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Sacred waters, with remarkable
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healing powers...
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ancient mystics, who lived
for hundreds of years...
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and a scientific breakthrough
that may provide eternal life.
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Is it possible to cheat death?
To live forever?
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Throughout history, many
have searched for the secret
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to everlasting life,
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but so far, they've all
run out of time.
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But what if by re-examining
ancient teachings
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and harnessing modern technology
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we could, one day,
actually become
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immortal?
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Well, that's what we'll try
and find out.
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Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
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Spanish conquistadors, led
by explorer Ponce de León,
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land on the coast of Florida
and claim the area for Spain.
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But Ponce de León is not
only in search
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of new territory to conquer.
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He's also looking
for a mystical spring
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said to contain magical,
life-giving waters:
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The Fountain of Youth.
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Ponce de León had been told
a number of different tales
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from the peoples who inhabited
the Caribbean and the Bahamas
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of this mythical pool or well,
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which, if you entered
into the waters,
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you would immediately achieve
rejuvenation.
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It would turn back
the years quite literally.
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And this was the so-called
Fountain of Youth.
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This is a magical
utopian story that was passed around.
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The well that would give you
a more youthful energy,
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give you a longer span of life.
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We don't know how much
metaphor was involved,
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but Ponce de León took it quite
literally and looked for it.
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If there actually
is a Fountain of Youth located
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somewhere in Florida
then it's certain that
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Ponce de León never found it,
because he died in 1521.
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But over the centuries, many
have believed the incredible
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notion that fountains of youth
exist in secret locations
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all over the world.
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The story of magical
springs and restorative wells
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shows up in many
different cultures.
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Now, this is legend.
This is folklore.
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But people love stories about
immortality because
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we want to go on.
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We are wired to survive.
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Our brain chemistry fights
for us to be alive.
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It's easy to understand
the appeal of legendary tales
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about magical waters that
bestow eternal life.
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But is it really possible that,
somewhere in the world,
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a real-life Fountain of Youth
could actually exist?
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This small island,
located in the Aegean Sea,
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is home to about 8,000 people.
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In recent years, Ikaria has
become world-renowned,
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not only for its
pristine beaches
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and magnificent views,
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but also because
a staggering number
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of the residents of this island
live longer
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than most others on Earth.
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The Island of Ikaria is
a place of extraordinary
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longevity for the people
who live there.
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One in three people who live
there reach a lifespan
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well into their 90s,
and it has one of the highest
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concentrations of centenarians...
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People who live to be
100 or more...
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Anywhere in the world.
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The people of Ikaria live very,
very long lives.
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They end up
working late into life.
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We've even seen people
who are shepherding
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over the age of 100.
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Right now,
in the United States the average
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life expectancy is 77 years.
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In Ikaria they live,
on average, ten years
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longer
than the average American.
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Studies have consistently shown
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that Ikarians live
remarkably long
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and surprisingly active lives.
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But why?
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Lifestyle and genetics
may play a role,
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but the people of Ikaria
believe the secret
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lies in their very own
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fountain of youth.
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They credit
several natural hot springs
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that are located at various
places throughout the island.
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And these springs are
referred to
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as the Immortal Waters.
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The Springs of Ikaria are
called the immortal waters
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because for millennia they have
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been known to have
extraordinary healing powers.
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People came from all over,
not just the Aegean,
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but Asia Minor
for thousands of years
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to experience
the healing waters.
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If Ikaria's
so-called Immortal Waters
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are a real-life
fountain of youth,
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then it begs the question,
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what's in the water?
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Well, a study published in
the scientific journal
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Advances in Nuclear Physics
in 1996
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may provide a surprising clue.
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The Immortal Waters are actually
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radioactive.
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This Greek island in particular
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has quantities of granite which
do have radioactive by-products.
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And one of the decay products
is radon gas.
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We're talking about microscopic
quantities
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of radiation.
Even though large
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quantities of radon
will kill you,
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small quantities of radon
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may actually be beneficial.
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It's like a vaccine.
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Vaccinations give you a little
bit of a virus,
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which of course is a bad thing,
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but a teeny bit of a virus
or fragments of a virus
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stimulate your immune system
to attack the virus.
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So some people think that maybe
radiation could be the same.
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Could a naturally
perfect dosage of radiation
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actually be the reason
why Ikaria's Immortal Waters
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seem to have restorative powers?
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If the number of Ikarians
over the age of 100
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is any indication,
the answer appears to be
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a resounding yes.
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Whether
or not Ikaria is the site
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of a real-life
fountain of youth,
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there are those who believe
the key to immortality
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won't be found
by immersing yourself
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in magical waters
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but rather by connecting
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to a higher power.
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This ancient city
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overlooking
the sacred Ganges River
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is one of the holiest
in the Hindu religion.
