Ah thank you for your comment Hayley, and for the book recommendation. I looked it up — “a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and to see what happens next” — it sounds like a beautiful book, I’m going to get hold of a copy. Thank you 🙏
I have wondered where people go when they pass away. I don't mean whether there is an afterlife; rather, that when someone dies they are no longer materially with us, but they don't leave us - we remember them and what they meant to us, perhaps memories of specific events or sayings. Those memories are within the circuits of our brains, a material, non-abstract 'thing' of an abstract noun, a molecular arrangement in another of a molecular arrangement that is no more. When someone passes something of them remains inside someone else.
I have no conclusion to this thought, other than people are much more than their physical selves
Thank you Simon — and YES we are so much more than our physical selves aren’t we. Memories are so mysterious and so essential, and I’m sure much of our lives are lived in memory in one way or another. The idea that people don’t really leave us is true and reassuring but also a bit heartbreaking — they are so close! And yet so permanently far! Thank you for sharing your thoughts — I’ll keep dwelling on this 🙏
Your section on ideas reminded me of this beautiful children’s book - in fact the whole series is wonderful. Do check it out https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/What-Do-You-Do-With-an-Idea-10th-Anniversary-Edition-by-Kobi-Yamada-author-Mae-Besom-illustrator/9781957891347
Ah thank you for your comment Hayley, and for the book recommendation. I looked it up — “a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and to see what happens next” — it sounds like a beautiful book, I’m going to get hold of a copy. Thank you 🙏
I have wondered where people go when they pass away. I don't mean whether there is an afterlife; rather, that when someone dies they are no longer materially with us, but they don't leave us - we remember them and what they meant to us, perhaps memories of specific events or sayings. Those memories are within the circuits of our brains, a material, non-abstract 'thing' of an abstract noun, a molecular arrangement in another of a molecular arrangement that is no more. When someone passes something of them remains inside someone else.
I have no conclusion to this thought, other than people are much more than their physical selves
Thank you Simon — and YES we are so much more than our physical selves aren’t we. Memories are so mysterious and so essential, and I’m sure much of our lives are lived in memory in one way or another. The idea that people don’t really leave us is true and reassuring but also a bit heartbreaking — they are so close! And yet so permanently far! Thank you for sharing your thoughts — I’ll keep dwelling on this 🙏
Lovely words thoughts and sensation shared here Elizabeth, thank you 😊
Thank you Liz 🧡 how kind xx