Are you afraid to die?

[sobrique]

A subject that was raised in a training course the other day, was to ask our biggest fear. Several people said that their biggest fear was dying. Now, this struck me as a little strange.
I mean, everyone is going to, sooner or later, so what's the point of being afraid of it? Might even be tomorrow, although I'll admit I hope for a long and healthy life.
So I thought I'd ask. Are you afraid to die? And whether the answer be yes or no, why would you say that is?

I'm not entirely sure if it's a religious/spiritual question or not. Well, obviously your religious beliefs would have a measure of impact, but ... well I wouldn't really put myself in that category. I'm sort of thinking that it's more a question of resolution of yourself. Accepting the premise that you will one day die, and also accepting that you're satisfied with how you've done so far.

I'm interested in your opinion, so please leave it, even if it's only a 'yes' or 'no'.

Comments

[amabat.livejournal.com]

Want to die eventually. I want to know what happens next.

Not yet though, I haven't done enough yet.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

Do you believe in an afterlife, or is it just a measure of curiousity?

[amabat.livejournal.com]

I believe there could be one, and choose to imagine there is one. It's not likely I'm going to know to be disappointed if there isn't.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

So you'd go with a pleasant afterlife, or oblivion, either's fine?
How about if 'they got it wrong' and the afterlife is eternal misery? I mean, most 'religious' definitions of what comes after, tend to have a heaven and hell concept, where the latter is kinda assumed to be misery and torment.

[amabat.livejournal.com]

Neither heaven or hell really make sense.

One afterlife that is outside of the physical world would make more sense. I've thought about it almost as moving to a world with an extra dimension, so our world doesn't make sense anymore. That way we would be the same people, but would also start again.

but tbh I don't know what's there, that's why I want to find out. Eternal misery wouldn't be pleasant, but it seems unlikely.