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Parallel Universes


 Unhappiness usually roots from the knowledge of Could-have-beens and What-ifs. There in lies the paradox of choice and free will. Conceived with the seed of a particular choice, a particular word or silence, the parallel universes develop and fill one’s mind presenting one with the endless possibilities of interactions.

When one lives multiple universes at the same time, not knowing they are different, that could be what is known as multiple personality syndrome or in some cases, schizophrenia. The only difference here is that they are not aware about these alter selfs in other universes. When schizophrenics "hear" sounds or "see" things, that may be a cross connection transmission from a different universe of theirs which the rest of us do not have access to. Who is to say that it is less "real" than anything else? Could that be a way to counsel schizophrenics?

When I was interviewed for my first job, I was asked about my biggest achievements in life. I had not planned on this answer, but I answered with "my relationships". This was in college. And I still think that that is my right answer, any day.   When a whole bunch of people from a phase in your life vanish, one could wonder- Could I have been just living as my alter self in another universe and not known about it and suddenly brought back to the home universe with traces of those memories?Could I have been a schizophrenic in my home universe? Or am I really a schizophrenic (in thoughts) in what now I think as my "alter/parallel" universe? When people, with or without their own choice, forgo a universe and accept a whole new universe, it feels strange to overlap characters from other universes. OR sometimes, it may feel ecstatic. Those are the unexpected events. Surprises.

(Originally composed in 2012)
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