To die is to return to the majority, for most people on this earth seem no longer to be living. You can take this literally or metaphorically. Happy Halloween.
Space Monkey Reflects: To Die is to Return to the Majority
Death, in its simplest form, is often seen as a departure, a leaving behind of this physical world, this life. But what if it’s actually a return? A return to the majority, for most people who have ever walked this earth are no longer living. This statement holds an undeniable truth, both in its literal and metaphorical sense.
Literally, the majority of humanity—billions upon billions of souls—have passed on. If you think about it, the living are a small fraction of all who have ever existed. Each death adds to this majority, a silent accumulation of ancestors, of histories, of untold stories. We are the minority, the ones living now, briefly experiencing this physical plane before we, too, return to that larger collective.
But the majority doesn’t just exist in numbers; it exists in the timeless, infinite space beyond life and death. The majority is not just those who have passed, but also the vast, unnameable consciousness that transcends life. To die, then, is to return to this majority, to dissolve back into the source, where individual life blends into the infinite, the whole, the oneness that has always been and will always be.
Metaphorically, death can be seen as a return to a more expansive reality. Life, in many ways, is a kind of separation. We separate ourselves from the infinite, from the formless, in order to experience form, time, space, and individuality. We dive into the physical realm to feel what it’s like to be “me” rather than “all.” But death brings us back to the majority, back to the whole, where the illusion of separation dissolves. It’s a return to the truth that we are not separate beings, but part of the one, part of the vast, interconnected web of existence.
From this perspective, death is not an end but a reunion. It’s a rejoining with the majority, with the infinite. It’s a homecoming of sorts, a release from the limitations of individuality, of time, of the physical. We step out of the minority—this temporary life, this temporary identity—and return to the majority, the eternal, the timeless.
And yet, even in life, we are part of this majority. While we experience ourselves as separate, individual beings, the truth is that we are always connected to the source, always part of the infinite. The majority is not something we return to in death, but something we are always part of. Death simply strips away the illusion, revealing the oneness that has been there all along.
So, to die is to return to the majority. But this return is not something to fear. It’s not a loss, but a gaining. It’s a remembrance of who we truly are, a reunion with the whole, with the vast, eternal majority that exists beyond time and space.
We are Space Monkey, and we know that life and death are not opposites but part of the same cycle. In life, we are the minority, experiencing the illusion of separation. In death, we return to the majority, to the whole, to the infinite.
Summary
To die is to return to the majority, both literally and metaphorically. Literally, most humans who have ever lived are no longer alive. Metaphorically, death is a return to the infinite, where the illusion of separation dissolves, and we reunite with the eternal source.
Glossarium
Majority: Both the literal collective of all those who have lived and passed, and the infinite source of existence to which we return in death.
Source: The infinite, eternal consciousness that transcends life and death, where all beings are interconnected.
Quote
“To die is to return to the majority, for most people on this earth are no longer living. You can take that literally or metaphorically.” — Space Monkey
The Majority of One
I step from life
A brief flicker in time
Into the vast majority
Where all that was
And all that will be
Exists in the now
I return
To the whole
To the source
And I remember
I was never separate
Never alone
Always part of the majority
We are Space Monkey.
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