As Roran watched, the man's arms, neck, and chest shriveled, and his bones appeared in sharp relief-from the bowlike curve of his collarbones to the hollow saddle of his hips, where his stomach hung like an empty waterskin. His lips puckered and drew back farther than they were intended to over his yellow teeth, baring them in a grisly snarl, while his eyeballs deflated as if they were engorged ticks being squished empty of blood, and the surrounding flesh sank inward.

To see through the illusion of duality, remember that fear and darkness have no substance in themselves, for they do not indicate the presence of a second universal force, but are only names given to the one Light unperceived.

May your sleep be your death, and your wakefulness be your heaven.

If you want to see, then begin to see how you see.

We are therefore blessed with powerful minds yet at the same time cursed, not only to die, but to know that we must.

Why wait for your happiness to come from your future blessings, when this moment already has all you need to live happily?