Understanding Lifespan: Mosquito vs. Human
I hope everybody has seen a mosquito around them in life. What is the average lifespan of this mosquito? I think: 1 day = 24 hours.
- 3 hours = It is born, and the childhood period starts.
- 6 hours = It is still growing and becoming powerful day by day.
- 9 hours = It mates, gives eggs, and reproduces, technically forming a family, but due to ignorance, it may not be aware.
- 12 hours = Its health is declining and continues to decline.
- 15 hours = It still declines.
- 24 hours = It dies and becomes a meal for ants.
This is a rough estimation by me for the life of a mosquito, but the point to emphasize is its age is approximately 24 hours.
Comparing to a Human Lifespan
- 0 years = Born.
- 5 years = Go to school.
- 18 years = Still in school, but the brain and health are constantly becoming powerful.
- 20 years = Falls in love.
- 24 years = Marries with a girlfriend or through arranged marriage.
- 28 years = Becomes a parent.
- 40 years = All these years have been spent bringing up the family and kids.
- 50 years = Near to retirement.
- 70-80 years = Can pass away anytime.
This is a rough estimation by me for the life of a man or woman, but the point to emphasize is their age is approximately 70-80 years.
Perception of Time
My question is, does the mosquito think that its age is too short, only approximately 24 hours? I don't think so; it may be thinking 24 hours is equivalent to 80 years. For the mosquito, it did everything in its life from birth to giving birth and led a healthy life.
The point to emphasize:
1) Mosquito life = 24 hours.
2) Human life = 80 years.
But for both of them, this time period is significant. Humans think 24 hours is nothing, but for a mosquito, it's a full lifespan. There may be some species, some microorganisms who may live for 1 hour; for them, 1 hour is a complete life.
But if a mosquito were to know about this microorganism, it may laugh, saying only 1 hour.
Perspective from the Divine
So, are there any species above us who laugh at us, and for whom 80 years is nothing?
Yes, we do have, the one and only one, the creator of this world, the Lord, who says in the BHAGWAT GEETA in one of his shlokas attached below. Please read once. In short, this Shloka means, God's one day equals millions of years for humans. So, for us, we live 80 years; for Him, it's not even measurable. In feeling the time-span, the Lord maintains the same ratio related to our lifespan time as we think for a mosquito.
Millions of human generation years equal God's one day. Our 80 years may be picoseconds for God, or even less.
In short, I want to say when the figure of 80 years comes into our minds, we think there is still plenty of time to go, but time is very short; it's running at a speed beyond our imagination. It all depends on the scale we put it in.
"Ek pal main jina yar Sikh lain, jevan ke pal han char yar, yad rakh, marana han ek bar, marne se pehle jina sekh lain."
"Har pal main zindagi jiyon."
Cheers,
Nishchal Attri
From Korea
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2I hope everybody has seen a mosquito around them in life. What is the average lifespan of this mosquito? I think: 1 day = 24 hours.
- 3 hours = It is born, and the childhood period starts.
- 6 hours = It is still growing and becoming powerful day by day.
- 9 hours = It mates, gives eggs, and reproduces, technically forming a family, but due to ignorance, it may not be aware.
- 12 hours = Its health is declining and continues to decline.
- 15 hours = It still declines.
- 24 hours = It dies and becomes a meal for ants.
This is a rough estimation by me for the life of a mosquito, but the point to emphasize is its age is approximately 24 hours.
Comparing to a Human Lifespan
- 0 years = Born.
- 5 years = Go to school.
- 18 years = Still in school, but the brain and health are constantly becoming powerful.
- 20 years = Falls in love.
- 24 years = Marries with a girlfriend or through arranged marriage.
- 28 years = Becomes a parent.
- 40 years = All these years have been spent bringing up the family and kids.
- 50 years = Near to retirement.
- 70-80 years = Can pass away anytime.
This is a rough estimation by me for the life of a man or woman, but the point to emphasize is their age is approximately 70-80 years.
Perception of Time
My question is, does the mosquito think that its age is too short, only approximately 24 hours? I don't think so; it may be thinking 24 hours is equivalent to 80 years. For the mosquito, it did everything in its life from birth to giving birth and led a healthy life.
The point to emphasize:
1) Mosquito life = 24 hours.
2) Human life = 80 years.
But for both of them, this time period is significant. Humans think 24 hours is nothing, but for a mosquito, it's a full lifespan. There may be some species, some microorganisms who may live for 1 hour; for them, 1 hour is a complete life.
But if a mosquito were to know about this microorganism, it may laugh, saying only 1 hour.
Perspective from the Divine
So, are there any species above us who laugh at us, and for whom 80 years is nothing?
Yes, we do have, the one and only one, the creator of this world, the Lord, who says in the BHAGWAT GEETA in one of his shlokas attached below. Please read once. In short, this Shloka means, God's one day equals millions of years for humans. So, for us, we live 80 years; for Him, it's not even measurable. In feeling the time-span, the Lord maintains the same ratio related to our lifespan time as we think for a mosquito.
Millions of human generation years equal God's one day. Our 80 years may be picoseconds for God, or even less.
In short, I want to say when the figure of 80 years comes into our minds, we think there is still plenty of time to go, but time is very short; it's running at a speed beyond our imagination. It all depends on the scale we put it in.
"Ek pal main jina yar Sikh lain, jevan ke pal han char yar, yad rakh, marana han ek bar, marne se pehle jina sekh lain."
"Har pal main zindagi jiyon."
Cheers,
Nishchal Attri
From Korea
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You are absolutely right. We are the mosquitoes of God. But then, don't define mosquito as a bad word. It's just to prove my point. In terms of statistics, I have taken the examples of mosquitoes.
