What does that even mean?
This concept eluded me and for a long time I struggled to grasp what it meant when my mentor first slapped me with that phrase. I thought “well that’s a stupid saying of course you’re either growing or dying that’s what life is… Everything is either in a state of growth or decay.” What I didn’t realize, is that phrase encompassed everything in my existence and there was a deep meaning to his words. Hours of meditation finally revealed what it means to me: if I don’t keep moving forward on my quest for self knowledge and continue to grow spiritually, then I am slowly dying. I know when it’s happening, because something inside of me doesn’t feel quite right.
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