STEVE JOBS: LAST WORDS Last words may sum up a life as Buddha's "Be the lamp unto yourself." and Wolfgang von Goethe's "More Light!" Mona Simpson's "Eulogy" reveals that Steve Jobs' last words were "OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW." That's similar to what Edison said on his deathbed— "It is very beautiful over there." Were both of these geniuses embraced by the light as those with near-death experiences? Death may be likened to going from the waking to the deep sleep state into the zero of emptiness— cinema screen or clear mirror accepting all and rejecting none. Mona suggests that Steve's last words had to do with his "capacity for wonderment" reminding me of Shakespeare's As You Like It (III.2.68)— "O wonderful... and most wonderful" If we spell "OH" like "O" as in Shakespeare's "O wonderful" then Jobs last words may be rendered "O WOW. O WOW. O WOW." Inverting it in a mirror, we have "OM OM. OM OM. OM OM." While crossing to the other shore Steve Jobs was chanting "OM" to the Supreme Consciousness. Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, 10-31-2011

Steve Jobs in Buddhist yogic lotus posture