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.