Sometimes I wonder what goes on in my head while I'm asleep! This morning I woke up with a line from an old religious song going through my mind. How did that happen? Then I remembered that yesterday was a chaotic day for me and when that happens, I try to change my mood by singing (in my mind most of the time), "Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day ...." My subconscious must've picked up on my mood -- because I woke up with this repeating over and over in my mind: "Some glad morning when this life is o'er, I'll fly away ...."
about reincarnation:
" Darwin did take note of the possibility of immortality and by inference some form of reincarnation when he wrote: Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after long continued progress. To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful."
(The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, ed. Francis Darwin.}
Quote from: libby on June 01, 2013, 09:55:47 AM
about reincarnation:
" Darwin did take note of the possibility of immortality and by inference some form of reincarnation when he wrote: Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after long continued progress. To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful."
(The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, ed. Francis Darwin.}
Humanity seems to have this persistent delusion that all life, in it's virtual cornucopia of forms throughout infinity, revolves around the earth. Of course, that is because it is all we "know"; at least for the majority anyway.
I believe that we have choices to make within a life-form that is much different than what we know now, but in some ways similar. I believe that within that life form we have a list of sorts, containing experiences and challenges we have chosen to endure in order to bring about growth and knowledge to us within that life form; with most of those involving challenges, ailments, pain, and sorrow of which within that life form we know nothing. And because we know nothing of them we are lesser beings.
I believe that if we do indeed reincarnate, it is by choice. A choice driven by the lack of experiences and lessons learned here in this place and the resultant failure to achieve our plan.
That is why some of us are considered "old souls", because some can see we have been here before; and for some of us it may have been several times already.
Palehorse, I share your interest in reincarnation. Your theory of choice of whether or not to come back sounds definitely better than the belief of some that reincarnation is punishment.
I've been sitting here for over an hour thinking and trying to write something, but my mind wanders. So. Here is one of my favorite poems, which I may have posted here before:
I have been here before,
But when or how I cannot tell;
I know the grass beyond the door,
The sweet keen smell,
The sighing sound, the lights around the shore,
You have been mine before. --
How long ago I may not know:
But just when at that swallow's soar
Your neck turned so,
Some veil did fall,--I knew it all of yore.
"Sudden Light" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), British Painter and Poet
Some of us agreeing about something today made me think about a book an old friend and co-worker gave me years ago. All she said was, "I think you'll like this." I doubted that, but the first page -- the Prologue -- got my attention -- and kept me reading. I wasn't disappointed.
The writer, Anya Seaton, 1904 - 1990, was a best-selling novelist whose works were praised for their research and the ability to bring historical settings and people to life. This one was about reincarnation: the focus was on a forbidden love affair that ended badly in one lifetime but resumed in another.
What fascinated me was Seaton's idea that groups of people live and die and "come back" together, that what is not finished in one lifetime may continue in another. :sneaky:
Anya Seaton, Green Darkness
Holy shitz!! You mean to tell me I'm going to see all of you again on some forum in the future? :spooked: :biggrin:
Quote from: Locutus on October 30, 2014, 11:48:45 PM
Holy shitz!! You mean to tell me I'm going to see all of you again on some forum in the future? :spooked: :biggrin:
Hahaha
Quote from: Locutus on October 30, 2014, 11:48:45 PM
Holy shitz!! You mean to tell me I'm going to see all of you again on some forum in the future? :spooked: :biggrin:
:sneaky:
Quote from: Locutus on October 30, 2014, 11:48:45 PM
Holy shitz!! You mean to tell me I'm going to see all of you again on some forum in the future? :spooked: :biggrin:
:biggrin:
I wonder ... last night I called out to a young relative who was in the kitchen, "Are you hungry?" He didn't answer, but my cat Emma, who was sitting a few feet away, uncurled herself and walked to her food/water/treats area and stood there looking up at me. :yes: I have thought for some time that she reads my mind, and/or, she's a reincarnation of someone who knew me well. And,
that made me think of something else, a movie I saw years ago: FLUKE, a movie about a man who died in a car wreck and was reincarnated as a dog. It was so thoughtfully done -- no silliness -- that it made perfect sense to me, and at least for a while I believed that could happen. :spooked:
The subject of reincarnation seems to fascinate you. :yes:
Quote from: Locutus on February 11, 2017, 12:07:55 PM
The subject of reincarnation seems to fascinate you. :yes:
Yes, it does. The practical part of me, the part that has always been interested in science argues how, why, etc., but there is another part of me that is fascinated by it. I like to bounce it off people to see what they say.
My mother and father worried about me because the minute I learned to read, I read everything I could get my hands on and started asking questions, some of which involved religion. I kept reading. One thing led to another, and I discovered science fiction, and another world opened up. Time travel and reincarnation were frequent subjects. And now, years and years later, I find that all that stuff I read is stored away, categorized, in my noggin, and I never know where it will lead me. :smile:
Were your parents religious?
I'm sure an interest in reincarnation would have worried them if they were.
Quote from: Locutus on February 11, 2017, 06:04:01 PM
Were your parents religious?
I'm sure an interest in reincarnation would have worried them if they were.
Yes, they were religious, and yes, they worried about me. I was the different one, the oldest of their 5 girls. My mother would just tell me to shut up; daddy argued with me and I backed down out of respect for him.
. . . about karma sometimes, and the fact that every thing within the entire infinity of the universe being connected. . .
There are times when I feel and sense karma and the events it intends to impose upon my life. Or would like to. . . And there are times when things happen out of the blue to me, good and bad, and afterwards I know deep within my soul that it was karma paying me a personal visit.
Then there are times when I truly believe karma is going to make something happen, and it doesn't. . . But I always believe it doesn't because it is jacking with me. . . :icon_twisted: Because it knows I am aware of it. . . :icon_twisted: