Are you afraid of death?

Question

Why or why not?

I guess I should have included "dying" as part of my question because I had intended it to be a part of the question. Oh well, a little late for that...

Answer 1

I am absolutely not afraid to die

why? Because I know what
is waiting for me..

Answer 2

No, I am not afraid to die. I'd prefer to avoid it for a while, but death itself--not something I fear.

For me, it all comes down to being absolutely certain; or rather that you can NEVER be absolutely certain. You hear something from people, they could lie. If it's on the news, it might be wrong. In fact, you might say, oh--that object over there is yellow. But how can we know that, when you think you see yellow, you see the same thing I see? You can't.

The point I'm getting at is, the same theory applies to death. I don't believe that there is a God, but it's possible--I can't prove it's not true. I don't know what will happen after I die, no one does--NO ONE CAN BE SURE.

So what's the use of worrying about it? There is no purpose; no point. We can imagine, hope, and theorize, but it cannot truly be known.

I will not fear something I do not know--it's not that I refuse; it's that I CANNOT fear it. I COULD say, "I'm afraid to die," but I'm not actually afraid; so it's wrong.

I would, of course, like to prolong my life--I'm not willing to take stupid chances; sacrificing my existence. I want to make my life everything it can be; make myself the best person I can be. A large part of this is knowledge, and thought--I can never KNOW something, but that won't EVER stop me from trying.

I thrive on making each moment worth it--I can't stop my own death; that's in the hands of fate. But when I die, I want my life to be worth something, to mean something more than birth/death. I want true EXISTENCE.

In a way, I'll be honest--I almost look forward to death. Because then, I think I'll have a chance to truly know some things, not everything, but a few things, just the same. And that's worth dying for. But I'm patient; I'll wait to know such things until my time comes.

All in all, I don't fear death--I may fear the path I take to get there; life is hell--but I will never truly experience fright when faced with my own demise.

Answer 3

I am not afraid of death or dying. I am sometimes worried about how or when that will happen. My daughter and my father have both died and I know I will see them again. My father had a long and lingering death. He told me at the end, that he was at peace and was ready to let go. He said he wasn't afraid and that he was welcoming it. He also told me he would see me again and that he had already seen his mother and father. He was 56 when he died. I was sleeping in his room when he passed and awoke feeling like my breath was taken away for an instant. He had fallen into a coma. The nurse ran into the room just after I caught my breath and told me my father just flat lined. I know it was his soul passing through me to say good-bye.

My daughter died suddenly and without any warning, but I could feel her soul pass through me when she did, although we were 90 miles apart. It hit me like a thunderbolt at the instant it happened. I had to hold on to the wall to keep from falling and then started crying for no reason. My husband was taken aback. I told him that my beloved daughter was dead and that I could feel it. He thought I lost my mind. 15 minutes later, the police came to the door to tell us she died.I know there is an afterlife. Those experiences were the absolute proof as far as I am concerned. I felt them for sure.Although it was frightening at the time, it is now a great comfort to me. I also know I will see them when I die. I try to lead a good life and know I will be in heaven surrounded by all my loved ones and be with God. There, all my questions will be answered and I will be safe from this earthly life.

Answer 4

I just finished a sandwich,
and this is how u treat me LOL! ;~)

I have lived 2 lives;
1 w/out God; & 1 with.
The 1st part of my life...
No, I had always felt I would live a long time.
(hard to explain).

Then in 1994 I changed, my life changed,
now I know the truth about death.
when we die we return to the ground
from where we came.
when Jesus returns
he will empty out ALL the memorial tombs.
The Resurrection.
It's that simple.

I don't want to cease to breath,
see my loved 1's, hear the birds singing,
eat a piece of peach cobbler "w/ vanilla ice cream!!";
hear my mom's voice, watch the sun rise or set,
(I live in Fla.)
Have my grd-dghtr's 'lil hands on my face as she says
"want a Tiss?"
I am attached to my life!

