Senior stories Lim Chin Siang

 The joy and pain of immortality

by Lim Chin Siang

Eversince the genome was mapped and scientists started splicing and experimenting with genes, the biology of aging has been improving. The latest findings by David Sinclair, Lifespan, revealed that aging can be stopped and even be reversed. Even YouTube has many episodes by many scientists talking about the same process. 

So the dream of living forever is now more concrete. Li Ching Yuen was the longest living person in China. He was born in Beijing in 1677 during the Qing Dynasty. He died at age 256 on 4 May 1933. He claimed that herbs prolonged his life. Li Ching Yuen looked really old in the picture put up by Wikipedia. 

Another person, in this case, an immortal Saint, is Shirdi Sai Baba. He was born around 1838? and his death was October 15, 1918. So we think he is dead. But Sri M in his book, The Quest Continues, relays the story where his guru takes him to see the grave of Shirdi Sai Baba. Both of them run into the grave to meet Shirdi Sai Baba sleeping on his string in mid air. Sai Baba even gives Sri M some money to do a task for him. Many saints are immortal and if they do not wish to reveal themselves, we will never know that they are immortals. 

Actually we are all immortals, just that we are not aware of it. Alan's Factory Outlet published a list of the lives of animals. The immortal jellyfish lives forever. The black coral lives 4, 265 years. The Giant sponges, 2300 years. The Greenland Shark can survive between 272 and 512 years. The giant Aldabra Tortoise lives 255 years. In one spiritual book, it is stated that man is supposed to look after all these animals. How can we look after these animals if we die like flies while these animals continue their existence happily? 

Our awareness of external things has increased. Unidentified flying objects, (UFOs) have been visiting us for centuries. We hardly hear about them until recently. Some come from our own planet and solar system, while many others are from outside our solar system. Our first atomic bomb attracted them like flies Ever since then the number of UFOs flying into our space has been increasing. 

Many atomic wars, committed by other civilizations in the past, have destroyed lives and planets. Billions of lives are affected on many different levels. During the Cold War between the US and Russia, the UFOs have helped to neutralise and deactivate the accidental firing of intercontinental missiles. The UFOs are trying their best to prevent the same mistake of earthlings destroying ourselves through the use of atomic weapons - we are supposed to use atomic energy to conquer space, not to kill ourselves.

The newspapers call those riding in the UFOs aliens. In a way we can call them the immortals. They have a lifespan of anywhere from 1000 to 10,000 years. They have technologies which allow us to look back into history 100,000 years ago. 

Let us leave the debate on the possibility of immortality to future generations, otherwise they might have nothing to talk about. Let us keep an open mind on such matters. If we behave like one of my bosses, who exclaim that the census is wrong when this subject is broached, then we end up like the proverbial ostrich stuck in sand. Here we talk about the joy and pain of immortality.  

Living to be 500

500 years is a convenient age. Our present human body can easily survive 500 years. Many Tibetan monks and old Taoist masters live up to such ages quietly without us knowing it. 

Appearance 

Looking at the picture of Li Ching Yuen published in Wikipedia, most women may not want to live that long. What if we can stagnate our outward appearance to maintain the same look at age 30 for the rest of the next 470 years? Luckily we can. David Sinclair can help us by altering our epigenetics, or we can take some proper herbs or do some special exercises or eat the right food.  

The Taoist masters are the most advanced when immortality is concerned. The emperors of China use their services otherwise no emperor could last more than two years making love every day. Emperors have specific exercises to perform to prolong their lives. Unfortunately, most of then get lazy; they end dying pretty soon. Seeking a true Taoist master is very difficult. An easy way is to use yoga to prolong life.  

Kayakalpa yoga may be more accessible. Kayakalpa yoga is an ancient technique of the Siddhas (saints) of South India for the enhancement of life energy. In Sanskrit, the term "kaya" means body and "kalpa" means immortal. The science of kayakalpa shows how the human body can be immortalised. Anyone who wishes to practice kayakalpa has to understand the 5 aspects of the human system - the physical body, the mind, the biomagnetism, the life force and the sexual vital fluid. Those who are keen please do your research, and practise. 

