Within the ancient Tibetan tradition, existence is viewed as being subject to the continuous movement of creation, existence and destruction. This ongoing movement not only refers to the extremes of life in the form of birth and death, but also to existence itself in any instant of time. Fear arises whenever that with which one identifies is threatened. Basically all fears are therefore connected with the fear of change and ultimately with the fear of death. If one identifies with what is subject to change, fear naturally arises. Whereas if one succeeds in contacting a more subtle energy of oneself one remains part of the natural process of transformation, and fear does not arise. Being closely connected with nature the Tibetans have understood how to use all natural states in order to further the subtlety of being. They have found the death state to be the most profound and the most uniting of our natural states. The final point of the death process, the clear light experience, is seen as the actual key to the beyond. Thus, the Tibetans have developed practices for consciously going into a death-like state, using this particular state’s uniting potential in order to pursue the goal of going beyond compounded and transitory reality or dualistic existence.