Then, at some point, the living cycle begins to slow as a form of protective petrifaction sets in. Living in the creative moment is relatively easy, immersed within the naturalness of discovery and investigation. When humans are young, life is new, fresh and filled with much learning and exploration. Remember, someone still has to run the world. Should this possibility happen to you, please don’t let the secret out. The experience could be even better than last time. If someone took away your future, would you die? Would life be horrible and not worth living? Maybe it would become so liberating that you might start living like that five-year-old you once were who dimly resides within vague memories. And, what are you going to be when you grow up? What a silly question! I am going to be me, of course! It’s pretty remarkable to consider how completely illusory this whole process of conjuring the future is, but we all do it, and somehow believe that the ‘future’ is really real and important. No fantasies of a new car or girlfriend, or even going out for a pizza later and how good it would taste. There would be no thinking about what you might be doing tomorrow, next week or even an hour from now. What would you lose? Your living would continue, but without any forward-looking expectations or future fantasies. What if you had no future? I don’t mean that you were going to die, (which is exactly what this phrase usually suggests) just no more future.

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