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Originally Posted by Lindsoid  From and egoic perspective we are meant to fear death, we feel pain and fear when someone dies from this egoic attachment to this moment in life.
Hmmm.. and I may have a different definition of ego than some of you... to me, ego is small mind, our personality or that which is being witnessed. |
From a self-preservation point of view, nature doesn't want us to be too welcoming to the notion of death.
Pain is also a self-preservation mechanism intended to alert us and warn us of impending danger (emotional or physical).
As far as ego goes, from a psychological point of view we need that too - a healthy, balanced one. I think that you're right in that people define concepts differently. Strictly from a life preservation perspective, we need pain and ego and to at least want to avoid death.