This sums it up:
# âLet us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.â
â Mark Twain
Try googling the title and see if you can access the free sample from google books or amazon
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Epic statement / state⌠LOVE it!.. 
A-ha! great hint. did it and it worked!
âThe true nature of life and death is peaceful and joyful.
The true world of peace and joy is the Blissed Pure Land.
The true source of bliss and blessing is the Infinite Light.
The true heart of you and me is the blessing Lightâ
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Amen Dear Sister
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ârecuerdame y vivire para siempreâ
-Coco
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yes!
LOVE this quote and itâs somehow aligned with a comment I shared some minutes agoâŚ
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The night I read it was the night of the day Melody died. Had a couple big Synchs. When I went to grab dinner at a food court, and sat to eat, I became aware of the music playing in the background, not a fan of the song, but it definitely hit home. Before I heard the song I was thinking of what to write on her âmemorialâ: âYou will always be a Melody in my Heartâ was what came to mind and what I settled on.
Clean Bandit - Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson) [Official Video]
âEvery Melody is Timelessâ
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I talked to an Iraq War Veteran that night. He told me he had been through a lot in the war, and came back with severe PTSD. He told me one day he cleaned his gun thouroghly, making sure it was perfect, then loaded a round and put the barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
It didnt fire, by the Grace of God, the gun jammed up. I told him he had Angels and God looking out for him. I recommended Charliesâ work. Hes in a much better place now, owns a small business selling clean food (really good karma) and is making bank!
Later that night I saw the Owl and mouse.
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deep bow to you Beloved friend 
such a Divine Sublime sync!!! 
âdancing onto your heart beatâ aligned with the drawing I sharedâŚ
in Portuguese I would say âQue lindoooooooâ 
heâs pre-releasing his book âDo the Shadow Workâ - just shared it here:
so greatâŚ
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ââ AI Overview
The Maya believed that death was part of a cycle of life and rebirth, and that the soul traveled to an afterlife.
Afterlife
- The Maya believed that the soul went to Xibalba, an underworld ruled by gods like Bloody Claws and Pus Master.
- The underworld was a dark, frightening place with rivers of blood and pus.
- The soul had to navigate many dangerous levels to reach Tamoanchan, the realm of the gods.
- Once there, the soul would descend to a lower level on earth to live in eternal happiness.
Death rituals
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The Maya believed that deceased ancestors could contact their descendants.
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To help loved ones navigate the underworld, they offered food and weapons to the dead.
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Ordinary people were buried under the family home with gifts of jade and maize.
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Royal family members were cremated and believed to enter the afterlife as sky gods.
Other beliefs
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The Maya believed that dreams could be communication with the dead.
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The Maya believed that the brain was the nest of the spirit, and the heart was the throne of the spirit.
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The Maya celebrated the Day of the Dead with food, dances, and skull masks"
" The Maya believe that the soul is bound to the body at birth. Only death or sickness can part the body and soul, with death being the permanent parting . To them, there is an afterlife that the soul reaches after death."
