Consider two people: X an ordinary person, living an ordinary life in an ordinary place in ordinary times. By "ordinary" I wish to emphasize a life that can't be described as special in any sense of that word.

Y, as you would've guessed, is an extraordinary person, living an extraordinary life in an extraordinary time. Every sense of the word "special" applies to Y.

Into the lives of these two people, ordinary X and extraordinary Y, at some point, boredom (perhaps frustration is a better word) will inevitably step foot. X will be bored/frustrated with his life and Y too will be similarly bored/frustrated. Perhaps there are stories out there that will vindicate the existence of people like X and Y but none spring to mind as of the moment; so you'll have to come up with your own examples of people like X and Y and if you do happen to think of examples that are a perfect fit for my scenario kindly let me know for future reference.

Now, X and Y having reached the point of utter boredom/frustration in their respective lives would, as a means to overcome their predicament, seek experiences that are the complete opposite of the lives they've been living. It seems possible and perhaps even certain that X would hope to, and make efforts to, live Y's life and vice versa. X would desperately seek an extraordinary life and Y would desperately seek an ordinary one.

Compare the above scenario with our, the human, condition vis-a-vis physicalism vs dualism. My question is simple:

1. Is there any indication in the way we live , in the way we think, in the way we value, etc. that we're actually a mind substance, an immaterial soul as it were, that desperately wants to experience a physical existence - something ordinary like X's life?

OR

2. Are our values, thoughts, etc. an indication of a mere physical being trying desperately to experience an immaterial, non-physical existence - something extraordinary like Y's life?

If we look at religion, the answer seems clear: we're anxious to be souls - immaterial and outlasting physical existence and that suggests, by my logic, we're mere physical beings, like the person X in my scenario, bored/frustrated with his ordinary, material existence and desperately crying out for an extraordinary, immaterial life.

I clearly lack the means to decide how questions 1 & 2 will/should be answered. It'll be interesting to hear your views on the matter.