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What does it mean?
Death belongs to the present life, not the afterlife.
In plain terms
Death happens here now, not in the next world.
What can you take from it?
Acknowledge death as part of current life.

Where it applies

  • end of life
  • grief
  • philosophy

Putting it to work

  • accept mortality
  • live fully
  • prepare well

Questions to consider

  • What does death mean to you?
  • How do you live with mortality?

Another view

Many traditions view death as passage to the next life.

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