--- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Doc, Dr. Newton is a counseling psychologist, bestselling author and > hypnotherapist whose specialty is research into lives between lives. I've > only read his book Destiny of Souls but a dear friend had a session when he > was traveling in CA years ago. > > > In bringing up Dr. Newton's work I was addressing Seraphita's idea of > Meritocracy being projected onto the cosmos. According to Dr. Newton it is > the soul which decides whether to have an easy or more challenging life and > evidently the soul often understands the wisdom of either choice. Sometimes > an easy life is chosen simply to rest between 2 difficult lives. His book > contains dozens of case studies.
Hee, hee, ho, ho, ha, ha. Case studies, hee, hee, ho, ho, ha, ha... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 7:59 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years > > > >  > Hi Share - This sounds like this guy's fantasy - how can we choose other than > what comes next? Also, if a person can always choose the cushy side, what's > the downside to that? Is it a hidden test to look for masochistic tendencies? > I would rather learn any lessons during a cushy life, than an awful one. > Last, I haven't really found a life that didn't contain some hard lessons in > it, for each and every one of us. For one thing, no one gets out of here > alive. > > --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Seraphita, Michael Newton, writes books about the bardo, what happens > > between lives, etc. He says that souls are able to choose whether to have a > > "learning lessons" life or a cushy life. That actually before we come in, > > we are offered a choice of 3 or 4 lives. And I like your idea of God as > > artist. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Seraphita <s3raphita@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 5:48 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years > > > > > > > > à> > Re the Theosophists' view I reference below "All of us are reincarnated > > over many lifetimes and each of us will experience what it's like to be > > rich, what it's like to be poor; what it's like to be respected, what it's > > like to be scorned, and so on . . . including, naturally, each of us will > > have some of our lives as women and other lives as men.": > > > > This view of reincarnation has always seemed nobler - more worthy of an > > artist - to me: God is taking each of "us" on a universal tour to > > experience all the highs and lows of life. If the Advaita-Vedantans are > > right and "we" are actually the One Self pretending to be many different > > individuals then that accords perfectly with this interpretation of > > reincarnation. > > > > The common view that if we're good, we earn a cushy life next time around > > is pretty vulgar really. And the more "spiritualised" version that we're > > paying our dues towards arhat status is really just the idea of meritocracy > > projected onto the Cosmos.à> > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Mike Dixon wrote: > > > > > > Charlie was definitely a believer in Theosophy. As I remember it( his > > > explanation), we change from one sex to the other every three > > > incarnations. The first incarnation of the opposite sex drags old > > > tendencies from the previous birthÃâàwith it. The second birth in > > > that sex is more balanced, Ãâàwhile the third incarnation is more > > > of an exaggeration of that sex. The super masculine man or the super > > > feminine woman. So naturally, the next change, brings with it, > > > impressions from the previous birth which was exaggerated. This would > > > mean that all these experiences are natural for everybody to experience > > > from life time to life time. And of course, how we treat one another > > > going through theses phases of evolution determine our own fate. Do unto > > > others as you would have done unto you. Pile-on all of our other > > > karmasÃâàand hang-ups and god only knows how it's going to be > > > expressed. Who knows why someone feels they are in the wrong body? That > could be > > untangling a > > > mess that you'll never figure out. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Share Long sharelong60@ > > > To: "[email protected]" [email protected] > > > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 4:43 AM > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 > > > years > > > > > > Ãâà> > > > > > Answer to your serious question: we shall see. As to your other comments; > > > on a more mundane level, it's clear that we all have masculine and > > > feminine aspects. For example, we all have estrogen and testosterone > > > flowing around in our bodies. Given the ever expanding nature of the > > > universe, it makes sense to me that a variety of expressions with regards > > > to gender will be the rule rather than the exception. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Seraphita s3raphita@ > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 7:22 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years > > > > > > Ãâà> > > That was the Theosophists' line. They said that all of us are > > > reincarnated over many lifetimes and each of us will experience what it's > > > like to be rich, what it's like to be poor; what it's like to be > > > respected, what it's like to be scorned, and so on . . . Ãâà> > > including, naturally, each of us will have some of our lives as women and > > > other lives as men.Ãâà> > > > > > The thinking was that if you were a woman in a previous life and had just > > > now incarnated as a man you could have homosexual tendencies this time > > > around. Or if you were a woman and your next reincarnation was scheduled > > > to be as a man you might have lesbian tendencies. (And various changes on > > > that theme.) > > > > > > What's neat about the theory is that it recognises that homosexuality is > > > "unnatural" (most people's initial gut reaction?) but it justifies the > > > orientation as being "supernaturally" ordained. Nice one! (It's a mirror > > > image of the usual liberal approach that any sexual orientation is > > > natural and so acceptable.) > > > > > > Serious question: now that Bradley/Chelsea has requested the new identity > > > does that mean that liberal outlets like CNN will call her "Chelsea" > > > while conservative outlets like Fox will call him "Bradley" in their news > > > coverage? > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sharelong60" wrote:>> I think it > > > was Mike Dixon who had what I think is a plausible explanation from > > > Charlie Lutes: that a person is carrying non physical gender qualities > > > over from a previous life time. > > --- In [email protected], > > > "authfriend" authfriend@ wrote:> >> > --- In > > > [email protected], "Seraphita" wrote:> > >> > > - In > > > [email protected], "authfriend" wrote:>> > > Manning says > > > she's always been a woman in her mind/psyche.> > > > > > This Manning > > > "chap" becomes more embarrassing by the day.> > > From the Wiki article > > > on the US Military and gays I read:> > > While restrictions on sexual > > > orientation have been lifted, restrictions> > > on gender identity remain > > > in place due to Department of Defense> > > regulations; transgender > > > Americans thus continue to be barred from> > > military service.> > >> > > > > > Sorry Chelsea - you're in the wrong line of work.> > > > Not any > more. > > > She's been dishonorably discharged.> > > > She said she joined the Army > > > to try to overcome her sense> > that she was a woman. Now that the trial > > > is over and she's> > out of the Army, she's decided to go for it.> > > > > > > FWIW, research is increasingly showing that gender dysphoria> > has > > > biological causes. It's beginning to look as though a> > man, say, > > > doesn't want to be a woman because he's screwed> > up, but is screwed up > > > because he wants to be a woman.> > > > It's hard to imagine what it must > > > be like to feel you're in> > the wrong kind of body and to know that > > > everybody thinks> > you're someone you know you aren't--and for this to > > > be the> > case from the time you were a very little kid. That would> > > > > mess with anyone's mind.> >> > > > > > >
