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What does it mean?
Death is described simply as a permanent sleep.
In plain terms
Death is like a sleep that never ends.
What can you take from it?
View death as a final rest.

Where it applies

  • funeral eulogies
  • philosophical debate
  • personal reflection

Putting it to work

  • accept mortality
  • value life
  • find peace

Questions to consider

  • Is death peace or loss?
  • Does it matter what comes after?

Another view

Many religious or spiritual views posit consciousness continues after death.

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