Friends

All human beings evolve at different rates. Like the normal distribution curve, some live longer lives than others. An immortal living among normal people would have to renew his group of friends every 80 to 100 years. Every person who dies on Earth is sent to the astral world. It can be sad to send every of your friends to the astral world, leaving you alone. This need not be the case if you bother to learn to do conscious astral traveling. 

A person who learns to do conscious astral travelling is able to leave his physical body to travel to the astral world. In the astral world he can call on his friends and relatives on the other side. Most the aborigines are able to do conscious astral travelling. The astral travelling is the same, but the concept and names may be different. Carlos Castaneda wrote about this in many of his books. If you happen to know any male Papa New Guinean as a very close friend then you may ask him how to get off the physical body consciously. Your friend may teach you. Many near death experiences shared on YouTube have shown that the barrier to conscious astral traveling has been greatly reduced. In time to come it is very likely everybody will be able to do that. 

All of us do astral travelling every night. Just that, not being trained, all of us are not able to remember. If we do manage to recall some aspects of it, our mind will transform them into dreams. Not to worry, as we live long enough and slowly become old souls, our attachment to our physical bodies is lessened, then conscious astral travelling becomes easier. 

Eating and drinking 

The physical body that we have is one of the lowest grade available in this universe. This body needs to eat, to be entertained, to pass urine and motion, cleaning and rest. Really troublesome. Living 500 years means repeating all these actions. After a while, it can be tiring and boring. 

The Breatharians believe that human beings can survive on the universe's energy instead of physical food. This book, Living on Light by Ellen jasmuheen Greve, describes the process. His idea is correct but he may not possess the total procedure. It is possible to live on light and air by practising a certain closely- guarded technique. This technique is closely guarded to prevent the total collapse of the world economy. One person known to have master this technique is Teresa Nuemann of Germany. 

Charles Mortimer Carty, in his book: Who is Teresa Neumann, wrote about this German mystic who did not sleep and lived without food or liquid except for daily Eucharist from 1926 to 1962. It is said that she practised a mantra and a set of complicated breathing exercises. 

There is nothing mysterious about surviving on sunlight alone. In the far future, our scientists will discover how we can survive on sunlight. Presently, we eat animals, grains and plants. The animals survive by eating the grains and plants. The plants use chlorophyll in their leaves to generate and grow. The secret lies in the chlorophyll. Once we decipher how chlorophyll traps sunlight and produces food, we can do the same directly without the intermediaries. 

Boredom 

One of the modern causes of death is boredom. Not knowing that the internal worlds inside us are many times larger and more fulfilling than our outer world, our youths are seeking more outwardly thrills and excitement to help them banish boredom.  

In the new Age, there will be more wonderful things to see, learn and experience that many will wish that a day is 48 hours.  

Regeneration

Leading such a long life, say 200 years or more, our skin and muscles may wither and look highly wrinkled and ugly to look at. Not so if we could regenerate new and vibrant parts to replace old parts of our body.  

One of the early pioneers was the late Dr Robert O. Becker. He died on May 14, 2008. He was a US Orthopaedic surgeon and researcher in electrophysiology/electromedicine. In his book, Body Electric(1985), he describes the electric nature of the human body and how salamander is able to regenerate its limbs. The electric potential along the limb of an unconscious salamander is charted to show that consciousness returns when the electric potential appears. Once humans are able to chart the normal electric potential and magnetic fields of the whole human body, enhancement and transcending the normal powers of the human body will be within reach. 

A slightly more recent book by Adam Piore, The Body builders(2017), writes about the bionic body and the immense untapped powers of the human body. A hybrid body, a physical body enhanced by bionic parts, is highly likely. Such an enhanced body would be super powerful. Run like a jaguar, punch like a sledgehammer, all these become possible. With unlimited communications and artificial intelligence added, a few of these enhanced bodies can commit crimes undetectable or uncatchable. Law enforcement should wake up. 

