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One has to come to terms with one's own mortality.
Coming to terms with one's own mortality is a necessary part of life.
And you can't really help people who are having problems with mortality,
Helping others with mortality issues is challenging if one has unresolved problems with mortality.
if you've got problems of your own.
Acknowledging personal mortality issues as a prerequisite for assisting others.
So you have to begin to sort things out,
Initiating the process of sorting out one's thoughts and feelings.
and I thought I had sorted things out until I saw this
Encountering a revelation that challenges previous understanding.
excerpt from this book,
Referring to a specific excerpt from a book that had a profound impact.
of certainty I shall remember what it said:
Emphasizing the memorable nature of the certainty expressed in the book.
"Life is not the opposite of death.
Quoting a philosophical perspective: Life is not the opposite of death.
Death is the opposite of birth. Life is eternal."
Defining death as the opposite of birth and asserting the eternal nature of life.
And I thought that it's the most profound words I have
Expressing the significance of the quoted words as the most profound on the subject.
ever heard about that issue and it really put me in
Reflecting on the attained sense of peace from the powerful message.
peace. [I felt it was a wonderful story.
Enclosing a side note expressing the story's wonderful nature.
] And that's it. What else is there to say? Heh.
Conveying a sense of completion and contentment with the message.
Life is eternal. Surely the opposite of life is not
Reiterating the central theme: Life is eternal, and death is not its opposite.
death, but life is eternal. There is no opposite.
Emphasizing the absence of an opposite to life, supporting the idea of its eternal nature.
And so, what happens is, I suppose,
Contemplating the consequences of life's eternal nature.
[and isn't this a raging
Introducing a potential description of a profound state of consciousness.
(or outrageous)] state of pure consciousness,
Adding a parenthetical comment on the intensity or nature of the described state.
stillness and silence? Yeah,
Describing the sought-after qualities: stillness and silence.
what we are looking for now,
Presenting the current quest for a specific experience.
we are searching for and we have been searching for,
Highlighting the continuous and long-standing search for a specific state of being.
now we've become closer to it and now we know it's
Acknowledging a sense of proximity to the sought-after state.
already there, is there for ever to seek,
Stating the perpetual existence of the sought-after state, available for eternal exploration.
it's there, and it's going be there, all the time, forevermore.
Emphasizing the enduring presence of the sought-after state throughout time.
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