As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift-or curse, perhaps-of awareness about our own mortality. Everything here eventually dies; we're just the lucky ones who get to think about this fact every day.

“I have good idea, for if you meet some person from different religion and he wa…”

“The karmic philosophy appeals to me on a metaphorical level because even in one…”

“I agree--the world isn't a nursery. But the very fact that this world is so cha…”

“The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So…”