This matter of fear of death is a quite frequent question. Then, you come and ask: "How can I lose the fear of death?"
See, death is something that causes fear, however, the problem is not death. The real problem is the sense of existing. Your real fear isn't of death, your real fear is of losing this sense of existing, this sense of being someone.
Now see, this sense of being someone is the basis for this identification with the body, and your fear is not of coming across death since death is something outside of what has been your experience.
It isn't death that scares you, it's not even the fact that it is something unknown that scares you. It is the fact of seeing yourself about to lose your identity since you are identified with the body. So, your fear is of the known disappearing.
You are attached, clinging to all your known experience, and something quite intimate about this experience is the very presence of the body. You see yourself as an entity present inside the body and see that the disappearance of the body – that's what you believe – is the disappearance of this "me," this "I," this "person" that I believe to be.
This disappearance represents the end of "my" attachments, the end of "my" goals, of "my" projects, of "my" dreams.
So, basically, your fear of death is not the fear of death, since you don't know what this represents, it's something that remains unknown. Your fear of death is the disappearance, the breaking, the destruction of all your egoic projects. So, the fear of death will always be present, as long as this sense of identity, which you believe exists, remains present.
So, to free yourself from the illusion of this fear... And see, your question here is about the fear of death, but something inherent in this question is that in the ego, in this false identity, your problem is the illusion of being alive, and this upholds fear and not just fear of death. All forms of fear present are within this illusion, the illusion of being someone, who has to fight, who has to defend oneself, who has to protect oneself, who has to achieve goals, carry out projects, who has to broaden out, who has to be someone...
And the body has an expiration date. Therefore, if you identify with the body and notice it's heading towards its end, it's despairing, it's scary, but it's not just the fear of death, it's the fear of not accomplishing your projects, your dreams, your desires, your goals.
So, the liberation of the illusion of this false center is the liberation of the attachment to this belief: "I am the body," "I am inside the body," "I am someone and I need to accomplish things" or "I need to sustain or maintain the things I believe I have accomplished." All of these thoughts are settled basically on fear, on this false idea of existing as a separate entity.
When this identification with this false center breaks, this identification with this movement of the egoic mind and the identification with the body break, fear disappears, and here the fear of death is included.
If the Truth of your Being reveals itself, you have the Truth of the Divine Reality, and this Reality doesn't come and go; It is neither born nor dies; It doesn't have things to cling, to uphold; It has no projects to carry out; It has no goals to achieve.
The greatness of Self-Realization is the direct experience of the Happiness of Being, simply, what You are. Since You are not the body, since You are not the mind, since You are not born, naturally You will not die.
The Divine Reality, the Reality of Truth about You, is the end of fear, and here the fear of death is included.
I'd say that perhaps this fear is the most representative, at the moment, for you. But if you look more carefully and accurately, you will see you've been afraid all your life, and fear is the basis of this egoic life, this egoic mind.
The beauty of the Realization of Truth is that This represents the end of this illusion, the illusion of someone present in this experience so-called "life," a life that can disappear, disappear with death. The Realization of your Self, which is Consciousness, which is Meditation, I would call This immortality, or timelessness, or the Truth beyond life and death. This is the end of fear.
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