Netheran wrote:On the point of boredom setting in. You live a thousand years and then boredom, anger and numbness set in. That seems reasonable to assume, I am bored with life already after only 30 years!
The question is though, how do we escape this when we die and exist in the afterlife? After 1000 years, maybe more, how do we cope? What will change with our mental states when we are spirits that will allow us to avoid this same problem? Maybe nothing changes........
I think it's a bit difficult to use our limited physical brain to contemplate what being a spirit might feel like mentally. I've always been an observer and I've had small moments in my life where I can remember the feeling of "watching" people and "looking out" for them. Those small moments were amazing, but then I realize I'm living the human life now, and the prospect of aging is absolutely terrifying. Slowly, everything I grew up with is being phased out and replaced with new things. It almost makes me feel like *I'm* being replaced and I'm only 24. But there's something to the journey of a new life that's just beautiful. Being part of humanity, being part of the moving vessel is indescribable. For some reason, I've been aware of it. I love it. Well, I love the privilege of being alive. Now, the burden of making money to support my life is another story...
From my personal experiences I'd say that reincarnating never gets old, but eternal life does. The two are not the same and there's a large shift in mental processes when one transitions from a physical living being to a spirit.