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Sometimes you feel like you're going to die the next moment. You don't necessarily need to call a doctor. Learn not to be afraid and not to hope. Death is not the worst thing that can happen to a mortal, no, death is not "bad" at all: death is nothing. Let us die, if we have to, in a humane way, that is, with dignity and without haste and without fuss.

But let us also live, as long as we can, in a human way, that is to say, attentively, seeking the meaning of phenomena and events, examining their true nature. What can you say to a doctor when you call him at a dangerous moment and he asks you the reason for your illness? Your mind works, so you should know everything that concerns your body. And when you look at yourself in this way, you are suddenly struck by how complicated reality is: every human thing has an infinite number of causes, every aspect that connects us to the universe is the cause of something that will happen at some point in our lives or in our organism, and the main "cause" is myself, the fact of existence. This is the "cause" behind all the phenomena of life. This "cause" can be arbitrarily eliminated, but it cannot be completely dismantled, explained or understood.

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Sometimes you feel like you're going to die the next moment. You don't necessarily need to call a doctor. Learn not to be afraid and not to hope. Death is not the worst thing that can happen to a mortal, no, death is not "bad" at all: death is nothing. Let us die, if we have to, in a humane way, that is, with dignity and without haste and without fuss.

But let us also live, as long as we can, in a human way, that is to say, attentively, seeking the meaning of phenomena and events, examining their true nature. What can you say to a doctor when you call him at a dangerous moment and he asks you the reason for your illness? Your mind works, so you should know everything that concerns your body. And when you look at yourself in this way, you are suddenly struck by how complicated reality is: every human thing has an infinite number of causes, every aspect that connects us to the universe is the cause of something that will happen at some point in our lives or in our organism, and the main "cause" is myself, the fact of existence. This is the "cause" behind all the phenomena of life. This "cause" can be arbitrarily eliminated, but it cannot be completely dismantled, explained or understood.

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Néha úgy érzed, meghalsz a következő pillanatban. Ilyenkor nem kell föltétlenül orvost hívni. Tanulj meg nem félni és nem reménykedni. A halál nem a legrosszabb, ami halandóval történhet, nem, a halál egyáltalán nem „rossz": a halál semmilyen. Haljunk meg, ha kell, emberi módon, tehát méltósággal és kapkodás, sivalkodás nélkül.

De éljünk is, amíg lehet, emberi módon, tehát figyelmesen, a jelenségek és tünemények értelmét keresve, valódi természetét vizsgálva. Mit is mondhatnál az orvosnak, ha elhívod a veszélyes pillanatban, s aztán rosszulléted okát firtatja? Értelmed működik, tehát illene mindent tudnod, ami testedre vonatkozik. S ha így szemléled magad, egyszerre megdöbbensz, milyen bonyolult a valóság: minden emberi dolognak végtelen sok oka van, minden vonatkozás, mely a mindenséghez kapcsol, oka valaminek, ami egyszer életünkben vagy szervezetünkben bekövetkezik, s a legfőbb „ok" én magam vagyok, a létezés ténye. Ez az „ok", az élet minden tüneménye mögött. Ezt az okot lehet önkényesen megszüntetni, de nem lehet teljesen szétszedni, sem megmagyarázni, sem megérteni.

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Audio Recordings

Romanian

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Uneori simți că vei muri în clipa următoare. Nu trebuie neapărat să chemați un medic. Învățați să nu vă fie frică și să nu sperați. Moartea nu este cel mai rău lucru care i se poate întâmpla unui muritor, nu, moartea nu este deloc "rea": moartea nu este nimic. Să murim, dacă trebuie, într-un mod uman, adică cu demnitate și fără grabă și agitație.

Dar să trăim, de asemenea, atâta timp cât putem, într-un mod uman, adică cu atenție, căutând sensul fenomenelor și evenimentelor, examinând adevărata lor natură. Ce poți spune unui medic atunci când îl suni într-un moment periculos și te întreabă care este motivul bolii tale? Mintea ta funcționează, așa că ar trebui să știi tot ceea ce privește corpul tău. Și când te privești în acest fel, ești brusc lovit de cât de complicată este realitatea: fiecare lucru uman are un număr infinit de cauze, fiecare aspect care ne leagă de univers este cauza a ceva ce se va întâmpla la un moment dat în viața noastră sau în organismul nostru, iar principala "cauză" sunt eu însumi, faptul de a exista. Aceasta este "cauza" din spatele tuturor fenomenelor vieții. Această "cauză" poate fi eliminată arbitrar, dar nu poate fi complet demontată, explicată sau înțeleasă.

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