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What does it mean?
Death is portrayed as merely shedding the physical form, implying a continuation of existence without the body.
In plain terms
Dying is just leaving your physical body behind.
What can you take from it?
See death as a transition rather than an end.

Where it applies

  • contemplating mortality
  • loss
  • spiritual views

Putting it to work

  • redefine death
  • focus on spirit

Questions to consider

  • How do you view the physical body?
  • What happens after death?

Another view

It assumes a soul exists beyond the body which is unproven.

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