We ask now of Death, and Death said:
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it
unless you seek it in the heart of life?
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death,
open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one,
even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires
lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow,
your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden
the gate to eternity.

For what is it to die but to stand naked
in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to
free the breath from its restless tides,
that it may rise and expand
and seek God unemcumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of
silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain
top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your
limbs, then shall you truly dance.