Analyzing The Fear Of Death

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A small story:

A disciple was caught in a river one day.

He was terrified of his losing his life and he shouted out to his Master to save him from drowning.

The Master said, "Stand up!"

The disciple screamed out, "How can I? I am drowning."

The Master said, "Have I not taught you to help yourself? Now stand up!"

The disciple said, "Master, you are preaching to me at this moment of my impending death. Why don't you just save me!"

The Master persisted, "I said, stand up."

The disciple was enraged at the Master's persistence.

He simply stood up. The water came up only to his knee!

(Laughter!)

I tell you: All your fears are nothing but the fear of your fears. If you shake off your fears and allow your intelligence to surface, you will find that your fears are just shadows of objects that don't exist.

If you deeply analyze the fear of death, you will come to know that people are afraid to die because unconsciously, they feel that they should have been somewhere higher up than where they are now. They feel they have not reached their actual place in life and so they are not ready to leave.

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