Fear of Death

The document discusses the author's reflections on death and impermanence. As a child, he saw his aunt Savitri die unexpectedly by falling into a well. His other aunt Vinodini lived with a cancer that eventually took her life. Throughout his life, he has experienced periods of existential dread and fear of his own mortality, seeing himself as just one small consciousness in a vast, uncertain world. He recalls vivid nightmares of dying and has come to appreciate death as a natural part of life.