What would you do in this world if you knew that you would live forever?
Would you try more things?
Would you be a little more adventurous?
Would you dance in front of a train or drive really fast on the highway if you knew that you would never die?
Think about it. If you knew that no matter what you did, no matter what kind of sticky situation you got yourself into, you would live through it…and there would be a story to tell. Knowing that ‘no matter what’ you would be okay… would that encourage you to risk a little more?
Everyone is afraid to die. It is for this reason that we don’t take risks. We are afraid to really live because we are afraid of our own death. A paradox and a pity.
The ironic part is that you will live forever. Forget what you’ve read about or been told since childhood. You will never die. Ever. You are promised immortality. This is not about religion or spirituality… these are the cold, hard facts. You will live eternally.
Yeah right, you say. I won’t live forever… if I jump out of a plane with no parachute, I’m definitely going to die. It’s the law of gravity!
Yes, that is true. Your physical body will ‘die’ if you jump out of an airplane with no parachute. But that is not all that makes up your life.
Life is not only material; it is also energy.
We are all made up of matter and energy (actually some argue that matter IS energy and we are ‘pure energy’ because of it). Atoms, cells, all the boring stuff you read about in science class is all we are.
What that means is that we can never die because matter and energy cannot be created nor destroyed; they only change forms. They have always been here in one form or another and they will always be here… forever.
Matter is the stuff that makes us solid (actually, it’s plasma, but just follow along). Energy is the stuff that causes change or does work. Think about an ice cube (matter) being infused with energy (heat) and turning into another form of matter (water) then boiled with energy (heat) until it turns into a different form (gas). We are a delightful mix of both energy and matter, ever-changing and eternal.
Energy affects matter. It is power. The sun’s powerful rays are energy delivering light to the Earth’s surface. Energy is what enables us to walk and talk. Energy flows in, out, and through us. A human ‘being’ is a delicate and beautiful process.
So, I get that, you say. I’m energy and matter and I can’t be destroyed. But “I”, as in “me” as a person, will no longer exist. “I” won’t be here anymore… “I” won’t live forever.
Precisely. Now what form your “I” takes on after your body ceases to exist is left entirely up to you. Will your “I” live on? Will it be immortal?
Yes it will… as long as you affect other matter with your energy while you are still breathing. We affect our environment through exerting energy.
Draw a picture.
Share a laugh with a friend.
Write a novel.
Dance barefoot with a child in the rain.
Give a compliment.
Design a building.
Make something.
Do something.
Affect your environment!
That is how you become immortal… that is how you live forever.
The more energy you pour into other matter, the more you build your legacy.
We carry the energy of those who impacted us, from the person who gave us our first kiss to the memories of our grandmother’s home-cooking… we carry it all, because they affected us.
What are you affecting? WHO are you affecting? How are you leaving your unique fingerprint on the world?
Time is infinite, yet we’re only given a slice of it. How are you spending yours?
If you don’t know the answer to that, figure it out. It is your key to having ever-lasting life.
