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This book serves as a guide, helping readers examine experiences of mental detachment from the physical body-in dreams, while alive-to better visualize the inevitable disintegration of the body after death. The author's childhood was not adorned with sweet dreams like ""cotton candy clouds,"" but with images of a Vietnamese funeral. White banners flutter in the cold wind; a man with a severed leg sits precariously on a coffin with lifeless eyes. It is a haunting separation. There is a ""terrifying void"" here that transforms the sacredness of a familiar temple courtyard into a gateway to an abyss. The experience of adulthood brings the story to an emotional climax. The transition from the peaceful sky to an undefined cosmic void is masterfully orchestrated, creating a suffocating feeling. Time is no longer a measure. The core of the critique lies in that persistent, thorny question: Why didn't I realize it? It's a fundamental question to our supposed awareness. If we cannot orient ourselves in the familiar territory of our subconscious, how can we expect to orient ourselves in the void when we no longer have a physical body to return to? The book suggests that we should view sleep not as rest, but as a serious training ground, preparing for the final departure of the physical body and the liberation of the mind.

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