I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an animal and I was Man.Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?

Jalaluddin Rumi
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I...
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I...
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I...
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I...
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One of the most famous quotes by the famous poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore means that we should not fear death because we were once a thing and it is even more natural to be a thing than to be human. We were all once animals and when we die we return to our original state. It is when we begin to think that we are humans, when we identify with the wrong things, when we forget our instincts and forget our past lives.

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