If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
Become intensely conscious of the present moment.
Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
The actual experience of awakening can only be in the present moment.
The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.
Suffering needs time. It cannot survive in the now.
The future does not exist, because nobody has ever experienced it. You can only ever experience a present moment.