When you are no more, only then for the first time will you be.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- You truly exist only when the ego or sense of self is gone.
- In plain terms
- You are alive only when you stop thinking of yourself.
- What can you take from it?
- Let go of ego to find true existence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does it mean to be no more?
- Where does your self end?
Another view
This contradicts biological definitions of life.
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