tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post4491904724158007486..comments2024-03-28T05:05:30.116-04:00Comments on mainewords: In which I tell you about R for Reincarnation which I forgot.mshatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-71740117313695420232016-04-25T13:41:21.513-04:002016-04-25T13:41:21.513-04:00I goofed up my letters too, so no worries! I think...I goofed up my letters too, so no worries! I think I skipped L and had to do a backtrack. <br /><br />Have you ever read the book Memory by Linda Nagata? You might enjoy it if you like the idea of reincarnation. It's one of my scifi favorites.Charity Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960821077619680661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-76571987031852612862016-04-25T05:22:42.821-04:002016-04-25T05:22:42.821-04:00I'd like to but I'd probably be reincarnat...I'd like to but I'd probably be reincarnated as a earth worm!The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-91221592928277684292016-04-25T00:18:56.805-04:002016-04-25T00:18:56.805-04:00I was going to say something about the missing let...I was going to say something about the missing letter, but I thought better of it ;)<br /><br />I've believed in reincarnation since I was a small child. I grew up New Age, so I believe all the woo-woo things. As for having lots of people around now--if we think about how many people existed at all points in history, and then we assume those souls all decided to incarnate now... It's a thought.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-29683949382256473352016-04-24T22:21:53.082-04:002016-04-24T22:21:53.082-04:00I side with Alex. We're one and done here on E...I side with Alex. We're one and done here on Earth and then the afterlife. So make it count here and now because we won;t have a second chance to determine what happens next.Stephen Tremphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10387553613827257304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-7458222554395275152016-04-24T19:07:17.006-04:002016-04-24T19:07:17.006-04:00"There are now approximately 7.4 billion peop..."There are now approximately 7.4 billion people on this earth. So where did all the new souls come from?"<br /><br />Great question! So let's continue with an explanation. If we assume that each soul is somehow composed of a finite resource (say, cheese) then clearly there must be a limit to how many souls there can be. It doesn't have to be cheese, of course. It could be photons or anything, really - but if a soul is composed of something finite, the number of souls must also be finite.<br /> But what if the souls are composed of consciousness? And, if we like, we can give that consciousness a name, because we silly humans LOVE to give things names. So just for fun, let's call "consciousness" God. Odd name, but hey, we're an odd race.<br /> So if God/Consciousness is the collective consciousness of the Universe, and the universe is effectively infinite (because you can't have anything outside of the universe, can you? So it must be effectively infinite) why couldn't you divide that consciousness into an infinite number of parts? It doesn't matter how small they are, after all. And then (the name thing again) call those parts of the God/Consciousness "souls"? <br />So that's how I see it. Yes, I believe in something akin to Reincarnation - it's the only system that makes sense to my perception of reality. The one thing I'm absolutely positive of, though, is that any "system" that humans create to explain and categorize God (we call those religions) is wrong by definition. I think it's the height of hubris to think we're capable of assigning God/Consciousness a comfortable cubbyhole where "He" goes each Sunday for our convenience. We are - collectively - God, every smelly one of us. And I salute the God in each human I meet, though I have no religious faith with with to corral "Him". Nice post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672092235600264146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-13521506279385412812016-04-24T18:39:24.132-04:002016-04-24T18:39:24.132-04:00Sorry you skipped on. I know that I clicked in my ...Sorry you skipped on. I know that I clicked in my dashboard on one of your posts but it showed, no post. Anyway, Happy Sunday :-)The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-63173017866184212502016-04-24T14:34:33.776-04:002016-04-24T14:34:33.776-04:00I believe in reincarnation, and did read a lot abo...I believe in reincarnation, and did read a lot about it while in university. It fits with the spirituality of believing everything has a soul (plants and animals). Spirituality is more prevalent here in the Pacific Northwest than say the southern Bible belt where traditional beliefs prevail. (I'm from that region, grew to adulthood there and left to explore other areas). Karma - we must remember it, as it reminds us to go good rather than evil or the piper will have to be paid. . .BTW, missing a letter - no big deal, especially if you catch it up.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-11967613283381356252016-04-24T12:08:55.909-04:002016-04-24T12:08:55.909-04:00I can't say that I believe in it, but it made ...I can't say that I believe in it, but it made for an interesting read :)Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749102710759250044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-45910518770602405212016-04-24T09:27:46.031-04:002016-04-24T09:27:46.031-04:00Proofread, Robin, Proofread!
I don't think we...Proofread, Robin, Proofread!<br /><br />I don't think we can be reincarnated as anything but people. Not animals. Not plant life. I think that we are here to learn our lessons and that karma plays out in THIS lifetime or the next. I don't think we live them back to back (NECESSARILY). I think our souls do ascend to heaven (which is vibrating at a much higher frequency than this, so we can't see it, but I don't think it's in the sky above the clouds). And we make decisions about how we want our souls to learn while we're there. We may decide to never incarnate IN a human body again or we may decide to do so fairly quickly. As for population, I guess this is a time in history when a whole bunch of people were there thought they could learn a lot here. That's WHAT I think.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-8249848152881295872016-04-24T09:23:24.015-04:002016-04-24T09:23:24.015-04:00I do believe in reincarnation. Even The Bible supp...I do believe in reincarnation. Even The Bible supports it if you read closely. When Jesus talks about John the Baptist he says that John was Elijah (a prophet from the Old Testament), "but you didn't recognize him." <br /><br />I don't think we can be reincarnated as anything but people. Not animals. Not plant life. I do think that we are here to learn our lessons and that karma plays out in the lifetime or the next. I don't think we live them back to back. I think our souls do ascend to heaven (which is vibrating at a much higher frequency than this, so we can't see it, but I don't think it's in the sky above the clouds). And we make decisions about how we want our souls to learn while we're there. We may decide to never incarnate a human body again or we may decide to do so fairly quickly. As for population, I guess this is a time in history when a whole bunch of people were there thought they could learn a lot here. That's why I think.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-83494380467023142142016-04-24T06:57:18.513-04:002016-04-24T06:57:18.513-04:00You skipped a letter. That's funny.
Sorry, don...You skipped a letter. That's funny.<br />Sorry, don't believe in it. We do have a soul and it only exists here on earth once.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com