Bold

"It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr." - Napoleon Bonaparte

So what do you want to die for?

Skeptics say its not death but life which is more difficult. Further, it is said that cowards are the only one's thinking of suicide. But have they ever tried to even think of killing themselves? Its neither an easy task nor repeatable. So no one knows for sure how it feels to die. Whether or not there is any pain.

One things for sure, its not without a reason that fear of dying is thought of as number one. In spite of being inevitable, and the only thing certain, its yet to be over come by the fickle mind and its emotional attachments. Knowledge of this certainty hardly prepares one to accept it. While it can be argued that ones own demise can still be contemplated, the thought of not being able to experience the company of a loved one, ever again, is what frightens us.

The images of a limp lifeless body of a dear one are extremely scary. However much one tries to escape, the mind always manages to conjure up the worst possible outcome. A yogi once said "the content of your mind is not in your control." It can learn and absorb things in unimaginable ways and is the reason why our species evolve and dominate in our known world.

Coming back, being a martyr is held to be in high esteem as it signifies a selfless life sacrificed for the sake of freedom or protection of ones belief. The belief itself can be in the form of either a country or a religion and is claimed to be highly rewarding in the supposed after life.

"Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure." - Theodore Roosevelt