Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Life is a process, not a thing --
> when a clock runs down and stops ticking, there is no essence of ticking
> that keeps going, the gears just stop. When I stop walking, there is no
> spirit of walk that survives me coming to a halt. I just stop walking.
Yet when one listens to a clock or other repetitive sound for long
enough, when that sound stops one continues to hear a sort of
"after-image" of the sound.
Somewhat like when someone sings a jingle and you just can't get it out
of your head:
"plop plop fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is..."
Perhaps something similar happens with the "ticking" that we call life,
and what happens after death:
"plop plop fizz fizz, oh what a release this is..."
-Peter
;-)
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