HOW TO BE IMMORTAL

We all have an urge to be remembered when we are long dead and gone. Actually, the hidden intention of humans reproducing is to leave a legacy behind them. That legacy is a way of leaving a record that you existed on earth at some point. I

t is a way of writing on the walls of earth "I was here!" using your DNA as the ink. But this ink will fade or be erased because human genes are always mutating and actually if you are to take a DNA test with your ancestors there will be a great variance and maybe nothing to support that you are related.

The only way to leave a timeless Legacy is to do works. Not just Works but divine works.

Divine works are works that are godlike that are immortal and live beyond a given human age. Works that will influence generations thousands of years to come think of people like Pericles, Plato, Socrates, Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Sankara,  Dedan Kimathi, Wangari Mathai, Emilio Zapata, Sojourn Truth, Mahatma Gandhi, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther etc

We remember these people according to their divine works not according to their reproduction prowess. Their actions contribute to the way we view the world today.

Divine works can take ideological or spiritual angle.

In a letter dated February 24, 1791 by John Wesley to encourage William Wilberforce in his intention to begin protest against slave trade he warned him that, "unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devil's. But if God be for you who can be against you?" Years later,  In 1833 when William Wilberforce was in his deathbed he received the news that House of Commons had passes the Emancipation Bill abolishing slavery & slave trade and slavery in Britain was no more due to his actions.

His actions had ripples in America and all over the world and due to his actions it contributed to the creation of the 1926 Slavery Convention. The Convention is a treaty that abolished slavery in the world and in almost all Constitutions in the world there is a provision preventing slavery and in some jurisdiction it is considered as a right or freedom that cannot be limited. Therefore, William Wilberforce actions have live many years after his death and still continue influencing international decisions.

We may not all be William Wilberforce but we can see his actions had a Spiritual underpinning and he believed he was doing a divine duty. Actually most likely John Wesley in his letter to him he had cited Ps127:1-2 which says "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain...". Unless our actions have a divine element they will be buried with us on our death. The Apostle Paul in his epistle(Acts5:39) he says "But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men…” the main reason God will always win is because He is immortal and If He is immortal His works are Immortal and if he uses you as a Human instrument to undertake this immortal works your identity on this works will for part of it in the immortality of this works.

In the fresco "The creation of Adam” on Sistine Chapel's ceiling Michelangelo  painted a painting showing “God” stretching his finger to Adam. The background of God is a Brain shaped image.  This may mean that God inspires us with his immortal thought on the works we should do on the earth we sit on.

On Ideology, these are ideas that we can develop and document and maybe inspire future generation to actualize them. For instance, Leonardo da Vinci developed thoughts on the possibility of humans having instruments that could make them fly this was during his life time between 1452-1519. Many years later in December 3, 1903, the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in the air. In one way or another idea was inspired by Leonardo. Ideology can be found in all fields, fashion, religion, economic, political etc.

We should chose works that will serve humanity. Future generations may never know our role but during our age we can curve the linage of humanity to a better future. And as Karl Marks in his early wring on selection of a profession he said “If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.” Therefore, our works will make us immortal.

CHOSE TODAY: LESS TIME ACTION OR TIMELESS ACTION?

Do you know:
*That very respectable geologist "knew" that the world is flat and published volumes of books to support this.
*That doctors used to give Bloodletting as a prescription, in "scientific" belief that losing blood will cause body balance since blood was regarded as "humours" and bleeding will cause the body to balance hence healing.
*That leadership was a divine right passed through linage and to Kings & queens only.
*That the earth was the centre of the universe and saying otherwise you would be blasphemous and you would be burnt at the stake.
*That aluminium was the world rarest and most precious mineral.
*That for years doctors refused to wash their hands when attending to patients and subsequent many patients especially new mothers died due to childbirth fever due to poor hands hygiene and the doctor who urged them to begin this practice of washing their was dismissed from the profession for referring to as "murdering their patients."
*That Aztecs people would cut the abdomen of a human, remove the heart while its beating and hold it towards the sun in order to please it, hence prevent the sun from burning them.(you can imagine how many people were killed due to this practice)
*That cutting a criminal in half (when alive) with a saw in public spaces was a legal punishment given by courts.
*That gender/Skin colour/body size was used as a measure of intelligence....etc

Now, you see this "facts" were considered to be true and unquestionable for many centuries. Today we look at them with horror and laughter and wonder how cruel,foolish and stupid this humans were to hold this "facts" as true. This "facts" had less time in the universal clock and soon had to be abandoned when truth came out.
So, at this age, today, we too hold our own "facts" and many centuries from now, future generation will wonder what on earth we were thinking to hold this "facts". They will wonder what caused us to fight for circular metals and paper with numbers on them, they will wonder how we would spend our whole life on a system driven to just build an economy , they will wonder how stupid we were to cut a whole forest in the name of development and civilisation, they will wonder why we enclosed ourselves in small bordered territories called countries yet earth is just a minute rock floating in space,they will wonder how we would fight over religion based on unseen Superpower Being, they will wonder how billions were spent on military budget and wars yet people died of hunger daily, etc...they will wonder and wonder.

So, in in long run everything will look stupid, cruel and foolish but we have things and actions that have remained constant and timeless and have never been otherwise these are the pursuit of wisdom,Justice, Truth,courage and service. That's why we read of people like Plato, Socrates, Seneca, Hannibal, Aurelius, Pericles and others many centuries after they have died because they pursued the latter and their timeless actions and words are still being consulted to date.

So, why not engage in fact that will live centuries after your long gone. In actions that will contribute to pushing humanity forward, in actions and words that will echo to many generations to come. Then, you will sit in the halls of generations to come as the person who curved the direction of humanity during your age.
Though we are victims of our society and we may hold firmly on ideas and actions that have less time, we can always undertake our duty in the best way we understand it and maybe in the process each will produce a ripples that together they will form a mighty wave that will push the ship of humanity to new lands that upholds timeless ideals and character. And our generation will stand tall on the humanity timeline as people who guided man towards eternal survival.Our actions will echo in their minds of the time of people they ought to be.

Then why do things that will end  with you when you die? why not engage in actions that will push humanity forward; actions that are timeless. This actions will echo  generations if the infinite future. Today and everyday and in every action you have two options either less time action or Timeless Actions.