By the way, to you and Himani, at least I got some guys who have a philosophical mind to understand my theory.
Regards,
Nishchal Attri
From Korea
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By the way, to you and Himani, at least I got some guys who have a philosophical mind to understand my theory.
Regards,
Nishchal Attri
From Korea
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A nice example but incorrect information. A mosquito lives on average for more than 4-8 weeks. If it lived for just one day, we could have eradicated all mosquito-related diseases, such as Dengue and Malaria, which cause so many deadly, avoidable deaths. Anyway, sorry. Your explanation is plausible, provided GOD is somewhere in a distant universe light-years away.
Mosquito Life Cycle
Mosquitoes go through four stages in their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult or imago. Adult females lay their eggs in standing water, which can be a salt marsh, a lake, a puddle, a natural reservoir on a plant, or an artificial water container such as a plastic bucket. The first three stages are aquatic and last 5–14 days, depending on the species and the ambient temperature. Eggs hatch to become larvae, then pupae. The adult mosquito emerges from the pupa as it floats at the water surface. Adults live for 4–8 weeks.
Mosquitoes have mouthparts that are adapted for piercing the skin of plants and animals (development completes normally around 21 days). While males typically feed on nectar and plant juices, the female needs to obtain nutrients from a "blood meal" before she can produce eggs.
Nice discussion.
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Major Dr. Sekar
From India, Madurai
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Mosquito Life Cycle
Mosquitoes go through four stages in their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult or imago. Adult females lay their eggs in standing water, which can be a salt marsh, a lake, a puddle, a natural reservoir on a plant, or an artificial water container such as a plastic bucket. The first three stages are aquatic and last 5–14 days, depending on the species and the ambient temperature. Eggs hatch to become larvae, then pupae. The adult mosquito emerges from the pupa as it floats at the water surface. Adults live for 4–8 weeks.
Mosquitoes have mouthparts that are adapted for piercing the skin of plants and animals (development completes normally around 21 days). While males typically feed on nectar and plant juices, the female needs to obtain nutrients from a "blood meal" before she can produce eggs.
Nice discussion.
Regards,
Major Dr. Sekar
From India, Madurai
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I accept my mistake, but I don't know the name of the species, insect, or microorganism that lives for only one day. So, a mosquito was very close to the analogy I wanted to make. The goal of the topic is the realization of time. Once that is understood, the age of a mosquito becomes merely materialistic.
Secondly, you live in India, a warm country, so yes, a mosquito can live for 4-8 weeks. The total time it takes for a mosquito to go through all four stages depends greatly on both temperature and species. In typically warm weather, the life cycle takes 14 days or less, but it can vary from 4 to 30 days. The average lifespan of a female mosquito is 3 to 100 days, while the male lives 10 to 20 days.
Thirdly, God is not light-years away, but our thinking is light-years away from God. That's why it takes birth after birth to attain oneness with Him.
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Attri
From Korea
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Secondly, you live in India, a warm country, so yes, a mosquito can live for 4-8 weeks. The total time it takes for a mosquito to go through all four stages depends greatly on both temperature and species. In typically warm weather, the life cycle takes 14 days or less, but it can vary from 4 to 30 days. The average lifespan of a female mosquito is 3 to 100 days, while the male lives 10 to 20 days.
Thirdly, God is not light-years away, but our thinking is light-years away from God. That's why it takes birth after birth to attain oneness with Him.
Regards,
Attri
From Korea
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Though the concept of the article you posted is pretty old, the way in which you put it is quite interesting. The example regarding spending time with a girl and sitting on a stove is actually Einstein's quote when someone asked him to explain his Theory of Relativity when he had just expounded it. He said: "When you sit with your girlfriend for 1 hour, you feel it's only a minute. When you sit for 1 minute on a hot stove, you feel it's an hour. That's Relativity."
Until he brought in the Theory of Relativity, Time, as we know it, was thought to be Absolute. But he proved that Time is also relative. The sense of time we know of on this planet Earth is very different from what it is on any other planet—known or unknown.
You mentioned the example of a mosquito vis-a-vis human vis-a-vis God. But there are many animals itself on Earth that live longer than humans—an elephant being a well-known example. And what about trees? There are many trees in the Amazon forest that are almost 200-300 feet tall and are aged nearly 1000 years [please see the website of National Geographic to get more details on this].
Human nature being what it is, we tend to hero-worship whatever/whichever/whoever seems to have the attributes that we don't have. A case in point is our craze for film stars or some politicians—as if they are Demi-Gods [if not altogether Gods], forgetting that they too are human and will have some shortcomings.
Not that we are new to this phenomenon. It has been there since man set his foot on this Earth. Otherwise, the very Bhagavad Gita that you quoted from wouldn't be existing at all.
Regards,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
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Until he brought in the Theory of Relativity, Time, as we know it, was thought to be Absolute. But he proved that Time is also relative. The sense of time we know of on this planet Earth is very different from what it is on any other planet—known or unknown.
You mentioned the example of a mosquito vis-a-vis human vis-a-vis God. But there are many animals itself on Earth that live longer than humans—an elephant being a well-known example. And what about trees? There are many trees in the Amazon forest that are almost 200-300 feet tall and are aged nearly 1000 years [please see the website of National Geographic to get more details on this].
Human nature being what it is, we tend to hero-worship whatever/whichever/whoever seems to have the attributes that we don't have. A case in point is our craze for film stars or some politicians—as if they are Demi-Gods [if not altogether Gods], forgetting that they too are human and will have some shortcomings.
Not that we are new to this phenomenon. It has been there since man set his foot on this Earth. Otherwise, the very Bhagavad Gita that you quoted from wouldn't be existing at all.
Regards,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
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