"The instinctive . . . purpose of a funeral or memorial service is to reunite the people most intimate with the deceased, and to collectively rekindle in them all the special living flame that represents the essence of that beloved person . . . . Though the primary brain has been eclipsed, there is, in those who remain and who are gathered to remember and reactivate the spirit of the departed, a collective corona that still glows. This is what human love means. The word "love" therefore cannot be separated from the word "I"; the more deeply rooted the symbol for someone inside you, the greater the love, the brighter the light that remains behind."
from I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
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