--- In [email protected], wmurphy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "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......
Thanks, I'm also interested in the during life 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/
