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On Aug 8, 8:46 pm, Tinker tinker <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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> > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:12:11 -0700
> > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Live forever?
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
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> > 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.
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> > > > 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 :-)
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> > > > > peace & Love
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> > > > > On Aug 7, 11:14 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > 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:
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> > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE
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> > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnJt9p-sHho
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> > > > > > > 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:
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> > > > > > > > Just a spontaneous thought; Is living forever really to be
> > > > > > > > preferred
> > > > > > > > to living ever more deeply - right now?
>
> > > > > > > > Francis
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> > > > > > > > On 6 Aug., 22:23, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > 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?
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