An interesting observation this evening in a conversation where "getting old" was a topic, yet the concept seemed difficult to relate to in the context of unchanging experiencing. I suddenly realized I had actually become identified with being this unchanging display experiencing
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There is a point, in my experience, where you will "find out". That said, all bodies are bodies, whether physical or not, and they will all end.
Find out what, exactly? Say more please Ian.
I’m not jousting here (just for twitter clarity). I’m a comparative religion geek, so I’m open to the plurality of mystical interpretation. Just curious 
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whether there is something more than the physical body & thus something that continues. (I'm not talking "the witness" but non meat bodies.) It's often considered bad form/not useful to talk about such things, however because they lead to the attachments you mention.
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the problem is that being attached to your spirit/subtle body/ka/bibop... whatever, is still not enlightenment. It makes you a wizard or shaman or whatever, but not enlightened. There are a lot of very advanced mystics who have made this mistake.
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