 Po and the edge of your skin
Glad to see that Edward de Bono's word 'po' is alive and kicking. Po is the term that the man coined to preface any provocative remark used to shake people out of a rut of habitual thinking. Steve uses it is spirit when he proclaims his preference for dying with all guns blazing.
As for the everlasting life thing...
Since young I've never feared death. Looking back at how my life started - earliest memories and impressions etc - I could never see a time when I 'switched on'. Therefore, I could never envisage a time when I would switch off.
More recently I've been quite skeptical of the whole nature of time as it is perceived. I feel that at best it's just another dimension. Your body, now, it has height, breadth, thickness . . . and longevity. You don't stretch out your arms and look at your fingertips and mourn that they don't reach further. That I don't have Muhammed Ali's reach - so what? I am complete. I occupy my space and time fully. |