by Jacoburline » January 25th, 2011, 10:41 pm
...Yikes. As the others before me have done, I would strongly discourage you from pursuing this thing...and here are a few reasons.
1.) Have you ever seen any real, concrete proof that the soul exists? Bear in mind that personal experience does not constitute proof--we can have experiences that do not resonate with reality. Hallucinations, delusions, false memories, etc. are all things that human beings have frequently been shown to experience. Science (and the scientific method) have a lot to offer us; it is somewhat foolish to casually dismiss them.
2.) Assuming that you CAN separate your soul from your body, it might be a good idea to at least see about entering either an inanimate object such as a statue or maybe even an animal before you go about trying to find a willing subject's body to take over. The Egyptians believed that the "ka," or the "soul," could be housed within inanimate objects. But I'm really just humoring you with this one....I do not think this is necessarily a good course of action.
3.) If you observe nature, creatures are born, they live, and then they pass away. If there are souls, then it seems very likely that they are going around in some type of cycle of reincarnation. (Much of the world believes that this is the case, in fact.) If this is the case, there is a chance that you disrupt this cycle for your own soul in a destructive or permanent way; since your soul would be jumping prematurely to a new form, and only in a kind of half-committed fashion, it might be doomed to a kind of "half existence," or even just fade away completely....Assuming the universe even lets you do this. It seems likely to me that it wouldn't.
4.) Immortality is a fool's dream. If you look at the universe, what is eternal? What does not pass away at some point? Seeing that there seems to be nothing that is eternal, then why should we jump to the conclusion that death is eternal?
I'm sure I could go on all night about the possible problems with your intended course of action...so, I am simply going to say, please leave well enough alone. That is my humble advice to you.