Welcome to this journey to the end.
Begin by closing your eyes and find a comfortable position.
Follow the rhythm of your breathing,
The inhalation and exhalation.
Now let's fast forward time.
Now let's go forward in time,
Make a jump through your life.
We jump all the way to the last event in your life,
Your own funeral.
It's going to happen eventually.
Who do you see around your body in the ceremony?
How does it look like your funeral?
Who do you see around your body in the ceremony?
Any of your longtime friends?
Any relatives,
Spouse,
Children,
Siblings?
Who is there for you in your final moments?
Someone is holding a speech,
Can you hear what they're saying?
How are they describing you?
What personal characteristics will you be remembered by?
What is this legacy of yours?
This is an image of where your life will lead you if you continue in the way you are living now.
After some songs and a final sermon,
Your body is carried away to be buried or cremated.
Then something strange happens.
You can begin to communicate with your old self.
Your old self is a face full of wrinkles.
You lost some teeth and your eyes are barely open.
But the old you is smiling.
He or she has some advice for you.
Can you hear what the old you wants to say to you?
What advice you want to give yourself from the end of days?
This advice from the elder you?
What would you tell your younger self after all you have been through?
Suddenly you see two faint figures appearing behind you.
There are two even older figures.
It's your mother and father,
Smiling.
Behind them are their grandmothers and grandfathers,
Each generation standing behind the other.
All who walked before you.
Throughout your life they have been supporting you,
Giving you strength,
Courage,
Love and care.
It is them who passed on the gift of your human life to you.
This gift which has been passed on one generation at a time for thousands of years.
Can you feel them,
Your ancestors?
Do you hear their encouraging words,
Just like they encouraged you when you tried to walk for the first time?
There might be pain in seeing them.
Pain from your upbringing.
Traumas that your parents couldn't heal in their life,
Which they might have passed on to you,
Just like their parents passed it on to them.
But each generation did their very best for their children.
Each of your ancestors has something special for you.
Something that put together made you who you are.
Because all of them are new.
All of them are part of you.
All of your ancestors.
Especially your old,
Wise self.
They're always around in the depths of your mind.
And you can always call out to them for their support.
