Good suggestion, Philip. I have read the biographies of Edgar Cayce. He
is another example of powers that have no physical explanation and no
religious significance.
Ed
PHILIP WINESTONE wrote:
Quite right Ed. For an interesting story on this, read any of the
biographies of Edgar Cayce - "The Sleeping Prophet"
P..
----- Original Message ----
From: Edmund Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Oil Gang responds
Stephen, you are making a huge assumption when you say that past lives
are not remembered. I suggest you read the books by Dr. Ian Stevenson
(MD). Prof. Stevenson spent his career at the University of Virginia
investigating reincarnation using a scientific approach. Naturally, his
extensive investigation has been largely ignored because, as you point
out, it defies physical and conventional understanding. Nevertheless,
evidence exists for past-life memories, especially in children. This
life might not be a waste after all.
Ed
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
>
>
> OrionWorks wrote:
>
>> Philip sez:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> People are where they are because it's where they
>>> are, as "part of the dream." My approach is, "live
>>> with it." go out, have a coffee and a bagel (or some
>>> nice organic bread) and get on with life. There's
>>> room enough for everyone, and everyone can make good,
>>> as long as they work for everything, and don't try to
>>> plunder what the next man has.
>>
>>
>> This strikes me as incredibly naive. And yet, it is precisely how I
>> try to live my life each day. I often feel like I'm not very good at
>> it - living up to this interpretation of the Golden Rule. It is
>> nevertheless a worthy goal to strive towards each day, one day at a
>> time.
>>
>> Perhaps in ten or twelve more lifetimes I'll get the hang of it. ;-)
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way; there isn't any "practice
> effect" among incarnated beings.
>
> Memory is organic, mediated by the hippocampus and related brain
> "hardware". Consequently at the end of your life, you'll leave that all
> behind; in your next life you won't remember anything about Steve
> Johnson, and, considering how outnumbered humans are among the sentient
> creatures, chances are you won't even remember anything about what it's
> like to be human. You'll just have to start over from scratch, and make
> the best of it as a gerbil or whatever your consciousness happens to be
> stuck in next time around.
>
> How we're supposed to get anywhere with a system like this beats me.
>
>
>>
>> Baklava, anyone?
>>
>> Regards
>> Steven Vincent Johnson
>> www.OrionWorks.com
>> www.zazzle.com/orionworks
>>
>
>
