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Contemplating Death: A Secret for Happiness

How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality

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Are You Taking Your Last Breath?

When i kind of try to do these exercises, though i haven't done them formarly, suddenly they kind of shift my values a bit toward being less self interested. When we reflect on it, on ourselves, on our own death as as ignatius exercise makes us do, then it helps us think about what we should sacrifice for rit what are, what's important for us. I'm reading his memoir now, john lewis, you know, he this is my body. He put his body in front of people who would beat him at civil rights protests. And so the notion of sacrifice, i think, has really been,you know, ti sense twisted.

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