Don’t worry it’s a short list. XD

Death and decay are a part of life and contains a kind of beauty. It is the great leveler, equalizer of everything. It is not something to run from or avoid, rather a person needs to face it sooner rather than later and make peace with it. It is not something to be afraid of because…

Eternity is your natural state. You were in an eternal state before you were born and you will return to that eternal state after death.

All the small, transient, impermanent, delicate, easily over-looked things of this earth are beautiful and important when looking at the earth as a whole. And people and all they’ve done are small, transient, delicate, easily over-looked things of this earth when looking at the universe as a whole.

Looking at human history and everything it entails is an attempt to provide order out of chaos. And ultimately that it is hard to discern reality from illusion because of history’s and human nature.

There’s more… I’m sure of it. I haven’t even tried to summarize what it’s saying about memory other than it is not reliable but yet has a profound effect on our identity. And I’m not sure I even need to make a list but it does help me feel less like I’m flapping around like a beached whale considering all the time I’ve invested in reading Young’s work. No regrets!

I do like the way The Answer to Life, Love, and Truth That Doesn’t Fail turned out and will be making a shift toward the end of this read along to use the questions that came up for each chapter. I think reflecting on those questions as a reader is very helpful in deciding for yourself what your list will look like after reading MM,MD.

Also a NEW event for next year! I want to tackle just a small part of what could be learned from MM,MD in 2026 in the form of a ten month study.

We won’t be reading the whole book again… XD Instead we’ll focus on the major theme in the book of reality vs illusion and only cover selected passages each month and really dig in there to understand what Young is saying.

I’m excited… Hope you are too!