Death, who gave it a bad name?

The fear of death is common, understandably. We often try not to talk about it or even mention it, thinking that if we do it will come quicker or something. And, we will also suffer greatly in many ways in order to avoid death. This is because death appears to be a whole lot of nothingness, and we don't want that. Death is something unknown. We can't really understand it in any real way, we can't stop it and simply put, it's the seemingly end of you. So being afraid of it just makes sense.

But, death itself isn't scary. It's what you, or society, make of it that's scary. It's all the ideas and beliefs that surround death that can be very real and deeply ingrained.

Ask yourself, what do I think about death? And, in your answer, will be where all the fear lies. In actuality death remains unknown.

Unknown doesn't imply good or bad. It only implies that it's something that is not known. The truth lies in this fact: there are no people alive who are dead, so that leaves nobody really able to explain it. Yes, there may be some who may have had near death experiences, but they are still not dead.

Death does not necessarily mean bad.

All of this is to say that the fear of death comes down to thought, which doesn't make it less scary. But, gives you the ability to learn the truth and to see for yourself that thought is not really true. The way to see this is by noticing how thought works. It's nature. You can see this by taking notice of how it's always in motion, never freezing; how it's out of your control; and how it's not satisfying, unreliable. Once you see how it works, it's ability to fool you will slowly end and only the truth will remain.

In addition:
Here is the truth about death: It is something that was always in the deal; the life deal. Death is not the opposite of life if you think of life as being alive because even in death the left over remnants of you is still stuff the is changing. It's still earth stuff. There is no such thing as a frozen unchanging state, like how we imagine death to be.What actual will die is your personality. For example, if your name is John, then the John character, his traits, his stories will die. John’s body, absent of john’s personality, will slowly go back into the earth. John's soul, essence or whatever you call it moves on.

Brian Eric Cohen
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