" The Maya were ritualistic people, who paid great respect to the destructive nature of their gods. They had many traditions to commemorate the recently deceased and worship long-departed ancestors.[citation needed]
People who died by suicide, sacrifice, complications of childbirth, perish in the ball game,[1] and in battle were thought to be transported directly into heaven. The reason a violent death led to one souls being able to immediately enter the Maya heaven is because the gods are thankful for their sacrifice to them. People who were to eventually become sacrifices were paraded in litters by citizens before their death.[2]
Before Spanish influence, there may not have been a common idea of the afterlife. The Yucatec Maya believed that there were different routes after death. A pot from a Pacal tomb depicts ancestors of Maya kings sprouting through the earth like fruit trees and together creating an orchard. The Maya had several forms of ancestor worship. They built idols containing ashes of the dead and brought them food on festival days. Alternatively, a temple could be built over an urn. In those that were sacrificed, the most common way was cutting the abdomen, and taking out the heart.[citation needed]
Customs
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The Maya dead were laid to rest with maize placed in their mouth. Maize, highly important in Maya culture, is a symbol of rebirth and also was food for the dead for the journey to the otherworld. Similarly, a jade or stone bead placed in the mouth served as currency for this journey. Due to its green color resembling that of corn stalks, burying the deceased with jade was believed to allow them to follow the path of the Maize God, eventually leading to their rebirth.[3] The practice of wrapping royalty was meant to localize their remains to a finite space. Mortuary bundles would be overlapped with depictions of deity bundles and covered in cinnabar signified rebirth. Marine artifacts in a tomb were meant to create a sense that the body has been set within a cave or upon the underworld. Bloodletting artifacts can be found amongst the dead at the Caracol site. A corpse being buried with these artifacts was to praise God Aâ. Most royalty were buried along with headdress, bracelets, and necklaces. Once a tomb was closed, burning took place on top of it to signify the soul leaving the royal body and transforming into an ancestral state. The human remains in a temple were believed to have had power to animate buildings.[4]
Often, whistles carved from rocks into the shapes of gods or animals were included in the grave offerings to help the deceased find their way to Xibalba (She-BALba). When a typical Maya citizen died their family and close friends would begin fasting and procuring goods. To which then they would hold an all-night vigil around the corpse and burn incense calling on their ancestors to watch over the new soul in its journey in the underworld. The elders would then wash and clothe the corpse; being buried naked was an insult in Maya culture. Being buried naked meant you were usually a foreign captive. The elders then would carry the corpse to the church. Elders could only handle the corpse rather than the family because there was fear of impotent taken into death by the soul. On the way to the church the chuchjaw would beat the ground so the soul would not linger on Earth. Once at the church, elders would spin the corpse several times so the soul would lose track from its home. Once the corpse was buried the family would hold a feast and abandon the personâs house who has passed. The houses of the dead become abandoned because it was believed that nine days after a successful journey through the underworld by the soul it would return to its home and sleep for nine days. It is during this nine-day period that the Maya believed they could die by the soul who has returned home.[5] The Maya associated the color red with death and rebirth and often covered graves and skeletal remains with cinnabar. The bodies of the dead were wrapped in cotton mantles before being buried. Burial sites were oriented to provide access to the otherworld. Graves faced north or west, in the directions of the Maya heavens, and others were located in caves, entrances to the underworld.
Burial practices of the Maya changed over the course of time. In the late Preclassic period, people were buried in a flexed position, later the dead were laid to rest in an extended position. In the late Classic period, the elite constructed vaulted tombs, and some rulers ordered the construction of large burial complexes. In the Postclassic period, cremation became more common. Other burial practices included bodily humanation with structures, structures directly overhead of the burial site, preferred single interments over multiple interments, the removal of skulls with a bowl or shell over or under the skull, specific skeletal position, prevailing head orientations, jade mosaic masks, and shell figurines. In Maya culture the dead would be steeled like the Hero Twins to have a better chance in their journey.[6] Most of the Maya are mostly found in Dangriga so called âDownsouthâ in the southern of Belize country well known called a unique county by the Belizean because Belize is in both Central America and part of the Caribbean.
Beliefs about the afterlife
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Maya death god in the lunar eclipse tables of the Dresden Codex
The Maya believe that the soul is bound to the body at birth. Only death or sickness can part the body and soul, with death being the permanent parting. To them, there is an afterlife that the soul reaches after death.[7] In that, deceased ancestors can still contact their descendants, answering advice when they are asked. This contact can be used at certain times in the season, or when certain family matters pertain to the ancestors. Understanding the perception of what the deceased do in their afterlife can give ideas towards what rituals need to be performed and what types of items one must be buried with in order to successfully navigate the afterlife.[8]
Reincarnation
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The aspect of reincarnation is one strongly mentioned in Maya beliefs and religion. The Popol Vuh gives importance to the Maize deity, and how the Maya people themselves descended from maize people created by this god. In the Popol Vuh that the KĘźicheĘź Maya wrote, one of the few surviving codices, it tells the story of the reincarnation of the Maize god. In the tale, the maize god retreats to the underworld and with two hero twins battling the monsters and lords of the place, makes way back to the earthen world. He is reborn again, dies, and on and on the cycle continues. In this aspect, it is believed by the Maya that the Earth itself is a living being. As they came from corn, consuming corn or having sex then brings one closer to the earth.[citation needed]
Ideas about the afterlife
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The concept of the afterlife, or Xibalba, differs between the Maya ethnic groups. Many have a generalized belief of all souls going to the afterlife, being reincarnated or having another role to participate in after death, but these ideas change dramatically with the rise of Christianity. With that came the idea of Xibalba being a location of punishment. The longer one spent in Xibalba, the worse a life they led while living. With this belief, heaven became a paradise for many to strive for. The Chontal of Tabasco are an example of this.[9]
Ethnic groups
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To the Awakateko and the Chuj, the ancestors remain in contact and have the ability to affect the affairs of the living even in death. The Awakateko believed that the afterlife is a place where all ancestors remain, and that there is nowhere to pass on to.[10] But to the Chuj, any contracts made with the dead are binding. If one does not follow these contracts, the ancestor can plague the one bound to the contract with illness or misfortune. To Them, they can contact their ancestors at altars, caves, or places connected to Maya societies. The association of caves to the underworld is one intertwined with the older Maya civilization and is an aspect continued by the Chuj people.[11]"
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Maya death rituals - Wikipedia.