Careers and examinations 

Suppose Sam has a lifespan of 300 years. The first 60 years he is a lawyer. The next 60 years, he trains to be a doctor. The next 60 as a bioengineer, etc. Provided he stays young and able, he could build up 6 to 9 careers within that 300 years. How does society deal with such a person? How does the bank deal with him . Everything needs to be overhauled.

The injured alien

As the surgeon, who operated to save the leg of the alien, says goodbye to the recovering alien, he receives a strong telepathic message. The alien mentally pulls the surgeon to look into his eyes and transmits a burst of knowledge into the brain of the surgeon. Essentially, the message transmitted paraphrased here, is : 

The alien feels very sorry for for us, ignorant human beings. 

All humans have the same potential and abilities as the alien. Humans have the same abilities to repair their own injured or diseased bodies but human beings do not know how to do it. 

Human beings do not know they are spiritual beings living in a temporary shell, and 

Human beings are totally disconnected from their spiritual self. 

The alien who shares this message is captured when his flying saucer crashes in Varginha, Brazil in January 1996. Readers may want to read about it in the book : Ufo crash in Brazil by Dr Roger Leir. The relevant chapter is chapter 6, The Medical Testimony, pg 65. 

Nonexistence of security in this world

Here I do not meant IT security, which is a mundane issue, but the more heinous lack of security of human rights. Let me explain. Whether a person works for himself or for an organisation, this lack of security is the same. An invention of a researcher working for an organisation is said to belong to the organisation. I agree with that if the invention is used for good purposes. But not if the invention is used for evil purposes. 

Let’s say a researcher invents the thought machine (TM). After thinking about using it for good purposes versus bad purposes, he decides to destroy all trace of his invention. His employer does not agree, kidnaps his family and forces him to design the first prototype. He has to do the prototype, he has all the know-how and knowledge in his head. The employer then uses the prototpye to read the passwords and access codes of thousands of people without them knowing it. Next he siphons all the bank accounts. Finally, after forcing the poor researcher to build another three prototypes, he assassinates this researcher and his family in a freak accident. The researcher does not have the security to keep his invention from being exploited. That iack of security is what I am talking about. 

With life span stretching up to 500 years, human kind has plenty of time to look into many things. A smart person would make millions first and then retire early to pursue his many interests. Many discoveries will be made and many inventions will be exploited for evil or financial purposes. The TM may at first be used to read human thoughts, later, more advanced experimentations would reveal the way to control human behaviour and actions. Unless we have some sort of World Police Team, powerful and advanced, evil will triumph. Immortality may then mean more suffering for planet Earth. 

Joy of Immortality

Good things do happen as we move towards the Golden Age, about 8000 years from now. Let’s take a peek.. 

Presently, we use gas and liquid anesthetic to shutdown our nerves. In the advanced age, only a small electrical signal with the right modulation clip to our toes or fingers will do the job. The electrical signal lifts off the nerve waves from the nerve fibre to prevent the nerve signal from propagating. 

This concept is similar to the Taser, a device used by today’s police officer to paralyse a victim. 

We waste lots of water bathing every day. Now we dry-clean our clothes, in the future, we dry-clean our bodies too. Walk into a bath chamber, take off our clothes. Electrical waves brush off our bodies, removing all the dead cells and moisture. We feel super clean. Just outside the chamber, the same clothes we took off are also ready for us to reuse. 

Today, doctors treat our symptoms and hope for the best. Tomorrow, machines read our acupuncture points, electrical potentials, organs’ resonance frequencies and show us what we must do to treat ourselves. The same machine may also generate the appropriate electrical waves to make us feel well again. In time to come, only nurses, surgeons and bioengineers are needed in the medical field. No doctors. 

As we master gravity and gravity fields, levitation becomes an everyday affair. Every home has its own flying mobile. Humongous cities are built which float on space or underwater. 

The day will come when we master suspended animation and soul migration. For long intergalactic missions, we put on a body which does not need maintenance. No eating, bathing or sleeping are necessary. After we complete our mission, we return to base and put on our original bodies. 

So much more is possible once the new physics is learned. 

Life is really worth living. 

Goodbye.