the human element - Addiction

I have been reading lately. That book - the world without us (Wiesman) - has somehow been validating thoughts I have had long ago. Humans are addicted to thoughts of being indestructible. We are somehow trained to believe that even though we will die, like the leaves in the fall, there will be a future either in heaven or hell.

We want to hold on to everything; if we are not holding on to some worldly possession, we are trying to hold on to thoughts of a loved one, or thoughts...and these sometimes becomes thoughts of an everlasting life.

We become gamblers - compulsive gamblers every Sabbath - in a game where we have a 50% chance that we will have an everlasting life. Every Sabbath day, we hope to increase our chance by chanting and reciting words of reinforcement, and thoughts that we hope will help maintain our peace.

But what does this have to do with reading this book by Alan Weisman? Alan works on showing us that the earth takes everything back, recycles it, changes it, but fundamentally the earth wins the game of life. We die, and our remains turn to soil, something grows as a result. That's it! The soul is an invention made up to keep our addiction to life going.