Whenever I think about the fact that someday I’m gonna cease to exist and I try to find a line of thought in trying to come to terms with it, it just doesn’t work. I can’t stop thinking about it and I can’t come to terms with it. I’m always scared of how it will feel, what will happen, or what I might find or not find.
What’s even more depressing is the fact that one “MUST” exit this earth and there is “NO” exit route from earth unless through dying.
Has anyone overcome this fear of uncertainty ? If yes, how did you do it?
giginotgigi2020-11-21T12:58:45Z
Hope and enjoyment.
Hope - you will have a new starting and a chance for a better live. Enjoyment - even hell is much better than this life in this world.
Luke 16:31 Then he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rise from the dead again.
That question is so pertinent especially these days but... if you get objective and force yourself to be objective getting over that fear (if just a little bit) is an element based on the concept that there are things out of our control... like when we pass by that nice car or that nice outfit in the window that we automatically know we just can't have.
That's my opinion, anyway. I'm no psych expert, but that is sorta my method.
Maybe death is a thousand times better than being alive. If something showed you this, would you still be afraid? No, you would look forward to dying. I assume you are afraid of the pain you might have to endure, etc etc. To live with fear becomes a wasted life. Next thing you know you are facing death and you realize that you spend your whole life fearing something that was inevitable, where you could have enjoyed life. In the end, thinking/fearing it will never change what will eventually come. We must embrace all, because everything is as it should be.
Basically one needs to train the mind to accept the two facts..... namely of certainty of death and uncertainty of its time..... it is this acceptance that helps our mind ignore death and embrace life !! A better way is to realize that we are too small to matter, either alive or dead, in the grand overall context of the huge universe and unlimited time-frame.
I have not been afraid of dying for my entire life, however, in the Fall of 1975 during bootcamp I had a bad reaction to one of the many shots we received. In the ambulance I was thinking that "I really should start breathing again", then I realized "I don't have to breathe anymore". It was such a serene and peaceful feeling with a depth which is indescribable in any human language.
Read about NDE'S by Raymond Moody. Millions of people have experienced them. We look forward to going back home.