Who Wants to Live Forever? Types of Immortality

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What Is An Immortal?

First of all, lets clarify the term "immortal". If you investigate the viewpoint of various world religions and spiritual systems you will notice a range of immortality types described as being achievable by humans. Some traditions actually have lists of immortal types. These are typically found in the Orient. They usually boil down to these three basic types:

Immortal Ghosts

An immortal ghost would occur when the soul (personality or ego) of a person is able to survive the death of their physical body and subsist in this disembodied state for much longer than usual. Immortal ghosts are usually described as subsisting on the emotional energy of the living. This is what allows them to prevent dissolution in the second death. They also tend to anchor themselves to something physical such as their own corpse or grave, the place in which they died or a home they had while living. These types of immortals are sometimes described as vampires, haunting ghosts and hungry ghosts. Tradition states that this most often happens as the result of intense unresolved trauma either during life or as a cause of death. In most cases this type is undesirable.

Extreme Physical Longevity

Extreme physical longevity is pretty much just what it sounds like - having a much longer than average life. The "lower" end of the spectrum includes the slowing down of aging and improved resistance to illness. Someone who lives to 150 years old can safely be placed in this category. The other end of the spectrum reaches all the way to the complete cessation of aging and illness and a potential physical lifespan of several thousand years. Someone in this category would be at any point along this spectrum. Although much reduced, chance of death still exists at all levels within this type, especially from accidental or otherwise untimely causes.

True Immortality

The True Immortal no longer experiences aging, sickness or even injury. They have a perfect and incorruptible body that doesn't require food, sleep, shelter or even air. They can participate in the physical but are not bound by the standard limitations. The True Immortal can also travel bodily through all realms, whether physical or "astral" (a division which no longer exists in the same way for them.)

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