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Question: If you could specify how long you could live for!.!.!.!?
!.!.!.how long would you choose!? Again, assuming you suffered no ill health, and it was just you, no partners, family etc!.
See my last question!.
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I hope you have read my answer to your other question that is expressive of my beliefs about life!. I believe life by its very nature to be eternal in its essence, but temporary and transient in form, that is, the mind when reflects upon life, and attempts to imagine a best life take into account both aspect of its existence: the spiritual, the immortal soul, or the essence; and the temporary, or mortal physical form!.

Then what remains in the true considerations of the mind as its best choice and preference in view of the full reality of our being is not merely for the benefit of the body but also of the soul – if there is joy in living long happily and healthily, then there is hope beyond all perils of in our beliefs that life in not going to go to waste after all, that there is some purpose to living beyond the purpose of living only eventually to die, that there is something to look forward to even when there is nothing in the physical world to left to please the body!.

This is the mindset that I deem to be fit for making such choices as you are offering through your questions!. For is a person is too sacred of death as he see nothing through it, nothing for the mind to overcome the reality of the thoughts of earthly death, then than that person might see his only rescue is in living forever, here, in this world, in this form, however ridden and weary of age he might be!. Such person might not see the benefit of dying in time so that he has not see all other die, but to live he might see his only chance!. Life that would see as prison that he has no where to escape – such person might even start killing other people in despair!.

But if a person sees hope in life, across the passing of the shadows of death, he would make more rational and wiser choices!. He would believe in the purpose of living and see death as the time by which he fulfilled his purpose or completed his mission in life!. Such person would see others dying and would still hope that some day he will see them again, in an other world, that he is accountable for all his deeds, until the day of reckoning came!. There is no deny in the fact, as it is all to obvious to see that the way you look at life, and death, make significant difference to the mind, the way one think, and behaves in this world, the immensity of space, time and possibilities that are added to his imagination, and view of himself!.

If I am asked to specify the duration for my life, long before I am old and grey, I would look around!. I would see how old normal people of my world could get without losing their dignity, their sense of worth and value, their independence, and the love for life and its people!. I would then find the average of the statistics thus accumulated, and then, without any hesitation or regret I would say, yes, this is how long I could be myself – any thing at the top of that I would consider as bonus!.
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i think even if i had no ill health then i would say about 80 probably
I think that is far amount of time to live and at that point life has o be getting pretty boring if i were to have no one else with me
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Hello, have I hit the fantasy land page!?

I didn't read your other linked question, but speaking for myself I'd choose to be immortal if such a box were offered to me to tick!.!.!. and blow the consequences!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Following on from your last question i dont think i would like to choose at all because as you say all your freinds and loved ones would be gone and the loneliness would be crushing, ive never been a solitary person so id be completely knackeredWww@QuestionHome@Com

If it was just me!. Then I might think to choose to live forever!. then be like a fairy godmother specially to small children!. To love and be loved!.!.!.!.fo'ever!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Life would be a true bore and so predictable, yuck!Www@QuestionHome@Com

As long as my true love ?Www@QuestionHome@Com