Once you have known death without dying, the fear of death disappears forever.

The quote speaks of a truth that is transcendent, of a realisation that is profound. To know death without dying is to glimpse the essence of your true nature, which is beyond the physical form. It is a moment of awakening in which you understand that you are not merely the body, that you are an eternal presence, a consciousness that cannot be confined to the physical plane.

In meditative depths, you may encounter this experience. It is an inner dissolution, where all of one’s identity, ego, and attachments are seen for what they are – transient, illusory. And in that space, where everything known falls away, there is death. Not a physical death, but a psychological, a spiritual one. This is what we sometimes call ego-death.

Once you have passed through this metaphorical death, you emerge renewed, without the irrational fear of physical cessation because you have touched something timeless within you. This fearlessness comes from direct experience, not intellectual understanding.

Fear of death often arises because of identification with the impermanent – our body, our thoughts, our possessions. When you know that you are none of these – that they are just clothes you wear – the fear disappears. This realisation is liberating and can transform the way you live your life, infusing it with more joy, spontaneity, and love, for you understand that life and death are mere play.

Remember, life celebrates through death, and death prepares the ground for life. To understand this is to embrace existence in its totality. Only then can you live fully, without clingings, without fear, as each moment becomes an opportunity to celebrate the eternal dance of creation and dissolution.