LIFE AFTER DEATH

man, know theyself! ~ 23 ~ like you, they would just be lifeless lumps of flesh, for “you” do not dwell in them. “You” have, cast off these old bodies and moulded yourself into a new frame. So the drama of construction and destruction is constantly being enacted within you, without there being any apparent change in you. The entity which you call ‘yourself’ remains as it has always been. Supposing you had entered into a contract with someone ten years ago, “You” would continue to honour this contract, because “You” had committed yourself to it, although your previous frame is now non-existent. The hands which signed the contract and the tongue which testified to it are no longer parts of your body. Nevertheless, “You” still exist, and “You” acknowledge the fact that this ten-year old agreement was contracted by “You” and that “You” will continue to abide by it. This is that internal human being at work which, far from altering along with body-changes, survives countless transformations intact. This proves that the expression, “homo sapiens,” far from being a label attached to a certain physical