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For thousands of years,
worshippers have come
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to this site to perform
meditation and prayer.
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In ancient times,
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Hindu holy men know as swamis
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were said to have used
these rituals to attain
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eternal life.
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In the Yoga Sutras,
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there's a whole chapter
called "Vibhuti Pada."
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Where Patanjali explains
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how by certain
meditative practices,
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one can get these powers
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to extend the lifespan
of a particular body.
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In India,
you have a long history
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of holy people, swamis, who've
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been able to figure out
how the world works,
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how their body works,
how the universe works,
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and are able to live very,
very long,
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uh, periods of time.
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You have Devraha Baba,
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who died in 1990,
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and was believed
to be 250 years old.
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Swami Trailanga,
who died in 1887,
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believed to be, you know,
280 years old.
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If you would ask most
Indians about long-lived
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yogis and swamis,
one of the names that will
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almost inevitably come up
is that of Trailanga Swami.
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And he was observed by not
only many Indians in Banaras,
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but also
by the British authorities
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there in the late 19th century.
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So a lot of what he said
and taught and did
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has been documented
and recorded by many witnesses.
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They testify to his
extraordinary long life.
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For many, it may be hard
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to believe that daily prayer
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and meditation can provide
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age-defying powers.
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But Hindu mystics aren't
the only examples of people
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who are believed to have
used the power of faith
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to live for hundreds of years.
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If we look at the Bible,
we have these great stories
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of holy people who've lived
tremendous amounts of time.
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The Bible says Methuselah
lives for 969 years.
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Noah lives for 950 years.
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Adam lives for 930 years.
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So these are tremendous
lifespans of people living,
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according to the biblical text,
of almost 1,000 years.
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Many in modern times question,
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is this to be taken literally?
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Did people really
live that long?
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And the answer
from tradition is,
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yes, they did.
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This is nothing new.
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This has
very ancient foundations.
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Very well documented
in the biblical traditions,
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but equally well known
in traditions around the world.
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Regardless of the culture,
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there's many legends
about the Taoist immortals,
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or about the Tibetan immortals,
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as there are amongst
the Hebraic immortals.
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There is this idea
that because these people
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are literally directly
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communicating
with the divine, with God,
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are they given
other instructions?
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Are they given other secrets?
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Are they given
other kinds of hints
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that allow them to
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live much longer lives
than we live?
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Is it really
possible that those with a deeper
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spiritual connection
to the divine age more slowly?
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And can potentially develop
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the power
to live hundreds of years?
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Perhaps the answer
can be found by examining
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a Hindu swami who has
performed meditation and prayer
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every morning without fail
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for over a hundred years.
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At 125 years old,
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Swami Sivananda practices
a strict daily regimen
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of meditation and exercise,
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which he credits as the reason
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for his incredible longevity.
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The practice is a sacred
Hindu ritual
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known as Pranayama.
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When such
an advanced spiritual practitioner
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sits in meditation,
what they are actually doing is
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obviously quieting the body,
making it absolutely still.
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Then they are quieting
the breath.
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It means slowing it down
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even to the point
of actually stopping sometimes.
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It's one of the teachings
in Vedanta
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that by certain
meditative practices
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the lifespan of the swami
or the monk
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is extended
by the will of God...
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so that person can remain
as a sort of continuous
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living blessing
to those around him.
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From a modern
medical perspective,
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Pranayama has many different
physiological benefits.
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There was actually a study done
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that looked at things such as
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life purpose,
ability to find peace within,
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and connection
to something greater than us.
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And when people score higher
on these spiritual
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health scales, it's actually
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corelated
with greater health outcomes
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and longevity.
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And one of the fascinating
things about swamis
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or any yogi
who's extremely practiced,
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is that they reduce
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their metabolism by 64%.
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So, basically, they're using 64%
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less energy
to have basic body functions.
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Does the simple act
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of slowing down
the mind and body
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through prayer
or meditative practice,
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such as Pranayama,
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have the power
to increase our lifespans?
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And if so, is it possible
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that by mastering
these practices,
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we could all live
into our hundreds
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just like Hindu swamis?
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There definitely are capacities
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of the mind
which we are not aware of
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and which we are not using,
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and it's a matter of practice
and discovering these abilities
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and manifesting them.
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There are many who believe that
the swamis' incredible longevity
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is a testament to the power
of prayer as a way
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to connect us to the divine
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and extend our lives.
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But there are others
who claim that the secret
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to immortality lies
not in staying alive,
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but rather by dying,
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and being reborn.
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Three-year-old Dorothy Eady
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takes a traumatic tumble
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down the stairs
of her family's home.
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Her injuries, while serious,
are not life-threatening.
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But they are life-changing.
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Because in the years
after her accident,
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Dorothy Eady begins
recalling memories
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from what she claims
to be a past life.
