Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe … - Alan Watts

Man when living is soft and tender; when dead he is hard and tough. All animals and plants are tender and fragile; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and the tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life. This is the reason why the soldiers when they are too tough cannot carry the day; the tree when it is too tough will break. The position of the strong and great is low, and the position of the weak and tender is high.

If there was a big bang at the beginning of time, you are not something that is the result of that explosion at the end of the process. You are the process.

I am basically an eternal existence
momentarily and perhaps needlessly
terrified by one half of itself..