The Cosmic Egg

I found this work of writing to be quite fascinating. When I initially read the title, I wasn’t quite sure of what to expect. Now, however, I find that this “cracking of the cosmic egg” is not as foreign to me as I thought.
The Preface strikes me as a method of deterring those who may not be as successful or willing to understand that which the book is meant to explain. Joseph Pierce explains that a group of select, so-called experts tell the people what they believe the mind to be and expect the general populace to accept it without question. However, ingenuity and true change involves thinking outside the box, as Mr. Pierce explains. He frequently equates it to child-esque or autistic reasoning, and while this may deter some, I find it to be very intriguing. I myself have found some times in my life when I wished to step outside the boundaries of normal thinking; the so-called egg that keeps one’s mind in check. Eager to learn more, I set to reading.
Chapter one speaks as an extension of the preface in a fashion, showing the method to finding the cracks in the egg. One must look beyond popular perception and believe that there still is more to discover, even in the most established of practices. I believe that my first “awakening” to this form of thinking came with my first year of college, which opened up my mind to alternate ways of approaching problems, questions, and concepts.
Chapter two has an eerily familiar tone to that of my experience in writing. As I mentioned before, my mind was remarkably closed prior to entering college. When I began to think outside of standard patterns, I found myself drawn to writing, to expressing my long-dormant creativity (of particular note, a story that I had been concocting within my consciousness (and still am) for eleven long years). Pierce explains that this form of thinking is somewhat childish, and it’s destroyed by the structured logic of adulthood. However, it is through this youthful suspension of reality that true creativity begins to shine through, as it has for me.
Chapter three stepped into a slightly more psychological tone than the previous two chapters, relating to feral children and, vaguely, the concept of nature vs. nurture. While there is plenty of evidence to support said theories of nature influencing humans solely, who’s to say that humans are above animals to begin with? In reality, we truly are an instinct-driven species that just so happens to have opposable thumbs, and consequently, additional talents such as technology and science. This is not meant to be morbid, but rather eye-opening, as this book proves. I am looking forward to finding a few more insights into the nature of reality in the next few weeks.