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The story goes
that she fell down the stairs,
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had a head trauma and actually
died and then returned to life.
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And then
when she came back to life,
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um, after hitting her head,
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she had later experiences
where she seemed
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to know things
about ancient Egypt
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that she really
should not have known.
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Her dad would
take her to the British Museum.
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And when she went there,
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she saw images and artifacts
from the New Kingdom of Egypt.
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And said, "This is home."
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And she became obsessed
with ancient Egypt.
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Dorothy Eady was able
to read some hieroglyphs
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from the time
that she was ten years old.
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And from the time that she was
a teenager she was essentially
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writing in a type
of hieroglyphic script.
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Then as she got
older, she claimed to have
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been reincarnated
from a priestess
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in ancient Egypt that
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was in a relationship
with King Seti I,
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the builder
of the Temple of Abydos.
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Dorothy
Eady's claims of a past life
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may seem far-fetched,
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but the truth is
that many cultures
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believe that our souls
are immortal
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and can be reborn
again and again,
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leaping into new bodies
each time we die.
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But could
such an incredible notion
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actually be possible?
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So reincarnation literally is
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this idea that we may live
multiple lives.
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We don't just live one life.
We live a life,
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we die, and we're reborn.
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We're reborn back
into a physical body.
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For example, Tibetan Buddhists
believe the Dalai Lama is
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a reincarnation
of Avalokiteshvara,
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the goddess of compassion.
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And when the previous
Dalai Lama dies,
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they look for a boy born
with certain signs.
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And so there's a great
story about the modern
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Dalai Lama
that as a young child he was
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brought into the monastery
and he points to a-a bookcase,
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says, "My teeth are in there,
my teeth are in there."
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And they open it up
and of course,
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it's the teeth
of the previous Dalai Lama.
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And so you
do have people who have
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that sense of awareness
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of something
that's happened in the past.
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They've lived a past life.
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The Kabbalah teaches
that human souls
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have a purpose
as ordained by God
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to learn while here on Earth.
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And sometimes
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a single lifetime is not enough
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to fulfill the mission
and the cause for which God
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has ordained
that we be born here on Earth.
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And therefore,
souls will come back.
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A lot of
people who have, uh, past-life cases
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tend to be connected to trauma.
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I think that was the case
with-with Dorothy.
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It could be something to do
with, um, her own head trauma.
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There's been a lot of research
that tries to say
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there is a soul
that gets reincarnated,
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but I think we can't really know
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exactly what's happening,
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um, when people are having
these-these memories.
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In the case of Dorothy Eady,
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her accurate recollections
of life in ancient Egypt
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were astounding.
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At the age of 29,
Dorothy moved to Egypt,
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married,
and gave birth to a son,
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who she named Sety
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to reflect her connection
with the ancient pharaoh.
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She would eventually be called
Omm Sety
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or Mother of Sety.
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While not formally trained,
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Dorothy became
a well-respected colleague
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of many of the world's
foremost Egyptologists,
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spending 50 years working
as a draftswoman,
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writer
and unconventional historian.
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After spending time
with Omm Sety,
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many experts began to believe
that her incredible stories
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might actually be true.
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Omm Sety in this lifetime
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had extraordinary knowledge
and memory
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of the workings
of the Abydos Temple
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and the artwork within.
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The Temple of Abydos
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was the holy of holies
for the Egyptian people.
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Omm Sety's arrival in Abydos was
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stunning for everyone involved
because as an Englishwoman
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walking into the temple
for the first time,
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she knew exactly
where everything was.
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She immediately knew
how to find certain chambers.
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She was able to even interpret
some of the hieroglyphs
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in the dark.
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The head Egyptologist
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took her to a place
in the temple
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where he knew she wouldn't know
the answers to
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because it wasn't published yet.
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He himself was the one
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that translated
every part of it.
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Took him months. But if Omm Sety
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is truly a reincarnated
priestess of Egypt,
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then she would know.
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And she knew every part
of that wall.
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So, either she was
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really good
at ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
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or she truly was a reincarnated
ancient Egyptian priestess.
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Omm Sety became
one of the most important Egyptologists,
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one of the most important
translators of hieroglyphs
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in the world, and she
didn't have a formal education.
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The story of Dorothy Eady
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is arguably the single
most convincing account
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of reincarnation
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that we have anywhere
in history.
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There are many who
believe that Dorothy Eady's story
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proves that reincarnation
is, in fact, real.
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But if our souls
are really born again
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into new bodies after we die,
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why do only some of us
recall memories
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from our past lives?
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If you look
at the past life research
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and you look at the cases
that seem a bit more intriguing,
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i.e., they seem to be
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providing stronger evidence for
something anomalous going on,
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what we see is that it's people
who died suddenly.
