1 00:00:00,031 --> 00:00:02,133 Finally I have a terrible fear of death. 2 00:00:02,954 --> 00:00:05,637 I won't be able to take it off my mind. 3 00:00:06,178 --> 00:00:09,101 I'm scared I will no longer exist when I die. 4 00:00:09,802 --> 00:00:14,127 It keeps my heart racing all day, makes me so anxious. 5 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:15,508 Can you help me? 6 00:00:15,528 --> 00:00:23,457 I can help you help yourself. 7 00:00:25,343 --> 00:00:26,645 Many ways I can do that. 8 00:00:28,246 --> 00:00:33,713 You could start by reading the book I wrote, a little book on how to meditate. 9 00:00:35,475 --> 00:00:36,997 You could contact me by email. 10 00:00:38,218 --> 00:00:40,721 The best thing is you could come out here and start practicing. 11 00:00:47,169 --> 00:00:48,731 But the question is help you do what? 12 00:00:49,532 --> 00:00:50,473 Help you 13 00:00:53,052 --> 00:00:59,299 remove the fear or help you to rise above it. 14 00:01:04,305 --> 00:01:13,616 I mean, that's kind of a silly way to put it, no? 15 00:01:13,636 --> 00:01:16,720 What I mean to say is you're better off not trying. 16 00:01:16,860 --> 00:01:21,085 If your intention is to do away with the fear, then you're going to have a problem. 17 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:41,078 And so rather than recommending, rather than trying to help you get rid of the fear, I would help you to see the fear and to live with the fear until you can understand the fear and overcome the fear. 18 00:01:41,138 --> 00:01:42,640 Because we cling to things like fear. 19 00:01:43,721 --> 00:01:48,085 We cling to all of our emotions. 20 00:01:52,503 --> 00:02:02,074 and use the clinging as a substitute for actually doing something, as a solution. 21 00:02:03,539 --> 00:02:06,044 I get stuck on the fear, stuck on the emotions. 22 00:02:07,648 --> 00:02:08,229 So look at them. 23 00:02:09,592 --> 00:02:10,534 Stop clinging to them. 24 00:02:10,594 --> 00:02:12,498 You have to change the way you think about this. 25 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:16,707 In every case, we have to change the way we think about it. 26 00:02:17,308 --> 00:02:18,731 Stop thinking of it as a problem. 27 00:02:18,811 --> 00:02:20,575 Stop thinking about the problem at all. 28 00:02:20,615 --> 00:02:23,421 Stop thinking about death. 29 00:02:23,401 --> 00:02:27,209 Start thinking about the fear, which is the last thing we look at. 30 00:02:27,590 --> 00:02:30,095 We never think to look at the reaction. 31 00:02:31,558 --> 00:02:32,660 And that's where the problem is. 32 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:33,922 The problem is not in death. 33 00:02:35,125 --> 00:02:38,111 The problem is in your reaction to it. 34 00:02:40,235 --> 00:02:41,338 There's no problem with death. 35 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:43,502 There's a problem with fear. 36 00:02:45,136 --> 00:02:53,987 So instead of thinking about death or trying to figure out how to solve this problem of death, figure out how to solve the problem of fear. 37 00:02:56,350 --> 00:02:57,511 That's really what you want, no? 38 00:02:59,894 --> 00:03:02,737 No, I mean the problem is that probably you want to not die, right? 39 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:05,441 You can't have that. 40 00:03:05,941 --> 00:03:08,004 But what you should want is to not fear. 41 00:03:08,925 --> 00:03:10,187 Die without fear. 42 00:03:12,429 --> 00:03:13,050 So 43 00:03:14,633 --> 00:03:15,614 Try to learn about the fear. 44 00:03:15,674 --> 00:03:16,436 Don't get rid of it. 45 00:03:17,317 --> 00:03:17,898 Learn about it. 46 00:03:18,178 --> 00:03:18,819 Understand it. 47 00:03:19,961 --> 00:03:23,646 Once you understand the fear, your problem will be solved. 48 00:03:24,347 --> 00:03:25,008 Let the fear be. 49 00:03:25,168 --> 00:03:25,749 Let it be there. 50 00:03:26,109 --> 00:03:27,091 So you're afraid of death. 51 00:03:27,131 --> 00:03:27,812 Deathly afraid. 52 00:03:29,114 --> 00:03:30,095 Deathly afraid of death. 53 00:03:32,558 --> 00:03:33,580 It's not really a problem. 54 00:03:36,103 --> 00:03:38,046 When you look at it, you'll see it's just useless. 55 00:03:38,126 --> 00:03:38,747 It's meaningless. 56 00:03:39,228 --> 00:03:39,849 It's pointless. 57 00:03:41,131 --> 00:03:42,653 You'll ask yourself, why am I afraid? 58 00:03:42,713 --> 00:03:44,235 What a silly thing. 59 00:03:45,515 --> 00:03:52,622 how pointless, how absurd, how irrational, and to give it up.