How to get immortality?

Question

How do I become immortal?

Answer 1

Just die, the next life is forever.

Answer 2

If anyone knows the method by which to gain immortality, then he/she must be very happy with his or her decision to partake such a blessing. Why would they tell anyone else anyway? Except the person whom they loved, so they can spend all eternity together. No, if everyone lived forever, then it wouldn't be something to desire. Just as it is in human nature - once someone else has something another person has, then its value greatly depreciates.

Immortality...it is so nostalgic, reminds me of when I was a kid - wanting the same thing. In a way, our conscience is immortal, however, it is the organic tissue of which our bodies are made of that contribute to our declining health and mentality. To gain immortality, one would need to rid himself of those restrictions that inhibit him from achieving his desire (i.e. the body). It is inevitable; it is what living things do, they die. There is no such thing as magic, just hope and fantastical imaginations. To gain immortality, you must already possess a vessel that is not living, perhaps something that is both organic and inorganic. There is your immortality: to never grow old in this world - therefore, transfer your consciences (which is your brain [contains your "essence"]) into a vessel that is able to sustain your organic mind indefinitely.

Sadly, there is nothing that will grant your wish (in this century). Immortality is brought-on hope for those individuals who fear death, and are unwilling to accept the fact that someday they WILL die and never experience this world again.

Answer 3

In the Western world, the traditional method for attaining true physical immortality (of the that arrests again, rather than simply granting a more years while again continues) requires a wondrous item known as the Philosophers's Stone.

Eternal life and changing of base metals (such as lead) to gold were the primary goal of Alchemical research. (The term philosophers's stone dates from the latter half of the 14th Century CE.) The youth and health aspects of alchemy appear to have come from China.

Magically-derived immortality is sometimes confused with invulnerability, though today the concept of "immortal" encloses "eternal youth and health" as well as "invulnerable to physical harm."

There are stories which allege that the man known as the Count Saint-Germain successfully created and used the Philosophers's Stone (One of the last appearances of a man claiming to be Saint-Germain was in 1972 CE).

I saw vampirisim mentioned a couple of times. This doesn't quite work. Traditionally, while the vampiric body is indeed said to "live" forever, the original soul/spirit/personality that occupied the body is gone, having been replaced by an evil or demonic animating spirit.

The "Fountain of Youth" idea is better, though like the Crusader in the third "Indiana Jones" film, one would have to dwell forever at the fountain's location in order to enjoy perpetual youth. The fountain is usually said to reset one's age to a lower one, with aging progressing normally again.

The "Sang Réal" (Holy Grail) idea is a tricky one. The exact abilities possessed (or confered) by this item differ from source to source. Some items of this kind can be used to heal any wound (which was the idea they went with in the film "Last Crusade" — the Guardian of the Grail lived, but continued aging), some produced endless amounts of food, others were used to decide who would next be king, etc..

In today's world—considering current and possible future technologies—physical immortality might be accomplished through the transfer of one's mind and intellect to a form capable of enduring the passage of time far better than mere flesh and blood (the character Lise from William Gibson's "The Winter Market" comes to mind). Otherwise, you're stuck with the conventional forms of modern immortality: raising children to carry on or attaining undying fame.

Answer 4

Immortality is in how we are remembered - the great things we have done, the traces of ourselves in our children, even the harm we have caused to others.

Physical immortality is not an easy prospect, nor an attractive one, to tell the truth. Imagine outliving the planet, floating in the vacuum of space, unable to breathe or eat, yet unable to die, suffering alone for eternity? Sounds a bit like hell, to me.

Answer 5

several ways.
or rather several myths on the process.
Can be granted god like status.
Drink from the fountian of youth.
make a deal with the devil.. ( not your best choice, he's kinda of a cranky guy )
Become a vampire ( not someone of a dilluted blood line though ).
Gain Favor of a deity..

Answer 6

Depends on how you define "I"...

If you define it as the Hindus do, 'Atman' (the "I") IS immortal and has already taken countless rides on the Wheel of Life.
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Answer 7

Watch the Highlander!

Answer 8

believe you will live forever and you will...

i am immortal...
i decided

besides, mortality IS the leading cause of death...for everything

Answer 9

make a Philosophers Stone
and no, not Harry Potter as reference but Lapidus "In the pursuit of Gold"

Answer 10

Make six horcruxes or collect all three Deathly Hallows to become the Master of Death. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Or simply learn how to not be afraid of death.

Answer 11

Holy Hand Grenade?