After death, you go on a very long way, that is going up…
““After death, you go on a very long way, that is going up. As you go, little by little, your features change. Your nose and ears retract in the flesh of your face like the little legs of a shellfish. Your fingers retract in your palm, your hands rebsorb in your shoulders. The same, your feet retract to your hips and you don’t walk anymore, you just float along a red brick wall, on which you leave your shadow like a streched disk. You are so round, that you become translucent and begin to see on all sides at once. While we are alive, we see through a postal box, but after death, we see around, with all our skin. Floating and looking at the the brick wall closer and closer, we get to a round place. There, in the middle, there is a cell, for we are in a mother’s womb. We enter the cell, and as the stages of our birth take place, we can see through the eyes of all beings, of the flea, of the rabbit, of the cat, the dog, the monkey, the man.. and with a little bit of luck, we can see through the eyes of the wonderful beings that follow the human being. A dead man is now looking at you through my eyes.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
The passage describes death as a transformative journey toward a luminous, all‑seeing state, merging with a universal consciousness and experiencing existence through many beings.
In simple terms: Death is a metamorphosis into a round, translucent being that perceives all.
Key Takeaway
Embrace the mystery of death as a continuation of awareness.
Themes
mortality
transcendence
unity
perception
spirituality
Mood
wonder
contemplative
melancholic
Type
philosophical
poetic
When to use this quote
- grief counseling
- philosophical reflection
- creative writing
- spiritual practice
- death education
Key Concepts
Metaphysics
consciousness
afterlife
Questions to Reflect On
- What does it mean to see through the eyes of other beings?
- How might this vision change how we live now?
A Different Perspective
The vivid imagery may be too abstract for practical comfort, and it assumes a specific cosmology.