Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation. It dies with the body, which is why we are so afraid of death. Death scares the hell out of who you think you are, especially if you think you are this body.
Those particular thoughts that are painful - love them. I love them to death!
The soul is not part of the incarnation. It comes into the incarnation. And the soul is not afraid of death because it has done it so many times.
Death has such great importance in this society that it affects everything. I learned from my guru that death is not the enemy, I see it as another moment. Yet it's the end of an incarnation and means going on to other incarnations.
Our culture's zeal for longevity reveals our incredible collective fear of death.
The way we regard death is critical to the way we experience life. When your fear of death changes, the way you live your life changes.
What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.
Birth, death, and suffering all bring us to the very edge of what our minds can understand.
Fear of death only comes through the brittleness of the ego.