Why some people are afraid of dying, and some arent

“Do you fear death?” – Davy Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End

“To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” – Professor Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

“Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.”- Yoda, Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

“Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have. Twilight is upon me, soon night must fall.”- Yoda, Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

These four quotations are some of my favorite death-related quotes. I especially love the first one because Davy Jones asks that, and if they so no, he kills them and if they say yes, they join him on The Flying Dutchman. And those that do not fear death are truly the lucky ones.

Now, the second quotation has been a personal favorite for years because it basically says that if you do not fear death and if you have a well-organized mind about it, it is the next great adventure. It brings me goosebumps everytime I read it.

Now these two Yoda quotes basically explain to me why some people fear death and others don’t. Because we are afraid of the unknown and we are afraid of leaving or losing the ones we love, just like Anakin was in Revenge of the Sith, and his son, Luke was in Empire Strikes Back. And, for some people fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of them all. I mean, fear of what we do not know is perfectly normal, for the most part. We fear what we do not know because we do not understand. We don’t know what dying is like and that scares some people. But for others it does not, and Dumbledore’s quote and the second Yoda quote explains it. Because for those of us who have well-organized minds, to them, death is just another adventure, because there may be an afterlife, and that is adventure.

If we look at the Jedi. Look at some of the Jedi who have died in the six Star Wars films, in particular Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon, and possibly Darth Vader. Look what happens after they die. Darth Vader and Qui-Gon were either afraid of death or had not accepted it, because they did not disappear into nothingness. With the later, since his death was sudden, he had not accepted it yet, and Darth Vader had always feared death, look at how he reacted to those awful dreams of his mother and his wife. Now, Yoda and Obi-Wan, they both had accepted their deaths and were not afraid of dying, so they disappeared into nothingness and became one with the Force.