Immortality through Nanobots?

Award winning inventor and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil is convinced that modern science will give us immortality within the next 20 years. In his recent book, "Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever" he writes about millions of blood cell-sized robots, which he calls "nanobots," that will keep us forever young by swarming through the body, repairing bones, muscles, arteries and brain cells. He envisions that improvements to our genetic coding will be downloaded via the Internet and that we won't even need a heart.

He does not understand the subtle laws of nature that according to our karma we are allotted a specific amount of time in a particular body. Even if we can create such nanobots which swarm through our bodies as Mr. Kurzweil envisions, we cannot extend the lifespan of our material body even one nanosecond beyond its allotted time.

Our actual existence is eternal. It does not depend upon nanobots or any other material thing. This body is an illusory conception of the self. It is a mirage-like phenomenon which, although having reality, is not what it appears to be. It is simply a covering of the self, a "costume". It is not the real self. One who transfers his consciousness back to its original pure form, as a spirit-soul eternal servant of Krishna or God, does not have to wait around for the scientists to figure out a way to make him immortal. Why is that? Because he has already achieved it.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Free to Choose Our Relationship with Krishna?

Namaste. Is it true that we are completely free to choose what manner of relationship we want to have with Krishna; devotee, friend, parent, etc.?

That is my current understanding. If I am wrong, please correct my thinking on this point.

Thank you.

Love always...Tommi

Answer: Only on the Perfectional Stage

When one attains the perfectional stage of pure Krishna bhakti and thus becomes qualified to serve the Lord in one's eternal form, one re-enters the Lord's eternal pastimes in the spiritual world and serves the Lord according to one's natural desire and inclination. However, such a position is only available after one becomes completely perfect, free from all material desires.

This perfectional stage cannot be imitated by someone who is still under the influence of material desires. If the neophyte tries to jump artificially to this stage he will be greatly hindered in his spiritual progress.

The method for attaining this state of pure desirelessness, in which one has no other desire except for serving the Lord, is to take complete shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and under his guidance strictly follow the rules and regulations of the bhakti yoga system. Then one gradually becomes completely pure and qualified to be fully reinstated into one's original, eternal identity, in which one has full freedom to serve the Lord according to one's natural inclination. Even after attaining this perfectional stage one still remains the humble servant of his spiritual master because the guru/disciple relationship is an eternal relationship.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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