21 Aug Koan 177

What happens when we die?

What happens when we die!

When we die we transition from “Who” we are when we are alive (in the now) to “What” we are in the time before and after the now.

The “Who” is the self, our identity in the now.

The “What” is transcendental. The “What” is God. In the Bible, God self-describes: “I am what…”.

The “Who” is an expression of the “What”. Every thing in the now is a manifestation of God.

As the “Who” exists only in the now, the “Who” is finite.

Those who view themselves as solely a “Who” die when they are no longer in the now.

As the “What” is forever and at times in the form of a “Who”, the “What” is eternal.

Those that know they are a “Who” and the “What” never die. They just constantly transition forever.