We Are Not Immortal, Or Why Are We Vulnerable To Death?

Social isolation is a social issue where people avoid contact with one society. They are commonly seen nowadays preventing people from interacting with another as well as creating reliable relations, abating any chances for one to realize their destiny. This negative spiral immensely affects the opportunity for people holding a feeling of love and community toward others.

What does it mean to be immortal? The word immortal means to live on forever, never dying or ceasing to exist. In the book "The immortal life of Henrietta lacks," Rebecca Skloot writes about how Henrietta's cells have been living long after Henrietta herself died, making the cells what one calls immortal. Both spiritual and literal immortality is being presented to the reader throughout the book. As one reads deeper into the book, they find that immortality is one of the major themes concerning the cells, Deborah, and the story that ties it all together.

The discussion of immortality went all the way back to Adam and Eve because ever since they took from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, they were banished from the Garden of Eden. Being banished from the Garden of Eden put them out of reach of the Tree of Life, which would make them immortal and god-like. Chappell explained how the Tree of Life is a metaphor for human mortality. Humans can use science and innovation to prolong life, but they will forever be out of reach of immortality. Immortality, according to Chappell, is possibly a modern-day myth. Scientific possibly leading to immortal life is something that humans can only hope for much like finding the Fountain of Youth. However, this desire to find a way to live forever is something that only exists in the minds of human beings. I believe that animals do not have the same awareness levels that humans do, which can often leave humans jealous because animals most likely do not have the same fears of dying or growing old that humans possess.

This too, implies and explains that God has absolute sovereignty over the universe, alluding to him being the controller of time. In the quote “Short was our time, for in his prime our youthful flower was cropped: We died in youth, before full growth, so was our purpose stopped” (Wigglesworth 247). This means that God ends lives, or does anything in general, because he sees it fit, even though people may be seen as too young. God decides when people are supposed to do anything, including when they are supposed to live. The purpose that God has for everything is determined by him alone because of his absolute

Although people may feel isolated and alienated from everything around them, they are never alone. It is not possible to be completely disconnected from everything. For example, a man who has

ascends into Heaven, thus creating that idea that one is capable of immortality, even if you have

As long as humans have lived and died, we have strived to know the meaning of life. We assume that there is a meaning or importance to life, and in doing so try to provide some permanence to our existence so that a greater machine might continue to function. It is only natural, then, for us to be interested in the concept of immortality. If there is purpose to an ending life, a life that does not end must be supremely important. This idea is exemplified throughout time in stories both historical and fictional. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one such story. Gilgamesh deals with immortality on nearly every level, and at the same time points back to mortality, trying to extract a reason for living and dying.

A well-differentiated self, while acknowledging the importance of family and social groups, can withstand conflict, rejection, and criticism and separate emotionally and intellectually from the family of origin.

The social isolation risks rose up with development of social exclusion and hardship, such as addiction, divorce, disability, separation and illness. An also, people confront with predicament exacerbation by the

Diagnosis. Spiritual distress related to self-alienation as manifested by inability to participate in religious activities. (Doenges, Moorhouse & Murr, 2014).

In Everyman, the author treats death as a part of life whereas all aspects of it, including the physical body are only temporary, but the afterlife with God is permanent and should be the goal. Under this Christian belief system, every man was created for a purpose and has a unique path to walk. The Bible states, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, and who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28 NIV) and “Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed” (Job 14:5 NIV).

Immortality does not mean living forever in the present physical body. In Taoism, death is just the final step in achieving complete unity with the universe when Taoist draws closer and closer to nature throughout their life. Taoism has a goal to raise the immortal practise to a higher level which is spiritual immortality. To attain it, people have to transform all their qi into primordial qi and proceed to refine it to subtler levels. This finer qi will eventually turn into pure spirit, with which practitioners increasingly identify to become transcendent spirit-people. To achieve this, intensive meditation and trance training as well as more radical forms of diet and other longevity practices are needed. Immortality implies the overcoming of the natural tendencies of the body and its transformation into a different kind of qi-constellation. It is a bypassing of death so that the end of the body has no impact on the continuation of the spirit-person. In addition, practitioners attain super-sensory powers and eventually gain residence in wondrous otherworldly paradises (Kohn 2005).

Thesis: The relationship made with people in life helps one stay in reality and keeps one grounded in morals. If one completely blocks out society and get lost in their imagination it can progress into an unhealthy alternate reality. Without the support of friends and family one can dwell in an irrational state of mind.

Somebody asked that “Doesn’t God decide the time when we die?” Certainly, if God wants you to be here there is no power that can end your life, and if He wants you to go home there is no viable force that can stop Him. However, God gave us a free will to decide how long to live in this world and where to spend our eternity. Unfortunately, our old nature has a reputation of blaming God for our failures and using Him as a scapegoat. God predetermined the lifespan of mankind: "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years" (Genesis 6:3). But how long we live within the context of the given lifespan depends on us, in particular, our godliness and lifestyle. God instructed us that: “Walk in obedience to all that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess (Deuteronomy 5:33).

Since the soul is immortal it has been recycled many times, and has also experienced everything