西方哲学家蓝姆·达斯曾讲过一个真实的故事:一个因病而仅剩下数周生命的妇人,一直将所有的精力都用来思考和谈论死有多恐怖。以安慰垂死之人著称的蓝姆·达斯当时便直截了当地对她说:“你是不是可以不要花那么多时间去想死,而把这些时间用来想活呢?” The western philosopher Lam Dass once told a true story: a woman who had only a few weeks left because of illness, always devoted all her energy to thinking and talking about how terrible the death was. Lam Das, known for comforting the dying person, immediately said to her, “Can you not spend so much time thinking about death, and spend your time thinking about living?”