November 08, 2025

I like the theory put forth by all of my shipmates that consciousness is the source and ground of all things everywhere. That we are the means consciousness uses to become self-conscious, that is conscious of itself. That consciousness experiences itself through our experiences. And that when we die, nothing dies, as in ceasing to exist, but that, as Einstein said about energy, "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed or converted." And if we understand consciousness to be a form of energy, and that we are all a form of consciousness and consciousness is a form of energy, then when we die, we are merely being transformed back into consciousness/energy from which we emerged.

I am a devoted advocate of this point of view and recommend the YouTube videos of Alan Watts for more of the same if you are so inclined.