Nature Has Bestowed Upon
Us
The Power of Perpetual Renewal
O. S. Marden
Orison Swett Marden and
his signature. According to
his biographer Margaret Connolly, he was born in 1850.
The Power of Perpetual Renewal
his biographer Margaret Connolly, he was born in 1850.
An Excerpt From the Essay
We must get rid of
the idea embedded in our very nature that the longer we live, the more
experience we have, the more work we do, the more inevitably we wear out and
become old, decrepit, and useless. We must learn that living, acting,
experiencing, should not exhaust life but create more life. It is a law that
action increases force. Where, then, did the idea come from that man should
wear out through action?
As a matter of fact, Nature has bestowed upon us
perpetual youth, the power of perpetual renewal. There is not a single cell in
our bodies that can possibly become old; the body is constantly being made new
through cell-renewal, the cells of those parts of it that are most active being
renewed oftenest. It must follow that the age-producing process is largely
artificial and unnatural. - From page
17.
(O.S. Marden)
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The essay “Why Grow Old?” was published in PDF at
the websites of the Independent Lodge of Theosophists on 28 May 2023. It
reproduces the 1909 edition printed by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Orison Swett Marden
was born in the United States in 1850 (according to his biographer Margaret
Connolly), and lived up to 1924.
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See the essay “The Elixir of Life”, by Godolphin
Mitford, or “G.M.”, in the volume “Five Years of Theosophy”, pp.
1-32. And examine the article “Is the
Desire to Live Selfish?”, by Helena P. Blavatsky: “Five Years of Theosophy”, pp.
33-39.
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Helena Blavatsky
(photo) wrote these revealing words: “Deserve,
then desire”.
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