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Sometimes, when someone close to you dies, that's when "what is a person?" becomes a topic.
Some people deal with this by saying a person is an eternal soul in heaven. That's an easy and popular answer.
You could also say that the essence of a person is in their interactions with others. The impact they have had on the lives of others are not erased by their physical absence.
For instance, I can read a book by a person who was never alive on this Earth during my lifetime, and my interaction with the essence of that person is just as valid, regardless of whether they inhabit a physical body or not.
I can remember times I've spent with people how are long gone from this world. My memories, the things I learned from them, are just the same as if they were in the next room. People don't disappear when they die. People are inside you. What a person is, to you, is inside you.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio
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