581. Too much of desire to Live exerts fear of Death………!

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Thanatophobia, the fear of death is the one most common psychological anxiety affecting people as they grow older and older. The overindulgence in materialistic life is the cause for fear of death which is the deepest instinct in human nature. However this is with the subject matter of death as it makes its presence felt through disease and old age. Deaths due to accidents and unnatural calamities come under totally different edict which needs to be understood in different perspective. At the start we should all accept the fact that most of us are afraid of death because of the uncertainty of when, how and where it happens.

Failure to stay alive when the time comes is the indispensable fear. The reluctance to face this fear with proper perceptive is due to the importance we have given to this physical body right through our life. It can also be based upon the natural fear of loneliness due to the loss of those with whom we have developed acquaintance in this worldly existence. In the case of the affection for this physical body, we have to understand that this body is been on continuous change. It will have six changes in the form of: Asti (Existence), Jayate (Birth), Vardhate (Growth), Viparinamate (Modify), Apakshiyate (Decline), Vinasyati (Death). So there is no need for us to repent for this physical body. 

Sri Krishna tells Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 22: 

“Vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grhnani naro parani tatha sarirani vihaya jimany anyani samyati navani dehi”

Meaning: As a human being puts on new garments, giving up old ones, so does the Jivatma (Individual Consciousness) accept new bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.

Next most important factor is the fear of loneliness after death and the loss of our acquaintance with people who were with us all our life. Amazingly the loneliness after death is as same as the loneliness at birth. At birth we are in new surroundings and in a body which is at first totally inexperienced to take care of itself or to establish intelligent contact with surrounding conditions for a long period of time. As a child at birth we had no recollection as to the identity of the family members with whom we start having relationship. This loneliness only disappeared gradually as we made our own personality contacts with those who are amiable to us and eventually becomes our friends and family members. So do we need to worry of the loss of our relationship which we have developed in this life span, if that was the case our associates in the name of wife/husband, sons/daughters, and brothers/sisters and so on should also be in the same situation as we are. They should also feel the loss as we do.

Sri Sri Shankar tells in Bhaja Govindam Verse 6:

“Yavat pavano nivasati dehe tavat pruchati kusalam gehe. Gatavati vayo dehapaye barya bibyathi tasmin kaye.” 

Meaning: While there is still Prana (breath) in the body, relatives and all ask about our well-being. The moment life-breath leaves this body; even one's wife fears that body. 

Bhagavad Gita tells us that our physical body should be an encasement to the Eternal Soul to live spiritually, constructively and divinely. Let’s make our physical existence as pleasant as we can for others so that they are also convenient. We will lose nothing in doing so. We have come empty handed and would be leaving without taking even a single penny with us. In fact, we will leave a little extra behind if we lead a life of wellness and harmony. If we become soul-conscious, death will be a transcendental process, carried out in full consciousness and with understanding of cyclic purpose. Once understood, the fear of death ceases…….What say?????