Don't be alarmed, but the fact is you are getting old. You are hurtling towards the end of your life. At that point the show is over. The lights are out. The darkness is out. Don't expect any kind of an afterlife, a rebirth or a reincarnation. You won't be a ghost that would haunt anyone. You won't be a spirit that would continue to inhabit some eternal netherworld. You won't merge with any kind of universal consciousness. This world and all others would have finally gotten rid of you in the universal trash bin. You would be a mere memory in the minds of an insignificant number of people who would be temporarily left behind. In a short time, they too would be mere memories.
So, if you are feeling too happy or sad, fortunate or unfortunate today; if you love or hate yourself too much, ponder what I just wrote. Then take a lot of pictures and videos of yourself, and archive them in safe locations. Make some audio recordings of your voice, your laughter, and all the other sounds you make. Archive them, as well. Start writing in your free time about yourself, about your thoughts and feelings, and about your personal philosophy. Save multiple copies of your writings. Post any that you wish to share with us in this forum. They would be archived for posterity. So go. Don't waste any time. There is not much left. Cheers, Santosh
