The End

30 Days of Blogging: Day 15

Been thinking about death a lot recently. More so since my sister-in-law just had a heart attack and looks like she may not make it. But I’ve been thinking about it for at least a couple of years, since my Dad died. He was in his seventies and my grandfather was in his seventies so it is pretty likely that I won’t survive my seventies either. That gives me about 20 years if I’m lucky. 

I joke with my students at school when we talk about the future that they will be alive to see some of the changes: robots, AI, 3D printing bodies, downloading memories, etc., but I won’t be around to see any of that. But the reality is that it probably will be like that. I’ve also been more aware of it as I’ve been teaching my Health Class this year. Almost every day I’m reminded of how unhealthy of a life I’ve been living and while I have gotten better, I could do even more. I also think about my kids and when I realize that I may not see them married or see any grandchildren that makes me kind of sad.

It makes me also wonder if this is all there is or will there be something afterwards. I sorta believe that there is something beyond this existence and that I will eventually be reincarnated again to work on my next round of karma, but there is no proof, so what will it be? I’ve been reading recently some theories about quantum dynamics and the soul and the author makes a good argument, with some proof that our consciousness could be entangled with our past and future selves and this is how reincarnation works. Some of my own experiences have followed along with this reasoning so there could be truth there. But as usual, there is no way to find out until I’m gone.