One of the common questions I get asked is, to paraphrase 'what the hell is the point in anything'. Usually I am tempting to make up some esoteric psychobabble about how we return to the stars, come back as a cat, or become one again with universal consciousness ... for the simple fact that this is the sort of thing my guests want to hear.
But I cannot lie.
Magic of any kind lies in our experiences now and that is all I am concerned about. I haven't a fucking clue about any after-life, neither has any other guru or teacher. I recall Erkhart Tolle, Oprah's boyfriend, a guru who has one decent message strung out endlessly, ie during times of crisis it's good therapy to focus on the present. Well I recall he was asked a question ... what happens when we die? I was praying he'd just say 'I dunno', and indeed he did exactly that, in his rather quaint way, replying, I don't know, I'm not dead yet ... BUT, then, not able to resist, he went on to explain at length with peculiar logic how there is no such thing as death etc ...
Something bad is going to happen ... we can either get used to it, meditate on it a while, or not think about it until the Doctor brings the x-ray results in ...
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