Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No one can avoid death; it is inevitable. Therefore, I should create in my mind a kind of willingness and accepting for that event without any fear.
It's far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
To be alive at all involves some risk.
Maybe I haven't been tested, but I have no fear of death at all. I was with Allen Ginsberg during the last year of his life, and he called all his friends and said, 'I'm on my way out, and it's kind of exciting.' I see it as kind of exciting, too.
The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.
Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt.