Discovering the fountain of youth
Sunday, December 11, 2005
When I was a kid, I've always believed that I'm an immortal. That at the age of 20, I will stop aging and go on living my life for all eternity. Meet new people, touch an infinite number of lives, make a difference and yet not age a day older. As I grew older and older and as I have learned new things, explored new worlds, I have realized that immortality is only a thing you read about in fiction novels or if there's a truth to it, only the gods can get a hold of it. From that realization sprung the desire to look for the fountain of youth.
Perhaps it's hidden beneath the earth's crust. Or at the peak of the everest, covered by a thick layer of ice. Or in the heart of the Sahara, guarded by the world's most venomous snakes. Or perhaps, it doesn't exist at all. Perhaps...
But lately, I was enlightened by what my friend Dirk's had written in his scroll. I contemplated on the idea of immortality once again. What is immortality? Is it really as what Ive always believed it is? A life that goes on forever? Perhaps not. We live because we have reasons to live. We have our family, we have our loved one, we have our friends, and most of all, we have our dreams. All of these are mortal, all of these will perish and eventually fade away from the universe as if they never ever existed. But there's something or someone who's going to remain existing to you. And it's yourself. You will always exist to yourself. And might just fade away from the universe but you will just transcend to some hidden dimension, who knows where or what. But you will remain existing. And that makes you immortal.
Now, where exactly is the fountain of youth? Look at yourself through the mirror. You see your reflection. It's what your logic is telling who you are and what you're made up. But logic doesn't always tell the truth nor does the mirror! If you look beyond the reflection you see in the mirror. See through all the imperfections and aging of your physical self. And see your real self, you'll see that you have not aged a day. And that you're the most beautiful person in the whole wide world. You'll see that the only truth that you need to see is the truth that you believe in. That truth is the real fountain of youth.
Bathe thyself then in the fountain of youth,
It is nothing but what thou hath percieved to be the truth!
Bathe thyself and be young once again.
Bathe thyself and be young once again.
Perhaps it's hidden beneath the earth's crust. Or at the peak of the everest, covered by a thick layer of ice. Or in the heart of the Sahara, guarded by the world's most venomous snakes. Or perhaps, it doesn't exist at all. Perhaps...
But lately, I was enlightened by what my friend Dirk's had written in his scroll. I contemplated on the idea of immortality once again. What is immortality? Is it really as what Ive always believed it is? A life that goes on forever? Perhaps not. We live because we have reasons to live. We have our family, we have our loved one, we have our friends, and most of all, we have our dreams. All of these are mortal, all of these will perish and eventually fade away from the universe as if they never ever existed. But there's something or someone who's going to remain existing to you. And it's yourself. You will always exist to yourself. And might just fade away from the universe but you will just transcend to some hidden dimension, who knows where or what. But you will remain existing. And that makes you immortal.
Now, where exactly is the fountain of youth? Look at yourself through the mirror. You see your reflection. It's what your logic is telling who you are and what you're made up. But logic doesn't always tell the truth nor does the mirror! If you look beyond the reflection you see in the mirror. See through all the imperfections and aging of your physical self. And see your real self, you'll see that you have not aged a day. And that you're the most beautiful person in the whole wide world. You'll see that the only truth that you need to see is the truth that you believe in. That truth is the real fountain of youth.
Bathe thyself then in the fountain of youth,
It is nothing but what thou hath percieved to be the truth!
Bathe thyself and be young once again.
Bathe thyself and be young once again.
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