Wow, this is a hot topic. There is a lot of passion about this subject to say the least!
I will say that I was one who was a major proponent of trying to live forever. I would study up on AI, Singularity, Longevity, read everything I could about life extension possibilities and immortality.
I definitely feel that I can relate to the strong opinions in this post as I often felt the same way!
Why wouldn't we want to live forever? And if you don't want to live forever, you must be 'crazy'!
I will say this, how are you living right now? Is it at peak performance? Is it a total love affair with yourself and your life? Do you wake up beaming to be alive each and every day? Are you completely 100% grateful for the chance to express yourself?
That withstanding I would say to those who want to live forever, Good! I'm very sure we will develop the technology to extend our lives as long as we want. Perhaps in our lifetime.
But what I feel that is there is a lot of underlying fear motivating this particular drive for living longer.
I can only relate though. I was terrified of dying and terrified of what I might have to face if I died. Would I cease to exist? Would I have to be reborn again, go through yet another incarnation? Would I have to talk to God about what I did on this Earth?
All of those feelings made it unbearable to seek peace with death.
So in all honesty, if you extend your life another 400 years to work out all your fears and grow into the superhuman you want to become, that's great! Why not? Save yourself another incarnation to do the same thing.
But if you extend your life another 400 years and its a prison, its hell, and you become truly trapped, that would be a travesty. Who would honestly want that?
It is my personal belief, and I've read some literature around the internet and mediated on the subject, is that we may have the opportunity for the first time to Ascend with our physical body into higher dimensional awareness. Which means we can keep our physical form and Ascend into our awareness of Divinity.
Which to me sounds rather fun! And I prefer that option over living forever. I'd rather be zipping around space and creating worlds rather than stuck on earth living forever. That would be my choice, but its a free will universe, and we are allowed to create whatever we want.
So for those of you excited by living forever, go for it, let nothing stop you. And if after 600 years you find it sucks to be alive for this long (or not!) you can make a new choice
