The Mrs

RE: DW Duke.......Excellent!

I look forward to your writings on the subject.

 Thank you!

Reply to Free Spirit

Yes, I will.  It will take me a couple of weeks though because I am currently swamped with other writing projects and I would like to address it properly.  About ten years ago I received a copy of the University of Michigan Alumni Magazine wherein Dr. Collins spoke very candidly.  He stated that the reason he started the Genome Project is that he believes that there was a  time when the aging process operated as I described in my last post.  (People would reach a certain age such as 30 then they would stop aging.)   My recollection of the interview is that he was asked if he believes the universe was intelligently designed in some fashion and he said there is no way it could have evolved purely by chance.  My understanding is that while he believes in microevolution he does not believe that macroevolution is a viable explanation of the origin of man.  Too many factors militate against it and in essence it is simply the scientist's way of explaning what he openly admits he does not understand.  I will contact the University to see if I can get a copy of the interview.  

Hi, thanks for reading.

Hi, thanks for reading. Obviously all of you are scared of dying too :) Especially when you go through all sorts of curves and hoops to try to mask your fear or rationalize it away. GOOD LUCK :)

I for one stand here and tell you I DON'T WANT TO DIE.

Genome Project.......

Could you.......would you turn your post into an article/blog?

It is a very interesting subject.

Please.........

Ebi is it a poem that you wrote

It has peaked my curiosity.

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Genome Project

Hi MS. Your concern about aging and dying is certainly important and legitimate. Death is a horrible event that should never occur. No person should ever suffer death. In fact, it is contrary to the "Order of the Universe."

I am sure that you have heard of the Genome Project. It was the cooperative effort of The University of Michigan, MIT and several other leading universities, to map the entire human genetic structure. The task is completed. The gene that causes the aging process has been identified. Guess what, it is a mutated gene. The original gene that caused aging was supposed to age to a certain number of years then become dormant. That age was between 30 and 50 years. The person in question was supposed to live forever at that age. But something went wrong. Every ancient culture has an explanation of what that might have been. According to Judaism and Christianity it was that mankind engaged in some abomination that caused the loss of the "immortal gene." In the story book that means they ate of the tree of "knowledge of good and evil." But is there something more? Could it be that they did something prohibited such as eating the flesh of a mammal which caused the gene to mutate. In other words, did the consuption of "flesh" cause an event that was so severe that it completeley altered human DNA? Could it be, as some have suggested, that humans were intended to be immortal but due to some "sin" they lost that immortality.

What I will tell you my unknown friend, is that there is reason to believe that physical immortality of humans is within "reach." There is so much research in this area but what is found is that it is beyond human reach. Physical immortality is spiritual. If you are truly interested in this topic I will discuss it further with you.

I will tell you this. There is a human speciman alive today, who according to the opinion of a number of reputable and very perplexed physicans, has stopped aging at the age of 35 though his physical age is 50+ and it is believed that others are waiting in the wings. :) How is this possible? Perhaps it is as Francis Collins the founder of the Genome Project said, humans were created to be immortal.  If the original gene that was supposed to result in immortality mutated, isn't it possible that it would mutate back?  What is the trigger of the event that prevents the infinite mutation? Some have suggested that it is pure love.  :)

Dear The Mrs.

The first time I contemplated death seriously was during the first month of my older son's life. I thought about what would happen to him if I died. I wrote my first will that day.

I came to the US to study when I was young. All my friends were young. Nobody did and nobody should have died when we were all so young. Deaths in the family were generally a series of news items conveyed over the telephone or in letters from Iran. When I left the US to go live in Iran in the 1990's, I was acutely aware of how ill-prepared I was for understanding death. I knew my parents were aging and ill and I couldn't deal with their inevitable deaths.

I started a macabre and important personal voyage into death in Iran. Whenever I heard someone died, I would will myself to go and attend their burial at Behesht-e Zahra. I would follow the pal all the way from Ghassalkhooneh to the burial site. I would stand with others to cite the Namaz-e Meyyet, crying my eyes out.

Most of the people whose funerals I attended were distant relatives or relatives to co-workers. I never went into the Ghassalkhooneh, for I didn't want to see the lifeless bodies, too chicken. One time I saw the face of someone who was being lowered into the grave when the shroud had been lifted. She was an older lady, peaceful and asleep.

My parents did pass away since, and I was as prepared for the rituals as could be expected, I guess. On a much more personal level, I have finally come to accept death, everybody's, including my own. I don't doubt and dwell on it. It's a fact of...LIFE! Instead, I started living every day as if there is no tomorrow, trying to find personal joy in everything, even the most mundane, even the most painful, even the most ridiculous! Every bad thing that happens can become a funny story soon, every good thing something around which I will celebrate by telling a story about it.

I love life, I live it to its every possible note, drop, and crumb. That is precisely why I'm not afraid of death.

Thank you for your as usual thought provoking blog. Do delete whatever worries you The Mrs. Jan, not because of what people may find in your inbox, but because your beautiful and important life here and now must not be encumbered by avoidable worries! Here's wishing you decades of long, healthy, and love-filled life.

I am not afraid ...

چون عمر بسر رسد چه شیرین و چه تلخ

پیمانه که پر شود چه بغداد و چه بلخ

می نوش که بعد از من و تو ماه بسی

از سلخ به غره آید از غره به سلخ

Ebi aka Haaji

Mrs

Missy, I think you meant postmortem not postpartum.

eternity in an hour

I wouldn't worry too much if I were you. It's an old observation, but no matter how bad death is or its consequences, you won't be around to experience it. So as long as there is any experiencing going on, you are. In a very real sense, there is eternity right there.

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.

William Blake

نعمت

نعمت جان،
متشکرم که مرا بیاد آن آهنگ معروف انداختی. با گوش کردن به آن دریافتم که چه روزگاری است و چه زندگی است.

Akheh en harfaa chieh mizani dokhtar...

To yeki aslan sohbat-e margo mordano az een donyaa raftano nakon,,, meekhaay JJ degh koneh?!
Taa haalaa fekr kardi: what would he do without you? -haa?! ;-)

نظر ِ شخص ِ بنده

قصه يه خيلى قشنگى بود. منو ياد ِ جانى گيتار انداخت

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نغمه سركن
در بر ِمن
اى جانى
جانى گيتار
جانى گيتار

Not happening....

Sorry, you do not convince me.

Don't worry, I'm sure God will provide for the worms.

Just not me! lol

But Free Spirit

Maggots are creature of God too. They have be created to decompose a dead body quickly and efficiently, the same as fungus (mushrooms) to decompose plants.

Well, I'm not afraid to die.........

I'm going to have my body Barbecued.

 Yep! I will be cremated.

I am not giving the worms the satisfaction of eating me.

They can go find another Mexican buffet!lol

حضرت علی فرماید

آنچنان زی که گویی این آخرین روز حیات توست.

ایثار بر مساکین
زندگی ساده
پندار نیک

Mrs.....

The timing of your article couldn't be, well I don't want to say better, but I think you get the meaning.

This is going to be a very stressful weekend.

By the way, thanks for mentioning e-mails and logins. It reminded me to clear out all of my temporary files and browser history. :-)

Well this is too good :))

I am not afraid of passing from this hip of dust at all, and I owe that all to my spiritual beliefs, which by the way may cause nausea for you! Therefore, I will refrain from telling you dear , why , I am not afraid and why I am happy that non of those things that are haunting  you , are a bit  scary to me.

have a good one,

Tahirih:))

love it

this is great. funny and soooooo human. i think probably a great many people agree with you deep down inside. i know it will make ME think twice about some issues.