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A New Picture of Life

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On the bus in Kyoto, I ideated a New Picture of Life, where our timeline continues no matter what. From your unique perspective, you will never die. They will find a cure for every disease and prolong life as long as possible. You will only have near death experiences, but never die. 

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I hypothesize that the human brain is powerful enough to do this- produce a feeling of eternity in order to offset the feeling of Physical Death creeping in. A sort of Cognitive Dissonance that creates a neverending moment, a nonstop posthumous journey where neurons make solutions to issues such as disease, tragedy, terror, pain. 

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This isn't the first time I've felt this. I wrote about a similar sensation after Lulu filled our tour van up with gas while the car was still running. We turned it off after a few minutes of pumping, and my jaw dropped-- why didn't the van explode? I thought about Googling whether or not this would cause an explosion, but decided to live within the possible Illusion instead. Perhaps we just exploded and now I'm living in my brains moment-of-death instance of Foreverness. Googling whether or not the car would explode would perhaps even end the Cognitive Dissonance, killing me forever.

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In Kyoto, I extended the thought further, perhaps because I felt rather invincible after having an extremely viral tweet. I truly believe, at least at this moment, that I will live forever. Perhaps not physically-- someone will see me die, the experience of my death will be Real. But from my own perspective, and probably from the perspective of each and every one of You, we will all never experience Death. Our brains will invent a progressively more Surviving future. Perhaps it will start to slowly transition into Heaven around age 120, where we find Nirvana, without having even felt a "Crossing Over".

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