The Afterlife of Billy Fingers by Annie Kagan is about conversations the author had with her brother after he died in a car crash. Below are some of the things I found interesting.
Darkness:
"Don't overlook the riches contained in the darkness.
Life:
There is no right way for things to turn out....It's not just the happiness percentage that matters. It's the music of it."
Light 1:
"This sphere is made of light...its white core turns sapphire as it radiates out...All beings on earth carry this light from this sphere within them. That's why spiritual philosophies say that we are one....The light from the sphere propels your soul into your body when you're in the womb."
Light 2:
"The Divine Presence...a concentrated pure light...calls me by my soul name, the soul I was before I left the Higher Worlds to go to earth."
Music/rhythm:
"There is also rhythm here, but it isn't steady. It's a pulsation that's constantly changing... Certain music by the composer Sibelius gives you an idea of what the cosmic sound was like." [ The Swan of Tuonela--BG--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqxHBV6eQ_U]
Tribe:
Apparently each of us belongs to a tribe. Billy Fingers' tribe is called Lohana.
"The Tribe Leaders are Beings that don't exist on earth..."
Universal Intelligence:
"...grows trees from seeds, lets birds fly,...gives birth to stars...beats your heart and heals your wounds."
Void:
"I am becoming the Allness in the Nothing. [...] That's what the Divine is--everything and nothing."
Spirit:
"From pure soul I am becoming pure Spirit. And, as Spirit, I will leave the system of earth and all its heavens and go on to another Universe."
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