Peter and Paul: LONGEVITY

More often than not, longevity is a form of punishment for not doing what one ought to have done. After all why would an immortal being desire a longer stint in a illusive, transient, imaginary reality where good and evil appear to hold equal sway?

Well, for some it is a blessing, for others a curse.

Everything depends on our point of view, or more precisely, on our state of Consciousness. In fact, as we surely know by now, of at least suspect, Consciousness is the only reality. All else if an illusion. Just think...

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

So is contentment.

So is satisfaction.

So is happiness.

So is just about anything we can imagine.

After all, "We are gods," remember? We, each one of us, create our own reality. Or, as Albert Einstein might have said, an illusion of a reality. And yet a reality which is intensely real to the beholder. Like beauty? Surely, only gods can do such things. To make an illusion real? Yes, surely only gods...

The Omnipresent Creative Energy that individualizes Itself in a human body, does not suffer from human trait of impatience. Hence, if there is a slightest chance that a man or a woman might fulfill the purpose for which he or she had been evolved, that person may live for an unprecedented long period of time. Moses is an example of this premise. In a society where the average longevity spanned some 40 years, Moses left his body at 120, within sight of the Promised Land.

No, he didn't enter the "Promised Land."

Promised Land symbolizes the magnificent state of consciousness that he achieved. He didn't have to endure the discomfort of travel any longer. He fulfilled his purpose to the letter.

He was one of the Few.

For others, this purpose may be a specific act, or anything that would enhance the Phenomenal Reality, or even just to serve as an example to edify others. The diversity is virtually endless.

By contrast, there are those Few among us, who, by design or coincident can fulfill their creative designation in a short time. The great teachers, Yeshûa comes to mind, as well as composers such as Amadeus Mozart, Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and such as poets, Emily Bronte, Percy Shelley, John Keats... and even great leaders including Alexander the Great and Eva Peron.

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Hence, the day on which you or I leave our bodies (people call it dying) is a day for rejoicing. There is a good chance that, at long last, we must have fulfilled our purpose. We enhanced the Universe!

And if not... well, that's another story.

I prefer the story below, it deals with... well, find out for yourselves.

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ENIGMA

Of the Second Coming

The world is in upheaval, tectonic plates are shifting, planets are realigning. And then there is the Enigma that holds the key to the higher affinity of the universe...

"A voyage from within and without, this novel transports us to the frontiers of an existence that knows no frontiers, where physics and metaphysics merge into a timeless, seamless whole. Enigma..."

(J. Garwood, Ph.D., author)

"A love story, visionary fiction, mysticism,

theology and a personal journey...."

(B. Symonds, editor)