what are the reasons of the fear of death and what are the ways to overcome the fear of death .?

Answer 1

Reasons we fear death:
1. We mistakenly feel we will cease to exist.
2. Our mind is caught up in the future.

Ways to overcome:
1. Experience existence of self as seer separate from the body (in meditation), then you'll know you'll continue to exist after death of the body.
2. Throw yourself 100% into the present moment (the task/experience you find yourself in).
3. Believe in logic of Newton's Law of Physics: matter/energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only change form.
4. Be in love (love takes heart out of fear).

Answer 2

Fear of Death: Not having knowledge of after death.

Overcome that Fear: Repent, ask for forgiveness, make Jesus the Lord of your Life.

Answer 3

Suicide will end one's fear of death. Death is the end of fear. A religious person will disagree, and I'm not saying that just because you fear death, you should kill yourself. I am just saying that the fear of death is a natural paradox we all face, and that is one of the main reasons why people become religious. Believing in an afterlife sooths this common fear. However, I personally don't like the fear tactics religions use in this afterlife belief. Eternal suffering seems a little harsh for committing a small infraction during this life of considerable suffering.

Answer 4

Everybody fears death. Read, J.Krishnamurti, an Indian philosopher books. Our mind is put together by thoughts, It never likes ending.

Answer 5

the reasons of the fear of death is being unprepared for it and being scared of waht awaits you after death

and the way to over come that is to prepare for death accept it and do all the good work you can and follow the reigth adn true religon

Answer 6

Death is the only truth we know and still shun its knowledge as if we'll die the moment we acknowledge it.

The reasons primarily being 'Moh' in all its forms.
Moh in turn generates in us FEAR of losing / hurting / not being able to posses or have what we have, like, or want.

The life after death, its existence or not, getting judged by God for our present actions, are also some factors which bring about fear from dieing.

To over come the fear of death one should accept that it is the only fact that is out there. All that is living has to perish. Recognising self as an entity other than the physical body and seeing death as a mere change of clothes, and enhancing our su-karmas as a means to getting a better set of clothes in our next life are somethings which might help overcome the fear of death. Knowing one's true identity apart from the physical body we use is the way to overcome teh fear of Death.

Answer 7

fear of death is a natural human fear
anything unknown and not in our consciousness is to be feared
but once you accept that the only thing to fear is fear itself
there is no fear
if you look into reincarnation and spirtuality and meditate
you mind becomes clam and at one with the issue

Answer 8

The reason of fear of death is "Moha", the greed of attraction; a creation of "Maya".
To overcome the fear one has to truly adapt the living method of "Ashrams" i.e. Bal, Brahmcharya, Garhasth & Sanyas (Banprasth). I am sure that once these are adapted by one self as an true method of living there is no doubt that all type of fears would evade providing peace in totality in return.

Answer 9

Main reason is attachment to the body mind complex. We feel much for the individual life with all the unfulfilled desires and aims. We feel that once we leave the body, our identity will vanish in vacuam. We are accustomed to identify the body as 'some name' related to 'some body'. If we leave all of a sudden, they will be helpless. These are the various reasons. Secondly we feel death in painful to undergo. If we are suffocated and unable to breath, we undergo fear complex. We feel that death is also akin to this feeling. In fact death is like casting a old cloth and wearing a new cloth. Hence we should not fear death. It is only transition from one stage to other stage.

Answer 10

The reason for fear of the death is people still crave for his loving body which will not want to parted with the soul....

They think that everything is permenant to them, money, family and status and even his own body/ and fresh ,but the actual fact that everything is impermanent.....you will loose everything one day during death.

Unless u can overcome this thinking in the mind and tell yourself that everything is impermant, you will sure experience the fear soon.....
If you can /or prepared, in your mind, to loose everything out of a sudden then fear of death will not arises.

May God bless you, Amitabha