Instead, they can learn to wake up whenever their bodies rest, and rise in love with everybody they meet. They discover that they are already immortal. Other mystic lore suggests that wizards capable of ascending sometimes leave a corpse behind so as not to shock mass consciousness.
Physical death is an unhealthy habit.
Immortals of all varieties treasure each moment as their last. Space-time is seen as a game in which humans forget their divine nature. Immortality and Flying Ecstasy is not the goal. Immortality is not the goal. Flying is not the goal.