Physical eternal life is essential for creating true intimacy. . . . . . And true intimacy is necessary for the existence of physical eternal life.
People who have no interest in physical eternal life, who have no interest in living forever, basically say that at some point, and they do not take responsibility for when it will happen, not only are they going to leave you, they also intend to leave you ( because if they do not want to live forever they intend to die – no matter how long they will live or live in good health). Now, why would anyone want to be connected and intimate with a person they know is going to leave him?!
If someone tells you, "I'm going to be with you completely for two weeks and then I'm going to leave you," how much do you think you'd be willing to be intimate with him? How about if he tells you, "… I'll leave you in four years… ". Or, "… In ten years… "? Why would it be any different if he told you, "I'm going to be with you completely for the rest of my life and then I'm going to die"? How can you be free to give your all to someone else when there is a clear end in sight? You can't.
People are willing to do the best of what they can offer themselves. Either because they do not know how to do better, or because they are not prepared, or they are too afraid to do what it takes to be different. And just to be clear, having sex with someone is not necessarily being intimate with him. Many people use sex as a substitute for intimacy or give themselves this illusion, while others use sex only for self-gratification and have no interest in intimacy at all.
It seems to me that the secret of being with other people is that, from moment to moment, something greater happens to you than if you were not together. And if you have it, then you will have no reason not to be together, there will be no reason to stop being with each other and there will be no reason to want it to end. In such a situation, there will never be any reason why we would ever want to be one without the other. It's true intimacy. This is where the true joy lies. It is the basis of physical eternal life. Experience such a feeling with other people that you can never leave each other – ever!
I was asked: "Who would have stayed at one mediocre moment, if he knew it was his last moment?" "Who would knowingly say bitter and cruel words if he knew that these words would be his last words?" "Who could have slept at night in a bed with anger between two lovers, if he knew that waking up the next morning was not an option?"
The answer I gave was: "Probably nobody. The point is, people ignore these possibilities until reality slaps them in the face. People do not take responsibility for knowing when they are going to die. They do not think in these terms until reality forces them to face taking their last breath, or they watch the last breath of a loved one.
In my opinion, it is not good enough to wait until you know that it is your last moment, or your last words to someone, or your last night with him. You have to treat people with the respect and care they deserve, not because they are either going to die very soon or later, but simply because that's what they deserve.
The truth is that as long as you do not make the choice to live forever, then each moment can be your last – whether you are ready to accept it or not. Anyone who lives in the belief that death is inevitable lives with this possibility, only he simply does not want to face it. – To a large extent I think they think they can't do anything about it. So, whether it is at the forefront of their consciousness or buried in the depths of the subconscious, not only their own death but also the death of others, influence every decision and action they take. And that's why, consciously or unconsciously, people don't want to be really intimate. After all, if someone likes or loves them it will not be really relevant if one of them is already dead.
Written by: James Strole, Bernadeane, Charles Brown translated from English from Eternal Life Now – Original Article
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