The Actor at the Center of the Universe

Here's the truth nobody prepared you for:

You are at the center of your own universe.

Not metaphorically. Not as a self-help affirmation. Not as some ego inflation that you'll need to transcend later on your spiritual path.

LITERALLY.

Trying to be humble. Trying to be small. Trying not to take up too much space. Trying to fit in with all the other beings who are also pretending they aren't at the centers of their own universes.

It's like a party where everyone is secretly wearing a crown but pretending they don't notice. "Who, me? A king? No, no, I'm just regular. Just trying to get by like everyone else."