Quote from "Think on these things" by J Krishnamurti:

Do you think a leaf that falls to the ground is afraid of death? Do you think a bird lives in fear of dying? It meets death when death comes, but it is not concerned about death; it is much too occupied with living, with catching insects, building a nest, singing a song, flying for the very joy of flying. Have you ever watched birds soaring high up in the air without a beat of their wings, being carried along by the wind? How endlessly they seem to enjoy themselves! They are not concerned about death. If death comes, it is all right, they are finished. There is no concern about what is going to happen; they are living from moment to moment, are they not? It is we human beings who are always concerned about death-because we are not living. That is the trouble: we are dying, we are not living."


Isn't that true? To think about it, we can say that we have more intellect than the mere birds and leaves that do not know how to think, which makes man better of the lot. Nevertheless, man has to learn from the nature which maynot be able to think by itself, but can stimulate man to think. And nature does give valuable lessons.

Why are we afraid of death? And if we are, does that mean that we die every moment than live?

I think death haunts man because we don't know whats beyond that. It may be nothing after death. Afterall, it was an accident that human race got created, they say. Man fears the unknown. We generally approach the unknown with caution, when there seems to be a risk of perishing. And whats more riskier than death?

In tamil language , there is a saying, "Kandavar vindilar; Vindavar kandilar". It means that, one who has realized [God], never talks about it and one who proclaims never realized [God].

We might be scared of death. But does that mean that we always think about it? Maybe yes, maybe no.

And does JK mean to live the moment rather than anything else? To think about life than death?