¶ Death
Index Entry
Death:
“When early navigating man was separated from his group by a storm, he would rarely find them again. He would discover unfamiliar places. Out of this sprung a fatalistic philosophy-- I see you now but soon I may never see you again. Thus death itself was not to be abhorred. God became the prevailing winds and currents which seemed to be leading you away. He carried you forward. One learned to release the old and take on the new. There was no basis for grief or nostalgia because you never touched upon the past again. This is the reason that the oriental feels so differently about death.”
¶ Citations
- RBF TO THE INVISIBLE SEA, p. 14. 1970
