So motivated was I to see my granddaughter and her offspring grow old,
that I resolved to live for two hundred years, setting my mind, my heart,
and my spirit goals, on a specific - albeit distant - day in the future.
A daily, if not hourly, reaffirmation of this - live, live a long time -
advises the cells of the proper pace with which to advance,
slow down, we've got a ways yet to go
You must set the proper expectation for yourself, for example:
Once upon a time, I aspired to live to be 100 years old.
I was born in 1957, and so I targeted 2057 as my horizon.
Then one day, after considering my granddaughter and
wanting to see her as an 80-year old, and her children,
I realized that living to 100 would be inadequate to accomplish that.
I picked 2100 as my new horizon.
Everyday, every hour, I acknowledge 2100 as the target
Psychologically it readies me
and makes cohesive all of my subconscious
and unconscious systems
the we that is me are all pulling in line to make 2100 happen
A 60-year old with a life expectation of 100 is 60% of the way there,
while a 60-year old intending to party at 143, is only 42% along.
So we consider our self less than halfway there
Our telomeres will oblige us,
I am certain
you'll see
cc: Chagall 2021
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Eye am planning to live forever.
I appreciate the sentiment, but it is very difficult to conceive what that means – practically, what that means. Are you talking about living forever outside of the physical body, more as a disembodied conscious entity? Living to 150 years old (even 250 – or 350 – frankly) can be practically conceived – what that would entail, physically and mentally, to live to those ages, and what it would mean to pace the human experience to that duration. Human potential will be better enabled and unlocked over a long life span. Artificial intelligence be damned! Long live humanity.
Yay!
Good luck to you !!
Thank you. I am in search of non-shortening telomeres. I theorize that these have a variable preset which is “Expected Life Span” that serves as a countdown reference for their time to live. Consider: can the mind assert new life span expectations in such a way that the autonomous systems of the body respond and recalculate their respective routes to the destination? Essentially, can we will a new value for the variable “Expected Life Span?” —CC
It will be interesting to find out. On the practical side of this question. my father lived to nearly 92, and my mother lived much longer than the others in her medically challenged family. I found out several months ago I will have to pay for more medical treatments than I was expecting.. When my money runs out the treatments will stop. I wonder how that will work out.
Are there alternative treatments that you could pursue more affordably? I am shooting in the dark here, obviously, but does radical diet provide some portion of alternative? I am of a mind that longevity is worth the cost – that life is worth living. I encounter some who do not feel that way – they are not overjoyed with a day of life. Set your goals on 100! Psychologically, perhaps it will aid in healing. I find it invigorating to set a stretch goal of this sort – certainly aspire to 100, but why not 145? Combine that with impeccable diet, plus stretch and yoga and muscle routine (whatever is appropriate for YOU), and good nutrients/vitamins/(even medications) as needed, plus Arts (music, writing, graphics,etc), plus family and friends, and I believe it is more likely than not that one can add from 25% to 60% more years to ones lifespan.
In my case my family has genes which for some of us just keep sprouting the cancer causing polyps in the large bowel. Both my parents had it, and one of each of their parents had it. Of the three of my siblings and me, two of us get these polyps. I get a particularly unusually large number of them and only a colonoscopy will remove them. I have been eating a diet with lots of dietary fibre and vegetables for years, becoming even more careful since being diagnosed with diabetes four years ago. to no avail. My sister in law has always been very strict with herself about healthy diet and exercise for years and her heart has been ailing rapidly for the last five years. sometimes your genes just win outright no matter what you do. We are both in our early seventies. and take plenty of extra vitamins and minerals.
My apologies for a delay in replying. There is incidence of polycystic kidney for females on my Dad’s side, that appears to have diminished in scope over generations. It sounds like you and family are doing all the right things: perhaps the best we can do is to optimize our potential? I do believe, though, that state of mind – conscious, unconscious, and subconscious – can significantly contribute to well-being, so a balanced regimen should consider incorporating appropriate mind-time and exercises into the blend. Best regards for a good life. —CC
Certainly my brother, sister, and I are all doing plenty of useful exercises, being careful what we eat, and probably all watching our mental state. We are getting checked too and I doo think that is important as well.
I am remiss with regard to regular checkups. There is interesting discussion too regarding the healing potential of strategic fasting.
Given the issues I have with getting my diet right to keep blood sugar levels down – I test them daily – I am reluctant to try fasting. We were told in our diabetics’ that if diabetics get hungry the liver will shoot out more insulin / sugars into the system to keep the levels balanced. This leads to more dangerous spikes in blood sugar levels, which are very harmful. We need to find the best times to eat, each day, and the most suitable foods to eat at those times. they must suit each person’s metabolism. I do have a period of 11 hours in each 24 hour cycle when I am not eating, and this system is working well for me.
I think you are most correct with your statement about finding “…the best times to eat, each day, and the most suitable foods to eat at those times. they must suit each person’s metabolism.” Yes – absolutely. I think though – empirically speaking – that there are benefits – physically and mentally (not that I necessarily want to separate those) – of full 24 hour fasts – perhaps starting with 1 per month – and potentially not even severe fasts – maybe just dramatically reduced caloric intake for the day, though nutritionally dense. I have experienced a definite sense of “reset” after doing that. To your point though, one has to manage – and hopefully break(?) – the blood-sugar/insulin death spirals that our bodies can wreak on us.
Certainly reduced caloric intake may benefit some. However given what I have experienced so far with diabetes I am being very cautious and trusting my own self knowledge for now.