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Rather than "Life regrets by 100+ yr olds" the video could have been named "Pearls of Wisdom of Joyful Centenaries".
I loved the "I think I did all that I wanted to do" part, how fantastic to reach the final days of one´s life and be able to say that! In fact, I am not afraid of death, but I very much wish to be able to say that one day.
I feel I have had such a wonderful life - not always happy, but always worth living - that I could definitively die in peace right now. But there are still so many things I want to create and to express, and I feel that in fact 100 lives of 100 years each wouldn´t be enough to do all the things I´d like to live, do, be, manifest in one life.
In fact, I wish I could live every human bei [...]... [View Full Comment]I´m glad you liked it! What part did you like best?
Rather than "Life regrets by 100+ yr olds" the video could have been named "Pearls of Wisdom of Joyful Centenaries".
I loved the "I think I did all that I wanted to do" part, how fantastic to reach the final days of one´s life and be able to say that! In fact, I am not afraid of death, but I very much wish to be able to say that one day.
I feel I have had such a wonderful life - not always happy, but always worth living - that I could definitively die in peace right now. But there are still so many things I want to create and to express, and I feel that in fact 100 lives of 100 years each wouldn´t be enough to do all the things I´d like to live, do, be, manifest in one life.
In fact, I wish I could live every human being´s life, having access to the entirety of the present, past and future existing reality.
A novel could be written on the topic of how all your life coordenades are determined by the historical moment you live in. This is very obvious, but had you or I been born 2000 years ago, we couldn´t have imagined - not even for a second - what the middle ages and the Renaissance would have looked like; we wouldn´t have known one day it would be possible to cross the world flying or having the enterity of the knowledge produced by humanity at the tip of your fingertips.
What secrets that lay ahead in the future are completely inimaginable to us today? In the future history that humanity hasn´t yet written lies a partial response to the question to what the human species potential is: what can we be? what can we become? What is the full spectrum of the human journey?
That, truth be told, is what would death make hard to swallow for me. Even having had a happy and fulfilling life, how can you leave the world in peace without knowing what lies ahead in history? It´s like leaving the movie theatre when the best part of the movie is coming!
I hope one day they invent the "History of the Future" book where someone or something from the last living generation of humans or posthumans in the Universe tell us retrospectively from the future the story of this epic human journey of ours.
Until then, it seems all of the centenaries take joy in having contributed for the betterment of things "As long as I can be helpful and keep going..."
Maybe our best contribution can be to try to embody everyday in the most perfect possible way the power of courage-truth and love-kindness, as technical progress will go on way further what the collective mind in 2017 is able to even dare to imagine, but the key challenge is whether we will be able to build a society - a way of living together - which is coherent with the human nature.
This alignment of societal structures with the core of human nature will be manifested as an expression of peace and joy, as playfulness is what naturally arises in children, and even we adults feel touched by the grace when we receive a genuine smile, a heart-felt hug, when we meditate or read under the protecting shadow of a tree, when we express our unique vocation and talents in the service of others, be it playing, chanting, crafting clothes or poetry or science or whatever priviledge path to contribution and giving we have come to this world with.
I just came to the opposite conclusion... that maybe the most interesting part of history isn´t the Future but right Now... as the core challenge that we face is always - regardless of technological improvement and of the fall and rise of empires and civilizations - to recognized that we are essentially wired for love and connection, for creativity in service and service in creativity, that maybe Living = Creating + Giving and that core principle can be fully expressed here and now...
And those individuals, organizations and movements that do embody those principles (which nonviolent / Gandhian / moved-by-TruthLoveJoy movements exemplify) may forever resonate as glimpses of humanity´s best, as eternal sparks of its brighets potential, once its voice in the universe becomes forever silent.
Sorry if this was too heavy or deep, I´m just trying to learn to allow myself to share unfiltered the words that come from my heart, in a loving and accepting environment such as this so thank you very much for being there, for listening and for engaging in the conversation.
I´m glad you liked it! What part did you like best?
