https://archive.org/stream/JohnathanLivingstonSeagull-AStory/jls_djvu.txt

A book of analogies. The PRISON of conformity, as opposed to you being yourself and striving for your own ends. A tale of breaking free of the status quo to become all that you can be.

There are syntax errors in this version, but nothing that can't be deciphered. This is my third reading of the book. As for Bach's philosophy on 'death', this is a way of looking at it:

"If you are talking to me now, then obviously
you didn't die, did you? What you did manage to do was to change your level of consciousness rather abruptly."

Same as mine. If in the right state of mine, it's great for the one who's transitioned, unless they feel obligated toward this HELL HOLE, though it might be a tad inconvenient for those left behind. I get the feeling that a feeling of obligation is a surefire way to the miserable road of reincarnation. (That's covered near the end of the story.) Considering for how I currently feel about this cesspit, I don't think that's gonna be an issue for me. I mean, it's obvious I can't stand this place, and I wouldn't mind seeing the Kolbrin's DESTROYER yesterday, though that's not my choice.