Life is, in essence, a culmination of experiences, witnessed firsthand through a first-person perspective. It is not the "real" you, but rather a vehicle through which you can interact with the world. I cannot distinctly say what happens when our "vehicles," or physical bodies die, but I do believe there is some sort of life after death, although I do not know its nature, but I'm sure, as Steve said, most dead people do not know either. So to confirm that you do not really die, but just the medium through which you convey your thoughts and actions dies. So, to think in this way will ultimately, hopefully, for you, erase most fear about everything. To know that even death is not the end of your life, to fully and totally accept this, but not blindly, to compleely believe it through a deep resonation with your conscious mind and logical perspective. I would always wonder why people would cry at others' funerals if they believed they were going to a better place. I used to look at the hollow "shell" in which they used to inhabit and think, "They're somewhere peaceful now, somewhere better..." And I still feel like I am not my physical body, but much, much more. So, it's more of a knowing than believing, and this will hopefully alleviate your fear of death or wondering about death. I could be wrong, but if I am, there is no way I wouuld ever know. I'd be gone. But I really cannot fathom this actually happening, but that's just me.
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