VLVL Frenesi and Weed

[Otto]

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From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL Frenesi and Weed


> > but from a buddhist perspective, Frenesi has not
> > betrayed Weed,
>
> Not that we're up to that section of the text yet, but the fact that Weed
> had the option of being reincarnated as Prairie (364-5) would suggest the
> exact opposite of this, wouldn't it? I.e. that from a Buddhist perspective
> (from any perspective, really), Frenesi did betray Weed. Though it does
seem
> difficult (for one reader, at least) to get used to this idea etc.
>
> best
>
>

>From a buddhist perspective I don't think that this "option" can be regarded
as an "option" Weed had the freedom to choose or not. He was attracted by
the post-mortem peep-show but still had too much on his mind, so he became a
Thanatoid instead of the most likely reincarnation as Frenesi's child.

Otto