Buddhists, How do you accept DEATH?

The acceptance of death is a big thing in Buddhism. So how do you accept death

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[KitehighTaco]

This can come down to your view of the work ACCEPT.

To me, acceptance is not about liking something. It it about UNDERSTANDING.

Understanding that EVERYTHING...EVERYTHING......i­s impermenant. Even your view of yourself is impermenant. Your body....made up of earth elements is an impermenant life form and will return to the earth, as the life energy returns to latency. When you believe that this is true..., that faith comes with the gift of acceptance.

[EnigmaDawn]

@KitehighTaco I no everything is impermanent. That the earth changes it's place in the universe day by day. I no that even something that seems lasting and permanent like waves and the tide show us that everything is always changing coz no 2 waves have the same molecular make up. The molecules are never in the same place as water's always moving, rivers rushing to sea only to be evaporated and rained down back into the rivers. I know I'm going to die like everyone b4 me and everyone else who....

[EnigmaDawn]

...lives after me but to quote the matrix there is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. Or in this case knowing and understanding. I will die and so i should as with out death no1 would e born as they would have passed a law preventing it since the earth would get way too crowded. Everything needs balance but how do I move from knowing to understanding.

[EnigmaDawn]

I never believed death was the end, just the beginning of another journey.

[EnigmaDawn]

I'm not afraid I think about it a lot and understand that it must come to everyone. it's just Even though i think about it always and know everyone has to die and that i will die as there is no doubt about that because no one lives forever I still don't think i've accepted it fully and just wanted some help

[tigerborn62]

Thank you for posting this. I accept death by moving beyond egotistical notions of What I Like & What I Don't Like. When I spend precious time foolishly fretting over my poor little ego and making it secure, I lose. And I lose BIG TIME. I not only NOT live life, but I ignore almost everything it has to offer. I strongly suggest to everyone to learn to let go. Move beyond what you like or don't like. Teach yourself this and you will begin to understand what I mean.

[FortisConscius]

I tend not to think "what happens to me after I die", rather "what happens to humanity while I am here, and what will I have left behind after I cease to exist?". I place the emphasis on the collective consciousness which will far outlive 'me'.

And with regards to 'me'; I think Bertrand Russel said it best but I'll paraphrase it: I didn't exist for billions of years before I was born and it didn't inconvenience me in the slightest.

[IAmMediocreAtBest]

wow thanks for that reading I will read that book. Impermanence is one of the hardest things to accept. I myself still find myself saddened and sometimes paralyzed by thoughts of the loved ones I have seen pass away. I have found keeping a healthy regimen of meditation helps me the most in accepting impermanence but the sadness still comes. Then again I am just a kid still to many (22) I should probably be asking you your advice! Thanks again sounds like a wonderful book

[kiecon01]

I just think of it like this time is a spec on the carpet of time which is neverending....

[ApeShallNevaKillApe]

you shouldnt fear death, it is simply going back to our origin

[mikebe41]

I am like you, I lost 5 family members to cancer in 4 years, death is a constant in my life. But I realize tho, we live, we survive, we die, and thats it. Our purpose in life, is who we touched during it

[Snowmeltas]

The idea of anatta (non-self) grows on you. This is the absolute truth that there is no "me": rather, "me" is a bundle of natural processes that nature has decreed happen in a certain place and time. The idea that this constitutes a self, an individual, is an odd idea that only humans entertain. If there is no self, there is no death. This idea seeps into you slowly as you study and practice, bringing peace and bliss with it as your idea that you exist as a separate individual dissipates.