Summary: <p>Listen to episode 12 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Overcome a Fear of Death & Dying. Edited & adapted from the book The Conquest of Fear by Basil King. <br><br><em><strong>Podcast Excerpt:</strong> Fear of death is greatly diminished by recognizing the truth of everlasting growth. This truth is reflected in everything we know of life. Our observation of life is, of course, limited to this planet; but as far as it goes, it shows us a persistent and perpetual system of development. <br><br>We have only to let our imaginations go back to the first stirrings of life in Earth’s primeval seas, and contrast that with what it became in Plato, Sophocles, Raphael, Shakespeare, and Einstein, to see how high the climb upward has been. <br><br>Every individual is a growing entity. Each year, each day, expands you a little further, with increased fullness of character.... <br></em> </p>
