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And yet, from this want arise fear and a craving for the future which eats away the mind.

— Lauren Brown, Marie Claire, 16 Oct.

The same mint where the iconic AA anniversary medallions were created in 1973 by Bill Westman, an employee.

We humans living on this earth Are like streams and rivers flowing toward the ocean - All living beings are heading for that single destination.

Similarly, of all mindfulness meditation, that on death is supreme.

An 1838 newspaper article from Edinburgh, Scotland, speaks of a coffin being kept in a home as a memento mori.

Al-Ghazali on Death and the Afterlife, tr.

Almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

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