Crabs in a bucket.

There may also be people who changed for the better. Nullifidian wasn't one of them.

He went from being alive to being dead.

Who's to say that is not better?

We are alive for only a brief instant in Time.

We are dead infinitely.

The Infinite may be a better place for some.

Many are just like the crabs in a bucket. Always climbing up other crabs backs and pulling them back into the bucket in order to try and get out of the bucket.

And they don't even know that what's waiting for them on the outside of the bucket is Infinity.. for them in the form of boiling water.

For us? Ashes to ashes ... Dust to dust.

This is an interesting topic DB.

But I think people do change. They are changed by their environment and experiences. Obviously.

But what you may be referring to is the "awareness".

Your life force/spirit/essence you come into the world with. It is always there buried under the flotsam and jetsom of daily life.

Some can stay in touch with it. Some lose contact with it and basically become out of touch with themselves and their ancestors.

In a word. Insane.

I don't think you can really change your "awareness" or who you are when you come into this world. It's in your DNA.

But you can change how your awareness responds to the world.