Alex told me about his new ‘theory’ recently. He has this idea that every night when we sleep, our soul would be transferred to a different human being, while our body takes over the soul from someone else.

Of course I laughed at this silliness at first. But then he explained how all this came about. He said whilst our souls exchange ‘hosts’ every night, they carry none of our bodily features along with them, not even memory. Therefore nobody knows about this transformation happening inside, except for some subtle feelings, like deja vu.

The brilliance of this idea, I later realized, is that it gives meaning to your loved ones. If you were to live alone daily, your soul is easily transferred to different people, because as you don’t feel much for anyone, you wouldn’t realize the change taking place anyway. You live with a free mind, without being restrained by the hindrance of emotions for others.

However, once we fall in love, our soul would be bound within whatever body it happens to take place within, and start to feel all the pain, joy, and other emotions that come along. We are obsessed with our loved one, so our soul cannot be salvaged every night anymore. We are trapped within this flesh, until either willingly, or by death we let go of our obsession. Only then can our souls be set free from our worldly existence, if ever again.

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I have been wondering about death myself on occasions too. What is dying like? Does it have to be painful? Is everything just gone at that moment, or could something be left behind?

I couldn’t help conjuring images of myself lying in a death bed, alone, or surrounded by families… Whichever the case, the pain and awfulness just linger in my mind. Is there a better way, a way out of all this?

Fortunately there is indeed. If we were to live alone, a sudden death will easily save us from all this horror. Yet such a death is not as easy as it sounds, for the essence of a quick death is its unexpectibility. You cannot know when you will die before hand, otherwise the days coming will be unbearable; nor can you choose your own death, at least for people not courageous, or depressing enough to do so.

Therefore the only way left is to let your body carry some terminate, yet unknown disease, so that you have completely no idea when the day will come. The best example might be high chance of a bad heart attack, and chronic illness / pain like diabetes is clearly the contrary.

Therefore for a loner like me, best start to eat more salty food, as salt is known for increasing chances of bad heart attacks, while not affecting much of other regular bodily functions. This way death shall be quick and worry-free, but tomorrow is always a good day.