Dying Before You Die
Ego death - letting go of the small self to realize the True Self.
Die before you die, the masters say. This isn't physical death but ego death - letting go of the constructed self-image. When small self dies, what remains? Vast, deathless awareness. This is resurrection.
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- What Zen says about death
Die before you die, the masters say, meaning the constructed self rather than the body. What the entry claims is left over is awareness that was never born.