Afraid of death?
 

Why are people afraid of death? Honestly this i do not understand.

I would like to hear others view on it :)

I have a kind of death anxiety - I worry about the *way* in which I will die. Will I be alone? Will it be painful? etc

I understand fear, but since we do not know when we will die, why worry about it today?

fear of long time pain i understand too, but not the passing it self.

i dont mean to sound disresectful to those who fear it.

This is the fear of the unknown.how will I die will it be painful etc,
this is normal I don't fear death at all I have not had an easy life have just had my 34th operation with more to come.
its normal for people to fear what they don't know. but for me its a release,


Namaste.

I'm simply afraid how I check out and what happens afterwards in the afterlife.

The fear of the unknown. What will happen to us? Some people fear that it will be painful or they will have a long illness before they die. Other people don't want to leave this existence or are afraid of leaving. People will have different experience when this happens to them.

I've heard it said by the pioneer Helen Wambach being born is painful; death is not. That resonates with me.

A lot of people don't believe there's an afterlife and really until we experience it for ourselves we don't know what to expect. It could be that there's just nothing and so death would be scary. If there is an afterlife then it could be a scary place to go.

I heard a quote once that said, "I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens". That's the way I feel. I'm not afraid to die, but the process of dying is scary.

Probably people are afraid not of death itself, but of diseases that precede death.

Clinging to life and the experiences we've had. Along with the people we love. Its is easy to understand why the fear of death. It is also easy to understand death as a way of escaping.

The common view of modern secularists is that this life is all that is.

Death means annihilation.

No wonder it creates fear.

I am afraid of death. But not because I'm afraid of what happens when we die, I'm afraid it will be too soon... that I will not be able to fulfill me while I'm here.

I also grieve for the people who will grieve for me.

:-(

Well I personally think we can credit religions for scaring the heck of people about death. Hell or Heaven? Where is your name in the book? Sorry I am not believing I will be judged, found guilty or innocent and sentenced by someone I am told cares more for me than my earthly father does. That is such hogwash or should I say propaganda.

Personally I believe Heaven and Hell are right here on earth. People say how can I believe that as it contradicts the bible. I tell them show me where in the bible it contradicts that. There are more places in the scriptures in my opinion supporting that than there are contradicting that.

I don't believe in a punishing God especially when he gave us total free will. That would be quite the cruel joke God played on us if he was laughing in Heaven ready to crack the whip on us for screwing up and not doing what he wanted us to do. He gave us free will but if we choose our own will rather than his will then he will drop kick us down to Hell. Sorry Charlie isn't biting that hook, line and sinker.

Read the book of JOB and see what Job realized brought his woes upon his life. It wasn't God punishing him.

Our physical body dies but our spirit/soul our true being passes on into another plane or place. Yes I also believe in reincarnation. I have known several people that in this life have experienced things from a past life that they can not even explain how they knew someone or someplace they never knew or been to in this lifetime.

I do believe the governments and elite powers have kept us totally in the dark as to our reality and true natures. People are so much like the walking dead it isn't even funny. I believe we are seeing a raise in consciousness about our true realities. Like the bible says once the truth is known there is no turning back to believing in lies.

It is easier to fool a person than it is to convince him he has been fooled. Albert Einstein.
People are so brainwashed into believing the lies that it is almost impossible to even have someone listen to the enlightened ones.

I totally believe if Christ was alive today he again would be crucified for blaspheming God and be called a false prophet. If you ever want to get rid of a bible thumper trying to save you then just tell them you are New Age. They will be gone before you know it. Funny thing is religion and those in power want the people to believe New Age is satanic false teaching yet they have no idea other than what they are told to believe about New Age. Christ taught New Age if they would do a little research into it.

I am not afraid of dying but fear of the unknown is always great. Just like losing a job causes us fear of our unknown future which we wonder will we be ready to handle it. Will I actually be met by loved ones that passed before me? I don't believe I will be floating around on clouds nor burning up in Hell. Life/spirit I believe goes on. I just don't know where or how my next life will be. Not to many have died, were buried, and then came back to tell about it.

Religions certainly have done a great job in scaring the living daylights out of people when it comes to the physical body no longer functioning. I have tried the religious thing in the past, went to a few different churches, but it didn't feel right with me. Some of these people were happy to be "saved" even if those they loved were "going to hell" it was such an "I'm alright jack" attitude.
The idea of dying still scares me though such as what if there is nothing? Ugh! Horrible! Though I don't think the Big Nothing is really the case.
What if the afterlife is boring? What if there is nothing to do but sit around. No music, no art, but just being some floating thing, until I get reincarnated, and then to what kind of existence? Then, if parallel universes really exists, is it possible to be reincarnated in one? Is it always in this universe?

