Fear Of Death

[John876]

Hey Leo I am nineteen and from the Caribbean island of Jamaica and I am the path towards enlightenment and really excited about the potential for growth by doing this work. However the fear of death is always lingering in the back of my mind and I feel that it could possibly sabotage all the work that I am doing and about to do on this path and stop me from reaching enlightenment. Could you consider making a video or speaking about this in the future just so that my mind can wrap itself around this concept of death and get some relief. This would be much appreciated and helpful as I think that this a major factor why many people don’t get on this path or even quit while faced with this obstacle. Thanks in advance for hearing me out, love the work that you’re doing man really great stuff, one love!

[Shin]

There is a simple solution to this.

You sit, you think about your death.
You do that until your death doesn't trigger any emotion in you.

[Prabhaker]

1 hour ago, John876 said:

However the fear of death is always lingering in the back of my mind

FEAR OF DEATH MEANS A PARTIALLY-LIVED LIFE

First, it is possible to relax only when death is a certainty. Relaxing is difficult when things are uncertain. If you know that you are going to die today, all fear of death will disappear. What is the point of wasting time? You have one day to live: live as intensely as possible, live as totally as possible.

Death may not come. Death cannot come to people who live very intensely and very totally. And even if it comes, those people who have lived totally, welcome it because it is a great relief. They are tired of living, they lived so totally and so intensely, so death comes like a friend. Just as after the whole day’s hard work night comes as a great relaxation, as a beautiful sleep, so does death come after life. Death has nothing ugly about it; you cannot find anything cleaner.

If the fear of death comes in, that means there are a few loopholes that are not filled with living. So those fears of death are very indicative and helpful. They show you that your dance has to go a little faster, that you have to burn the torch of your life from both ends together.

Dance so fast that the dancer disappears and only the dance remains. Then it is not possible for any fear of death to visit you.

“And the fear of having to leave all this beauty, this friendship and love.”

If you are totally herenow, who cares about tomorrow? Tomorrow will take care of itself. Jesus is right when he prays to God, ‘Lord, give me my daily bread.’ He is not even asking for tomorrow, just today is enough unto itself. And you have to learn that each moment has a completion.

The fear of having to leave it all comes only because you are not completely living in the moment; otherwise there is no time, and there is no mind, and there is no space. It depends on intensity.

There are two ways of living.

One is the way of the buffalo. It lives horizontally, in a single line. The other way is of a buddha. He lives vertically, in height and in depth. Then each moment can become an eternity.

Don’t waste your time in trivia, but live, sing, dance, love as totally and overflowingly as you are capable of. No fears will interfere and you will not be worried what will happen tomorrow. Today is enough unto itself. Lived, it is so full; it leaves no space to think about anything else. Life unlived, worries come and fears come.

Just live, love, and make each moment a deep ecstasy. All fears may disappear.

Osho,The Golden Future, Talk #25

[Zephyr]

Welcome to the journey, bro

 one love

 

[pluto]

 

[Mastral]

On 15/07/2017 at 10:37 PM, John876 said:

Could you consider making a video or speaking about this in the future just so that my mind can wrap itself around this concept of death and get some relief.

This will not be a how to lose weight type of advise when you're told to have calorific deficit and exercise.

To make you realise how grand this is search for "terror management theory" on Wikipedia. As @Zephyr mentioned welcome fellow traveler.

Some postulate that fear of death has been shaping civilizations since first humans realised they will die.

 

In terms of practical stuff that helps:

• enlightenment and realisation that self is illusory
• Astral Projection and OOBE - people who experienced these understandably report diminished fear of death
• Buddhism
• think of it as deep sleep - you do not mind this state at all and you have been in that state for billions of years

Hope it help now it's time to ace life! And check out Leo's video about contemplation of death to stay motivated for life