--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > If you found out God did not exist, is there still a > > > > possibility of an afterlife of some sort? > > > > > > Again, I don't believe in a God, but I believe in > > > reincarnation. One is not dependent on the other. > > > > I am hopeful about reincarnation, and God and Shiva etc. > > But not sure. > > Neither am I. It's a "working belief" for me (the > reincarnation thang, not God or Shiva), one that I > won't know the accuracy of until I kick the bucket. > Then if there's a big light at the end of the Bardo- > tunnel I'll be somewhat prepared for it. If there's > just a big click followed by blackness, well I won't > even be there to know that I was wrong, will I? :-) > > > Reincarnation sure solves a lot of the injustice and > > ugliness of the world, which makes me wonder if that > > is why I hope it happens.. Are you willing to say why > > you believe in reincarnation? > > Sure. Memories and flashbacks. I have experienced > flashes of being in the Bardo between lives, and of > both dying and being born, numerous times. I have > also had quite a few "past life flashbacks," in the > waking state, in which I suddenly found myself in > a specific location but in another life in that > location. Full visuals, looking down to see myself > in another body, being able to interact with people, > the whole bit. > > Exactly what these flashes are I cannot say, only > that I have had them enough times to think that they > might really be some kind of past life flashback or > memory of the Bardo process. Of course I would have > no way of proving any of these things, and wouldn't > try to. They're just a belief based on subjective > experience, and thus as prone to delusion as any > other belief based on subjective experience.
Sounds interesting and at least a hands on history lesson! > > Besides, reincarnation beats the socks off of sitting > sexless on a cloud somewhere with a bunch of other > sexless beings, playing on a harp for eternity. That, > to me, would be Hell. :-) You mean singing in that heavenly choir is not your idea of Paradise? Unless they sang the blues? >
