TWELVE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE AGING
Deepak Chopra
1) State of mind--calmness is important to longer life
2) Exercise--especially if daily increases life span
3) Fear--fear of aging is especially damaging
4) Life purpose--dharma or job satisfaction
5) Mental activity--mortality is influenced by the presence of or absence of mental activity
6) Perception of time--is time "running out"
7) Hygiene--toxin ingestion or elimination
8) Relationships--if good means happiness (There is only one relationship in Ayurveda--relationship with Self)
9) Sleep--get 6-8 hours each night
10) Stress--that which interferes with the spontaneous flow of evolution and leads to disease
11) Laughter--experiencing genuine laughter increases life span
12) Experience of joy without reason--the most important of all