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“Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow” said Steven Paul Jobs on his final breaths just hours before his death on October 5th. This information was disclosed as part of the eulogy his sister, Mona Simpson delivered for his October 16 Memorial, and was published by the New York Times.
Simpson reports to the world that Steve died peacefully, surrounded by his family:
“Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them. Steve’s final words were: ‘Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”
With all of the vast public reactions to the passing of Jobs, it should be of no surprise the amount of attention and questions these final words have posed worldwide. Known to be highly religious in the Buddhist faith, and also with Jobs once describing death as “very likely the single best invention of life”, it is all the more comprehensible how blissful his passing was. But does this mean that his final “oh wow’s” signify an entering into the afterlife? Or was it perhaps just an enlightenment to the magnitude of death? Or maybe even an enlightenment of how beautiful life was?
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My response to the person who posted this on his FB wall:
QUOTE Spooky. This is giving me goose pimples! I instantly thought (from this incomplete text of yours) he must've seen something. Then the full text on bangstyle.com says he looked past them [his family] over their shoulders. Definitely something to do with the other side. Spooky. UNQUOTE
Your comment reminded me of the last few lines of a book by Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych, here is a link to the last chapter if you are interested. This translation into English is not very good though, I remember the one I read had "Death is over!" at the end, that I think is more effective.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/death-of-ivan-ilych/12/