Interdasting take on the soul I just read...
So what will happen to your conciousness? your conciousness, your, not anyone else's. Well, what are you? There's the point. Let's try and find out. What is it about you that you have always known about yourself? Your kidneys? Your liver? Your blood vessels? No. However far back you go in your memory, it is always in some external, active manifestation of yourself that you come across your identity--in the work of your hands, in your family, in other people. And now listen carefully. You in others--this is your soul, this is what you are. This is what you are. This is what your conciousness has breathed and lived on and enjoyed throughout your life--your soul, your immortality, your life in others. And what now? You have always been in others and you will remain in others. And what does it matter to you if later on it is called your memory? This will be you--the you that enters the future and becomes part of it.
Excellent commentary as the original quote came from a translation you likely have reached the truth of the original thought.. Particularly since the quote was taken from someone responding to a (potentially) dying woman's inquiry.