the soul never dies, a person's
             soul is eternal. "You see death in contrast to life; and both are unreal - both are a
             changing and seeming. Your soul does not glide out of a familiar sea into an unfamiliar
             ocean. That which is real in you, your soul, can never pass away, and this fear is no part
             of her" (Watts, 1957, p59). Buddhists believe both life and death is an illusion, and that
             believing in this illusion, or "Maya", causes suffering; if we can detach ourselves from
             Maya, then we won't cling to life, nor have any fear of death. In the writings of The Tao
             Te Ching, Tao is described as having existed before heaven and earth. Tao is formless,
             stands alone without change and reaches everywhere without harm. The Taoist is told to
             use the light that is inside to revert to the natural clearness of sight. By divesting oneself
             of all external distractions and desires, only then can one achieve Tao. In ancient days a
             Taoist that had transcended birth and death, achieved Tao, was said to have cut the
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