The lifespan of Mayflies is one day, while the lifespan of elephants is 100 years. Cats live up to 10-12 years, while Dogs die between 14-16 years.
The expiry date of animals and other marine life is fixed. The biological clock has a built in timer. These animals rarely fall sick. They die fit and keep good health right up to their last day. These species have to keep in excellent health in order to hunt for their food.
Also they do not have any relatives and friends to look after them in their days of sickness. They do not over eat ever. Have you not seen cows and cattle sitting on the green grass and relaxing? They do not look at the grass with greedy and lusty eyes.
These lovely creatures are devoid of emotions, the hard core emotions like: guilt, shame, jealousy, hatred, hurt, grief, attachment, anxiety. They fully live in the present moment very easily, and never in the future or in the past.
Unlike humans, their upbringing is very short and simple and uncomplicated. Thus they have no inhibitions or false beliefs of any kind. They are guided by their reptilian instincts and they survive very well, and procreate a lot. In their world there is no difference between a rape and an intercourse. It is called mating and there is fixed season for it to happen.
The story of human beings is very different. Our moment of death is not fixed at birth. We die at variable, wide ranging ages. The life span during Roman era was 27 years. Today, it is all time high, at 75 years.
Let us take the case of two people, twins; Terry and Tarry, two brothers born of the same genes, parents and brought up in almost identical life style. They grow up and marry two different girls; Tolly and Tiffy, who come from separate backgrounds and have big egos too. The twins interact with their new partners in totally diverse ways. Surprisingly, Terry dies at 47 years, while the Tarry dies, at 94 years.
It all boils down to emotions, feelings, attitudes: we unnecessarily worry about the future which is not here yet, a mystery and constantly brood about the past which is already gone, is history, and rarely living in the present, which is all you have.
Just like the animals we too have an inbuilt healing system, body’s natural, self healing system. It works only, if left alone to work it out.
Rohit Khanna is the author of the book -- Magic Of The Mind & Miracle Of The Body. This article has been taken from his book.