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Minor Arcana

# Ten of Swords

Maraṇa (मरण)

Death, Ending

Ten of Swords. Complete defeat of who you thought you were—all the lies, pretenses, false identity. Ten swords pierce him where he lies, dawn approaching. The ego's mental structures utterly destroyed. It looks like ending but is actually liberation. Only with death of the false 'I' does real life begin. Look: the sun rises.

## Keywords

Painful ending

Rock bottom

Betrayal

Crisis

Conscious Death

Ego Death

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