However, if we look at this from the point of view of physics, and particularly quantum mechanics, where we know that the consciousness of the observer, influences the experiment, or where the position of an electron in a cloud chamber can only be statistically realized, then there is an uncertainty principle or enigma here which perhaps is a key to revitalization.

The enfolded or implicate order of the Universe David Bohm, the physicist, talks of the enfolded or implicate order, the key feature of which is, in his words, "the whole universe is in some way enfolded into everything and that each thing is enfolded in the whole". In other words, there are two sides to the reality - the reality of the universe and the reality of our biological selves, but these two realities are linked by active information, and it is this common pool of information which enables us to be alive and functioning in a seemingly homeostatic universe. The conclusion is if we use this information correctly, enhancing our wisdom, we can then rejuvenate and revitalize ourselves. We enhance our wisdom by techniques and ways which are far from contemporary but are found in the wisdom of indigenous peoples of the world and in the ancient wisdom of humanity.

Perhaps the one of the major differences between being a complete human being and being an animal is the fact that such a human being can modify their aging process as they wish, by the development of enlightenment or wisdom.

Happiness
The way our media and commercial advertising tend to define happiness is in terms of our material possession- whether it be financial wealth, the size of our house, the number of luxury items we own, the type of car we drive, and all the goods that we can buy in our consumer society. But this really does not tell us anything about the individual's inner life. The media hype implies that a person who has all of these desirable material things will have his needs met and will be a happier and more popular person. We still do not know about the inner life of the person. We do not know whether such things actually make him or her happy and promise quality of life.

Freud said that humanity is defined by difficulty in delaying the satisfaction of desires and the need to always have more and more desires to be satisfied. He also defined the two major driving forces within the essence of humanity as being the drive for life, or eros, and the drive for death, or thanatos. He felt that because of the human predicament of the need to satisfy desires, it is very difficult to attain a sustained equilibrium, unless one has the maturity to delay desire. For many people, there is no ability to be able to control desires, or control suffering, and desires and suffering are part of the one spectrum that is exhibited by all life which is motivated to survive at all costs.