I am deathly afraid of dying; to the point where if I think about

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>>18649250
Rest My Darling. Be Joyful And Spend Time With Those You Love.

>>18649263
Funny you post a mushroom because I've been considering doing LSD or Shrooms, cause supposedly it can reset your neurone connections and help lessen depression and anxiety when used in a controlled space (supposedly e.t.c)

But I am scared of a bad trip. I am afraid to fuel the fire that's already burning bright .

I did read once, "we are here for a good time, not a long time". And it helped, a little. But my pain is hard to manage.

Fear to death is one of the reasons religion exists

'Subject to birth, subject to aging,
subject to death,
run-of-the-mill people
are repelled by those who suffer
from that to which they are subject.
And if I were to be repelled
by beings subject to these things,
it would not be fitting for me,
living as they do.'
As I maintained this attitude —
knowing the Dhamma
without acquisitions —
I overcame all intoxication
with health, youth, & life
as one who sees
renunciation as rest.
For me, energy arose,
Unbinding was clearly seen.
There's now no way
I could partake of sensual pleasures.
Having followed the holy life,
I will not return.
AN 3.38
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.038.than.html

>>18649250
good squid

Meditate.
Just lay down, close your eyes, and breathe.
Don't think of anything, just take the world and your senses for what they are.

This is reality. Everything else is you. Death is merely context for life, there is no reason to fear it. To live in the shadow of death is to never live at all. With no life, there is no loss. Without sadness, there is no happiness. It is not bad, it is not evil, it is not conscious. It cares not for your beliefs, nor your life. To return to death is merely to return from whence you've came.