“You only die whenever you accept death.”

Last update Nov. 30, 2023. History

Haidakhan Babaji teacher in northern India

1 December 1982
The Teachings of Babaji. (1983, 1984, 1988). Haidakhan, U.P.: Haidakhandi Samaj.
Source: The Teachings of Babaji, 1 December 1982.

“You may die a hundred deaths without a break in the mental turmoil. Or, you may keep your body and die only in the mind. The death of the mind is the birth of wisdom.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

Source: I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

“It's not death if you refuse it…
It is if you accept it.”

James O'Barr The Crow

Source: The Crow

“You live you die and death not ends it.”

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors

An American Prayer (1978)
Variant: We live, we die
and death not ends it
Context: O great creator of being
grant us one more hour to
perform our art
and perfect our lives The moths & atheists are doubly divine
& dying
We live, we die
and death not ends it

“To overcome the fear of death it is necessary to accept that we all have to die”

Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition

Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977
Context: Q: What can I do to overcome my fear of death? A: Attachment to the body causes fear of death. It is the strongest attachment. Even a newborn infant has this attachment. To overcome the fear of death it is necessary to accept that we all have to die. (p.39)