Of course, not everyone wants to live forever, especially those that are in ill health, or have lives that are unsatisfactory, or just are tired of it all. But there are those other folks, that deeply desire to live forever, of which, we might like to think that these people that are so intent upon living for generation after generation, must then be really good people – the truth, though, is that commonly these type of people want to live forever because their life and the circumstances that they enjoy are so darn good, that they don’t ever want to cede control of such, ever. However, all that said, the vast majority of people, basically desire to live a good and satisfying life, with the implicit understanding that life consists of stages, and invariably the death of the physical body, is going to be that final stage, on earth.
As for why we don’t live forever, the simplest answer has a lot to do with the unavoidable fact, that nothing physical, is ever going to last forever. This signifies that while we can take prudent measures to extend the quality of life for ourselves, that extension is going to, in the best of cases, just add several years of quality life for us, but it will not extend that life, much beyond such. So too, it has to be recognized that the real purpose of our life here on earth, is to provide us with the opportunity to learn our lessons well, and then to apply those lesson so learnt through our interactions in our day to day activities. Unfortunately, some people, don’t readily take to their lessons, and because so many people, as they age, get more and more set in their ways and of their opinions, we do so find, that the opportunity to change the direction of our life, thus diminishes as time goes on. This thereby signifies that as in a ship, that lacks a compass, those that are directionless are not going to be traveling in the right direction; and for all those that know the right direction, but insist upon ignoring such, they will then continue to travel in the wrong direction.
Indeed, there is purpose in our life, and that purpose is to find our way back to the only destination that will bring us eternal sanctuary and thus satisfaction. This signifies, that we don’t live forever, because it best for those that are not progressing, or perhaps are regressing, that they have a fresh opportunity of getting a restart or a reboot so as to get their next incarnation a chance to make amends, for a misguided life. As for those that have done well, and now are fairly departing from this land having served their good purpose, this is akin to a student that goes to school, takes their tests, subsequently passes those tests with very high scores, and then goes on to do good deeds with their knowledge, so rightly applied.
As good as this world may so be, it cannot and does not hold a candle to that dimension that is beyond our limited sight. This world, is a proving ground, providing each of us with the fair opportunity, to accomplish that which will serve to benefit and to enlighten us, as well as others – of which, those that come up short to those noble objectives, quite obviously need a do over – and those that have succeeded, don’t.