That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried in my heart all my life.

Susan Sontag
That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried...
That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried...
That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried...
That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried...
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What inspires me to meditate on death? I really don't know. I remember a time in my life when I was very unhappy and felt that nothing in life made sense to me. I was at the point where I thought that one day I would die young and that there was no meaning in life. It was then that my mother passed away, and problems in my life became magnified.

My life seemed to be a chaos of pain, suffering and sadness. One day, while meditating on death, something happened in my mind. A voice said, "Your mother is gone." Instantly, a huge wave of sadness washed over me and all the pain of loss became a part of me.

It's since been a part of my meditation on death.

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