That's your personal opinion. Deaths like those of Hurin, Ruarc or Egwene really gave me chills.

I think RJ mixed tragic and happy ending to please everyone. You can't expect him to kill off a character after announcing his death from day one. That would be soooo boring.

 

Post last battle,rand is definitely not in dream reality.

This is probably true, but I dislike the 'ability to alter reality' ending. It feels like the 'price' paid in the Last Battle was comparatively little, even ignoring Game of Thrones, there are larger consequences in Harry Potter and Enders Game

Little? 3/4 of all borderland men are dead, the Aiel lost all their leaders (excluding the wise ones, of course), the Aes Sedai lost half their sisters, the ogier gave up their peace.... Whatever happened to Rand, to many people sacrificed too much to call these sacrifices little.

It was never about power. The one force is like a drug. No more being able to consume that drug leaves you pretty sad and longing for it and simply replacing it with another drug (or not even that since altering reality doesn't necessarily have that joy effect) won't change that. If he could, he would defenitely want his ability to channel back.

Rand doesn't care a whit about his previous power,he returned from the last battle with the ability to alter reality, his powers evolved,in my opinion,he is even more powerful now,so who needs channeling?

You're right. In the meetings of the forsaken there have been hints supporting what you just said. But that would mean that he can't just be healed by Nynaeve or Damer Flinn, does it?

Interesting theory but it has a flaw. The (in)ability to channel comes from the soul, not the body. Cyande stated this and when Nynaeve healed Logain she said the his body had no wounds (and that should mean that the wound from his servering was on the soul, I guess).

So Moridin's severing should have been swapped with his soul.

The body swap shouldn't change anything (as said, the ability to channel comes from the soul) and he was still able to channel and use the one force to rebuild the DO's dungeon even after he wove the pattern.

What if the ability was taken from him hy the creator to grant him a new life in peace without Asha'man constantly searching for the powerful channeler that doesn't seem to need any training?

As for his children's abilities, I don't know if that was special in any way. Selene stated that Rand might be able to stay in the oneness forever (it was also hinted that Rhavin did the same thing so it is probable that every channeler could do this is he/she was skilled enough).

I will try to quote properly but I'll have to translate from german since I don't own the english version.. It may vary from the original but all that counts is the meaning behind the words. Rand feels relief. He is not Lews Therin anymore.

But back to the question: How did Rand loose his powers? By accident or because the Creator wanted him to have a normal life?

Exactly. So Rand should experience the same despair and grief as other victims do? Or does Rand's newfound ability to control the pattern to a certain degree also grant the ability to change someone's soul so he can channel again, judging from the assumption that Rand didn't just burn out but had his ability taken away by the Creator (When Rand woke up in his new body, he was described as "Rand al'Thor, only Rand" which means there is no part of Lews Therin left in him, not even his soul and the ability to channel comes, as Lanfear explained, from the soul.)

But didn't Aes Sedai like Setalle Anan struggle to survive even though they lost their ability through natural circumstances as well? And isn't what kills the channeler the loss of his/her will to live, not some inner wound (according to Siuan Sanche)?

When a channeler looses his ability to, well, channel, then he dies of sadness because he has nothing to live for without the joy the one source brings. Rand, not being able to feel Saidin and without a purpose in the world, should feel the same way, shouldn't he? Yet it is stated that Rand felt "limitless relief" as he realized he couldn't channel anymore. Why? Shouldn't he, like, cry out in pain?