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originally posted by: SummerRain
originally posted by: Nothin
a reply to: 727Sky
Ah ho!
Nice thought experiment provoked by your OP. Thanks!
Here: the ego gets exited at the thought of living longer.
Seems like the ego never wants to die, no?
'Tis interesting to explore these ideas of the body living longer.
Hopefully with the ability to be a little bit active, to the persons will, and not in suffering.
To experience true ego death, it's not from a thought. And it is one of the most horrible things you will ever experience, leading to something completely different. Be glad a mere thought cannot bring it.
originally posted by: SummerRain
originally posted by: Nothin
originally posted by: SummerRain
originally posted by: AthlonSavage
To extend natural life time to this degree comes at a price of becoming less alive organically.
The human race will evolve to become the undead.
If a fire was eternal, no one would ever appreciate the art of starting one.
If no-one were to appreciate the art of starting a fire, could they perhaps appreciate the eternal fire?
We marvel at the sun, which is as constant as time itself, above us. It brings life, warmth, and comfort.
but it is still, simply an eternal fire. Only if it were to be gone tomorrow, would we realise it's importance to us. Till then, we do as we always do, and take it for granted.
Imagine how differently we would appreciate it, had we the need to create new suns each morning.
originally posted by: Nothin
originally posted by: SummerRain
originally posted by: Nothin
a reply to: 727Sky
Ah ho!
Nice thought experiment provoked by your OP. Thanks!
Here: the ego gets exited at the thought of living longer.
Seems like the ego never wants to die, no?
'Tis interesting to explore these ideas of the body living longer.
Hopefully with the ability to be a little bit active, to the persons will, and not in suffering.
To experience true ego death, it's not from a thought. And it is one of the most horrible things you will ever experience, leading to something completely different. Be glad a mere thought cannot bring it.
Hi SR.
Ego-death or not, it is nice to just even think of it, and converse with someone like you about it.
Thoughts of Ego-death, here immediatly raise defense-mechanisms.
Interesting to observe, and examine.
originally posted by: NarcolepticBuddha
a reply to: notsure1
I don't even want to turn 40. Hopefully somebody is working on a Kevorkian miracle breakthrough for that
Most seniors never get enough exercise. In is wisdom God decreed that seniors become forgetful so they would have to search for their glasses, keys and other things, thus doing more walking. And God looked down and saw that it was good.
Then God saw there was another need. In His wisdom He made seniors lose co-ordination so they would drop things, requiring them to bend, reach, and stretch. And God looked down and saw that it was good.
Then God considered the function of bladders and decided seniors would have additional calls of nature, requiring more trips to the bathroom, thus providing more exercise. God looked down and saw that it was good.
So if you find as you age, you are getting up and down more, remember it's God's will. It is all in your best interest even though you mutter under your breath.
Nine Important Facts to Remember as We Grow Older
#9 Death is the number 1 killer in the world.
#8 Life is sexually transmitted.
#7 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
#6 Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky panky, and they can't tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.
#5 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.
#4 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.
#3 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
#2 In the 60's, people took '___' to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.
#1 Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may be a burning issue tomorrow.
originally posted by: NarcolepticBuddha
a reply to: notsure1
I don't even want to turn 40. Hopefully somebody is working on a Kevorkian miracle breakthrough for that