tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post5451917255686852438..comments2024-03-20T14:31:49.238-07:00Comments on mole: ReincarnationDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-26928268770121530292013-07-19T07:11:44.012-07:002013-07-19T07:11:44.012-07:00I think you should consider being in a band - all ...I think you should consider being in a band - all your phrases would make excellent lyrics!Tarahttp://www.abilitychiro.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-18915183764731372013-07-17T15:14:32.229-07:002013-07-17T15:14:32.229-07:00Whew, Dale, you taketh awayeth my breatheth once a...Whew, Dale, you taketh awayeth my breatheth once again with incredible insight and dark humor. There is no comfort in reincarnation, you're so right: the worst thing I've ever done is believe there's always another chance: with someone else, with another career, in another place. Hardest job: be where you are, do what you do. Root in. You feel the insignificance of your life but you are also still enough to watch trees grow and stars fall.Kristen Burkholderhttp://www.kristenburkholder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-69484378601179613772013-07-08T17:41:55.783-07:002013-07-08T17:41:55.783-07:00(o)
{{{you}}}(o)<br /><br />{{{you}}}rbarenblathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882606147795083729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-32133194878779588102013-07-07T16:20:51.166-07:002013-07-07T16:20:51.166-07:00I echo what Christopher said:
"Of course none...I echo what Christopher said:<br />"Of course none of this is provable in any but the heart's sense."<br />That's usually sufficient proof for me but then I don't care much about proving. The mechanism of reincarnation, if there is such a thing, would be interesting to try and figure out. But however it works, I really love the idea of stories taken up where they left off though the protagonists have no memory of where they left off. The novelistic possibilities are endless and fascinating. A non-stop soap opera. If it was God who thought up reincarnation, God should win the mother of all literary prizes. Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-6058533998708267602013-07-07T11:39:14.843-07:002013-07-07T11:39:14.843-07:00Still thinking about your words, Christopher! My t...Still thinking about your words, Christopher! My teacher's teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, said much the same: he wondered why anyone would practice if they didn't believe in reincarnation. Some of us do, though. In a half-assed fashion :-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-25108754479792347452013-07-07T11:36:53.372-07:002013-07-07T11:36:53.372-07:00:-) Zhoen, yes, there's a lot that gets recycl...:-) Zhoen, yes, there's a lot that gets recycled! It's a stingy view of oneself, to restrict it to what happens inside one's own skin between conception and death: our words and deeds and gestures wander way beyond us, rippling the ponds of other consciousnesses far and wide. This body is just the spot where the pebble hits the water :-)<br />Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-66059338558350629692013-07-07T11:33:35.827-07:002013-07-07T11:33:35.827-07:00Dick, I'm glad to have your company on the las...Dick, I'm glad to have your company on the last third of this journey. Strange country we're traveling in! :-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-25971543236769633502013-07-07T11:07:07.300-07:002013-07-07T11:07:07.300-07:00Oh, a just universe is another matter. I can't...Oh, a just universe is another matter. I can't wrap my mind around that, even with reincarnation. I'm in awe of / appalled by people who can make that leap!<br />Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-61465021393342811532013-07-07T10:55:38.011-07:002013-07-07T10:55:38.011-07:00My mother, who was a Unity Minister as her second ...My mother, who was a Unity Minister as her second career claimed that reincarnation was the best guess for a just universe. Otherwise there was no chance for justice as a value rooted in reality, nor for long term meaningful mercy for that matter. Sometimes the things we get into simply take longer than a lifetime to work out even though we are not really guilty, or for that matter not innocent either.<br /><br />You can't cast aside reincarnation without giving up on the reality of the most sophisticated human values as well. However, if you are truly stoic, then you can give those up too.<br /><br />Of course none of this is provable in any but the heart's sense.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-64517689343011460982013-07-07T06:45:50.958-07:002013-07-07T06:45:50.958-07:00I used to want to believe in reincarnation,it did ...I used to want to believe in reincarnation,it did comfort me, because nothing I'd escaped from, no one, could be solved, resolved, healed. I had to step away from the poison and heal myself. Eventually, I began to see the rub, as you describe it here. <br /><br />But I do find comfort in the idea that although my personality is done when it's done, I will be recycled. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-31467219350920707082013-07-06T22:14:00.547-07:002013-07-06T22:14:00.547-07:00Yes and yes again. Beautifully put, Dale. This ech...Yes and yes again. Beautifully put, Dale. This echoes the substance of a conversation I had with my father a month or so before his death. It made my experience of his passing much easier to bear, not least because of the relative peace his convictions must have brought him.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com