{"id":711,"date":"2026-01-29T10:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/?p=711"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:35:38","slug":"little-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"Little me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The universe conspired to organize<\/p>\n<p>the imponderably improbable combination<\/p>\n<p>of forces, particles, waves, what else<\/p>\n<p>to produce this self, this me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bringing forth the unlikeliest of things<\/p>\n<p>is but child\u2019s play<\/p>\n<p>for the agent infinite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The aggregation of forces, particles, all else<\/p>\n<p>constantly replaced, reconstituted<\/p>\n<p>still retains<\/p>\n<p>the persisting identity<\/p>\n<p>magically aware of itself<\/p>\n<p>The Self<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Secure in knowledge that the self-aware thing<\/p>\n<p>transcends<\/p>\n<p>after entropy prevails as well<\/p>\n<p>and the aggregation disperses in ashes and dust<\/p>\n<p>the self-consciousness knows<\/p>\n<p>it is indestructible and more fundamental<\/p>\n<p>than the universe itself<\/p>\n<p>the self, this self, my self.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The universe conspired to organize the imponderably improbable combination of forces, particles, waves, what else to produce this self, this me. &nbsp; Bringing forth the unlikeliest of things is but child\u2019s play for the agent infinite. &nbsp; The aggregation of forces, particles, all else constantly replaced, reconstituted still retains the persisting identity magically aware of itself The Self &nbsp; Secure in knowledge that the self-aware thing transcends after entropy prevails as well and the aggregation disperses in ashes and dust the self-consciousness knows it is indestructible and more fundamental than the universe itself the self, this self, my self. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.being.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}