Wednesday, January 22, 2020

After-Life: What Will Persist

I used to believe that I would  persist after death as an individual, recognizable soul. Now I doubt it.  I think I'll persist instead as what the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh calls the continuation body --my impact on all those I’ve touched in ways big and small. 

It comforts me to believe I will persist in the memories of my son, perhaps speak to him in dreams.  That he will carry me inside him, a constant reminder that he is precious, he is loved.  

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