But if you ascribe to certain models of theoretical physics that postulate that
all events in the universe (or universes) happen simultaneously then you are
not talking about the past at all, and the idea that Big Shot Marshy always
espoused "past is a lesser state of evolution" goes out a south facing door.
Add to that some metaphysical folks like Anita Moorjani who claim to have died
and had just that all lives happening at once experience.
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On Sun, 4/20/14, anartax...@yahoo.com <anartax...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What are the *benefits* of believing in God?
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 12:06 PM
Anything one pulls out of memory is past, is
past life. Anything one does not remember is the same
experience as if it were never there. What is the need to
fine tune what 'sort' of memory it is? Life is now,
though it is nice to remember now and then.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...>
wrote :
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Sent: Sunday,
April 20, 2014 1:24 PM
Subject: Re:
[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the *benefits* of believing in
God?
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FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote
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Even though I happen to suspect that there may be
something to the reincarnation thang, I see no need to
provide "proof" of it because it's just a
belief, and I don't much give a shit what others believe
about my beliefs. As I've stated here several times, I
won't know whether it's an accurate belief until I
kick the bucket, and if the folks who believe that we just
wink out like a light bulb
turned off are right, I won't even be around to be
disappointed. So I figure mine is a "no down
sides" belief. That said, I would never presume to try
to sell it to anyone else or feel the need to
"defend" it. IT'S JUST A BELIEF. I think the
world would be a better place if more people felt similarly
about their beliefs.
:-)
I
have no
real sympathy
for it but the stories of the children that do remember
things are fascinating. The Scottish boy who thought he
lived on an island was taken there and behaved very oddly
when they took him into what he thought was his house. It
was quite upsetting to watch. I can see why
anyone would have a job doubting his
story.
Lots of people
wanted to get all James
Randi on it and that would probably be impossible given the
unpredictability and rarity of the phenomenon, not to
mention it being potentially
unfair on a three year old.
I always look for the ways in which things can't
work but remain curious as it's one of those things that
I'd take to be sure-fire proof that we don't know
anything about what's going on here at all. And that
would be cool indeed.
Indeed. I simply cannot comprehend those who feel
threatened when something challenges their beliefs. I've
had things I had believed in
blown out of the water so many times that I've actually
come to enjoy it. Forget being reborn -- having to drop
whatever you believed in before and start all over again is
the real "new start."
