Death scares the ego because there was something that the ego wanted from its existence that has not yet been achieved. The technical problem there is that what the ego wants from its existence can only be attained from its non-existence. Therefore, the only way to avoid death is by dying before death.
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Questioner: Greetings, Master. So when the body dies, when I'm thinking of death, one thing I know is that my consumption of the world will end. That much I know. But I'm afraid of that because I am living and thriving on consuming the world, gaining pleasure from the world—I'm living on that. So my food for existence will stop.
Acharya Prashant: Maybe, maybe that's what we are afraid of—consumption coming to an end without the end having been achieved. It's like this—go back to that example. When some ticketless fellow sneaks into the first-class reserved coach, think of this: why has he chosen to get into that particular coach and not into a general dabba?
Questioner: To consume the comforts of AC and other luxuries.
Acharya Prashant: To consume the comforts. But he has still not managed to secure a seat. Instead, he's hanging in the toilet.
