The 120 Club - Living the Good Life for 120 Years

I received a call from someone who was interested in attending one of my seminars on The 120 Club.  Before even introducing herself to me she asked, “Are you 120?” I laughed. “No,” I responded, “I’m 119.” There was a pause and then I said, “I’m only kidding. But you know I intend to live that long, that’s for sure.” We then had a long talk about getting older and healthier.

You, like this woman, may wonder what my credentials are in living to 120 since I’m barely half way there myself. When I do turn 119, this book will be a million seller, I’m sure. For now you will have to live with this minor credibility gap. In fact the only thing I am claiming is my desire and dream of living to 120 and the very real possibility of getting there. If others have done it, so can we.

I began this book with a challenge and an offer. My challenge is that you join me in deciding to live to 120. Of course, something may come along and stop us from reaching that goal, but that isn’t the point. The point is to change your mind and therefore your entire attitude about living and dying. How we die is another book. For now, it is enough to imagine a long and healthy life. It is important to keep imagining a long and healthy life. Keep sending messages to your body and your mind that stretch your life far beyond what you have settled for so far. It’s all in the future anyway - so why not? There are innumerable advantages to doing this, the most profound of which is changing our unconscious conditioning.

What I offer you is a workable program of ten wisdoms to pursue our common goal. These ten wisdoms offer the best chance of success that I know of so far. I’m still alive and feel better than ever. If you follow my approach, it will bring balance and vitality into your life. I am not an advocate for a single solution to aging. I believe that we all have strengths in different areas. We can learn from each other. We also need to focus more seriously on the places where we slip and fall. Use my book as your lifetime check list on how to avoid falling into disrepair.

Yes, eating poorly, never exercising and stuffing emotions are the top three killers. All the experts agree with me on this. Just attending to these three, however, will not guarantee you the kind of life I am asking you to imagine - a life in which you will make more friends, become a source of endless creativity, meditate and pray, lay on the Earth, make a piece of the world better, find good healers, save time and money, and do good work.

I have talked about how the universe is a web of life – an interconnected cosmic organism in which every part interacts in powerful and dynamic ways. We are just beginning to realize what is happening to us in ways that are stunningly profound. Our understanding of the web of life is changing everything - from how nations relate to one another to how we treat our neighbors (human and other). The web of life is both real and a wonderful metaphor for our own lives.

I want you to imagine yourself as a microcosm of this larger web of life. Each part of you, from the spiritual to the physical and from the social to the private, is a mirror of the cosmos. Each strand is essential and connected with every other strand. It is our job to make each strand strong and vibrant. If we neglect one strand the whole web collapses. If we pay attention to each strand, our web will be strong. Our web will withstand the winds of time and the challenges of minor crises. Our web will last us for 120 years. It is possibile.