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It aligns with the idea
of unfinished business.
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Even though Egyptians
do not believe in reincarnation,
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the ones around Omm Sety
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would decide to actually believe
that Omm Sety's story...
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It's a little bit too much
for coincidence.
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While the case of Dorothy Eady
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does offer possible evidence
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that our souls are immortal
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and pass from one body
to another,
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what about those
who aren't quite ready
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to give up the bodies
they currently have?
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Well,
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scientists have developed
a rather bizarre technique
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that might allow people
to live forever
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by keeping them frozen
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for centuries.
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In a sprawling industrial park
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on the north side of the city
stands the headquarters
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of the Alcor
Life Extension Foundation.
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Like most
cutting-edge medical facilities,
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the doctors and scientists here
work day and night
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to provide care
for their patients.
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Except in the case of Alcor,
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the patients...
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are all deceased.
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In our view, people who are
declared legally dead today
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are potentially revivable.
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Alcor's mission
is to take a patient
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who cannot be helped by today's
medicine into the future
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where hopefully
more advanced technology
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can repair and revive them.
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We're here
in Alcor's patient care bay.
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In this room, we have
all 184 of our human patients
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in these dewars,
these cryogenic dewars.
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Essentially very large,
expensive vacuum flasks.
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So, in each one
of these containers,
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there are
four whole-body patients.
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On this side, you can see
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that I can put my hand on here
without any problem,
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but just a few inches further in
is minus 320 Fahrenheit.
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It's extremely cold.
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People say
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that we freeze people
colloquially,
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but that's not strictly accurate
if we do it right.
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Our patients are essentially in
something like a long-term coma,
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except there is no
metabolic activity whatsoever.
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To date, 184
deceased patients lie in deep freeze
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within Alcor's facility
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in the hope that one day,
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they'll be resurrected.
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This bizarre form
of potential immortality
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is known as cryonics.
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Cryonics
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is the process
of freezing the human body,
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perhaps just the human head,
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in order to stop
the biological process of decay.
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So, the hope is
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if you could freeze
somebody alive,
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even with an incurable disease,
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perhaps you can thaw them out
at some point in the future
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when science has found the cure
for that disease.
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In that sense,
perhaps you can defeat cancer,
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defeat all the ravages
of old age.
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Perhaps even become immortal.
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Professor Robert
Ettinger, a physicist,
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started the cryonics movement
in the 1960s,
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where he proposed
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to store people
at ultracold temperatures
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where there's potential
that future technology
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could repair and revive them.
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Right now,
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there are many companies
that do this.
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There are hundreds
of frozen individuals right now
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across the United States.
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Worldwide, it is estimated
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that at least 500 people
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have been placed
in cryonic suspension,
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most notably Baseball
Hall of Famer Ted Williams.
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There are even those who claim
that Walt Disney's body
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is preserved
in a cryonics facility.
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But is there any reason
to believe
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that this strange process
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could actually work?
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If you live in the countryside,
you know that come wintertime,
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the lakes freeze over.
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But if you ever look
right on top of the lakes,
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you'll see frozen organisms.
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Fish and frogs.
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And then come springtime,
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some of them
spring back to life again
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when you thought
they were frozen solid.
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What's the trick?
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The trick is that Mother Nature
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has created an antifreeze
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to lower the freezing point
for these animals
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such that even though it appears
as if they're frozen solid,
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the bodily fluids inside
these animals still flows
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and these animals
are still alive
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even though
their metabolism rate
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is very close to zero.
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So, in some sense,
we're trying to copy nature.
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There's recorded instances
of people falling into lakes,
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temporarily freezing
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and have no biological signs
of activity
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that were
thawed out successfully.
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For many decades,
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we've been experimenting
with freezing tissue,
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and it turns out that some forms
of tissue can, in fact,
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be frozen almost indefinitely.
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Look at sperm donors
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and the fact
that you can have sperm cells,
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egg cells frozen
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so that
the fertilization process
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can take place years later.
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And, so, we already live
with a certain form of cryonics
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but at the cellular level.
514
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,312
Scientists have explored
515
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,657
the effects of low temperature
on biology for many decades.
516
00:29:04,817 --> 00:29:06,568
We've been cryopreserving
517
00:29:06,652 --> 00:29:09,070
embryos and eggs
and many other tissues.
518
00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:10,644
There are actually
thousands of people
519
00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:12,460
walking around today
who were cryopreserved.
520
00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:14,001
Just they were embryos
at the time.
521
00:29:15,828 --> 00:29:18,163
Cryonics is controversial.