Anyone here ever studied to become a Death Doula? I'm looking into training now.

"Dying" can be painful but "death" is wonderful because it's really rebirth. No matter how painful or horrid dying might be, the wonder and beauty of "death" is so magnificent how one dies doesn't matter in the least when we "cross over". When I had my heart attack the pain was intolerable, yet I had no choice but endure it. When I "died" it was so wonderful I can't even express it in words. When I came back into my body I again had that horrible pain, just as intense...but it meant nothing. Lol, it was almost like..."oh, shoot...here I am again. Why?".

I'm not the least bit concerned about how I "die" next time. Although I'd never do anything drastic to bring it on I'm anxious to leave this life and hope I won't be here too much longer.

No I am not afraid of "death" and that's honest truth.
I am a bit afraid of what goes between here and "death" though (i.e. illness/old age and not being able to move etc!) I am a wuss I have to admit!
I do think it's life which is more scary.

I am not afraid of death to me its a release from all the stress and illness that life brings. life is not easy it can be cruel. to me life on earth I will be glad to leave behind. I remember being born and not wanting to come back into this life. pain is not something im afraid of after 34 operations and there will be more to come. its what my life has been all about.
some people sail through life with nothing much happening to them others no nothing but pain struggle and what life throws at you.
life isn't fair and it can be ugly but we try to make the best of what we have got. as long as you are true to yourself. help others as best as you can you will pass knowing you did the best you could.
a lot of people are scared of dying but without death there can be no life.

Namaste

I think it was Bertrand Russell who, when asked if he was afraid to die replied 'No, I wasn't alive during the first 13 billion years of the universe so I'll quickly get used to it again' - or something in that vein.

Russell was a convinced atheist.

I used to be afraid of death, but now I look forward to the day with excitement.

But for now, I must live.

It's the unknown...and people or society's education on death has come from the media or church. The media talks about death through scary movies...ghosts, ghouls, spirits, demons, Satan and the like. Religion focuses on the devil and his empire of demons.

The sad truth is, most of this has nothing to do with the death I experienced. This is fear based, imaginative, scary human tales. I was in a very religious family, learned about God, Satan, demons, possessions and hell from the age of 7, my first recollection of ministry.

That's not what I saw. In my NDE, I saw the light, an angel, deceased loved one...and many miracles. Beautiful miraculous miracles....visits from loved ones who passed over, knowledge from the spirit world...and most importantly, my experiences were shaped for my soul. What I was willing to learn, accept and experience. There's no one size fits all in the spirit world...we will all experience our own path, made in the image of God/love. Each path and soul is unique. Thats probably why I have hated science my whole life...and when I had my NDE, it was very energetically and science based...not religious. It was God's way of opening my eyes to things I didn't understand...and therefore, had no interest in. What a cool way to learn, through death. No, it's not scary.

What's scary is our own thoughts and imagination.

life is truly rare but people give thought upon the day that it shall be no more so yet what is true to the notion. may all moments that leads you to the age that shall further you to the Agelessness from where creation began within the realm of a gathering it shall be that time for all is time for the age of mankind to give forth what is true to the purpose given to the living for it is only to live in portions yet what passing is the portion of time that is a great loss therefore giving you sorrow yet you have honored well enough it will be said for you are no longer in the evermore of time. A new moment upon an honor yet known to all within the grandeur of his design you now shall serve the new that is yet to be before you for your age is one of many so it is again very rare to live in the service of time but yet the only question is shall the givens of your motion unto the gift of life by design shall it be your final offering to the grace that binds all things

I fear death because I feel the gentle lapping of the endless tide. I know what it does. There is nothing in the cosmos that, once organized, will not be disorganized.

What I am made from is eternal; I, however, am but a fleeting moment. The peaceful waters rip us apart. The breast of god is a smoldering furnace, uncreating and creating in one action. We are not preserved.

I don't fear death as it is just a natural process of life. If there is no death, where will there be birth?

More importantly, I believe in Karma. I do not fear retribution as long as I have done nothing wrong. So I think we should just take death in our stride and focus on what we wish to achieve in this life.

No way, I think my fear is having regrets, not living my life to the fullest. But hey, it's the beginning of a new adventure, huh!