On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:47:23 -0700, Crowfoot <pagemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jyeshta <whatever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:53:13 -0600, Jyeshta <whatever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >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.
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>> Although it's considered bad form to reply to yourself, I wanted to
>> add a thought to what I said earlier.
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>> 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.
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>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*.
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>Sounds just like life, doesn't it?
Well, in earth life, you don't have to accept and embrace the world,
do you? I mean, in any hypothetical particular incarnation.
I read in a very good metaphysical book, which unfortunately is packed
up somewhere so I can't cite the title or author, that one can refuse
to reincarnate indefinitely despite the urgings of higher spiritual
beings. However, if one is meant to reincarnate and never does, the
penalty is annihilation of the soul - to miss the chance of finally
joining with "God" or the highest consciousness.
I'm not sure if that penalty bothers me all too much. Of course, my
perspective would probably be different between incarnations when,
after a rest from the traumas of earth life, I would see how
relatively short an earth life is compared to any hypothetical
"eternity" in spirit, and go for it again (shudder).
>C
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