--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Granted both Heaven and Hell exist here on Earth. Nonetheless, > each > > > seems to exist separately too. Does anyone have a book to > recommend > > > that would enumerate and describe a cognition of them, with > distinct > > > characteristics for each Heaven and each Hell? Does the Tibetan > Book > > > of the Dead do this? > > > > I think that the best approach to bring to any study > > of the different lokas or planes of existence is that > > they *don't* have physical existence anywhere, that > > they are mental constructs. Thus they can exist in > > the mind of the person as he lives here on Earth, and > > they can exist in the mind of the person who is going > > through the Bardo between death and rebirth. But they > > exist *only* in the mind, and thus can be transcended > > at any moment, in life or in death. > > Yes, I completely agree, and as such, these mental constructs can be > pretty nebulous. That is why I was looking for a text that specifies > discrete characteristics of the lokas, so that I might recognize > more clearly where I am sometimes.
Anything on Theosophy is good, they really get into that afterdeath stuff...... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
