Anti Aging Empire

The average lifespan of a Human is almost certainly well under what it should be! Our organism is daily consumed by the poisons we create through emotional stress and a life out of balance.

Those who rise above the mind and its endless stream of thoughts have found the real secret of a long life. For thoughts generate feelings and feelings in direct conflict to love, beauty or peace do untold damage. Not just direct damage to our organism but to the world we experience.

The fact is, we spend far too much energy dwelling on thoughts of past or future events and all the emotional turmoil they bring!

Thoughts about Past and Future

What would we become and how would we look if we could rise above the mind and the games it plays?

Perhaps one such man who achieved this enlightened state was the Comte de Saint Germain. Voltaire said of him “A man who knows everything and who never dies”. For indeed, records suggest that for nearly 100 years he kept the appearance of a man between forty and fifty.

Origin unknown the Comte St Germain disappeared without trace. It was if the deception of his extraordinary power over the aging process became too much to bear in a world that was not ready for the secret he possessed!

Many believe he knew the secret of the philosophers stone, that which turns base metals into gold and bestows the user with the gift of immortality. I sometimes wonder if the reality was much simpler!

Could it be that the Comte St Germain was an extremely conscious individual. Like many before him and many after, his power of longevity was simply related to the degree of consciousness he leveraged in his life?

The answer we shall one day know but even without positive proof it is difficult to argue against the power of consciousness.

So, how do we access this manna from heaven, this greatest of gifts? Let’s look at some methods for bringing consciousness into your life.

Meditation

It’s difficult to put into words how one feels during deep meditation as the experience is beyond anything words can describe. But, what can be said is that meditation is a practice that develops the ability to perceive and know consciousness, a blissful inner peace that the majority of people rarely experience.

Unfortunately in the west, thinking we know better, the idea of meditation is often considered ‘off the wall’ - not to be taken seriously and a waste of time. But today, even science would disagree with this notion!

It has been positively proved that for meditators, heart disease is 80% lower and cancer is 50% lower. Meditators visit the doctor less frequently and there is also evidence that meditation slows down the ageing process. In his book, ‘The Relaxation Response’, Dr. Herbert Benson’s research showed that some of the direct effects of meditation included slower heartbeat and breathing, reduced oxygen consumption and increased skin resistance.

Meditation is the perfect antidote to stress!

When practiced regularly, meditators find a certain ‘flow’ in their everyday activities. Everything is achieved with much less effort and increasing awareness. Synchronicity is the order of the day.

These are moments of awakening - a realisation of how life is meant to be lived. Meditation really is one of the great secrets of longevity!

Living in the Moment

Have you ever noticed the countless thoughts that cross your mind?

If you have, then for a brief moment you became aware. In a fleeting moment you experienced that which is beyond thought, the “I” that transcends identity, the true source of pure consciousness.

On the whole we are wrapped up in our thoughts and identify with them in the mistaken belief that thoughts are what we are! This gives rise to separation in the sense our thoughts differ from everyone else’s. The true self though, is the observer of these thoughts. It is something clearly beyond the limitations of space and time.

The idea of separation, past and future are generated by thought in order for us to make sense of everything. Thought therefore gives rise to psychological time and determines how we age.

Simply put, the more our thoughts dwell in the past or the future, the quicker we age! When we live in the moment the less credence we give to time, the less we age.

Start to live in the moment by becoming aware of the thoughts you are having. Notice how most of these thoughts are thoughts about the past or the future. Observe, how they generally stop when you become aware. Now, take this opportunity to give attention to the moment.

Learn more about living in the present to stay young and live a long life!

Body Awareness

Consciousness pervades every cell of the body. You need only become aware of it to tap its enormous power.

It’s unfortunate that many believe you have to work at being a conscious individual. But, the reality is, the only thing that blocks you accessing this infinite power source is your own ego. Thoughts about yourself and your judgement of others is the ego’s way of preventing awareness.

If we would just allow our minds to settle, the way would be open to allow consciousness in.

If we can harness the full potential of consciousness through awareness then why do we find it so difficult?

It’s because our ego is in control. It wants to perpetuate the belief of separation, of past and future! It won’t let go without a fight. But the irony is we don’t have to fight it!

All we have to do is to become aware of its activity and then direct attention to the present.

One good way of doing this is to become aware of your body. Feeling the aliveness of your being brings you into the present and the source of all our power.

You can use this power to hold back the signs of aging. Not by ‘doing’ anything. Rather, just being aware!

Consciousness is the Key

Consciousness may indeed be key to the secret of a long life! It just might hold the secret of immortality. Just because there is no direct proof of this doesn’t mean to say that it isn’t so!