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And how would you know
  if reality continues
  as it has in the past
if your spirit itself
  should cease to exist?
If your spirit itself
  should cease to exist,
then you could never perceive
  the proof of it.
As far as you can
  ever know
reality is all
  that you perceive in your soul.
And to say that your spirit
  will cease to exist
is to say
  that all of reality
  as you've come to know it
will itself also
  come to an end.

Has it ever been
  logical to reason
that there can exist
  a premise without a conclusion?
Can there be a cause
  without effect?
Can there be a premise
  without a consequence?
But if your perception
  will end
when you meet your death,
then you deny
  that there are ultimate
  consequences
to the premise
  of your immediate experience.
You have just presented
  a contradiction
by concluding
  that there is no
  conclusion.
And if the basis of your
  argument is
that you cannot perceive
  the consequences,
because death prevents you
  from seeing it,
then you have just thrown out
  all reason,
and you have disqualified
  your own opinion.
When will you ever say,
  "I now no longer exist"?
That would be ridiculous.
For by speaking
  or even by thinking it,
you would prove
  that you do exist.

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