522
00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:20,415
Cryopreservation is used
523
00:29:20,508 --> 00:29:24,011
in fertility clinics
to freeze embryos,
524
00:29:24,170 --> 00:29:25,397
but when it comes to the brain,
525
00:29:25,421 --> 00:29:27,589
actual freezing
and revival of the brain
526
00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:30,592
is at very, very early stages,
527
00:29:30,676 --> 00:29:32,677
and we don't know
528
00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,763
whether a brain that is frozen
529
00:29:34,856 --> 00:29:38,266
using today's
early, rough technology
530
00:29:38,351 --> 00:29:40,110
could actually be revived
531
00:29:40,269 --> 00:29:43,238
at some point
in the distant future.
532
00:29:44,357 --> 00:29:46,525
According to the latest data,
533
00:29:46,609 --> 00:29:50,862
not a single human
has survived cryonics,
534
00:29:50,947 --> 00:29:54,115
woken up afterwards
and has lived to tell about it.
535
00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:57,118
And so scientists are skeptical.
536
00:29:57,203 --> 00:29:59,213
But that doesn't mean
it's not possible.
537
00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:02,049
It just means
that the technology of today
538
00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:04,301
is not yet advanced
to that point.
539
00:30:05,461 --> 00:30:07,796
If cryonics is able to deliver
540
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,632
on its promise of immortality
as many hope,
541
00:30:10,725 --> 00:30:13,560
could it eventually mean
that death itself
542
00:30:13,719 --> 00:30:16,221
will one day come to an end?
543
00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,565
Cryonics really is
about giving people choice
544
00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,141
over how long they live.
545
00:30:20,226 --> 00:30:21,893
We think that in the future,
546
00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:23,288
we should be able
to revive cryonics patients
547
00:30:23,312 --> 00:30:24,729
and rejuvenate them
548
00:30:24,814 --> 00:30:26,898
and let them
go about their lives again.
549
00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:28,817
What we want, really,
is indefinite life span.
550
00:30:28,901 --> 00:30:30,986
If, in the future,
551
00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,572
someone can show
that you could be revived
552
00:30:33,656 --> 00:30:35,991
after being frozen solid,
553
00:30:36,075 --> 00:30:39,411
then the whole question
of immortality is on the table.
554
00:30:39,495 --> 00:30:41,338
We're not there yet,
555
00:30:41,497 --> 00:30:44,675
but there's no law of science
that says you can't do it.
556
00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:50,013
Could freezing ourselves
be the key to immortality?
557
00:30:50,172 --> 00:30:52,182
Only time will tell.
558
00:30:53,426 --> 00:30:56,177
But there are those who believe
there's another key
559
00:30:56,262 --> 00:30:59,690
to unlocking the secret
of everlasting life.
560
00:30:59,849 --> 00:31:01,016
What is it, you ask?
561
00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,026
Simple.
562
00:31:03,111 --> 00:31:05,988
Just reverse the process
of aging.
563
00:31:13,195 --> 00:31:15,614
At a small
camedical research facility.
564
00:31:15,698 --> 00:31:18,533
20 miles south of Los Angeles...
565
00:31:18,618 --> 00:31:20,869
This will sound believable
to you, but prepare to get
566
00:31:20,962 --> 00:31:22,296
- even better in shape.
- I know.
567
00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:24,631
pharmacologist Dr. Greg Fahy
568
00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:28,385
is conducting
a groundbreaking clinical study.
569
00:31:28,469 --> 00:31:30,387
The purpose of the study
570
00:31:30,546 --> 00:31:32,973
is to find out
if it's actually possible
571
00:31:33,132 --> 00:31:36,217
to make people younger.
572
00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:39,031
The number of birthdays
that we've had so far
573
00:31:39,055 --> 00:31:41,398
tells us
about our chronological age,
574
00:31:41,557 --> 00:31:44,067
but I think
it's a common observation
575
00:31:44,226 --> 00:31:46,320
that not everybody ages
at the same rate.
576
00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:48,813
There's a distinction to be made
577
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:52,651
between chronological aging
and biological aging.
578
00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:55,245
Some people at the age of 50
look like they're 40,
579
00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:58,332
and some people at the age of 50
look like they're 70.
580
00:31:58,491 --> 00:32:00,500
So we need a better way
581
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:02,994
of understanding
what your true age is
582
00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,589
rather than just the number
of birthdays that you've had.
583
00:32:05,748 --> 00:32:09,334
And what we're trying to do
is to prove
584
00:32:09,418 --> 00:32:11,670
that the clock of aging
can run in reverse.
585
00:32:11,754 --> 00:32:13,922
A medical treatment
586
00:32:14,006 --> 00:32:17,592
that can reverse
the clock of aging?
587
00:32:17,677 --> 00:32:20,938
Sounds too good to be true.
588
00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:24,691
But the idea
that unusual medicines
589
00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:27,769
or magical substances
590
00:32:27,853 --> 00:32:31,272
can grant immortality
has been around for centuries.
