the pain 

failure

The only aspect of death I have a certain amount of fear about is getting there and that's mostly pain and suffering. I'd like to go like Yogananda and just sit quietly meditating and pass into the infinite quickly and peacefully. No trauma. Other than that I'm pretty cool with death. If I'm wrong I guess I'll find out or it won't make any difference in the end.

Yes, that was Jeremy and he was super kid with an amazing ability to see life as it is, and a super guitar player too.

Its all part of the Play of Life. We all have our part to play. The goal of being here in my opinion is to realize you are playing a character and get in touch with the Actor that is the real you just as that Actor is trying to get in touch with you. Some people use guides for this or religions or both. And some choose to go it alone, but ultimately I think we will all come to the same conclusion and then have a good laugh about it in some pub created by the larger reality beyond this physical plane. That's just how I see it. And I've thought about it for a longtime. Its not everyone's idea and that's cool with me. I don't need anyone else's approval for how I see it. We are entertaining God as much as we are learning something, maybe more so in some cases.

Hey seeking_answers,

There are events in life that are ok in theory and that are different when the time comes. Maybe the avid non-fearer fears and vice versa. Sometimes it's easier to say we have no fears and life seems easier because of it. Trying to be honest at least with our selves I think will help in the long run.

When reading your initial post I thought about physical death sometimes happening so fast the physical pain is hardly registered. There will be some transitions that are so smooth people are surprised to find that they aren't making the bodies move anymore.

Many years ago I tried to kick the bucket. Sounds painful but can't remember physical pain once the rope snapped. Could very well be that once the time comes it's a lot softer than expected.

I'm not amazed that death is feared, seeking. I do pretty well with that fear, but I have other fears that may be very small and trivial to others but big for me. What if I was wrong - I could very well be about everything but I don't fear that. I'm calmly okay with that now, so that and 'too late' don't ring any alarms.