The End
When the end is near, death to all selfishness will birth the life that can be fully spiritually lived. Knowing that the current carnal life is not worth living, a new way can begin to be created. Die to live again.
As both are spiritual places, the grave allows our surrender, and the womb prepares another life so they both lie in the hope and you lie in between. That’s the ‘hard place’ but it’s part of the preparation to experience a new lifestyle that energizes heaven on earth, which is the intent of the Spiritual Journey.
Remember: to die is to surrender.