The Whole Universe Led to YOU!

The improbable, implausible, nearly impossible twists and turns of physics, chemistry, biology, evolution, human history and more, from the big bang to your own birth

Published by Essentia Books
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About the Book

Since time began, EVERYTHING needed for your life today somehow happened — never a miss, not one. Was it chance alone?

The whole universe somehow led to you. In order for you to have been born in this life, every event and eventuality of physics, chemistry, stellar and planetary development, biology and evolution, physiology and human brain structure, world history and your own family’s history had to work out just so, just right, from the Big Bang all the way to your own conception ... bar none and flawlessly through the billions of years … if indispensable to your being. In other words, everything happened that needed to happen for your birth. Not a wrong turn turned, not one stumble stumbled, not a single miss missed, if such turn, stumble or miss would have led to the world’s missing out on your presence.

There is something astonishing, profoundly significant, yet too easily overlooked in this very simple fact, offering important clues about the nature of reality and the question, “Why are we here?” What might be responsible for the improbable, implausible, nearly impossible fact of you? Was it just chance alone, or something much more?

About the Author

Jundo Cohen is a Zen priest, teacher, and writer exploring science, technology, and non-dualist philosophy. A longtime Japan resident, he adapts Buddhist teachings for modern scientific and technological contexts. He founded the global digital Treeleaf Sangha and has worked on introducing Zen perspectives and basic ethics to AI systems.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Essentia Books (August 3, 2027)
  • Length: 344 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781806951611

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