Is immortality possible?
I personally think that these three basic types of immortality may very well be possible. Immortal Ghosts probably happen all the time. Folk wisdom tells us that when a loved one dies it is in everyone’s best interest not to spend an excessive amount of time grieving. The reason given is that extended intense emotional grieving feeds the ghost of the loved one, keeping them earthbound and delaying their “moving on.” I don’t imagine that there is a lot of value in this form of “immortality.” Seems to me like it would be more of a form of bondage. It means that you would be a slave to your fear of dissolution. You would be addicted to invoking intense emotions in the living. I can’t imagine this being a very satisfying state to be in. From the massive number of personal accounts about this phenomenon, the ghost does not seem be aware of their state. I imagine this would be like an individual experiencing a non-lucid dream. Much anecdotal evidence out there indicates that many hauntings a
