--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I had a roommate once years ago who was very > into > > > New Age stuff, particularly reincarnation. She > went > > > weekly to consult a spiritualist and would come > home > > > bursting to share with me the past lives the > > > spiritualist had told her about--a court fool to > > > > Henry IV, a slave girl of Cleopatra, the father > of > > > Patrick Henry, one of Walt Whitman's lovers > (male), > > > etc., etc. > > > > > > One day I asked her, "Did she tell you about > your > > > life as Benjamin Franklin's illegitimate > daughter?" > > > > > > Her jaw dropped. "No, she didn't," she said. "I > > > wonder > > > why not? Maybe she didn't want me to know about > > > that > > > one for some reason. I'll have to ask her next > > > time." > > > > I can only see the value of farting around with > past > > lives is not in the intellectual understanding of > > them, but the unstressing of samskaras that they > have > > created and that are carried on in the chitta. > Other > > than that, who cares. > > Seems to me it doesn't make much sense to go looking > for 'em--especially through someone else's > eyes!--but > if they come looking for you, it's probably a good > idea to at least give 'em a chance to tell you > something of value. Agreed. The primary value it gave me was empathically understanding my conflicted relationship with my father and its origin in my emotional neglect of him in a past life as my son. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
