Immortality - The basic instinct for humans

Man has always wished to live forever. In all the action and animation movies, we always see that the protagonist never dies, although he goes through a series of accidents, injuries and hurdles. This idea basically depicts man’s basic desire to live forever in this world. But in real life, we experience that this is not practicable.

People do die when face similar situations as faced by movie actors in the movies. This is because reality is totally different than the imaginary world. We can imagine anything we want. There is no limit.  Movies are actually a depiction of man’s imagination.

Millions of people came to this world since the birth of Adam. Everyone went to hereafter once he completed the life cycle here in this world. Man’s desire to live forever has always been there. He has been trying different ways to increase his age. Then he started doing things he might be remembered for, after his death. This was the way that became very successful for this purpose.

In every age of history, there were some men who are still remembered, not all of people of that age. The reason for this is that they did something different, something unique and something great that has kept them alive so far. This is the only way by which we, despite being mortal, can become immortal beings in this world. We will be remembered for what we do in this world when we are here.

Every one of us knows Shakespeare, though he lived in the 16^th century and we are living here in the 21^st century. The reason for his immortality is the work he did during his life time. He wrote dramas and sonnets through which he depicted his society as well as his imagination. A man’s imagination is always limited to the age he lives in. When we go through his work, we come to know the details of life at that time. Thus his work helps us a lot in understanding the life in the 16^th century. And his work can always be quoted as a reference. Because he was honest in his work, he earned dignity and honor that remained here even after he died. He spent his whole life writing and depicting his society through available media at that time. This work of his earned him immortality. Though he is physically not alive but his work will keep him alive in this world forever.

How we want to be remembered after our life, depends on what we are doing in this life. If we are spending the life of a layman, no one will even know if we existed, after we are gone. If we are doing something for humanity in any way that would of course help us. All the famous scientists in the world did a great job for humanity, by developing science to that great level we have today. Everyone knows who invented the light bulb, who invented electricity. We are all well aware of Wright brothers who put their efforts in inventing the aero plane. The information is available about them because they have become immortal by dedicating their lives to a purpose that was good to humanity.

Talking about today’s world, we all know about Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Warren Buffett and the list is not small. Bill Gates revolutionized the computer world. The latest cellphone owes a lot to Steve Jobs. Google came into being only because Larry Page was there for it. Warren Buffett did much for humanity. Their work became the reason for their immortality. They will always be remembered for what they have done for humanity. This is not all and the list goes on and on. It always keeps on adding more people.

The choice is yours whether you want to be immortal through your deeds or die without someone knowing you. For this, the simple rule is that you need to do something for humanity, something positive that can be remembered. Nothing is done at once. You need to take small steps to establish something big. Steadiness is the key to success in this path.

One of the many reasons for people to start their blogs is the same. They want to share their knowledge and personal experience, just to help others, to make this world a better place to live. I believe those working with this objective have already set foot on that path, though they might not have expressed it explicitly.