while someone could tell you that you are not…

Page 156 while someone could tell you that you are not your body, death shows you. Well someone could remind you of the insignificance of the things that you cling to, death takes them all away in a second a wise person realizes that in any moment they may breathe out, and the breath may not come back in. It could happen anytime, and any place, in your last breath is gone.

— from The Landing (Death)

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Death is the great teacher of proportion. While a friend could only ever tell you that you are not your body, death proves it; while a friend could remind you how little the things you cling to matter, death takes them all away in a single second. Seen clearly, life itself is your true career, and your relationship with life is your most important relationship — everything else you fret over is a tiny subset you have mistaken for the whole. — The Landing (Death)

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