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Accepting Death & Adult Responsibility

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Here's a couple of assumptions:You are somehow ultimately physical in nature. You are your body, or you are inside your body, or your body is inside you, or you possess a body.You can avoid death. Claim: If you attach to either of these positions, that is suffering. What more, if you attach with violent fervor, you will kill in order to preserve your position. This results in more suffering.If you're unwilling to question these assumptions, then this post is not for you. I'm not available for di

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