is anyone scared of leaving this world

[c=7700B2][i]like passing on and dying? as much as i'm christian and catholic and believe in an afterlife, i'm still scared of leaving this life, as shitty as this life gets, it's familiar, i know it, know my surroundings...on the otherside i don't know what may await.....plus, i'll probably die alone as my elderly parents won't survive me.[/i][/c]

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sree251 · 41-45, M Best Comment

Great thoughts! Thanks for sharing your feelings.

Everyone is scared of leaving this world. The western (Christian) response to this fear is different from that of the east (Zen). Yours is that of the west. You are attached to this world, one you know. The afterlife is a matter of belief. There is no empirical proof that it exists.

My concern is not about what comes after my body dies, but how it dies. It's the experience of dying that I am scared of. More often than not, it's a tortuous death by a thousand cuts, slow and painful. It's an awful expensive process most people cannot afford. Add to the physical pain is the mental torture of going broke before the damn body checks out.

You are right. Life is shitty.