Can Human Beings Be Immortal?
Immortality is a concept that is there in our legends and mythologies. However, as a practical concept, it is a fallacy. There are myths about people living for centuries, but these are merely that – myths. Our body is like a well-tuned machine. It runs on and on, with or without problems for the given life span. However, like all machines that experience ‘death’, i.e. stoppage of functioning due to wear and tear arising out of continuous usage, the human body too has a certain life span, beyond which it stops functioning as the parts break up and wear out due to non stop functioning. There are ways and means of prolonging life. The ancient Indian tradition of yoga is considered a good way of increasing your life expectancy. There are also other such life span enhancers in different cultures. However, these do not cause immortality. There is a sense of finiteness about everything in this universe – from micro-organisms like bacteria to macro-organisms like man, and on an even greater d
