01-15-2011, 12:00 AM
"We're all going to face Infinity, at the moment of dying," he said. "Why face it when we are weakest, when we are broken? Why not when we are strong? Why not now? You have to face it pragmatically. No idealities allowed."
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Death is the gateway to Infinity. A door made to the exact measure of each of us, which we will all pass through someday, returning to our origin. Our lack of understanding impels us to see it as a common reducer. But no, there is nothing common about it: its magical.
Without a clear view of death, there is no order, no sobriety, no beauty.
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A warrior focuses his attention on the link between himself and his death. Without remorse or sadness or worrying, he focuses his attention on the fact that he does not have time and let his acts flow accordingly. He lets each of his acts be his last battle on earth. Under those conditions, his acts have their rightful power.
Otherwise his acts would be, for as long as he lives, the acts of a fool.
°°°The Wheel of Time
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Death is the gateway to Infinity. A door made to the exact measure of each of us, which we will all pass through someday, returning to our origin. Our lack of understanding impels us to see it as a common reducer. But no, there is nothing common about it: its magical.
Without a clear view of death, there is no order, no sobriety, no beauty.
---
A warrior focuses his attention on the link between himself and his death. Without remorse or sadness or worrying, he focuses his attention on the fact that he does not have time and let his acts flow accordingly. He lets each of his acts be his last battle on earth. Under those conditions, his acts have their rightful power.
Otherwise his acts would be, for as long as he lives, the acts of a fool.
°°°The Wheel of Time