<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Living-and-Dying on Late Blooms</title><link>/categories/living-and-dying/</link><description>Recent content in Living-and-Dying on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/categories/living-and-dying/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>DEATH</title><link>/posts/death/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/death/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_4832&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;alignleft&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;1000&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2021/Death/i-PnKv8fH/0/NQ6qSVfrQdKk9pQdgFMnMsZ966pnS77BnCQ6j6XF6/D/Angel-of-Death-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2021/Death/i-PnKv8fH/0/NQ6qSVfrQdKk9pQdgFMnMsZ966pnS77BnCQ6j6XF6/D/Angel-of-Death-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ldquo;Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.&amp;rdquo; ~ Arthur Schopenhauer[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is death anyone&amp;rsquo;s favourite topic?  Death has always been a heavy topic for me and most people I know shy away from any discussion around the topic whenever it comes up.  It&amp;rsquo;s as though not talking about it will make it go away.  I&amp;rsquo;m talking here about physical death - that of a loved one or beloved pet.  There&amp;rsquo;s no impermanence about physical death.  We never get to see our loved one again in this life.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Final Work of a Lifetime</title><link>/posts/the-final-work-of-a-lifetime/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/the-final-work-of-a-lifetime/</guid><description>&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I took this image in a Chapters/Indigo bookstore in Toronto, Canada&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4 id="normally-we-do-not-like-to-think-about-death-we-would-rather-think-about-life-why-reflect-on-death-when-you-start-preparing-for-death-you-soon-realize-that-you-must-look-into-your-life-now-and-come-to-face-the-truth-of-your-self-death-is-like-a-mirror-in-which-the-true-meaning-of-life-is-reflected--sogyalrinpoche"&gt;Normally we do not like to think about death. We would rather think about life. Why reflect on death? When you start preparing for death you soon realize that you must look into your life now… and come to face the truth of your self. Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected. ~ Sogyal Rinpoche&lt;/h4&gt;
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