Death is not the end. Yes, you have heard this before. And birth is not the beginning. This makes sense only when you get out of the story of your life, for within the story, of course there is a beginning and an end. And how could there be a state with no beginning and end, you ask? Imagine a cloud in the sky. It has a beginning when it appears and an ending when it dissolves, but the sky does not. And does not the cloud originate from the sky and appear within it? It is made of the same “stuff”, not apart from the sky. And so, it is with all forms of life. You are the cloud in the sky. You may dissolve for a while, but you can always arise again and indeed you do so, as the intelligence of the sky reveals itself through and as you, the cloud. You, the sky, have no beginning and end, no death and birth. Come to know yourself as both the sky and the clouds, plural, and you will have unlocked the greatest mystery of being.

You are so very loved.

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