Immortality

[removed9556]

 

[butters]

if man cannot dream
cannot form a point of distant hope
well, then he is doomed
to tread forever in the dust of memory
resign himself to the end of humankind

let us dream
if only for a while

 

[butters]

it ain't no ulysses, but a passing dream

 

[pink]

I think it might be fun to be immortal.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Y'know, I hate how our beloved Colonel sobers up every inspiring thread about us living our Star Trek dreams in reality...

Probably one of those Star Wars fans.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

Watching everyone else you know die would be horrible. I can't imagine experiencing that.

 

[john7771]

Maybe we all will have an opportunity for immortality...just our physical bodies go away but our spirit continues on in a different form?

 

[Hard_Rom]

Watching everyone else you know die would be horrible. I can't imagine experiencing that.

Anyone who lives into there 90s is likely to experience that. At 100 you could out live even your children. Although a long lifespan gene is likely to have been inherited by at least one.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Maybe we all will have an opportunity for immortality...just our physical bodies go away but our spirit continues on in a different form?

Kind of like here?

 

[Hard_Rom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAoUgKVpe10

Lyrics for Xanadu By Rush

"To seek the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honey dew
And drink the milk of Paradise"

I had heard the whispered tales
Of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book, I took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops
Of eastern lands unknown
Time and man alone
Searching for the lost, Xanadu

Xanadu,
To stand within The Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste anew the fruits of life
The last immortal man
To find the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
Oh, I will dine on honey dew
And drink the milk of Paradise

A thousand years have come and gone
But time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end
Weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost, Xanadu

Xanadu,
Held within The Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Nevermore shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honey dew
And drunk the milk of Paradise

Songwriters: GEDDY LEE, ALEX LIFESON, NEIL PEART

 

[removed9556]

 

[Fala]

D'you want it? No?

I'm fucking about online and some say we might be reaching some version of it very soon. Dunno if in biological or digital form. But if it was an option, would you take it?

For me, no. There is a reason that we live and die. I understand this and I accept it and I will come to terms with my time when it comes, hopefully gracefully...BUT...the only reason I would accept immortality is to see the progress of humanity's greatness. Our beauty and everything that's possible to advance it. And in saying that, is saying that in the romantic sense, without acknowledging all the ugliness I'd be visualizing along with all that beauty.

Actually, you know what? That's (half) a load of shit. I just wanna live long enough to see humanity develop interstellar travel and visit other planets in real time. I don't even care if we meet aliens, I just wanna see us get to that tech point and then I'd be ghost. That's enough for me. I've been wanting that shit since I was a kid. True talk.

Actually, there is a species on this planet that is virtually immortal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii

Actually, how many times did I say actually in this gahdamn post?

Interesting thread, Zumi! Hmmm....naw, I will probably be ready to go long before my body is. LOL

I've had enough stress in my life that I'll be ready to sleep thru all eternity.

love and hugs.

 

[Antryg_Windrose]

Take it or leave it; you are immortal until you die