Although I've stated that I think Buddhism Is the best religion (i.e. for achieving Unity if practiced worldwide) the previous or next Life ideas don't work for me.
peace & Love > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:12:11 -0700 > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Live forever? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I see few Buddhist responses here. Many are of the view that one > 'choses' thier parents, position in life etc. ...and some even think > this is a result of how one lived...their last lifetime. > > On Aug 7, 8:32 pm, Tinker tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll agree on the birth part. I think the death comes as default for not > > choosing to Live. > > > > peace & Love > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:10:32 -0700 > > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Live forever? > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > L.'s 95 year old mother died this morning. He called to explain why he > > > hadn't come back to get rid of the vines he had cleared yesterday- not > > > that I cared about them, all wet with the rain. Her anti-depressant of > > > seven years closed down her kidneys plus other infirmities. We may > > > retain our mind and the body still fail. My mother sat straight up in > > > her bed and announced her death which occurred moments later- clear as > > > a bell to the end. I don't think we choose our birth or our death and > > > not as much as we think we choose in-between. > > > > > On Aug 7, 9:20 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think it would be silly to give it up at that point. > > > > I'll go with the quality of Life here and now and just choose to keep > > > > it. > > > > The idea has been discussed in another thread that we are in control > > > > of our physical body if we've got our mind right. > > > > Choose Life, and Live to bring about your choice :-) > > > > > > peace & Love > > > > > > On Aug 7, 11:14 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Slip - I suppose by the time we can control our lifespan we will have > > > > > learned how to regenerate limbs, cure blindness etc. I think the > > > > > question was not so much concerned with span of years, but quality of > > > > > life. If we could have the quality of life we had some years ago, and > > > > > maintain it forever, why not live forever? Jim > > > > > > > On Aug 6, 1:48 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE > > > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnJt9p-sHho > > > > > > > > Who really does want to live forever? Suppose the world becomes a > > > > > > terrible place in which to exist, how would one cope? Suppose one > > > > > > lost a limb or two in an accident, then what? Blindness, coma, > > > > > > paralysis or any other bad deal can ruin your forever life. > > > > > > > > On Aug 6, 3:27 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just a spontaneous thought; Is living forever really to be > > > > > > > preferred > > > > > > > to living ever more deeply - right now? > > > > > > > > > Francis > > > > > > > > > On 6 Aug., 22:23, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This is a wonderful topic, Jim, and I need to give it some > > > > > > > > thought. > > > > > > > > Justin mentioned in a recent argumentative post that "this was > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > kind of stuff that caused him to look forward to death" (sorry > > > > > > > > for the > > > > > > > > paraphrase, Justin.) I read that and could feel it through > > > > > > > > every part > > > > > > > > of my being. As much as I love life right now, I am not sure it > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > enough for me, the way the world is now. My hope is, that as I > > > > > > > > change, so will the world and there will be a point of > > > > > > > > recognition > > > > > > > > that will change that for me. > > > > > > > > > > Let me think about this some more. If I could only stop thinking > > > > > > > > about the Highlander. Thanks alot, Francis! > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 6, 4:01 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Many of the recent threads - evolution, non-medical healing, > > > > > > > > > are we in > > > > > > > > > control, Feynman's mysteries, etc. - seem to dance around on > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > wavecrest of scientific discoveries. It strikes me that, > > > > > > > > > given the > > > > > > > > > major scientific advances in recent decades and the > > > > > > > > > increasing speed > > > > > > > > > of scientific progress, in the foreseeable future - 100 years > > > > > > > > > maybe - > > > > > > > > > humans may be able to elect to live without aging. We might > > > > > > > > > well be > > > > > > > > > able to maintain our bodies at age 30 or 40 or whatever as > > > > > > > > > long as we > > > > > > > > > like. In other words, we might be able to choose to live > > > > > > > > > forever. > > > > > > > > > If we accept that as a possibility, I wonder what sort of > > > > > > > > > philosophical issues it raises. How might our view of life > > > > > > > > > and death > > > > > > > > > be changed, if at all? How would our economies adapt? Would > > > > > > > > > people > > > > > > > > > still marry for life? Would it change communities? Would our > > > > > > > > > objectives - happy life, great wealth, friendships, learning, > > > > > > > > > travel > > > > > > > > > etc. - change, and if so how? And how would we settle such > > > > > > > > > issues? > > > > > > > > > Anyone care to pursue this thread? 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