death

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Death is a mirror in which the entire meaning of life is reflected

Sogyal Rinpoje

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Wallace Stevens wrote in “Sunday Morning”:

Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams

And our desires.

–M.N.

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"When death finds you, may it find you alive."

-African proverb

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Find a Better Way

Jeff Huber medium.com

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There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.

David Eagleman • Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

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Every human death feels unnatural. Even the peaceful passing of elderly relatives who’ve lived rich lives and completed the full circuit of experiences we all feel entitled to—work, marriage, children, vacations, holidays—are attended by a grief so massive that it slips our processes of rational cognition. It hits us obliquely, and never... See more

Scott Beauchamp • The Problem of Force | The Point Magazine

Faith Hahn

(1) Remember that Life and Death live on the same side of the same coin. Death is not idly waiting for us at the end of our journeys—no, it is always with us in the lives we lead now. Being acutely aware of this allows us to reflect on what really matters, and keeps us open to the new perspectives that Life has in store for us.

Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That

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Mortality

Prashanth Narayan and • 3 cards

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day

and think it is forever.

(Carl Sagan)

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