Longevity

Who says we have to die before and around the age of 100? Ask the Okinawan people of southern Japan. They have about 5 times as many centurions per 10,000 people as the United States, about 4 times as many as the rest of the industrialized world. Further more, their 106 year olds are living regular lives. They garden daily for exercise, and tend to consume primarily that which they grow and harvest themselves, rarely does this include any type of animal product. There are not nearly as many doctors because they aren't needed. The Okinawan also don't have a mentality that they will automatically start the aging process or die at a certain age. There's no reason we can't have the same mentality, even if it is in this country where meat reigns supreme. Once we change our attitudes, our actions will soon follow.

Over-consumption leads to scarcity and disease. If you haven't noticed, we are a country that consumes much more than is necessary. This is one area where us Americans need to make a drastic change. Have you heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It's the world's largest landfill, an area twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean, where trash is currently devouring our precious ocean life. The plastic to plankton (fish food) ratio is 6 to 1. Ocean life mistakes our trash/plastic for food regularly, which greatly contributes to our dwindling environment. There is absolutely no reason for us to have this much waste.

Humans used lived to be 900+ years old, according to the Bible and numerous other ancient civilizations' texts. Several generations had to pass before the aging process came earlier in life. Had we not been so consumed with selfish desires of the flesh, or what the famous Book calls sin, we could have continued to live these extremely long lifetimes of happiness. Unfortunately things only got worse throughout these stories, and so man naturally began to die at younger and younger ages. Our Divine Intelligence, whether it be our higher self or a some life-giving energy, would never allow us to live in these physical bodies for such long periods of time with such bad habits and selfish interests. So, we had to be cut short. We are currently living several shortened lifetimes until we can learn to live with peace, love, and unity. As we continue to climb back up that consciousness ladder, we will continue to live fuller and much longer lives. This process is already underway and it will not stop, so why not jump on board!?

Eliminating our over-consumption habits will certainly expand our lifespans. This is one area where each individual is responsible for consuming only what they need. We each play a large role in this problem, specifically because we live in the country with the most overly-abundant supply of food. We must each make our own adjustments, and not only in regards to food. We waste water like nobody's business. Money is pissed away instead of helping those in need in our own city, let alone another country. We each fill the air with pollution simply by driving cars and heating our homes. Yet besides all of this, we waste more WORDS and THOUGHTS than anything else. Words and thoughts may seem OK to waste because they aren't dumped in the Pacific Ocean, but because of this they are more powerful than anything I mentioned above. We need to only produce good thoughts that create profound words, so our actions are able to follow. You are not excused simply because everyone else you know consumes-at-will. Stand up, make a point, others will follow, and we'll all be on our way to a new, long, glorious way of living.