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Ancient Metropolis: The True Scale Of Mayan Cities | Treasure Tombs of the Ancient Maya | Odyssey
Absolutely astonishing video.
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Part 2 of video about Mayan Mysteries
Why Did The Ancient Maya Commit Blood Sacrifice? | Lost Treasure Tombs of the Ancient Maya | Odyssey
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âThis burial scene vessel (detail) depicts the entombment of a lord. Glyphs state that he has begun his after-death journey by âentering the roadâ and passing into the underworld.â
Source:
https://www.mesoweb.com/lords/death.html
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I watched the firt half and this was a total grand slam! Dying to get to the last half and the second video!
This weekend I was talking to a stranger from Mexico. He told me his favorite spots to visit there.
Long Story short, I asked him if he had ever been to Chichen Itza, then he flipped his arm, and showed me a tattoo of the Pyramid!!!
He told me that there are still Mayans living in Mexico that dont speak Spanish, they speak the native tongue.
He also showed me a âMayan Mudraâ
(will try to find a pic)
He introduced me to his friend, then he had to go.
Before he left I told him the importance of dreams and how the Mayans knew about these sacred practices. It was one of the ways they could communicate with the dead.
After about 20min of talking with his friend, I was told that the guy with the tattoo was diagnosed with bone cancer, and only had about a year to live. He looked like he was only about 40 years old. But it explained why he seemed to really know what he was talking about when he was telling me about the Mayan Afterlife.
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UAUâŚ! exciting!..
makes senseâŚ
Yesterday found this freshly published gem - not Mayan but still very interesting information:
2+ Hours Of Ancient Britainâs Archaeological Mysteries
40h00 what was going on with their lives and deaths
47h00 @NightHawk999
1h00h01 âBizarcâ chess man
Pre-historical death rituals 1h44:00
Mummies 1h51:00
1h52:00 what happens after life . its not the end.
2h08:11 metal as religious offerings to the water.
and so much more!..
39h00 Awkward burial
1h08:30 Vikings were incredible traders! also with urban planning abilities .
1h24:36 viking gold
1h26:26 vikings trading all the way to the middle east!!
1h36:40 viking game board
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" AI Overview
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The Temple of Kukulkan, also known as El Castillo, at Chichen Itza has 365 steps. This is because each of the pyramidâs four sides has 91 steps, plus an additional step at the top of the platform.
Explanation
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The pyramid was built to reflect the Mayan astronomical year.
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The pyramidâs four sides face north, south, east, and west.
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The pyramidâs stairways represent the four points of a compass.
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The pyramidâs base is guarded by large carved serpent heads.
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During the spring and autumn equinoxes, the sun casts shadows on the pyramidâs sides that look like serpents moving down the steps."
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The guy also told me about the 91 x 4 + 1 =365 number of steps.
Very interesting that this temple could have been a giant calendar and a way to mark each day of the season, using the equinoxes to correct any calculation errors
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@BlessingsDeers
Dearest Beloved, you may deeply enjoy the symbolism in the first few pages of this text
âThe Sea that calls all things onto herâŚâ
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