--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> 'Failure' - Death causes Rebirth > > > > > > I don't get it; death will always cause rebirth. Why is > > > > > > that a failure? > > > > > > > > > > When asked about reincarnation, Maharishi used to say, "I'm > > > > > opposed to it." > > > > > > > > And, "Its for the ignorant." > > > > > > Or for Bodhisattvas, who care more about other sentient > > > beings than they do about dwelling in eternal bliss, a > > > concept that seems to have escaped Maharishi completely. > > > > Bodhisattvas, don't dwell in eternal bliss, regardless? > > They undoubtedly do, just not in "drop returns to the > ocean mode." More like work your ass off for the people > incarnation after incarnation while dwelling in eternal > bliss (or not...what does it matter if your intent is > to help people) mode. > > Suffice it to say that some Buddhists think of those who > want to dissolve back into the absolute as spiritual > slackers. :-) > I am enjoying all of the riffs off my original question. In any case, I am still curious why rebirth following death is seen as a failure?
Though it might be a case outside the *assumed* definitions of death and rebirth (i.e. multiple physical lives), I am thinking about a technique I employ for a mundane purpose, that of getting enough sleep at night. Sometimes after going to bed, or after waking during the night, I will still my mind in order to allow my autonomic nervous system to take over and put me back to sleep. I've noticed that when I still my mind, one of the things to go away is any thought of "I" or reference to "I". Because there is nothing to identify with at all, I will experience a momentary fear before moving into sleep. It is like death in that way. And then I awaken a few hours later, as myself, having slept well. Similarly, to gain enlightenment we go through a process of death, then rebirth, from the inside out. That, and the previous example, both entail a death and rebirth. Yet neither are a failure. This is the context of my original question. ------------------------ 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/