Rather than "Life regrets by 100+ yr olds" the video could have been named "Pearls of Wisdom of Joyful Centenaries".
I loved the "I think I did all that I wanted to do" part, how fantastic to reach the final days of one´s life and be able to say that! In fact, I am not afraid of death, but I very much wish to be able to say that one day.
I feel I have had such a wonderful life - not always happy, but always worth living - that I could definitively die in peace right now. But there are still so many things I want to create and to express, and I feel that in fact 100 lives of 100 years each wouldn´t be enough to do all the things I´d like to live, do, be, manifest in one life.
In fact, I wish I could live every human bei [...]... [View Full Comment]I´m glad you liked it! What part did you like best?
Rather than "Life regrets by 100+ yr olds" the video could have been named "Pearls of Wisdom of Joyful Centenaries".
I loved the "I think I did all that I wanted to do" part, how fantastic to reach the final days of one´s life and be able to say that! In fact, I am not afraid of death, but I very much wish to be able to say that one day.
I feel I have had such a wonderful life - not always happy, but always worth living - that I could definitively die in peace right now. But there are still so many things I want to create and to express, and I feel that in fact 100 lives of 100 years each wouldn´t be enough to do all the things I´d like to live, do, be, manifest in one life.
In fact, I wish I could live every human being´s life, having access to the entirety of the present, past and future existing reality.
A novel could be written on the topic of how all your life coordenades are determined by the historical moment you live in. This is very obvious, but had you or I been born 2000 years ago, we couldn´t have imagined - not even for a second - what the middle ages and the Renaissance would have looked like; we wouldn´t have known one day it would be possible to cross the world flying or having the enterity of the knowledge produced by humanity at the tip of your fingertips.
What secrets that lay ahead in the future are completely inimaginable to us today? In the future history that humanity hasn´t yet written lies a partial response to the question to what the human species potential is: what can we be? what can we become? What is the full spectrum of the human journey?
That, truth be told, is what would death make hard to swallow for me. Even having had a happy and fulfilling life, how can you leave the world in peace without knowing what lies ahead in history? It´s like leaving the movie theatre when the best part of the movie is coming!
I hope one day they invent the "History of the Future" book where someone or something from the last living generation of humans or posthumans in the Universe tell us retrospectively from the future the story of this epic human journey of ours.
Until then, it seems all of the centenaries take joy in having contributed for the betterment of things "As long as I can be helpful and keep going..."
Maybe our best contribution can be to try to embody everyday in the most perfect possible way the power of courage-truth and love-kindness, as technical progress will go on way further what the collective mind in 2017 is able to even dare to imagine, but the key challenge is whether we will be able to build a society - a way of living together - which is coherent with the human nature.
This alignment of societal structures with the core of human nature will be manifested as an expression of peace and joy, as playfulness is what naturally arises in children, and even we adults feel touched by the grace when we receive a genuine smile, a heart-felt hug, when we meditate or read under the protecting shadow of a tree, when we express our unique vocation and talents in the service of others, be it playing, chanting, crafting clothes or poetry or science or whatever priviledge path to contribution and giving we have come to this world with.
I just came to the opposite conclusion... that maybe the most interesting part of history isn´t the Future but right Now... as the core challenge that we face is always - regardless of technological improvement and of the fall and rise of empires and civilizations - to recognized that we are essentially wired for love and connection, for creativity in service and service in creativity, that maybe Living = Creating + Giving and that core principle can be fully expressed here and now...
And those individuals, organizations and movements that do embody those principles (which nonviolent / Gandhian / moved-by-TruthLoveJoy movements exemplify) may forever resonate as glimpses of humanity´s best, as eternal sparks of its brighets potential, once its voice in the universe becomes forever silent.
Sorry if this was too heavy or deep, I´m just trying to learn to allow myself to share unfiltered the words that come from my heart, in a loving and accepting environment such as this so thank you very much for being there, for listening and for engaging in the conversation.
On Apr 2, 2017 Rushabh Gandhi wrote:
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