THE WAY YOU ARE NOW WILL BE THE WAY YOU ARE WHEN DEAD. YOU ARE THE SAME PERSONA, PLAYER, PRESENCE, OBSERVER, AWARENESS, “PSYCHOLOGICAL” BEING WITH OR WITHOUT A BODY. YOU ARE ENERGY ORGANIZED INTO A CONSCIOUS SELF-AWARE INTELLIGENCE. YOU HAVE QUALITIES AND ATTRIBUTES. ALIVE OR DEAD, YOU WILL BE THE SAME.
IF YOU HAVE ATTACHMENTS, IF YOU HAVE ENTANGLEMENTS, IF YOU IDENTIFY WITH PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS WHILE IN A BODY, YOU WILL BE THAT WAY WITHOUT A BODY. IF LIFE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN WAY FOR YOU TO BE HAPPY WHILE IN A BODY, LIFE WILL HAVE TO BE THAT WAY WHEN YOU HAVE NO BODY. WHATEVER LIKES OR DISLIKES YOU HAD IN A BODY, YOU WILL HAVE THOSE WITHOUT A BODY. IF YOU HAVE OPINIONS, BIASES, PREJUDICES, JUDGE, AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS WHILE IN A BODY, YOU WILL DO THAT WITHOUT BODY. NOT HAVING A BODY JUST MEANS YOU DON’T HAVE TO PEE.
YOU DON’T GET DUMBER OR SMARTER JUST BECAUSE YOU DIED. YOU DON’T BECOME LESS OF AN ASSHOLE JUST BECAUSE YOU STOPPED BREATHING, HOWEVER, IF YOU’RE DEAD, YOU ARE ONE LESS ASSHOLE.
WHATEVER LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE YOU GAIN WHILE IN A BODY, THAT IS THE SAME LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE YOU WILL HAVE WHEN YOU LEAVE A BODY. IF YOU DIE TODAY, YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME QUALITIES AND ATTRIBUTES YOU HAVE TODAY. YOU’RE NO DIFFERENT, DEAD OR ALIVE.
WE JUST HAD A BABY SAID JOE TO HIS FRIEND, STEVE. STEVE SAID, SO WHAT DID YOU GET, A SERIAL KILLER OR A SAINT? DON’T KNOW, SAID JOE, BUT EITHER WAY, WE GOTTA FEED IT. IT’S THE LAW. WHAT IF IT’S AN IDIOT, ASKED STEVE. JOE SAID, IF IT’S AN IDIOT WE’LL NAME HIM STEVE.