Since the earliest days, human being had this fascination with being immortal. Egyptian Faro's tried to immortalize themselves by building elaborate temples and preserving their bodies. Throughout the centuries we've invented ways and means to try and help us hold on to our youth. In the modern era, this goal is still alive and more than ever before our desire to look young is evident in the lengths we will go to do look just a few years younger.

With cosmetic surgery, there is a host of procedures that can remove certain signs of aging. Wrinkles, age spots and even sagging skin can be fixed by a plastic surgeon and buy you another 5 or 6 years. In Hollywood its not uncommon to see 60 year old actresses looking like they are 30.  The problem with surgical procedures to remove wrinkles and reduce the signs of aging is that it often looks very "fake". Its does not take a trained eye to spot a facelift.

Although surgery is a very viable option to look younger, there is something very different that is much more effective and often seen as a much more acceptable approach. Its all about alternative medicine and a mental and spiritual approach to looking and feeling younger. In the early 1990's Dr. Deepak Chopra's book Timeless Mind, Ageless Body lead the way to a new way of thinking about aging and how we are responsible for the aging process in our bodies by the way we think.

Although this may be too much for many who believe in pills and potions, the evidence is overwhelming. People who learn to "think right" and follow a lifestyle that is conducive to ageless living are living well into their 90's without any of the debilitating diseases that cripples the majority of the elderly. Not only are they much healthier, they look 10 to 20 years younger than their contemporaries.

People who meditate, who eat healthily and who are happy and stress free are proven to live longer, be free of diseases and most of all – they look younger. While traditional medicine promotes pills and surgery to look younger, the real answer may be much closer to home. In Dr. Chopra's book he provides overwhelming evidence that the mind and the way we think is the primary reason why we age.