Data, stats, tests, scans, options, promises….Welcome to the new Longevity trend.
Is it that todays media culture has created a concept that science is bigger than natural order and we can Hack the code of nature?
In the Uk one in ten children are expected to live over 100, but are we living well and happy? Is life about the number of years or the essence of being and the love of living ?
Do we respect ageing in this country? Compared with Japan for example which is one of the most age-friendly ( Cant believe Im even saying that!!!) societies in the world?
Lets Unpack it…
- Elon Musk views ageing as a “very solvable” engineering problem. Believing the body’s synchronised central clock across all cells can be identified and reprogrammed to extend life. He has said that extended life is a potential curse. “I could probably solve longevity to some degree, I just don’t want to.” ( PHEW!!!)
- Albert Einstein viewed artificial prolongation of life as “tasteless” preferring the view of a life well lived, value being in the sense of wonder, over the number of years. Famously stating “ Do not grow old no matter how long you live”. He considered a life dedicated to the service of others and intellectual pursuits as the most worthwhile, and not the number of years.
- The Dalai Lama nearing his 90th birthday expressed recent intention to live until 130 years old, his motivations for longevity to serve the people of Tibet.
The Question is….Can science master death ? Like we think we have mastered life ?
Consider this…So many people are living the duality concept of” “Me and My Life”. That “My Life” is something outside of Me and if its outside of me I can loose it and this concept makes me afraid . How and what can I do to control the circumstances around Me and My life, how can you stop me loosing life?
Here’s the thing…There is no “me and my life” this is a concept that has been created by societal conditioning “Somebody training” ( Ram Das).
If there is no “Me and My life” there is only Yourlife, its one thing and you cannot loose it because you are it.
And that one thing is the essence of life. It is this very moment…that’s all there is.
It’s not something that you have and then you don’t have, it’s everything you are and this includes death, it is part of the circle of life.
In yoga philosophy we only have a certain number of heartbeats and breaths to our lifespan, slow them down live longer, speed them up shorten your life.
Counting the days, counting the steps in the days, is an illusion and delusional. Try being in the day.
This is the way of the yogi.
Reading : the Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
