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I once had a colleague suggest to me that once you're in the ground, that's it, you're just worm food.
Whilst I agree with that empirically, I can't shake off the thought that there's more to life than what we measure, and do believe in an afterlife of sorts; our consciousness merging into a higher one in the form of an energy captured in our interactions on this planet, or as some kind of not-yet measured 'mental wave'
In any case, I talk to gravestones when I'm there alone
Maybe there's more to us than the vessels. Why is there something instead of nothing anyway? Hehe.
And that's pretty cool, the whole talking to gravestones thing. Maybe they're not listening but it definitely helps you think, and thinking about death keeps you both grounded and gives you a better perspective on things at least (time is running out for you and everyone you love, try to make it count and get in the f'ing robot, Shinji!). I'm sure that, whether living or 'dead', any good parent would want their kid to think clearly and appreciate life. ๐
I also think that invoking their name, summons them somehow, but I do put that down to old school home grown superstition. They don't need to see me in the shower when I'm having my daily mind defrag
I like the Buddhist logic of emptiness is no ultimate being but also Iโm a cyclical existencd