Quoting Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [SA previously] > > > Platt, just wondering. Since your into > > > consciousness, does consciousness die when the > > body dies? Or, as Tibetan Buddhists believe, > > consciousness lives on and goes through Bardo states > even as the > > > body dies, this consciousness returns in another > > > totally different human being incarnate from this > > > consciousness. Or, as Christ is supposed to come > > back incarnated from a previous historical person. > > Just wondering your opinion. > > [Platt] > > This I believe: > > "On the death of any living creature the spirit > > returns to the spiritual world, the body to the > bodily world. In this, > > however, only the body is subject to change. The > spiritual world is > > one single spirit who stands like unto light behind > the bodily world > > and who, when any single creature comes into being, > shines through > it as through a window. According to > the kind and size of window > > less or more light enters the world. The light, > however, remains > > unchanged." -- Azis Nasafi > > You see, when Krimel said he believes death and > birth is uncertain, and you say death and birth are > absolute, yet, when you say "...any living creature > the spirit returns..." your saying birth and death is > not absolute. So, according to what you quote above, > you believe the body absolutely dies and is born, but > the spirit does NOT absolutely die and birth. So, > your not absolutely absolute about birth and death it > would seem.
Every statement in the quote above about the body and the spirit are absolutes. There is no hedging, no probabilities, no allowances for chance. Have a nice evening. Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
