Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning - at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life leads to death, which is both an end and a new beginning that completes the self.
- In plain terms
- Death ends life but also starts something new and completes the self.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept death as part of life's cycle.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does seeing death as a beginning change you?
- What does completion mean to you?
Another view
It simplifies the complex reality of death into a neat philosophical cycle.
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