Life comes from death and death from life

There are several way in which we can understand this. Some see it as another example of the mystical side of Taoism and point to it relaying the possible achievement of immortality. Yet again, there are also some logical and natural explanations.

One is that life comes from death and death from life. Just as plants come to life from the ground and revert back to death to be consumed again by the ground and their lives become fertilizer for the next generation of life, so too all thing come into being and then revert back to the Source.

The very organisms that are created to hold life are soon corrupted into death so that they may serve as a resource for the next cycle. The life-force is then consumed by its usage, and once this occurs, it reverts to death. Death then reverts it back to the source to be used again.

Life then cannot exist without death, and death cannot be without life to feed it. Neither life nor death are greater in this cycling. Both should be considered sacred.

Therefore, while we live, we would do everything in our power to preserve life by avoiding that which tend to wear it down quickly. Whether this is also true when we revert back to death, It would seem so though.