Reincarnation; Tosh or Credible?

[gingerjedi]

I used to be one of Pol Pot's henchmen... now I work in IT, whatever did I do wrong to derserve this

[TheOmegaMan]

Worse still - what if you came back as an agent.

I am sorry - I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[vetran]

KY

if your karma is bad you can allways become a politician to fulfil your fantasy, you might have to swap Golf for croquet.

[Board Game Geek]

Two priests died at the same time and met Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates.

'St. Peter said, "I'd like to get you guys in now, but our computer is down. You'll have to go back to Earth for about a week, but you can't go back as priests. So what else would you like to be?"

The first priest says, "I've always wanted to be an eagle, soaring above the Rocky Mountains." "So be it," says St. Peter, and off flies the first priest.

The second priest mulls this over for a moment and asks, "Will any of this week 'count', St. Peter ?"
"No, I told you the computer's down. There's no way we can keep track of what you're doing."

"In that case," says the second priest, "I've always wanted to be a stud."
"So be it" says St. Peter, and the second priest disappears.

A week goes by, the computer is fixed, and the Lord tells St. Peter to recall the two priests.

"Will you have any trouble locating them?" He asks.

"The first one should be easy," says St. Peter. "He's somewhere over the Rockies, flying with the eagles.

But the second one could prove to be more difficult."
"Why?" asketh the Lord.

"He's on a snow tire, somewhere in North Dakota."

[thunderlizard]

Both of the two after death options - eternity or annihilation - I find equally terrifying.

[PAH]

Dont' worry, it's all a dream. You'll wake up soon with god knows what doing god knows what to god knows where, somewhere. Have a happy easter in the meantime

[pisces]

Energy can not be created or destroyed, only transfered.

[threaded]

Energy can not be created or destroyed, only transfered.

I don't believe in your first law of thermodynamics.

[AlfredJPruffock]

In Other Words ...

This argument assumes the fact that we were born - but is this the case -Buddhism brings to our atttention the Unborn - the incalculable and the infinite - which cannot be represented by a finite instrument such as language - altough meta-languages such as poetry can point to the realms of the Infinite.

So from the Buddhist perspective - you cannot Die - because YOU were never 'born' - in other words the Ego is in fact a hoax -an illusion.

In other words - I am here as you are here as you are me and we are all together.

Or in other words - Fly me to the moon

And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

In other words - hold my hand
In other words - darling kiss me

Fill my life with song
And let me sing forevermore

You - are all I hope for
All I worship and adore
In other words - please be true

In other words- I love you

[Kyajae]

This argument assumes the fact that we were born - but is this the case -Buddhism brings to our atttention the Unborn - the incalculable and the infinite - which cannot be represented by a finite instrument such as language - altough meta-languages such as poetry can point to the realms of the Infinite.

So from the Buddhist perspective - you cannot Die - because YOU were never 'born' - in other words the Ego is in fact a hoax -an illusion.

In other words - I am here as you are here as you are me and we are all together.

Or in other words - Fly me to the moon

And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

In other words - hold my hand
In other words - darling kiss me

Fill my life with song
And let me sing forevermore

You - are all I hope for
All I worship and adore
In other words - please be true

In other words- I love you

I'm getting seriously concerned about the state of your mental health, Pruffock