That question entered to my mind on Tuesday in the Östasiatiska museet in Stockholm. The exhibition of China´s Terracotta Army in the dark tunnels beneath the museum is impressive, beautiful and saddening at the same time. So much talent, hard work and suffering of the artist workers was needed to make sure that the eternal life of the Qin Shi Huangdi, First Emperor of China, would be as safe and valuable as possible.
Now we know that we do not need material objects to help and serve us after our death. At least I like to think that the most comforting thing to follow you when you die would be not the suffering but the loving thoughts of your beloved ones.
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