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On Aug 8, 9:48 pm, Tinker tinker <[email protected]> wrote:
> The blissful moments are available constantly. Getting over the exhilaration
> of the newness of the experience allows one to function very well.
>
> The question was questioning your "yes". In other words, I don't believe you
> have the access and turn it off.
>
> peace & Love
>
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> > Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 01:59:53 -0700
> > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Live forever?
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
>
> > If one was capable of stacking up the blissful moments to make
> > continuous time, they would not be able to function properly in a job
> > situation, raising the kids, driving the car or playing golf. From
> > what I remember, people have a cigarette after sex, not during it. ;-]
>
> > In regards to your question, if I understand it right, the answer is
> > yes.
>
> > On Aug 7, 9:57 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > That doesn't seem to be in line with the wish for stacking all those
> > > moments.
> > > And the idea that you're just doing time, till you can do it full
> > > time?
>
> > > peace & Love
>
> > > On Aug 7, 4:50 pm, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I turned it off for a reason. I don't need to go "there" any more. It
> > > > seriously messes up my desire to be human. ;-]
>
> > > > On Aug 7, 5:48 pm, Tinker tinker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > 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:
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> > > > > > > > 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."
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