Re: anyone out there?

In article <jogtq21idat5ehs8r48n7vi8kfh2hipal4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Jyeshta <whatever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:53:13 -0600, Jyeshta <whatever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> >death bed visions.  The people from
> >India mainly find them terrifying, while people from the USA find them
> >comforting.  This is extremely odd, isn't it?  You would think that a
> >culture that believes in reincarnation would not be terrified by the
> >prospect of death.
> 
> Although it's considered bad form to reply to yourself, I wanted to
> add a thought to what I said earlier.
> 
> Actually, it makes perfect sense.  The prospect of reincarnation is
> extremely upsetting to me; perhaps it is to the people from India,
> too.  All I want is to get off, and *stay* off, this horrendous planet
> forever.

Now yer talking; but I think how it works is that you
have to come to *accept and embrace* the wretched
place, horrors and all, before you are qualified to *leave
it behind forever*.

Sounds just like life, doesn't it?

C