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Afraid of death Quote by Alan Watts

“If you are afraid of death, be afraid. The point…” quote by Alan Watts — Download Open image

“If you are afraid of death, be afraid. The point is to get with it, to let it take over - fear, ghosts, pains, transience, dissolution, and all. And then comes the hitherto unbelievable surprise; you don't die because you were never born. You had just forgotten who you are.”

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