I am NOT scared, b-cuz I know I will rise again.
My Lord, King and my Saviour has seen to that.
My heavenly Father, will remember me.
Every part. He created and gave me the 1st body,
the 2nd ain't nothing but, a thang. ;~)
Only, I won't have scars, I won't remember the evil
I've seen, lived thru and done myself.
Since I started studying the Bible;
and learned about God, His Son and Armageddon;
Armageddon SCARES ME!
I don't know if I'll make it thru...
To His Kingdom.
If I fall asleep in death 1st;
I won't even see it.
If it comes b-4 I die?..........

and, in the throes of death...I will be very fearful,
not wanting to go.

Answer 5

SB 4.28.15 P Puranjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
At the last stage of life, the different gates of the body are choked by the effects of disease, which are caused by an imbalance of bile, mucus and air. Thus the living entity cannot clearly express his difficulties, and surrounding relatives hear the sound "ghura ghura" from a dying man. In his Mukunda-mala-stotra, King Kulasekhara states:


krsna tvadiya-padapankaja-panjarantam
adyaiva me visatu manasa-raja-hamsah
prana-prayana-samaye kapha-vata-pittaih
kanthavarodhana-vidhau smaranam kutas te


"My dear Krsna, please help me die immediately so that the swan of my mind may be encircled by the stem of Your lotus feet. Otherwise at the time of my final breath, when my throat is choked up, how will it be possible for me to think of You?" The swan takes great pleasure in diving within water and being encircled by the stem of the lotus flower. This entanglement is sporting joy. If, in our healthy condition, we think of the lotus feet of the Lord and die, it is most fortunate. In old age, at the time of death, the throat sometimes becomes choked with mucus or blocked by air. At such a time the sound vibration of Hare Krsna, the maha-mantra, may not come out. Thus one may forget Krsna. Of course, those who are strong in Krsna consciousness cannot possibly forget Krsna at any stage because they are accustomed to chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, especially when there is a signal from death.

Answer 6

I'm not looking forward to the means of travel, or how I die. I am looking forward to being where I've been heading since I was born. I'm ready to go home. I want to know where what I've done in this life ends up at. I have very strong beliefs, they change and grow, but always within the same belief. I wonder how wrong, or right, I have been.

Blessed Be

Answer 7

Yes. Not only of my own death, but also of those around me - my friends and family. Because these will have a major impact on me. I could no imagine how i would cope, because they all mean a great deal to me.

But in regards to death, i prefer the thought of going to Heaven and being with all loved ones again.

Answer 8

I'm more afraid of those I love dying than I am myself. Mainly because of the fear of being alone - which is selfish, but also for their sakes, since they will be missing out on life.

But, if there is a God, then I hope i'll go to heaven, which will ultimately be a better place than here, which is not a scary prospect.
If there is not, and there is just non-existance, then I wil not be aware of it. That's not that scary either.

Worst case scenario is, I guess, I or my loved ones end up somewhere worse than here on Earth (Eg. hell.) That, and the chance of that, is the thing i fear most about dying.

Answer 9

NO!
I like what SCgirl said. + Revelations 22:7 says: Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the prophesy written in this scroll.
I think that a lot of believing these verses is just blind faith.
Hebrews 11: 1-2: What is faith? It is the confidant assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is evidence of things we cannot yet see. God gave his approval in the old days because of their faith.
To me that is about the most important part of believing i am going to heaven. Not all the verses that say I will but simply believing in what they are telling us.
Lamentations 3:23-24: Great is his faith fullness; his mercies began afresh each day. I will say to myself, The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him.
To me that means I can always trust God and even if he is all I have that I NEED to trust and hope in him!

Answer 10

Not afraid of death however not real thrilled with the process of dying.
Death holds no fear because it is only the next step in God's final restoration of His own.

Answer 11

NO! I never have been.
I'll share a happy story though...
My Dad was dying of cancer last month, and right before he died he asked 'why are there all these lights around my bed' (but it was completely dark it was 4am) and said 'I have to go down the chimney but I can't right now I have things to do.'
He died shortly after this.
A couple weeks earlier I bought a tape of 'meditating with angels' I listened to once (Dad never heard it) and then laid it aside and forgot about it.
The night Dad died I rediscovered this tape and played it thinking that it would be comforting to me at that time. The tape says that 'the angel Raphael goes down a chimney to us' ...I had never heard that expression before!... I sat up in bed, astonished! I played that for my Mom and it really comforted us and helped us, knowing that Dad was with the angels!