591
00:32:31,357 --> 00:32:35,193
In fact, descriptions
of powerful antiaging remedies
592
00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:38,613
can be found in the traditions
of ancient cultures
593
00:32:38,698 --> 00:32:41,124
around the world.
594
00:32:41,209 --> 00:32:43,043
You find
all these kinds of elixirs
595
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:44,786
in different traditions.
596
00:32:44,870 --> 00:32:47,798
So, in the Hindu tradition,
597
00:32:47,882 --> 00:32:51,459
you have this drink,
amrita nectar,
598
00:32:51,544 --> 00:32:54,796
that gives you immortality.
599
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,808
If you go
to the Chinese traditions,
600
00:32:57,892 --> 00:33:02,053
you consume certain liquids,
including mercury.
601
00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:06,057
And the medieval alchemy idea,
the elixir of life,
602
00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,652
this thing
603
00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:11,989
that will give you
everlasting life.
604
00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:17,327
Throughout history,
kings, queens, emperors
605
00:33:17,412 --> 00:33:20,163
have tried to defy
the aging process
606
00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,833
that they see every day
in the mirror.
607
00:33:22,917 --> 00:33:24,826
But we now realize
608
00:33:24,910 --> 00:33:27,921
in principle,
there's no law of physics
609
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,840
preventing immortality.
610
00:33:29,924 --> 00:33:33,176
Aging is the accumulation
of mistakes
611
00:33:33,335 --> 00:33:37,597
as cells reproduce
over a period of time.
612
00:33:37,682 --> 00:33:40,267
So if you can repair the damage,
613
00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:44,095
then perhaps
you can live forever.
614
00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:46,773
Is it possible
that modern science
615
00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:48,275
can develop treatments
616
00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:52,020
to actually make us
forever young?
617
00:33:52,104 --> 00:33:54,865
According to the results
of Dr. Fahy's research,
618
00:33:54,949 --> 00:33:56,616
it's not only possible
619
00:33:56,776 --> 00:33:59,786
but making people younger
620
00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:02,697
might be easier
than we ever realized.
621
00:34:02,782 --> 00:34:05,375
And it all starts
622
00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:10,038
with rejuvenating
the immune system.
623
00:34:10,122 --> 00:34:13,300
There's now evidence
that immune system aging
624
00:34:13,459 --> 00:34:16,461
may be one of the pacemakers
of aging generally speaking.
625
00:34:16,545 --> 00:34:19,556
I don't think it's a coincidence
626
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,549
that we all start to die
about the time
627
00:34:21,634 --> 00:34:23,468
when we lose
our immune system capacity.
628
00:34:23,552 --> 00:34:25,479
So if we could really restore
629
00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:28,815
the immune system
to a youthful state,
630
00:34:28,974 --> 00:34:32,235
we should be able to reverse
biological aging more generally.
631
00:34:33,488 --> 00:34:37,232
To test this
theory, in 2015, Dr. Fahy
632
00:34:37,316 --> 00:34:39,826
began his study in collaboration
with researchers
633
00:34:39,985 --> 00:34:41,828
at Stanford University.
634
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:45,332
Nine men
between the ages of 51 and 65
635
00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:47,501
were selected to participate.
636
00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:50,662
Four nights a week for one year,
637
00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:53,081
they were given an
experimental injection combining
638
00:34:53,165 --> 00:34:55,166
three commonly available drugs,
639
00:34:55,251 --> 00:34:58,253
including human growth hormone.
640
00:34:58,337 --> 00:34:59,846
Dr. Fahy expected
641
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:03,591
the combination would stimulate
the patients' immune systems.
642
00:35:03,676 --> 00:35:05,844
But what he wasn't expecting
643
00:35:05,928 --> 00:35:08,438
were the amazing side effects.
644
00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:12,025
One year
after they started treatment,
645
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:15,019
we began to get some feedback
from some of the volunteers.
646
00:35:15,104 --> 00:35:17,781
They said
they felt very energized,
647
00:35:17,865 --> 00:35:20,534
that their mental capacity
seemed to be improving.
648
00:35:20,618 --> 00:35:23,453
Losing weight, getting stronger.
649
00:35:23,538 --> 00:35:25,205
One of the guys
had completely white hair
650
00:35:25,364 --> 00:35:26,706
when he entered the trial,
651
00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:29,709
and after a while,
his wife told him,
652
00:35:29,869 --> 00:35:34,038
"Hey, honey, you know, your hair
seems to be getting darker."
653
00:35:34,123 --> 00:35:36,133
We were pretty floored
when we actually saw it.
654
00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:38,459
In 2019,
655
00:35:38,544 --> 00:35:40,879
the extraordinary results
of Dr. Fahy's trial
656
00:35:40,963 --> 00:35:44,224
were published in
the medical journal Aging Cell.
