Many people currently believe that being mortal is some kind of curse. Which is why many religious such as Christianity are so focused on getting to heaven, where they will be Immortal and live along side god. Science on the other hand, has made it clear immortalizing the human is a real goal, but why are we so against being mortal?
If you have ever read The Silmarillion (guide to middle earth) written by JRR Tolkien you might have herd a figure called Eru Iluvatar Who exists by itself in the void of nothingness. Being lonely, he creates an expansion of himself in a plethora of fractals to keep him company and spend eternity together in harmony and grace. It also goes on to explain how he GIFTS humans with a shorter life span than that of most of his other creations such as the Elves, because they are is favorite. At first it sounds silly why make their lives shorter if you like them the best. To me this implies that Tolkien believes that mortality is a gift and today I wanted to share why I think hes right.
Death is a restart not the end.
To understand my point of view you need to understand how I see death. Personally, I do not think much of the identity of who you were in a past life continues on in the next life. When you die you identity dies but the eternal essence that was activating you body moves on. Source was simply acting through you when you are alive. Kinda like a puppet to a puppet master.
Its also important to understand the role of death in terms of universal expansion. The faster you die the faster you move on to a new life full of new lessons. It is only when you become aware of death that you want to know what life is about. For example, when death does happen it doesn't take long for the desire to live again arises. Being in no physical dimensions makes you unable to feel and its not long before you want to taste food or feel emotion again causing the desire to be reborn into the physical dimension.
Must of this want to live forever is said to come from our fear of death. Personally, I think even the most confident people are afraid of death and most of us ignore this fear rather than face it head on, which is why we hold so tight to our identity, without realizing that its holding us back from experiencing life to the fullest. I promise your life goal coming into this dimension had nothing to do with keeping this identity, its about using this identity to gain knowledge and experience.
Immortality will become empty.
Living forever actually has its draw backs. In terms of expansion there is way less opportunity for someone stuck in a immortal body than a soul that can take the form of many different things over a vast amount of time. How much can you really learn being trapped in one fixed identity? If there is anything I have learned about the universe is that nothing was ever accomplished by staying constant, change is the most prominent thing in the universe.
Connection would also be difficult. Part of why humans love so deeply is because we have so little time with others. If you lived forever many of what you considered long lasting relationships in your regular 100 year lifespan might not seem like so 1000 years in. Thats not to mention those you connect with that are not immortal. In the Lord of the Rings Arwens father points this out to her when she is contemplating her relationship with Argon by stating the fact he will die and she will live many eons alone.
In the end we are all said to be nothing more than eternal energy so we can't escape the fact we might actually be Immortal, but I think its important to realize the type of immortality that has been shown to us by religion and movies where we keep our identity seems less likely to me because we can experience death. We can be one thing and transion into another. While for many this seem like a pointless way to exist, I think of mortality is one of the greatest gifts we have here in the physical dimension.
If you have ever read The Silmarillion (guide to middle earth) written by JRR Tolkien you might have herd a figure called Eru Iluvatar Who exists by itself in the void of nothingness. Being lonely, he creates an expansion of himself in a plethora of fractals to keep him company and spend eternity together in harmony and grace. It also goes on to explain how he GIFTS humans with a shorter life span than that of most of his other creations such as the Elves, because they are is favorite. At first it sounds silly why make their lives shorter if you like them the best. To me this implies that Tolkien believes that mortality is a gift and today I wanted to share why I think hes right.
Death is a restart not the end.
To understand my point of view you need to understand how I see death. Personally, I do not think much of the identity of who you were in a past life continues on in the next life. When you die you identity dies but the eternal essence that was activating you body moves on. Source was simply acting through you when you are alive. Kinda like a puppet to a puppet master.
Its also important to understand the role of death in terms of universal expansion. The faster you die the faster you move on to a new life full of new lessons. It is only when you become aware of death that you want to know what life is about. For example, when death does happen it doesn't take long for the desire to live again arises. Being in no physical dimensions makes you unable to feel and its not long before you want to taste food or feel emotion again causing the desire to be reborn into the physical dimension.
Must of this want to live forever is said to come from our fear of death. Personally, I think even the most confident people are afraid of death and most of us ignore this fear rather than face it head on, which is why we hold so tight to our identity, without realizing that its holding us back from experiencing life to the fullest. I promise your life goal coming into this dimension had nothing to do with keeping this identity, its about using this identity to gain knowledge and experience.
Immortality will become empty.
Living forever actually has its draw backs. In terms of expansion there is way less opportunity for someone stuck in a immortal body than a soul that can take the form of many different things over a vast amount of time. How much can you really learn being trapped in one fixed identity? If there is anything I have learned about the universe is that nothing was ever accomplished by staying constant, change is the most prominent thing in the universe.
Connection would also be difficult. Part of why humans love so deeply is because we have so little time with others. If you lived forever many of what you considered long lasting relationships in your regular 100 year lifespan might not seem like so 1000 years in. Thats not to mention those you connect with that are not immortal. In the Lord of the Rings Arwens father points this out to her when she is contemplating her relationship with Argon by stating the fact he will die and she will live many eons alone.
In the end we are all said to be nothing more than eternal energy so we can't escape the fact we might actually be Immortal, but I think its important to realize the type of immortality that has been shown to us by religion and movies where we keep our identity seems less likely to me because we can experience death. We can be one thing and transion into another. While for many this seem like a pointless way to exist, I think of mortality is one of the greatest gifts we have here in the physical dimension.