The "blind spots" and Parfit on death

I was talking with friend today and he told me that he had also wondered about what the back of his head "looked like", the ending of the visual field without boundary, and also wondered about where he "was" before he was born. This could be a common thing with people who end up interested in philosophy!

I read a neat quote that also seems rather Buddhist, and is similar to Wayne Stewart's metaphysics and Clark's essay from the last two posts:

Even the use of the word ‘I’ can lead us astray. Consider the fact that, in a few years, I shall be dead. This fact can seem depressing. But the reality is only this. After a certain time, none of the thoughts and experiences that occur will be directly causally related to this brain, or be connected in certain ways to these present experiences. That is all this fact involves. And, in that redescription, my death seems to disappear.
-Derek Parfit

This is from Is personal identity what matters? (PDF file)