You should try Samadhi Yoga, they teach of the way to your 'exceptional' experience. People attain it all the time, at will.
peace & Love > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:29:57 -0700 > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Live forever? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > Interesting if "we could pick our ideal age and physically remain at > that age for as long as we liked". Now, if we could arrange it so that > we could pick our ideal feeling and emotionally keep that feeling for > as long as we liked. I'd buy into that big time! ;-] > > On Aug 7, 2:10 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Francis - very perceptive and thoughtful. Thanks. Granted, many see > > death as either the culmination of a gradual physical decline, as in a > > geriatric ward, or as a sudden event such as in an ER room. What I was > > presuming is that science had progressed to the point that there would > > be no physical decline - we could pick our ideal age and physically > > remain at that age for as long as we liked. So the focus then becomes > > - would we choose to live forever, or what would cause us to choose to > > move on from this life? Certainly as we live, experiences would > > continue to happen, and presumably we would continue to learn from > > them. In that sense we would become wiser and wiser I guess. We also > > could continue to enjoy the beauty of this world, and continue to > > bemoan the follies of our fellow man. I guess some point might be > > reached eventually that we wanted more than this life offers and > > choose to move on. As you said, we may see that things here had run > > their course. But I'd prefer to not rage against the night; rather at > > some point I may prefer to choose the bliss that death may well offer. > > Who knows? Jim > > > > On Aug 7, 10:24 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 6 Aug., 22:45, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote:> Fran - why > > > not consider both living deeply and living forever? Jim > > > > > I'm really not sure, Jim, it may have something to do with the fact > > > that I generally see death as a natural ending of things - they begin/ > > > are born, grow, develop, mature, run their course and then reach some > > > kind of completion and then decay, die/change into something else. I > > > am completely agnostic about "life after death," maybe I'm just > > > focussed on life before death ;-) > > > > > There are two aspects to my present situation which I think influence > > > my position deeply. Firstly, I am forty nine years old and live in the > > > reasonable expectation of having around another thirty years to go > > > (while, on another level, being of course aware that it could all be > > > over tomorrow). It is clear to me that I may well see things very > > > differently in twenty to twenty five years time. > > > Secondly, as a health care professional, I have spent twenty years > > > involved in geriatric nursing and the care of the very seriously > > > chronically ill. In this time I have had enormous experience of death > > > - generally in the context of the inevitable completion of life lived > > > (which is quite different to the experience of those who work, for > > > example, in accident and emergency centres). This experience has > > > undoubtedly helped me to see death as something natural and > > > inevitable. > > > > > Do I want to live forever? How should I know, I have no idea of what > > > it would be like to live forever! I do know that I want to live now. > > > To go further, I very much relish living now, am very attached to my > > > life. A decade or so ago, things were very different; as a result of a > > > mixture of addiction, depression, marital breakdown, job > > > dissatisfaction, etc., I didn't much care. In fact, I spent quite a > > > period surviving on the default option that, if it all got too > > > unbearable, I could just end it. In the end, I even tried. Strangely > > > (or not), the failed suicide attempt was the beginning of fundamental > > > changes - in a "positive" direction. > > > > > As I mentioned, I have no idea how I'll see things in ten/twenty/ > > > thirty years time. I hope that my present affirming attitude to and > > > experiencing of life will continue. I like to think of me - when I am > > > very old and tired (well into my eighties, at least :-)) - rounding > > > off my life, seeing it as good and accepting my end with positive > > > resignation. To embrace it; as one poet put it, "to cease upon the > > > midnight with no pain." But when the time comes perhaps I will, in the > > > words of another, "rage against the dying of the light." > > > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/photo-gallery-edit.aspx --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
