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AD EXTN BEGINS
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NDE X SPRTLTY
It’s an open question whether a full and unaverted look at death crushes the human psyche or liberates it. One could say that it’s the small ambitions of life that shred our souls, and that if we’re lucky enough to glimpse the gargoyles of our final descent and make it back alive, we are truly saved. Every object is a miracle compared to nothingness and every moment an infinity when correctly understood to be all we’ll ever get. Religion does its best to impart this through a lifetime of devotion, but one good look at death might be all you need
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During this neurological twilight, Carroll had an extraordinary vision. His entire life presented itself to him simultaneously and in great detail, as if twentyone years of experience could coexist outside linear time. “My whole life flashed before my eyes, from birth to the present moment,” Carroll says. “I thought of my wife. I thought of my mom. I thought of how much love I had for them. And then there’d be a sudden rush—no, no, wake up! And I’d start trying to treat Glende again. I’m the medic, I need to survive in order for these guys to survive. And then my inner reality again: It’s okay. Let go. You were loved. You loved them. Nothing else matters. There was just this total acceptance of what was happening.
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Lord Vishnu said, “Dear Narad, imagine the poor farmer is also performing the task which is equally difficult, still, he is managing to chant my name twice a day, now tell me, isn’t he is my biggest devotee?” Narad Muni humbly accepted this fact.
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