The Days of our lives?

JohnG

I was wondering about the longevity we have here as human. Some a few hours, others many decades or century; so can anyone answer my question? Does our lives require a set number of days to accomplish something, or does our life' longevity based on the number of things we must do, before rebirth?

how

Soap opera?

lobster

So you should view this fleeting world --
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightening in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

Diamond Sutra

JohnG

how said:

Soap opera?

Hmmm, could be; and to think, I once thought soap opera's were wierd.

:coffee:

Cory

I think that instead of letting time take hold of your life you should do things as they go. With that said I would have to say that it would be a certain number of things you must do. Unless you are a Tibetan buddhist, then you may believe in the set ammount of days between death and reincarnation.

JohnG

Thank you all for the informaiton . It's just the idea of the vast age that is becoming normal; up to and over a century. It's just that if we have a set amount of things, wisdom, knowledge, experiance in this life, to help in the next life after re-birth, those who are now centarians, I hate to see what their going to be up against in the next life. :coffee:

federica

The Chinese believe that everyone is designated a specific number of breaths for their lifetime.
But apparently you can 'cheat' this figure and live longer, by breathing more deeply and more slowly.

There is some common sense in that......

genkaku

Looking forward is like looking back -- dumber than a box of rocks. Whether anyone was Queen Nefertiti in a former life or a Woo-hoo Buddha in the next, still the plain fact is that just now I happen to be alive and what do I plan to do with that fact?

Determinism doesn't determine much in any convincing way. It makes for what @how might call a good soap opera, but what kind of a life would this be if we nourished ourselves on soap operas? If there was a life in the past, so what? If there is a life in the future, so what? All this is fairy-tale time for those who might employ their time better with a good and determined practice.