posted December 27, 2002 04:54 PM         

I didn't want to interrupt this interesting thread, though.

posted December 27, 2002 11:56 PM         

I missed your post .. sorry about that. I'm no longer 401, as I've since celebrated another birthday anniversary. Actually, I celebrated all week long. Of course, by day three, nobody was celebrating with me and I was on my own for the next four days. Ah, well.

I understand your question, and here's the "real" answer.

Nope, I'm not really 402. Some time ago I started saying I was over a hundred years of age. Then I was over two hundred, and before you knew it .. I was ... 401.

I no longer remember my "real" age .. and that's kind of the biggest secret to immortality. We're falsely programmed to be a certain way at a certain "age." The really good news is that at what's probably 120 or so .. we're no longer programmed. If you made it that far and feel like a spring chicken ... you made it.

I'm 402 (which is a good a guess as any) and can't wait to celebrate my 1/2 century!!!!

I'll probably party down for a good year. You're invited if you want to come

posted December 28, 2002 06:43 AM         

I somehow expected that kind of an answer because I know that not "knowing" your age is the key. Thanks for saying that, though, because I need all the comfirmation I can get - I have a really really strong Saturn in my chart and I'm overconcerned with my age as it is, so that's a really big step for me to overcome. I'll keep trying,
though. The first thing for me I think is to stop asking everybody their age, I constantly do that.

About the party, I'd be glad to come, but I'm not from the US - but maybe if you'll celebrate for a whole year... You certainly have the time for it.

And another question: what do you do when you reach a certain age, about the birth/death certificate and these things?

Please share some more about immortality, all of you! I want to know everything, especially the first steps as I'm still a beginner.

, morgana

posted December 29, 2002 07:40 AM         

But I must say this age thing puzzles me. How do you deal with the people around you? How do you aplly for a job, for example, when you have to tell the employer your real age? How do you go about all the red tape that you have to deal with in our society?

And if there are so many immortals, why are they/you all "in hiding"? Why not be candid about that? I don't think our society is that unevolved anymore that you'd be committed if you say you're immortal. And if you have proof, why not say it?

Well, these kind of questions are constantly on my mind. I'd really like to know what your experience in terms of ordinary, everyday life.

posted December 29, 2002 09:49 AM         

The very best teachers do not tell you how to be immortal, which is why you get many cryptic answers. The wise ones know to stand out of your own light, and you will find your way.

Regarding the job interview .. no employer is allowed to ask you your age in the USA (are you from this country?). However, sometimes they DO ask. I promise if you answer very evenly, "I'm over 18," with an insulted set to your eyebrow, a wise employer will not push that any further. If he does ... well, may I suggest that your labor of love will bear better fruit elsewhere.

Mercury: lexigrams fall apart when you start adding letters not in the original word (finding rules ruthless, for instance, reflects more on your own view than any true meaning in the word).

posted December 30, 2002 08:08 AM         

But what about the birth/death certificate?

And, if you don't mind sharing that, how did/does your family and friends react to
all this?

posted January 03, 2003 11:16 AM         

I should return to that school and dig through the archives to show you his picture in the yearbooks through his tenure. The man did not hide his agelessness. Nor did he attract a lot of attention.

When he moved on from teaching, it had nothing to do with people suddenly wondering about his youthful visage. Indeed, he had been smoothly handling the odd commentary since the beginning. Rather, he suddenly felt the urge to spend some time in China. Perhaps he's teacing high school physics there, now.

My point is that ID may be an isssue, it's not as large an issue as it may seem. In "Highlander," ole MacLeoud changes his ID six to seven times since the advent of Social Security to hide his immortal ways.

However, stories from real life show that it's not neccessary even once same period.

posted January 05, 2003 05:55 AM         

I saved the web-page in case I someday emmigrate to America...

Somehow I agree with Mercury. I don't see real reason to hide your age unless of course you want to stay mysterious or don't want others to make a fuss over you. But I'm aware that I don't speak from my own experience, so I don't want to make any judgements just now. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Now, a more important question which occured to me when I finally, after all these years, reread Linda's rules for immortality:

Is it really necessary to follow all 11 rules to the letter? I mean, will the back-spiralling not work if I don't do everything what is described in those rules? For exaple, becoming a vegetarian takes years, so until you become one, the spiraling won't work? Be generous with your money, give birth underwater, find your Twin Self... All those things. Are they rules or just helpful suggestions for achieving the goal faster?

Or, again, it is true that "there are many roads to Rome"?

posted January 10, 2003 05:36 AM         

Soooo... To get back on the subject: the cell regeneration will start working now even if I don't follow ALL the rules just yet?

, morgana