ATD and ghosts/thanatoids
David Morris
fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Mar 11 18:31:10 CST 2010
Sorry. I misundrstood your last statement. I thought you meant Thans
needed redemption, not the living. Your quote is very direct and is
very much related to karma. Those that deny and depart from the
"trail" will reap the lack of forgiveness. Forgiveness is possible,
but requires work. An optimistic take on sin's legacy from P.
On Thursday, March 11, 2010, Gavin Findlay <gavinf at homemail.com.au> wrote:
> Back to what I first said
>
> page 922 of the Jonathan Cape hardback edition: "...but our dead never stopped belonging to us, they haunt us every day, don't you see, and we got to stay true, they wouldn't forgive us if we wandered off the trail".
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> sheesh
>
> On 12/03/2010, at 12:27 AM, David Morris wrote:
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> Your take on Thanatoids below may be what interests you, but I don't
> think it is in the text.
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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Gavin Findlay <gavinf at homemail.com.au> wrote:
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> Thanks fellas
>
> Th part that interests me is more the redemptive power of the Thanatoids/ghosts... people continue to be haunted until they have faced up to what they have caused, and returned to the trail.
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> It's a very direct and very real concept.
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