Most of us fear from some or the other thing. There is a special word for it "phobia" which generally means fear of something. This fear can be of anything or anybody. It might be from lizards, skin rashes, heights or closed spaces. But we all share one common fear that is "fear of death". The thought of death makes us sad and brings a feeling of failure. Failure of not being able to do things which we had planned. Fear that grabs each one of us when we step out of our homes, when something or other happens. We might not be able to say something to someone that we longed to. Because with death the hope of tomorrow dies. The hope that we might overcome our regrets, might mend our relationships, might prove ourselves as strong individuals, might live happier moments than we did.
No! Am not going to preach: "live as if you are to die tomorrow", rather I question why we fear death or what is it that makes it so special that everyone has fear of it, every living person. If we are capable of leaping onto Moon, if we are capable of touch limitless boundaries than how can we be scared of death?
I think we don't fear death rather we fear the time when it happens. All of us live Life in fear of the moment of death, because no one knows when it comes. There is no rule, no law, no equation, no certainity. Our fear is for that very moment when we are completely unprepared and vulnerable. You may say that people who suffer from some chronic ailment know when they will die. I think, they still fear about the uncertainty of it. In older times Sages used to predict their own death. Months before they die they finish all their unfinished business so that they are prepared for that one moment. Those sages never feared death rather they embraced it right on its face no matter how harsh it was.
So, our biggest fear is not death but the uncertainty attached to it. Humans have power to push their limits, to go beyond the unapproached, unexplored. Then can we be so coward to have fear of death? Not really! our greatest and biggest fear is the not exactly the "death" itself, but the "uncertainty" attached with it.
