Longevity

Humans are perhaps the only species cognizant of their impending demise. The same evolution that inevitably developed consciousness in us has turned us into quakers. It is so difficult for us to accept the fact that the universe was not made for us, and that there is no special meaning in our being here. We are constantly seeking out ways to prolong life or find an afterlife - in the kingdom of god, or here on earth, reduxed. We have to learn to let go and accept death. It is all transient. Enjoy it while it lasts. Let it go mate !

This fear of things ending makes us cling to beliefs and ideas even after they have outlived their usefulness. We want to stop evolution in its tracks, believing falsely that we have attained some perfect sentience. We want to believe in millenia old ideas on how to live, like religion, or the more recent ideas of communism and capitalism on how to make a living. Move on and create something new. An idea for the times, and when it doesn’t work, let it go.

The hardest thing we have trouble accepting is the end of the affair. It was good while it lasted, but it’s no more. Knowing that it will all come to an end does not make it any easier to deal with, but it’s a start.

Live it, and when it’s over, dust yourself, and get back on that dark saddle. It is the fragile and ephemeral nature of life, the unknown expiration date we each have, that makes it so precious. If we were immortal would life be as beautiful?