Thanks. Any philosophy trying to make “old age” into something positive is a cop-out. There is nothing positive about seeing your mind and body slowly decay.
Those who live in the desert learn to worship thirst.
I can't remember where I heard this or what the exact wording is. But it's one of those sayings that reminds me to be wary of philosophies with ideals that happen to match my current situation.
Well, "old" is relative. There is a difference between being 60 and being 90 years old.
Does getting wiser, calmer, and more mentally balanced constitute a mind decay?
Doesn't the fact that you no longer have to exert yourself as much as you did before so in fact you have a better rest and sleep better mean that your body is doing just fine (not looking "young" notwithstanding)?
>Doesn't the fact that you no longer have to exert yourself as much as you did before so in fact you have a better rest and sleep better mean that your body is doing just fine (not looking "young" notwithstanding)?
1. Older people put on muscle mass slower.
2. Their bones are more fragile.
3. Working memory ("fluid intelligence") decays starting in your early 20s for most people.
4. Cancer rates.
5. Cardiovascular disease rates.
6. Overall decline of sensory organs.
I take it you (your brain) believe you are the sum of your body and your mind — here I’m presuming brain. Others over the centuries have disagreed. Many others. Billions of others.
And some of those say you can personally validate that you are more than your body+brain while you are living. I’m not in the business of selling any particular approach to do that.
But entering into a downward cycle of negativity about aging isn’t going to do you, and those few still around willing to put up with you, any favors as you get older. If there is more to it than body+brain, and choosing to not confirm it to yourself leads you into negativity and misery as you age...well doesn’t that just sounds like you’re dumber than a door nail?
> But entering into a downward cycle of negativity about aging isn’t going to do you, and those few still around willing to put up with you, any favors as you get older
Irrelevant.
> If there is more to it than body+brain, and choosing to not confirm it to yourself leads you into negativity and misery as you age.
If.
> well doesn’t that just sounds like you’re dumber than a door nail?
Throwing insults right out of the gate just makes you sound like a cheap troll :) If you have an argument to make, just cut the innuendo and make your argument. How did you "personally validate that you are more than your body+brain"? I don't want to assume anything, maybe you have something original to say that doesn't involve meditation, psychedelic drugs and Deepak Chopra.
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