Twenty-one grams of energy goes into the universe.
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What do you believe happens when we die?Originally asked
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I like to think that my friends, my auntie and my mum are up there having a big party and that I could join them.
The worms get to feast.
Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.
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Pretending I’m happy when I’m not.
His holiness the Dalai Lama and his ability to forgive.
That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.
That my nose and chin will touch.
To have more time.
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