The third basic fear is the fear of death. This fear is the most obvious and the most devastating. "Remember: you will die!" is a cruel fact for everyone. Death is so unquestionable. Augustine said: "Everything is uncertain, only death is certain." The power of death will cancel the meaning of all living people: every living person is dying, preparing to die, and will eventually enter the world without exception. In the arms of death. Since I am destined to die, and death is not under my control and may come to me at any time, then what is the meaning of my life? The fear of death is actually a questioning of the meaning of life. It is almost the most fundamental question that perplexes all philosophers. There must be too few people who look forward to death as a blessing like Socrates, because what it requires is the courage to devote oneself to the truth. Plato's thought originated from the uncompromising death of Socrates. For Socrates, dialogue with truth—speaking of the Logos—enabled him to ignore the horrific nature of death. Even when the master of poison warned Socrates to speak as little as possible, Otherwise, the toxicity will develop slowly, and two to three servings must be taken. Socrates replied, and prepare the poisonous wine, "you might as well take two to three servings." Socrates defeated the fear of death. However, people in this era have lost the pursuit of "Tao". What else can he use to resist this fear? Fear implies a threat, a threat to us from time, and a threat to ourselves from our own shortcomings, which is related to sin, for "the wages of sin is death." In the book "Genesis", after Adam ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he endured God's curse: "You will surely die!" This shows that the fall of man has fallen into the constraints of time
In it, death means that time limits people. The threat of time is not only that it will end our lives, but what is even more frightening is that it may use a violent method to carry out this ending in advance, such as disease, disaster, etc. Because everyone has a desire to be infinite and achieve eternity (to have children and write books is to extend their lives), everyone hopes that death will come later, but in fact people are unable to do this. At some point, the fear of death arises because it is an uninvited guest that may knock on the door at any time. Another reason for fear of death is that people are unable to take responsibility for their actions in life. Human conscience longs for righteousness and holiness, but there is no goodness in the human flesh. When living in sin, people have the pain of self-condemnation for righteousness. Because people cannot face death with their own holy thoughts, the fear of death is actually the fear of judgment after death.
How can you ease your fear and gain the power to control it? I think the first thing is that people must realize their own limitations and shortcomings, so as to maintain awe of the unknown world, instead of hastily viewing themselves as the ultimate and thinking that they can bear everything.
The real situation is that man is placed in a world that he cannot control, and can no longer break out of the cocoon of fear on his own strength. He must admit that man cannot survive by himself, and he must believe that there is a better person in this world. Only with this greater being to protect human existence can the meaning of human life be confirmed. Only by this can we overcome the fear of "impersonal things" and "non-existence". Fear of "death". This fact will become more and more acute, because mankind has reached an extremely fragile situation at the end of the century. He can no longer find the confidence in himself that he had in previous eras. In other words, many cruel facts in history have already It proves that when humans lose the protection of a larger being, it is possible for humans to become as barbaric and do whatever they want like animals. In this situation, it is not surprising that people feel fear, but to completely eliminate the fear and anxiety in a person's heart, unless this person becomes a citizen of another world-a citizen of the eternal world. This world will give him new and more valuable strength, give him confidence, give him courage, and enable him to successfully liberate himself from the world of fear. This is indeed a secret, and I would like to quote James Reid again: "It was in this eternal world that Christ discovered the secret of fearlessness. He knew that neither natural disaster nor human cruelty could Touching things in the eternal world in which he lives. In this eternal world, nothing will be threatened by water and fire, because the power of water and fire will never reach this realm." And Pascal. It seems to be stated more clearly in "Thoughts": "Real fear comes from faith; false fear comes from doubt. Real fear is accompanied by hope because it comes from faith, and because people have no confidence in the gods they believe in." With fear. The former is afraid of losing God, and the latter is afraid of finding God. "Indeed, fear in the ultimate sense is not simply fear, nor is it an emotion. It is related to the origin of our existence. As long as there is a sense of existence, As long as people are unwilling to live, as long as they have not stopped thinking, they will face this problem sooner or later, because it is so real and cannot be avoided. The philosopher Max Scheler said that man has become a complete problem relative to himself - the beginning of solving these problems lies in the understanding and evaluation of these problems, and I began to face up to and explore the fears I faced and their fundamentals. The form may indicate that I am on my way out of the torment of fear.