Meditation on the chance which led to the meeting of my mother and father is even more salutary than meditation on death. [p.277]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reflecting on the chance meeting of parents is more beneficial than reflecting on death.
- In plain terms
- Thinking about how your parents met is better than thinking about dying.
- What can you take from it?
- Contemplating life's chance connections brings more health than contemplating death.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does thinking about origins do for you?
- How do life and death thoughts compare?
Another view
Death meditation also has recognized benefits.
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