Cycles of Life

 As human beings, we all are forced to live in cycles, some of which are endless, while others are not.  We have the cycle of time.

• 60 minutes to an hour
• 24 hours to a day
• 30 days (+/-) to a month 
• 12 months to a year
• 10 years to a decade
• 10 decades to a century

Of course, this seems obvious to most of us and the statement therefore quite juvenile.  However, we seldom see time as a cycle.  As soon as one of something (whatever it is) dies, another begins.  Consequently, we have cycles.

My thoughts have moved in this direction because we are approaching the end of the month of September...   but, as soon as we do end this month, another month, October begins.  Similarly, the ending of each night begins a new day...  new opportunities.

Once we are born and live our lives we die...  thus, our cycle of life has ended just as another's begins.

Can you imagine anything in life that is not a cycle?

While the earth on which we live has been around for a long time and will continue to be around for a long time, it will eventually die.  Consequently, some cycles are longer than others, but it is still a cycle.

Religious people will tell you that if you believe, then you will live forever...  most of them believe that...  but, if you were to look at that closer, you would see that if your life continues, it only continues in another form...  your body will not continue...  it has been designed to end...  so, if we live on in some other form, what will that form be?

• A spirit
• Our essence

In either case, we will no longer have the need to eat or sleep nor will we feel pain or anxiety, nor will we ever again have the need for money or to become wealthy.  However, the truth about cycles is maintained.

Our entire concept of physics is based upon a beginning and an end...  but, what if that was not the case?  Then what?

Turning again to physics...

Matter can neither be created nor destroyed but it can be changed from one form to another.

• Ice to water and then water to steam
• Human body to spirit

Some cultures believe that our bodies will be recycled and that in our next life we may come back as an animal or another human being...

If this is so, then what causes that new cycle?

How many cycles do you think human beings have?

No one knows...

We are not really sure what happens after death...

Most people don't think about this because it is too mindboggling.