Legacy YM

Chapter 27 - Death

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Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death." And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond; And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king? Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.


Chapter1 - The Coming of the Ship
Chapter2 - Love
Chapter3 - Marriage
Chapter4 - Children
Chapter5 - Giving
Chapter6 - Eating and Drinking
Chapter7 - Work
Chapter8 - Joy and Sorrow
Chapter9 - Houses
Chapter10 - Clothes
Chapter11 - Buying and Selling
Chapter12 - Crime and Punishment
Chapter13 - Laws
Chapter14 - Freedom
Chapter15 - Reason and Passion
Chapter16 - Pain
Chapter17 - Self-Knowledge
Chapter18 - Teaching
Chapter19 - Friendship
Chapter20 - Talking
Chapter21 - Time
Chapter22 - Good and Evil
Chapter23 - Prayer
Chapter24 - Pleasure
Chapter25 - Beauty
Chapter26 - Religion
Chapter27 - Death
Chapter28 - The Farewell

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