"Socrates felt the Soul survives death.(Phaedo) I agree. ..." - rig
Yep rigsy, some of us here agree with 'ol Soc too, me included. However, when the the Platonic term 'recollect' is used, it isn't so much to do with memory, but to do with collecting what is there and making it present for us again...a discovery. On May 9, 4:32 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Socrates felt the Soul survives death.(Phaedo) I agree. I am the 4th > generation to live in my family home- perhaps that is why I am a > believer. Though crude, it is often material things that evoke > remembrance of the dead and you marvel as an adult at what you failed > to appreciate as a child. Or you make the mistakes you were warned of > and recognize parental wisdom. Or you make decisions that would make > your parents proud of you and hope your children will do the same. Or > you simply tire of the games of life, the threats time makes on your > flesh and bones and you need a very long rest= eternity and you know > your children will never forget you. > > On May 8, 3:58 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This was really a great fun thing for me, I Love being facetious. Yes, > > I play rough. > > I would like to remove the sarcasm so that you can see how good I am > > at it :-) > > > On Apr 24, 6:23 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Soul Survivors > > > > Isn’t it wonderful that dead is a lie we tell ourselves. > > > dead is dead > > > > It’s not true, it doesn’t happen. This thing we call Life is a cheap > > > imitation of what Life really is. > > > Life IS here and now, only. > > > When we loose all of these > > > > disgusting senses, that fool us into believing the pure ecstatic > > > Feeling of beauty and wonder of Life and tricking us into believing > > > Life is precious, there’s something much better. > > > Life is Precious. > > > > Wouldn’t it be just so horrible if all this stuff we call the joys of > > > Life was real and all there is too Life. > > > The Joy of Life is as good as it gets. > > > > It’s so wonderful that the Feeling that we get when our senses fool us > > > into thinking our physical Life is precious is how we will be feeling > > > all the time after we are dead and don’t need the senses that evoke > > > the Feeling. > > > It’s for sure true that dead is a lie because we can use the mind to > > > explore what will be after the dead brain is not needed to generate > > > the mind that we have that goes beyond the physical restraints of this > > > imitation Life. > > > Every bit spiritual information in the world has come through the mind > > of Living mankind. > > > It’s really great that it’s so definitely separated > > > > from the imagination. > > > "That's a joke son." Foghorn Leghorn > > > > It’s a silly coincidence that anything a man can imagine he can create > > > in the physical world with physical effort. That doesn’t mean that the > > > real Life imagined is a goal for mankind to bring about in the > > > physical world. > > > The 'Dream of Utopia' is a guide to that which we Can achieve. > > > > It’s really a great thing that here and now is really wasting time > > > till we get to do the lie die. > > > Did you notice I didn't sign this one? > > peace & Love- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
