““This idea is reminiscent of an idea put forth by Tibetan monks, who believe that when you die, you should be sitting up because consciousness exits the body at the highest point, and if it leaves from your head, you will be most conscious, which will enable you to have greater influence over your reincarnation. It was impossible to say with certainty whether he had ever read or heard about this Tibetan concept, or if it came to him from another source, or if it came to him from no source but his own. “Where did you get this idea?” I asked him. “It just seems right,” he said.””
