Yes you got it. The article the graphic is from was discovering that too. But
the more interesting practical thing for us *boomers* is this fact that very
few people live to be older than 85 even if on average people may be living a
little longer. The ten year census shows that most of us
These discourses from Guru Dev are an excellent way of checking one's priority
in life. Like spiritual life insurance. I would recommend reading a discourse
before meditation in the morning and again before mediation in the evening.
Great practical lesson contained in them. All of us should
compassionate toward me,
something about my not being in a space, etc.
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: LB Shriver 's Guru Dev Book
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mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@...
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[graphic showing rising life expectancy]
So regardless, most people are dead before 80 = make
use of your time while you
[graphic showing rising life expectancy]
So regardless, most people are dead before 80 = make use of your time
while you are here.
The book in manuscript is now online and can be read
at his wordpress site:
http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/
Rocks are Melting
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
[graphic showing rising life expectancy]
So regardless, most people are dead before 80 = make
use of your time while you are here.
That's average life expectancy *at birth*, Buck. For most
of us here, IOW, that was more
Ooops, in my previous post (hasn't appeared yet) I said
the life-expectancy-at-birth figures were from 50-plus
years ago; actually this chart has life expectancy at
birth in 1990, so it's really just 23 years ago. But
the principle is correct: the older a population is,
the higher its average life
