Are you afraid of death?

[Agua del Cielo]

So old people who are dying and yet still smiling in the hospital are afraid of death when they welcome it?

Not necessarily,no!
I think it's possible to reach a point where one can embrace and accept death.
it's probably "easier" once its inevitable.

I am relating more to a lot of unconscious patterns that are ultimately driven by fear of death.
For example, when really suffering, many people (including me) prefer to continue suffering instead of allowing the ego to "die".
Or life patterns that result out of traumatic experiences, which in my opinion are all deeper life patterns; i'm talking about those "Defensive" patterns we have here.
An example would be the unwillingness to really fully incarnate and fully accept living here on 3D earth.
At least in my case and quite some people i know, this could be tracked down to "i wont survive here" issue in the end, which was the result of a life threatening situation in early incarnation stages.
This old fear of death was still present subconsciously and the basic "Drive" of the avoidance pattern.

I also had the experience that people are afraid of overwhelming Love because they fear they wont "survive" it.

Still its perfectly possible to embrace this fear.