657
00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:45,725
According to the data,
658
00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:48,887
analysis
of the participants' blood
659
00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:52,315
revealed a number
of incredible enhancements.
660
00:35:52,474 --> 00:35:54,058
Some of the things that we saw
661
00:35:54,143 --> 00:35:56,895
indicated that our volunteers
were protected
662
00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,990
against essentially
all of the diseases of aging.
663
00:36:00,074 --> 00:36:02,659
Atherosclerosis,
heart disease, et cetera.
664
00:36:02,818 --> 00:36:05,486
That's a general
global antiaging effect
665
00:36:05,571 --> 00:36:07,164
that we would not expect to see
666
00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:09,499
just from rejuvenating
the immune system by itself.
667
00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:12,002
So that was
pretty extraordinary.
668
00:36:12,086 --> 00:36:15,580
It seems like the clock of aging
can actually run in reverse.
669
00:36:16,757 --> 00:36:18,833
One of the
participants who most benefited
670
00:36:18,918 --> 00:36:20,835
from Dr. Fahy's
groundbreaking study
671
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,680
is a man named Paul Hynek,
672
00:36:23,839 --> 00:36:25,765
who readily volunteered
for the program
673
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:30,428
in the hope that it might be
the key to a longer life.
674
00:36:30,512 --> 00:36:32,272
I don't think aging is normal.
675
00:36:32,431 --> 00:36:35,016
It's a bug, not a feature.
676
00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:37,769
Ever since I was a kid,
I wanted to live forever.
677
00:36:37,853 --> 00:36:41,272
I always thought that science
was getting faster and faster
678
00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:44,025
and would sort of catch up
to my childhood dreams,
679
00:36:44,118 --> 00:36:47,779
and science
has made me young again.
680
00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:50,782
While Paul's
claim of being young again
681
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,709
may sound far-fetched,
682
00:36:52,793 --> 00:36:55,787
Dr. Fahy has the evidence
to prove it.
683
00:36:55,871 --> 00:36:57,705
Test results clearly show
684
00:36:57,798 --> 00:37:00,717
that in addition
to other health benefits,
685
00:37:00,876 --> 00:37:05,630
Paul was actually able to regrow
an entire body part
686
00:37:05,714 --> 00:37:07,799
that usually degrades with age:
687
00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:11,061
the thymus gland.
688
00:37:11,220 --> 00:37:13,888
Your immune system
has many components,
689
00:37:13,973 --> 00:37:15,974
but one of the major components
690
00:37:16,058 --> 00:37:17,484
is the thymus gland.
691
00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:19,819
And, unfortunately, the thymus
692
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,147
becomes more and more replaced
by fat as we get older,
693
00:37:23,232 --> 00:37:24,899
and it leads
694
00:37:24,984 --> 00:37:27,202
to a lot of other
downstream aging processes.
695
00:37:29,154 --> 00:37:32,156
When we looked at his results
at the end of the trial,
696
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:35,335
Paul definitely was able
to regrow his thymus gland.
697
00:37:35,419 --> 00:37:37,337
So, the thymus
is in this area right here.
698
00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:39,163
At the end of the trial,
699
00:37:39,248 --> 00:37:41,332
Paul's immune system function
700
00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:43,403
and his health in general
seemed to be exceptional.
701
00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:45,095
Those are the areas
that are beginning
702
00:37:45,254 --> 00:37:47,514
to show a little bit
of thymus regrowth.
703
00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:48,923
Almost everything
that we measure,
704
00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:50,850
uh, has-has improved in Paul,
705
00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:53,603
including his biological age.
706
00:37:54,596 --> 00:37:56,597
My effective biological age
707
00:37:56,682 --> 00:37:58,016
kept decreasing
708
00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:00,360
even after the trial was over
709
00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,270
because of the lingering effects
710
00:38:02,354 --> 00:38:04,531
of the program in my body.
711
00:38:04,615 --> 00:38:06,274
I'm getting younger every day.
712
00:38:06,358 --> 00:38:08,776
Excellent.
713
00:38:08,861 --> 00:38:12,539
The notion of being able to stop
the aging process in its tracks
714
00:38:12,698 --> 00:38:14,282
is certainly appealing.
715
00:38:14,366 --> 00:38:18,295
But is it really
a long-term solution
716
00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:20,630
that will allow us
to live forever?
717
00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:24,459
Some experts argue
that immortality
718
00:38:24,543 --> 00:38:26,970
won't be achieved by preserving
719
00:38:27,054 --> 00:38:28,463
our current bodies
720
00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:31,799
but rather it will require us
721
00:38:31,884 --> 00:38:35,437
to build entirely new ones.
722
00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:45,646
Scientists
at Carnegie Mellon University
723
00:38:45,731 --> 00:38:49,326
announce a major breakthrough
in the quest for immortality.
