人类以某种方式存在于这两者之间，过去一直相信天堂仅仅只能是在经历死亡之后的一个短暂的挑选过程。

Humanity has existed somewhere between the two, believing that Heaven was only available to a chosen few after death.

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在短短的六个星期内，经历了一个亲朋好友的病痛，死亡之后，我就开始思考生命的脆弱，以及我们到底有多少有限的时间。

After the illness, then death, of a close family friend within a much too short six week period of time, I began to ponder the fragility of life and the limited time we have here on earth...

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Or perhaps a better way to put it would be they've had death experiences but then have been brought back to life.

或者一种更好的表述方式,是他们经历了死亡体验,但是之后被带回人世

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