Are you afraid of Death????

@bird123 (10643)
United States
December 4, 2009 10:13pm CST
Seems like everyone around me is dropping dead like flies. A very good lady friend of mine died of a stroke. She was a fine lady in her eighties. She was a mother of five and one of her son's is a friend of mine. Let me tell you a story around her death but first let me ask you a question. Are you afraid of death???? This wonderful lady had a stroke. By the time I got to the hospital with my friend, she was on complete life support. In time they determined she was brain dead. She never wanted to ever be on life support so the doctors decided to take her off when her family could all get there. After the family arrived, I was allowed to go in with my friend. As I looked at this wonderful lady on life support, I noticed she had real good color to her but something was missing. I could tell her spirit was gone. When they took her off life support, the color started to drain from her face. Just like a horror show, the look of cold,pale death took over her body. It was horrible to watch. They should have let the family stay home. Are you afraid of death??? I have direct experience with being a spiritual being. Perhaps, I'm lucky. This frightened me and I know better. It must be terror for those who do not know, for one day we will all go through this. Do you feel terror?? You know me. I have to figure it all out. We are all born spiritual beings placed in a physical body. The longer we are in our physical bodies, the more seduced we are into thinking that is all there is. This is a lie! Even though our bodies give us a frame of reference, we DO see our spirits. That is where the only connection really is. Reality reminds us of this when we see a cold,dead, pale, lifeless body. If we insist on the lie that we are only physical beings, then we must accept the lie that we will be the cold, dead, pale, lifeless body. Since we seduced ourselves into thinking physical is all we are, we are frightened!!! Are you afraid of death?? I am and I know better!! After it was done, there was alot of crying. People huddled close to their religions. Lord save me was heard several times. If you are to believe the lie that we are mere physical, you are going to need saving. Who better to do this than God? Fear of death, fear of hell, it hurts me that it all depends on fear. So I start to question why it is done this way. We know we are spiritual from the beginning. We are lying to ourselves so it's our fault not God's but He knows there will be fear so there has to be more answers. Life, our lessons and our adversity can get pretty trying at times. If there were no fear involved with death, more might choose death as an option to fixing their problems. That would defeat the purpose of the lessons in life. Now we can't have that now can we???? In conclusion, If I scared you, I'm sorry. Know that it will all be OK. If you believe in God, know He could never give up one of His children to death. If you don't believe in God, God is going to take care of you as well. Look around at this well ordered world. It all works out somehow. It will for all of us as well. What do you think??
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@pipayst (140)
• Philippines
5 Dec 09
I'm scared of how I'm going to die. I'm worried about where I'm going afterwards. Am I going to be judged? Will I even figure out the way to get there or will I be wandering the earth as a spirit? Do we get reincarnated? Stuff like that.
@bird123 (10643)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Everything in this world is so well ordered that I don't believe there is any chance of getting lost. God has His act together better than that. As far as being judged, you will do that yourself so be easy on yourself. Yes, there are many more lessons, places to go and people to see. That's why it takes eternity. Thanks everyone for your comments!
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
22 Dec 09
I believe in Heaven. However, I still do not care to die. I feel like I can get more done as a corporeal being, then as an entity looking down from heaven. I'm happy to be with God when I die, but I'd like to get a bit more work done before that day.
@bird123 (10643)
• United States
23 Dec 09
Get more done as a corporeal being??? So I take it that you are working on changing the world as we know it. Yes, I think you will whether you work on it or not. Thanks for your comments.
@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
5 Dec 09
I am sorry for your loss. As we get older more and more we loose those around us, we come to realize we aren't here for a long time and hopefully to make the best of it. In the grand scheme of things a persons life span isn't much. I don't fear dying I fear the unknown and that's what my faith is for. I believe there is a lot more to us than these physical bodies I have believed this long before I ever got involved in any church or spiritual involvement. Since the time I was very small I believed this world was not what we thought of as a concrete existence. I can recall being very small and trying to keep my thoughts in check because I knew that the things I feared would take on a reality of their own. But we are taught that life is concrete and the metaphysical is not reality. It took me most of my life to realize again that the way you think effects every part of your life. What you fear becomes the reality you make for yourself. I still feel that I have more things to complete in this life time before I go on to the next but I think when i have reached what I am suppose to do or learn the things I am here for than it will be the end of this physical existence and time for the next.
@bird123 (10643)
• United States
5 Dec 09
You are right. When there is no learning or growth, change usually comes pretty quickly. Thanks for your comments!!
@satan88 (584)
• United States Minor Outlying Islands
6 Dec 09
no, i'm afraid of life more.
@bird123 (10643)
• United States
6 Dec 09
There can be alot of unknowns to life as well. Thanks for your comments!!!
@samwon (54)
• China
5 Dec 09
yes very much.so i dont think about that,i just think about good life ,and delicious food,lol