I Am Immortal

This is a wonderful example of why I've avoided human contact as much as possible throughout my life.

In what sense? I was born, just like you. The reason for my condition remains a mystery, though I suspect I may not be the only one like this.

Thank you for your welcome, I am happy to be here.

Without being too long-winded, I would have to say that the best piece of wisdom I've discovered is that life has the meaning you wish to give it. This could be a positive or negative thing, but one must understand that there really are no positive or negative ideas. Everything is what you make of it, it's all about perception.

What's so bad about loneliness? My peace of mind is not contingent on the affection of others... However I do have a deep fondness for dogs and cats.

I have not personally encountered other people in my condition (at least not to my knowledge, we don't exactly carry cards).

I have never had the urge to kill myself. I am not Jesus.

There was a long period of time in which I felt I was cursed, as if my condition were some kind of punishment. However, as time unfolded and I began to witness some of the greatest events in history, my mind was changed.

While I cannot answer your questions in a way that would satisfy your intellect, I can tell you that emotionally it was a difficult thing to adjust to. Difficult, though not impossible. I've been happy with my life and condition for over one and a half millennia and I don't expect that to change any time soon.

I do not have life insurance, nor do I own a home, have a bank account or have any kind of identification documents. I dislike the city and only tolerate it long enough to visit the public library. I spend most of my time reading, walking or meditating.

I've never contemplated suicide, though there were periods of time early in my life when I was unhappy with my condition. Suicide is ridiculous method of escape and only for the weak. I do not see an end to my "curse", nor do I think about it much.

I am fluent in English and have near-fluency in German, Latin, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian. I've resided in North America for the past 300 years though so just as one forgets high school language courses, my ability to speak these come and go depending on the frequency of their use. I have vague recollections of "old" English and other dead languages but as I've not had a reason to use them, I have zero or extremely limited proficiency in them.

I can be injured like any other person, though my tolerance for disease seems quite high. As I stated above, I've only had the occasional common cold. I do not have scars, any injuries seem to heal very well.

I do not have any children, at least none that I am aware of.

I have several favorite memories, but that's for a later post.

have you ever met a famous person?

what do you think we are becoming as a society?

how old do you tell people you are when you dont want to seem insane?

have you developed a "meaning of life"(mine is "the meaning of life, is to give life a meaning"~jon)

i know that you are lying, but i just want to see what you say!

Please describe your diet in detail.

Please tell us the very first language you

A: learned to speak and

B: learned to write.

This is an old Star Trek story. I am not, however, dissing your story. I am, on the contrary, quite interested. Were you ever a writer back in the dark times and we can today find some of your work in the Vatican vaults or in a library--something that we would know or recognize? I'll have many more questions for you later. I am an historian.

Have you ever wondered how you gained this and going further have you discovered exactly what it is. I am aware this response is a few months late coming.

Immortal or just jerking our chain, you are here now, so join the rest of us with the pursuit of some form of intelligent pursuit.

Hello,
You are not alone Ealdmann fellow. I do believe you know that though? Ahhhh, but it was another time wasn't it? Our paths hath crossed before. Not one to over emphasize the ego are you? It's all for the clan. It is our destiny.

To the curious, please accept my most gracious apologies, I'm not here to satisfy your inquiries, just penning to offer my sincere salutations to Ealdmann.

I view this whole internet thing as just another passing fad, quite sure you understand.

Kind regards

just curious to this, i would love to be a long lived human being, to witness countless centuries unfold would be awesome.
how many wars have you been part of?
did you invent anything or reinvent anything of note?
or do you have antiques from your many past lives so to speak?
can you tell us of older day sciences like magic and do you have the abilities to perform such wonders?

How does the process work in healing? Like if I were to cut your hand what would the healing be like? Also you seem like in your post your not sure exactly how you came to become immortal

Being immortal (so far anyway) I would imagine that time takes on a deeper sense. We can watch the changing of seasons, one into the next repeating every year. In living a 2,000 year span, you have been able to view changes over centuries. The world has changed over and over again too. So..... what do you think of the 12.21.2012 date and the fuss about it?

Ok i have to ask and i apolagize before hand, But if i were to cut off your head would i gain your powers?

Are you Immune to all forms of damage such as bullets or blunt and or pointy objects? what if i had a +3 Flaming long sword? "ok sarcasm is done now"

Also seeing as my main studys are in ET and Ghosts, i would tend to think your prescence would not only alert the ET's but anything evil and good alike would be after you for the powers you pocess i imagine the ET's would be probing the heck outta you as well to find whats causing your condition.

You're immortal ...and I'm Samantha from 'Bewitched'!

How did you tread water during the Great Flood?
God said Noah and his family were the only survivors.

Sam, Ealdmann was born ~6 BC, little late for the flood.

Immortality (great self healing and immunities) could be the result of gene mutation or an unusual sequence of genes that normally would have a very low probability of coming into existence. If it can happen; it will happen. If it does happen once; it will happen again. As their offspring spread these genes amongst the population , there will be pockets of high disease resistance, of living longer and fast healing. These are dominating traits that will cause the percentage to steadily increase in the population.

Immortality of this nature is one of a tenuous nature, a borrowed immortality. If you are careful and don't do anything stupid, you can live for a very long time. But, if you fall while rock climbing; are in a plane crash; join a combat unit in the Army or whatever, your chance of living a long time drops rapidly. Being immortal does not mean you are Superman. Things happen and many things can kill you, bullets don't bounce off.

Hey Ealdmann! How many children have you had?
Is what I am suggesting going in the right direction?