One thing that people really want these days is a way to live forever. As our standard of living increases and we accumulate more and more stuff, we soon realize that we will inevitably lose it all upon death. What a wonderful thing, then, if we could keep all that stuff and live forever.
But the truth is, in reality, we don’t want to live forever – we just want to think that we’re going to live forever. There’s a huge difference, with one of the main contrasts between the two being that the latter is actually possible. I’m not talking about brainwashing yourself though – this isn’t any lame trick of the mind. What I’m going to propose here is actually a fairly non-significant consequence of regularly practicing spirituality and meditation.
Aligning with Pure Consciousness as Identity
As I’ve mentioned many times before, meditation is a pretty good thing. It opens doorways to lowering stress levels, achieving inner peace, and gaining access to some phenomenal insights. But did you know that it also sets you on the path to immortality? Now, you may be thinking, “that’s impossible! No one lives forever.” And you’d be right. No one person lives forever.
All forms will die, whether we like it or not. But the same is not true of consciousness. In this context, meditation and the like is essentially a way of separating your identity from form, ego, and your human self, and merging it with oneness, the infinite, and consciousness.
And like I said, it’s not just a brain trick. When you make the leap “into the river that flows into the ocean consciousness”, as a well-cited example often goes, you set out on a journey that will eventually lead to a certain realization. This realization is that you are exactly the same thing as everyone else. Behind (and beyond) the myriad of forms and identities, we are all basically the same underlying field of energy. And hopefully you’re familiar with your science, because if you are, then you know that energy never disappears. It simply does what? It changes forms.
So what does this mean?
How to Achieve Immortality
After your identity is aligned with consciousness, you no longer care much what happens to your human body. You want to take care of it and respect it, of course, but there is no longer a subtle background fear of death. Why? Simply put: because you are immortal, and you know you are.
As you walk around each day, you understand that the thing you really are is something that can’t ever go away. It’s simply impossible. All of the fears and limitations we have due to our fear of death disappear. This allows an incredible freedom, and the dissolution of many other fears that had their root in the fear of death.
How cool would it be to walk around with the real subjective experience that you are immortal without having to be self delusional? It’s ironic then, that in order for most to convince themselves that they will be immortal, they have to plunge into ever-increasing unconsciousness, yet awareness and true consciousness naturally leads to the same result.
A Fantastic Enlightenment Book
This is definitely a cool little idea. I think the seed for this article was first planted in my head what I read a book lovingly called Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality
He says that he was passing over a bridge while walking to work, feeling rather peaceful, when it happened. All of a sudden, he felt an incredible sense of clarity, and he had the strangest sensation of looking around him, at the trees, dirt, water, and so on, and he felt like he was looking at himself. Like, he was really looking at himself. Imagine the sensation you get when you look in a mirror, and you just know that the person staring back is you. Well, he had that for every single thing around him. He looked at the trees and understood the bark and limbs as himself. He looked down at the water and saw not only his reflection as himself, but the entirety of the water itself. Talk about trippy.
This is such a cool thing because that really is what the experience of enlightenment does. It helps us understand that we are the universe, not just our little monkey-esque selves – though we are cute, sometimes. And when that happens, we understand the truth about our mortality.
That is, that it is a sham. 
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I can only think about caddyshack when bill murray is talking about playing golf with the DL (lol) and he says “on my death bed I will have total consciousness…so…I’ve got that goin for me” lol (i KNOW I mis-quoted this and it makes me mad bc I am queen movie quoter.)
Haha that is true. I thought it was funny that there were so many spiritual references in Caddyshack. It was also a total synchronicity for me. We need to watch the rest of that thing, because it was really funny.
I’m trying to remember other references, I know there were a few. Oh, Chevy Chase says something about tapping into an unseen force for intuition or something. Lol, there are more too!
I think this translation of immortality would fit in rather nicely with Carl Jung’s concept of the collective unconscious.
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Bart, thanks for being a synchronicity for me, because I was actually just writing about syncronicities in my e-book, and I thought of Carl Jung, and here you posted it just about an hour ago.
Of course, I haven’t read Carl Jung’s actual writings on that topic. It seems like I’m being pointed in the direction of studying him more thoroughly. I will have to get on that.
And while you’re at it, check out “Jung to Live By,” a book by a student of Jung’s named Eugene Pascal. It’s an incredibly insightful book on Jungian psychology, typology (the functions of consciousness), perception versus reality, and the collective unconscious. This book truly changed my perspective on human experience and life in general. Jung’s work was absolutely incredible.
Will do. Eugene Pascal.. reminds me of the Pascal programming language, probably no relation though.
I am just here on a volunteer mission for Earth and I have no desire to live forever. I understand that I am not my body nor am I my name. I am pure conscious energy having a human experience.
“Think you enlightened? Spend a week with your parents.” – Ram Daas.
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Hahaha I love that quote. I am definitely under no belief that I am enlightened – maybe someday…
I think you have a great perspective Justin. That’s one of the most powerful perspectives, not only for our own inner peace, but for effecting real change.
It reminds me of the quote at the beginning of Eckhard Tolle’s The Power of Now. It goes, “You are here for the divine purpose of the universe to unfold, that’s how important you are!”
With the divine purpose being, for consciousness to become conscious of itself. Woo hoo!
Hi Tracy,
Although I often thought to become a ‘high lander’ , being immortal and live for 1000 years, I don’t believe it would help me feel better now. Being aware of the fact that there is only love and nothing but love – we only cannot see always see it, gives me energy and makes me feel better.
I like that Marc. Actually, since you called me by my last name Tracy, I’m going to start calling you Linden. I like that, Linden.
I’m not sure that being aware of the fact that I’m going to live forever would make me much happier either. It definitely would make me anymore happier NOW, which is all that exists after all, but I think it’s still a pretty cool fact nonetheless.
Take care!
Oops … Fred. You got me here
It was a little slip of the tongue – comment editing is sometimes a good idea. Bdw, my family name would be ‘van der Linden’, not only ‘Linden’. I understand, using the right family names in an international environment can be very challenging 
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“van der Linden”??? That sounds awesome, like you’re a knight or something.
Anyway I forgive you if you forgive me.
Hey Fred,
Funny thing, I was going to write a post on pretty much the same idea linking meditation and the true being within. Maybe I can still come up with something but with my own take on it. Anyway, the subject is fascinating and I just more or less realized what meditating was really allowing us to accomplish the other day. I’m glad I stopped by and read your post.
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Todd, that’s andawesome synchronicity! It’s strange how I run into everything I need, exactly when I need it. this usually tends to occur online, I suppose because I don’t have a lot of resources in “real” life that involve spirituality except for books. Maybe that is something I should work on – making spiritual friends.
Anyhow, meditation gives us SO much. Please feel free to share your insights here if you’d like.
And then there’s the kind of immortality that comes from leaving behind one’s words or art! Though I am in total alignment with your views on consciousness.
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This is true, although it doesn’t count because even though your words or art can be immortal, you won’t. With this, you will.
What are your views on consciousness by the way?
This is a great subject to meditate on.
It’s sad that most of the population, even the ones who are saying that they believe in a “Higher Power” really believe that their little head and body is all that there is! Thanks for writing this, Fred
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“Little heads and bodies”.. LOL. I used to believe that too, and it is pretty limiting. It makes everything seem a bit more hectic when you think that you are all that is. Even the belief that our bodies/souls go to heaven, or wherever else, after death, is still limiting compared to this sort of paradigm. I love it!
thanks for commenting, Sylviane.