Selfishness and greed cause the most intense kind of fear. We will all be alone once we are dead, but if your habit is constantly to act out your self-obsession in front of an admiring audience, the solitariness of death will be unbearable. Having become used to the admiration of sycophants who indulge your every whim, when you suddenly find yourself entirely alone, fear will overwhelm you. Reduce your selfishness and you will reduce the intensity of that fear.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book Living Is Dying: How to Prepare for Death, Dying and Beyond
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