Is Aging Optional?

There are many different components to being human, such as the physical body, the mind and the spirit.

When one thinks about aging, it is rarely with the idea that some forms of aging may be optional. If you believe we are more than just the physical body, then this concept begins to make sense. If the spirit exists(and I believe it does), it is ageless on a certain level. The same thing holds true for the mind, if it is properly maintained. The more interesting question arises with the physical body. How do our belief systems influence the appearance of our body, if at all? This is a thorny question, and the purpose of this post is not necessarily to discover the fountain of youth. But assume for a moment that we could achieve a mindset devoid of most fear, devoid of envy, devoid of need, and we are able to access this energy for more than a few seconds. How could this state of calm and peacefulness not impact our physical body in a positive sense?

This budding theory of mine would be hard to prove on a “scientific” basis, because good luck collecting enough human beings who are aware enough to maintain this type of energy for sufficient time. These are things I have observed and felt on a certain level, and I thought would be interesting to put out there for consideration. If anyone reading this post has been able to access this energy and believes to have had some interesting results, I would love to hear about it!

Even if you do not share the belief that there is more to humans than just the physical body, you may have experienced attitudes that you considered “old.” When people explain things away by saying “this will never change,” it’s always been this way,” “those people(insert any ethnic group) always spoil things or are no good,” I associate these beliefs with being old in the real sense. Anything that promotes an encrusted way of looking at things or suggests a hateful approach to any group or individual seems “old” to me, because it promotes a way of thinking that blocks energy. And isn’t keeping the energy flowing the real secret to staying young?