How do you get over a fear of death?

How do you get over a fear of death? A question I answered on Quora

Let me suggest, you don’t really get over a “fear of death” in the way that you might think is required. 

No one is greatly keen on a major change such as death brings – unless we are in control of it.

If you were suddenly told that you had to drop everything you are doing and move to the other side of the world today, or tomorrow, I suspect you would be a little disturbed by the thought of it – especially if you were leaving behind family and friends too. I know I would.

What you can do is prepare for death, for that sudden shift that will come one day. Study it. It’s mostly taboo in our culture, and avoided. There’s a lot of unnecessary fear around it because of ignorance and, dare I say, religion.

Add that to the change it invokes and you have a recipe for foreboding and panic. If you study it, you’ll find you have been through it before. This is the place (in time) where death exists – it doesn’t on the Other Side. But we come here to learn something and grow spiritually – and take the risk of the pain of dying, of apparent separation.

If you really do decide to study it, take a read of my book, Life and Death: Making Sense of It. You can buy it most places online.

Links you might also like:

Cope with knowing you will die
If an afterlife why scared of death?
What is the Other Side like?

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this post are entirely the opinion of the author, Francis O’Neill. No guarantee is given that the information provided is correct, complete, and/or up-to-date.