There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus.

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According to Taoist philosophy, there are souls that have never been weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy. They look forward to rotting and turning into humus. That is, they seek out their death as an adventure filled with myriad possibilities that will open up after they die. The best thing about this philosophy is that it is completely free of fear; the worst thing about it is that it is complete nonsense.

Source: The Dispossessed

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