#platform/youtube #channel/Master-YongHua #playlist/dharma-seeds ![Why Are We Afraid to Die? - 4th Skandha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl_kNX9v2eg) The fourth expression of the ego is something we call formation. Formation meaning the autonomous systems in our body, in our breathing; our heart pumping. Those are the autonomous systems. That's the ego manifesting in what way? Manifests in the form of it's afraid to die. Your fear of death folks, that's your ego. Who's not afraid to die? I'm terrified of death. I hope I live another 100 years. See that? The ego, it says I don't want to die. So even though—even though I'm sleeping, I'm still breathing. I don't need to think about it because that's my self-defense mechanism. It's scared of death. Tell me that you're not afraid of death. Mhm? Your fear of death is 24 hours a day because that's why you keep on breathing and pumping. Have you thought about it? Because you're afraid to die?