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THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF ALL One hundred thousand years ago Paleolithic people gathered to- gether some bones and shells and created the first ritual in human history. It was a death ritual. Last week I stood on a beach with my familyï¼Œ raised a glass in tributeï¼Œ and scattered seashells into the ocean. It was a death ritual. The toast was in the name of my mother-in-lawï¼Œ who had died seven days beforeï¼Œ the shells her personal collection of mementos gathered from the places she had loved. We honored her nameï¼Œ drank to her spiritï¼Œ and symbolically released our attachment to herï¼Œ giving those lovely delicate shells and polished stones over to the seaï¼Œ over to impermanence incarnate in the wind and the waves. During the week since Eugenia died we had definitely done some crying but we had spent most of our time meeting the myriad requirements that arise in the aftermath of a contemporary life. In addition to dealing with the phone companyï¼Œ the post officeï¼Œ the bankï¼Œ and the governmentï¼Œ we found ourselves writing lettersï¼Œ pack- ing boxesï¼Œ and consoling others. Taking care of her business wasï¼Œ in a wayï¼Œ like taking care of her. Nowï¼Œ on the beachï¼Œ a finality began to sink in. She was really and completely gone. Death had come to us in her placeï¼Œ interrupt- ing the assumption of futureï¼Œ reminding us of our fragility. It was a rainy day but we ignored the gathering stormï¼Œ huddling together on the sand long after the shells and the champagne were gone. We