There certainly seems to be something of us, existing beyond the body, and whatever that is, it doesn't care a whole lot about who we are, this time, or any other time, around. As important as we seem to ourselves, now, we are clearly disposable, in the service of that which is not. It is our consciousness that continues, using whatever vehicle becomes available, whether through this body, or the next one. Paradoxically, I would never treat this vessel in a cavalier way - it is all I have, right now. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <anartaxius@...> wrote :
I have heard he said it many different ways. Maharishi was repetitive; he had basically the same message for over 50 years. As he said to one teacher 'Haven't you noticed I say the same thing over and over again?' The subject of reincarnation I find intriguing because, from a spiritual point of view, exactly what does reincarnation mean? The typical thing seems to be there is some special something in you that survives death of the body and somehow re-inhabits another body later on, but I have never bought that explanation. I have always thought it had to do with how the mind fragments experience, that is reincarnation - embodiment - is something that happens in real time now, something that breaks the unity of experience into separate embodied pieces each of which, to the viewpoint of the mind, has a beginning, a birth, and an ending, a death. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Just to be picky, "I don't believe in it" can mean either "I don't believe it exists" or "I'm opposed to it." If you're opposed to abortion, you might well say, "I don't believe in abortion." Anyway, what I heard that he said was "Reincarnation is for the ignorant," which is better than either. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <rick@...> wrote : From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of LEnglish5@... Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2014 1:12 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reformed Buddhists "Reincarnation? I don't believe in it" -Maharishi Mahesh Yogi He didn’t say that. He said he was “opposed” to it. Get the distinction? Means he believes in it, but wants people to get liberated so they won’t reincarnate. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@...> wrote : Hey, I laughed, too... :-)
