--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" > <richardhughes103@> wrote: <snip> > > What part of ME isn't based on my physical brain? > > Do you believe in reincarnation? I'm asking because > many (if not most) TMers do, yet still believe in > the "the brain is me" theory.
Why don't you cite such a TMer for us, Barry? I have *never* encountered such a contradictory combination of beliefs from a TMer. <snip> > > To me reincarnation is an idea that raises more questions than it > > answers, Why don't we remember past lives? > > Many of us do. And almost without exception, those of > us who do would say that remembering them is of no > more value than remembering last week. > > Nor is it of any *less* value. If you are able to > remember last week, and the way you became angry in > traffic and fucked up the rest of your day as a > result, you can possibly avoid becoming angry the > next time some idiot cuts you off and almost causes > an accident. Same with remembering past lives. The > value of the memory is the use you put it to. Like using it to put down a TMer, for example... <snip> > Similarly, if one believes strongly in reincarnation > because it makes sense to them philosophically, and > *still* believes in the "the brain is me" theory, then > I might suggest that one has not sufficiently explored > the implications of their belief system. What part of "Reincarnation is an idea that poses more questions than it answers" do you not understand? > I tend to believe that the human brain is merely the > mechanism *through which* one accesses the *real* place > that memories are stored. When the brain dies, that > "place" is still present, and can be accessed (through > the mechanism of a new brain) in future lives. This is what most TMers believe, in my experience. Obviously (although not, it seems, to Barry) hugheshugo has his doubts. It's > just a theory, but so is "the brain is me." :-) 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
