Perhaps the reason we have fears of being buried alive is related to the possibility that after death occurs, the Soul actually watches the body die, begin decomposing and be buried.
Maybe the ancient Egyptians who were mummified were really acting out a fear of death as much as a fear of having to watch their old bodies deteriorate which would mean that their Souls would have to return back to its Creator, thus killing the Ego. It has been recently suggested that mummification was a technique employed to trick the Soul as it were, into thinking that the body still existed, and therefore reincarnation was unnecessary.
It seems the fear of Death is just a fear of having to end this otherwise endless merry-go-round (sometimes not-so-merry) called life. Sometimes I think that the ancient promise of eternal youth is just a fantasy born out of the fear of death and is little more than a slap in the face of the Almighty because we all must return back to the Creator eventually. Therefore, live life to its fullest. Be good to yourself and serve the world/universe by following the selfless dreams which will give you the most inspiration and Joy.
You are a Soul, which is a middleman between the pure Spirit world and the Material world. God’s Will is Joy, for thru the interaction of opposites comes Creation which is Joy. If you follow your inspirations (which are ideas from the In-Spirit or Spirit INside), you will be receiving from Spirit and giving to the World, which is Creation through the interaction of the opposites occurring in the only place it can, the middle ground, the middleman, your Soul.
Every time you create you “get off on it” to use a vulgar expression. Creating is a Joy that makes one Happy. Therefore Create for the world what Inspiration suggests to you because this will give you Joy. Do it everyday before you die and nothing will be regretted upon your last breath.
Or instead of doing so much before we die, we can practice deep meditation and introspection and learn thru Spiritual Wisdom to let go of all desires, the occurrence of which will negate you needing to be here any longer which will then result in Enlightenment/Death.
Which one of the above two views is correct? They both seem to contradict each other. But they don’t. Only when we are enlightened and CHOOSE to stay a while in a body in order to help others can both views be perceived with the same eye revealing their truly combined nature.
By this revelation it would seem that ALL of us are already enlightened but don’t realize it (generally speaking). When one realizes his or her own enlightenment, one loses all fear of death for death is just an end to our experience of the merry-(and not-so-merry)-go-round here in the Physical world.
