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Originally Posted by xexon  The body doesn't choose the spirit. The spirit choses the body. Just as an actor puts on a costume for a part to be played.
Your consciousness is everlasting. The roles you play with it are limited.
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Consciousness is most certainly not everlasting. Only Nature is everlasting, it is infinite. Any finite thing you imagine has a beginning and an end. Ultimately our consciousness is being reborn in each and every moment, so the consciousness I possessed when I started typing this response is not the same as the consciousness I possessed when I finished typing this response. Eventually my consciousness will be reborn in a way that comes no where near how I currently define it, meaning it will be reborn through other people's consciousness and how I affected the world around me and so on and so on for eternity. So while I can't be absolutely certain my consciousness will cease to exist upon the death of my body, it seems completely reasonable to assume it will based on all the evidence we have. Any other assumption is just plain wishful thinking centered around ego preservation.