And what is that, exactly? How is it destroyed by resisting death or denying physical embodiment?
I’m pointing at common sense. If you had to say it to a three year old, what is sacred and precious?
“You and me” “The world” “Goodness” “Life” “A pure heart” You can come up with your own list.
There are many stories about resisting death resulting in the destruction of the sacred, and they are illustrative.
Wandavision, Harry Potter’s Voldemort, Mr Freeze from Batman, Naruto’s Orochimaru, Snow White. Perhaps you can think of more.
Not sure what you mean RE: denying physical embodiment.
Attachment to the avoidance of death leads to people stop caring about the things that matter (which can’t be measured), and just plain forgetting about it or dismissing it or ignoring it or covering it over. The result is a world like the one we’re in: a host of existential threats that weren’t there centuries ago. Due to a collective forgetting of the sacred, resulting in destruction of those things.
Dissatisfaction is what happens when you really don’t know, but you must know. It’s an uncomfortable state of true doubt and lack of resolution. Then you seek, and that’s a whole hero’s journey.
Fighting is what happens when you “figure it out” (but it’s just thoughts and ideas) and then cling to your position, and then fight the world or other people or yourself. It’s what starts wars and all conflict.
I recommend the former, not the latter.