Fear of Death (Excerpt)

[@infinitenothingness]

Death is like taking off a tight shoe. -Ram Dass

[@AurelienCarnoy]

"And there's no way I'm going to steal that from you. It has to come from you" ❤

[@foxdenham]

What an obviously authentic and connected man talking to Adya. I always feel encouraged when I hear ‘real’ dialogue. Thanks to both men xx

[@foxdenham]

What a great final line… “and there’s no way I’m gonna steal it from you”. Respect bro. 👊

[@peregrinepack9585]

On some kind of intellectual level, I've accepted that my current identity will someday die and be gone, but I still experience fear of death in the instinctual, animal, brain stem type of way. Perhaps that's just part of the experience of operating a living body. What a funny thing, that we have thought ourselves superior to animals!

[@jkd6969]

What a paradox! Death of all physical forms is inevitable! No body talks about this, no school teaches or prepares us for what is inevitable for one and all! My son joined the army and was deployed twice… that brought me face to face with the probability of his death. Every day all I could think about is death and how I was going to deal with it. Through endless tears and research in scriptures, I calmed down somehow. He passed away ten years later in a car accident in-the safety of his country. Educating our own self about “what dies” and what in us is Eternal, brings peace and true surrender. Each and everyone of us, has to discover “who am l, really? “ * this enquiry brings peace and helps overcome fears. Ignorance of our Real Self is the root cause of this fear. Wish this was taught in first grade 💗🙏🏼💗

[@Ilstube1]

Death seems like freedom from pain and suffering, but the levels of pain and misery that a physical experience can become is much scarier, thus being alive on this planet is scarier than dying.

[@luismoref]

And life is the only way to experience all the beauty and good things of the material world.

[@paulinaastete7238]

And with the pain, then we feel the joy? After being w both my parents at their deaths, i miss them so much. 3 years now, still practicing generating joy. It exists,but tiny bits. Not afraid of dying ❤mostly afraid of living

[@LoveAll369]

Fear and pain are only really hard in your mind. The more you open to life and let go of your fears and resistance in your mind life becomes easier and easier until it becomes very enjoyable and you go with the flow. Yoga is very good for this because you purposely meet resistances in your mind and learn to release them. I teach yoga and have been practicing for a while and life has become a lot fuller since I have started. Enjoy your journey

[@luismoref]

@@paulinaastete7238 sadly it's part of the journey, but when you are fully Present you experience peace, it's when we say that your parents still live with you. When you stop telling stories about what happened in your head you'll feel the love that never dies.

[@thymebundles]

Love that line - "Life surrenders through us"

[@boddhitara730]

Beautiful Adya, love you so much. Thank you.

[@M-i-k-a-e-l]

So much love at the end of the video. I feel this ferocious shame about being in constant fear of death and the unknown. It is a pride thing, I thought I would have conquered this a long time ago. Now I am 51 and been on a spiritual quest for 20 odd years and this terror is more intense than ever, chewing on my bones as it were.

[@jeannebonesteel5947]

I feel absolutely the same way, M-i-k-a-e-l. I think, after all the reading of spiritual literature and listening to such masters as Adya above, all you and I and anyone else in our present state can best do is stay open through our faith that God is real, more real than our fear of death(which is perhaps just our ego/mind)and let the fear eat away at us until at last that blessed surrender arrives and we are freed. I will continue to repeat, again and again with all my heart, Your will, not mine, be done. Love to you!

[@M-i-k-a-e-l]

@@jeannebonesteel5947 Such a fine moment, this winter evening in rural Sweden, by my fireplace, reading your response here. Moved me so much. Internet at its best and most blessed. God be with you, friend.

[@jeannebonesteel5947]

@@M-i-k-a-e-l And with you, too, my friend.

[@mikaelbirger]

@@M-i-k-a-e-l we have he same name and the same fear, and are neighbours, haha! Thanks for sharing so openly, one thing that started helping me are 2 things, I started telling myself that since death has bern a part of existence since the beginning of time, it cannot be evil, there must be some point to it. Another thing that helps me, that might sound weird, but there has been so many people that died, both with fear and others with grace and in that I find there is a sense of community, something that ties me to the whole of existence we are all together in death.

[@mikaelbirger]

@@M-i-k-a-e-l and also, I have lives with this fear and anxiety for so long that I have noticed it isn’t dangerous. It is a feeling and some thoughts and although sometimes they seem like they will eat me up, here I am still, living my life. And so there is a calm to it, the acceptance that it might or might not go away, but that like everything else in my life I can endure it, even if it feels like shit.

[@spicypotatosofttaco3227]

I always learn so much from the q&a sessions

[@Dowlphin]

Defeat leads to surrender, but surrender doesn't lead to defeat. "Jesus, take the wheel" is enormously positive. Jesus is like an example of someone taking the core principle of ho'oponopono to the extreme.

[@tarunarora2312]

You are such a blessing Adya, There's nothing wrong with u, its like jumping to the moon, You simply cant do it.

[@richardsnyder6413]

Thank you ❤

[@positivelastaction3957]

I have been so afraid of death for my entire life. I can honestly say now, after 56 years, with chronic pain and other life stressors, I am ready for it.

[@AurelienCarnoy]

How about living life before you die? No judgment. Just, have you considered living ? Playing the game of life at full volume. While remaining ethical , etc

[@dijanabrkic5167]

@@AurelienCarnoy Hmm, that's a bit of a contradiction. You are playing a game of life at a "full volume", no matter what. Even if it can seem as someone elses life is "dull" from your perspective, or anything like that, its still life expressing itself. Or am I missing your point?

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

[@joviscaino9065]

Has anyone checked up on the caller? I picked up that he was on the verge of wanting to just take control and unalive himself :/

[@adultswimbump]

I wish Adya had answered that simple but profound question - where is she?

[@christinaforras]

How would you answer it? 😊

[@JohnnyLovesPuppies]

Ramana Maharshi: "They say that I am dying, but I am not going away. Where could I go?" That's an incomplete quote, which usually ends with a short sentence that reinforces the first sentence, but I think it's better to end with a question (like a koan). The point being, you really don't want Adya to answer that question for you. That question is a gift in disguise.