Is it happening? I can’t believe I’m not there and it may be happening.

sorry if this is an ignorant question, but what does “going into the west”mean? is it about to happen?

In the Tolkienverse, the elves can die under certain circumstances, but they go to Valinor, which is on a Plane to the west of Middle Earth, where they can remain or be reborn until the end of time. Something like that.

ah, gotcha