Death is the ending of everything that you know. It is the ending of every attachment—all the money you have accumulated, which you cannot take with you—therefore you are frightened. Fear is part of your life. And so whatever you are, however rich, however poor, however highly placed, whatever power you have, there is the ending, which is called death. And what is it that is dying? It is the “me” with all the accumulations that it has gathered in this life, all the pain, the loneliness, the despair, the tears, the laughter, the suffering that is the “me” with all its words. […] Can one live with death and understand the meaning of ending? That is to understand the meaning of negation; ending one’s attachments, ending one’s beliefs, by negating. When one negates, ends, there is something totally new. So, while living, can one negate attachment completely? That is living with death. Death is an ending and has extraordinary importance in life. Not suicide, not euthanasia, but the ending of one’s attachments, one’s pride, one’s antagonism or hatred for another. When one looks holistically at life, then the dying, the living, the agony, the despair, the loneliness, and the suffering are all one movement. When one sees holistically, there is total freedom from death. There is a sense of ending and therefore there is no continuity; there is freedom from the fear of not being able to continue, even though the body will be destroyed.