My experience is that it's precisely the ones who don't know what to do with this life who are all hot and bothered about what they are going to do with another life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People obsessed with the afterlife are often those who have not found meaning in their current life.
- In plain terms
- Those who are confused about this life often worry too much about the next one.
- What can you take from it?
- Find meaning in your current life before obsessing about the next.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you seeking answers for this life or the next?
- What keeps you worried about the future?
Another view
It oversimplifies genuine religious devotion to the afterlife.
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