I think the reason most people have aversion to death is because they don’t know what comes next. I believe Even the most staunch believers in an afterlife still have a shred of doubt that allows room for the fear of not knowing to creep in. Most people despise being the person who doesn’t know…. I think the cure for the mass neurosisi in our wikigoogle culture is practicing the art of ‘not knowing’ from the perspective of a beginners mind. Practice allowing oneself to not be the expert or know something ‘already’- especially even if you do know already. I think in this culture of mass information, ‘ not knowing’ can be a place of rest and also an opportunity to listen. And also a practice for facing death when it occurs from a place of skillful means by meeting it with curiosity and not dread.
I think the reason most people have aversion to death is because they don’t know what comes next. I believe Even the most staunch believers in an afterlife still have a shred of doubt that allows room for the fear of not knowing to creep in. Most people despise being the person who doesn’t know…. I think the cure for the mass neurosisi in our wikigoogle culture is practicing the art of ‘not knowing’ from the perspective of a beginners mind. Practice allowing oneself to not be the expert or know something ‘already’- especially even if you do know already. I think in this culture of mass information, ‘ not knowing’ can be a place of rest and also an opportunity to listen. And also a practice for facing death when it occurs from a place of skillful means by meeting it with curiosity and not dread.