Yeah, the one big thing that a lot of people don't realize is that not everyone is afraid of sickness or death. People place different amounts of importance on different things in life.
For example, a person living in Afghanistan who sees people die on an almost daily basis might have absolutely no worry about smoking, because it's something that they probably wont' live long enough to worry about.
The same thing with people who pursue spiritual practicies and understanding. They might not worry about disease or death even because they believe themselves to be eternal.
It's kind of like when I heard people saying that Jesus was fake because if he was really so powerful, he wouldn't have allowed himself to get killed. They don't see the point that if he wasn't worried about dying, because he knew he would continue to exist afterwords and that the body is just a shell, then why would he care?
Another way of saying this is one metaphor I always use for myself. If Jesus were to climb a mountain, how much bread would he pack in his backpack? The answer is none. Why haul around all this bread when you can just make it appear out of thin air when you need it, if you need it. The point being that while a normal mountain climber might put a lot of effort into preventing starvation before starting a climb by planning, calculating and packing a lot of food before doing the climb because they are worried of starving, someone who can materialize it wouldn't worry about it.
I don't know about Jane Roberts personally. I'm not defending her, because I know nothing of her. I have the book, but I haven't read past the first few chapters yet. But I just wanted to point out that death is not a fear of everyone. Whereas I know some people might fight to stay alive no matter what, others who get a disease simply see it as the way things are supposed to be and they make the transition to the next afterlife without worry. It's almost impossible to know why they made that decision.
We all die at some point. Maybe if you made a list of everything you wanted to get done in this life and went out and did it, and you were only 45 by the time it was done, maybe you wouldn't mind dying anymore cuz everything was done. ??? Who knows.
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