Why do I not feel fear about my impending death?
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"Fear of death is a mirage created by the mind; in the dance of life, we remain blissfully unaware that death is merely a shadow waiting for its time."
According to Osho, your lack of fear is natural, not exceptional: nature shields life by keeping death psychologically ‘for others,’ so overwhelming dread doesn’t paralyze living. We live by an unconscious sense of open-endedness, and even your “certainty” of dying is only an inference, not direct experience. Hence fear seldom arises until the moment itself—life remains possible.
You don’t feel scared because your mind treats death as something that happens to others so you can keep living, and your “certainty” about dying is just a guess until it actually occurs.
Why this matters practically
- Stop forcing yourself to be afraid; use that energy to live fully now.
- Question borrowed certainties and return to direct awareness of the present.
- Let natural trust reduce anxiety while cultivating conscious understanding of impermanence.
- Question borrowed certainties and return to direct awareness of the present.
- Let natural trust reduce anxiety while cultivating conscious understanding of impermanence.
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