Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Immortality

We have heard often, on the one hand, the uncomfortable questions of the disillusioned: "What's the point of this life that is going to end one day?", "Why is life such an ephemera that confounds us?", etc., and on the other hand, fairy tales and mythological legends of certain blessed people who by their virtue and some good deed attain immortality.

My question is, would you want to live forever? Let us assume that there is some way for you to stay alive forever. I don't want to say too much here, lest it should bias the reader. The rest of the imagination is upto the reader... [And living forever, by definition means you live forever independent of other things, such as the life of the earth, or the availability of resources]. You can go as far as you want with your imagination. Potentially you could be continuously adapting to your environment as necessary, since without adaptation survival is not possible.

What is the picture you see when you imagine this? Do you like what you see...? Please do share.