
Ira Byock — Contemplating Mortality
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Immortal Inch Warm
The resolution comes at that moment of complete vulnerability. That's what's so shocking about it. We're utterly insignificant and yet infinitely meaningful, right then. It's just such a gift. This confrontation with death in so many ways really exposes the spiritual essence, the elemental core of what it means to be human. I wonder if you feel like the struggle will get more intense because one thing we know about science and medicine is that they will keep learning things.
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