724
00:38:49,485 --> 00:38:52,162
The team of researchers
was able to use
725
00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:53,571
a modified 3D printer
726
00:38:53,664 --> 00:38:58,242
to create human organs
made out of synthetic collagen,
727
00:38:58,327 --> 00:38:59,753
which they demonstrated
728
00:38:59,912 --> 00:39:02,914
by printing a human heart.
729
00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:07,344
Think of a car.
730
00:39:07,428 --> 00:39:11,765
We have a body shop
as our car parts wear out.
731
00:39:11,924 --> 00:39:14,017
We need a human body shop
732
00:39:14,176 --> 00:39:17,270
that can replace organs
as they wear out.
733
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,764
And that's being done
at universities
734
00:39:19,848 --> 00:39:23,101
where we can actually grow
organs of the body
735
00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:24,444
in a 3D printer.
736
00:39:24,603 --> 00:39:26,854
3D printers can print out
737
00:39:26,939 --> 00:39:29,774
cell for cell heart tissue.
738
00:39:29,858 --> 00:39:33,787
The idea of
creating artificial human organs
739
00:39:33,946 --> 00:39:36,706
may sound bizarre to some.
740
00:39:36,791 --> 00:39:39,542
But the truth is
that since the 1960s,
741
00:39:39,701 --> 00:39:42,128
doctors have replaced
human heart valves
742
00:39:42,287 --> 00:39:44,622
with ones taken from pigs
743
00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:49,127
and created artificial corneas
out of plastic.
744
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:53,056
However, the prospect
of placing 3D printed organs
745
00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:56,226
into the human body
presents a major obstacle,
746
00:39:56,385 --> 00:39:59,971
one that scientists
are on the verge of solving.
747
00:40:00,055 --> 00:40:01,889
One problem
with creating artificial organs
748
00:40:01,974 --> 00:40:03,650
is the rejection mechanism.
749
00:40:03,809 --> 00:40:05,235
That is the bugaboo
750
00:40:05,394 --> 00:40:07,728
that has prevented progress
in this field.
751
00:40:07,813 --> 00:40:10,148
But sometime in the future,
752
00:40:10,232 --> 00:40:13,651
if you take cells
from your skin, from your bone
753
00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:15,319
and grow them
754
00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:16,988
with 3D printers,
755
00:40:17,072 --> 00:40:19,657
you're not gonna have
this rejection mechanism,
756
00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:22,502
and so you'll be able
to create artificial organs
757
00:40:22,661 --> 00:40:25,422
grown from your own body.
758
00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:27,674
We'll be able to be
just as young and vigorous
759
00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:30,334
as we were in our youth.
760
00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:34,839
New organs
that can restore our youth?
761
00:40:34,923 --> 00:40:37,934
Is it possible
that humankind is on the cusp
762
00:40:38,093 --> 00:40:42,605
of finally making immortality
a reality?
763
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:46,434
Our bodies
just weren't designed to live forever.
764
00:40:46,518 --> 00:40:50,196
I think part of the interest
in life extension
765
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:53,858
is that since it's such
an innate part of human nature
766
00:40:53,942 --> 00:40:56,786
to want to survive,
767
00:40:56,945 --> 00:41:01,282
people see it as one
of the biggest scientific goals,
768
00:41:01,366 --> 00:41:02,700
to conquer death.
769
00:41:03,869 --> 00:41:07,955
I think people
are hardwired for immortality
770
00:41:08,048 --> 00:41:10,458
precisely because we're alive,
771
00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:13,052
you know,
and we want to be alive.
772
00:41:13,212 --> 00:41:15,805
And we don't want to die.
773
00:41:15,890 --> 00:41:17,632
We have friends.
774
00:41:17,716 --> 00:41:19,476
We have families.
775
00:41:19,635 --> 00:41:21,811
We have things
that we need to do.
776
00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:24,055
I've got so much life
ahead of me.
777
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:27,058
I don't want this to stop.
I want this to keep going.
778
00:41:27,142 --> 00:41:30,653
It seems that humanity
is willing to try anything
779
00:41:30,738 --> 00:41:32,313
in order to cheat death,
780
00:41:32,397 --> 00:41:35,566
from having a drink
from a fountain of youth
781
00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:39,245
to freezing ourselves
to replacing our body parts.
782
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:41,331
But perhaps the question
783
00:41:41,490 --> 00:41:44,083
is not whether
we can achieve immortality
784
00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:47,420
but rather do we really want to?
785
00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:51,257
Maybe we're better off enjoying
the time we've been given
786
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:56,346
and letting the secret
to immortality remain...
787
00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,349
unexplained.
788
00:41:59,373 --> 00:42:01,373
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788
00:42:02,305 --> 00:43:02,734
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.60795
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