I read Scott Morrison's piece on fear of death and it is reassuring. I agree it is the thinking that is distressing. Help me stop looking at death as a problem that must be solved. All beliefs, including beliefs about God, about life, about death, about consciousness, about existence, about heaven and hell, about reincarnation, about a cold, unfeeling universe that does not care about us, about anything at all, are an avoidance and an escape from what is .
Beliefs are the separation.
The fear comes not from love of life, but from clinging to thoughts about life and thoughts about losing that life . You are bothered by it because you take your thoughts to be the real thing. However, thoughts about eating are not eating. Thoughts about bathing are not the experience of warm, soapy water. Thoughts about being in love are not the exquisite and tender experience of affection, intimacy, and compassion you feel with another person.