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_{"Death, that's happy."}

_{"It's what you and I are fighting against most of the time."}

_{"I try not to imagine what it would be like to be dead."}

_{"I don't suppose you could even imagine it if you tried. Hence, our devotion}

_{to certain religion and faiths."}

_{"They do my job for me."}

_{"And when it comes to money and what it means, death certainly puts it}

_{in perspective."}

_{"That's why I'm so useful when you think about money; it's for the here}

_{and now."}

_{"You certainly can't take it with you."}

_{"You could die trying, I imagine."}

_{"Lots of people have. There's that story of the sinking ship and the man}

_{who tied a bag of gold around his waist so he wouldn't die broke.}

_{There's the story of Midas, of course, whose every touch turned things}

_{to gold, but who forgot to exclude food, water, and people, ostracizing}

_{him from society. Money, enough of it anyway, may be the next}

_{closest thing to immortality, but it comes with its consequences."}

_{"I imagine the pursuit is really for all that power—knowing that you could}

_{buy everything and anything. See, what fun."}

_{"Of course that's the illusion. It's false. Money can't buy time—as Kurtz}

_{just explained."}

_{"But it can certainly make the time we have a little more fun—allows me}

_{to get creative anyway."}

_{"Until, of course . . . "}

_{"Don't say 'the end.' I can't imagine an end. In my world, everything goes}

_{on and on. Even after we die, I imagine a continuum."}

_{"That's why, I suppose, it's so important to understand what money means}

_{in the here and now."}

_{"I thought that was part of the concept of self-realization we were getting}

_to."

_{we have to define some of these constructs so you'll have someplace}

_{to go in case things don't work out."}

_{"You mean if I die?"}

_{"I mean if your use is no longer needed in the context of putting me to}

_{use—in applying creativity to a futile notion."}

_{"Death. Futility. Pain. Suffering. This doesn't sound like happy talk, or my}

_{type of place. I'm usually best at imagining things can get better. Of}

_{course once in awhile I get into a funk and all I can imagine is bad}

_stuff."

_{"Trust me, I know. I suffer the consequences."}

_{"So how do you propose we resolve this conflict for good?"}

_{"The usual, talk with somebody who's explored these things before."}