Today's discussion question

[David Morris]

The concept of reincarnation long predates the advent of Buddhism in India.

I don't find it useful, since access to lessons learned in a previous lives
isn't common nor plausible when through hypnosis people recall being
Napoleon or Cleopatra. If there is a kernel of truth in the concept of
reincarnation it seems to me useful as a way to understand inherent
knowledge, instincts, in every living being, passed on via eons
of evolution. Collective Conciousness?

David Morris


On Thursday, August 15, 2013, wrote:

> It's not remotely plausible.  Where would you suggest this "knowledge"
> comes from?
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> The idea that the Tibetans
> know something in regard to reincarnation that we don't seems perfectly
> plausible.
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>  Unless it is true. This idea has been around for a long time and has had some
> non bubble headed proponents who may perceive things unseen by a certain kind of
> logic. I am agnostic on all questions that seek to definitively describe other
> dimensions of experience, but some of my own experiences have kept me from
> closing the door on this and I do not find that leaving the question open
> induces any more bubble headedness than watching TV. The idea that the Tibetans
> know something in regard to reincarnation that we don't seems perfectly
> plausible.
> On Aug 14, 2013, at 6:18 PM, David Morris wrote:
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> > But you're right about my attitudes; the idea that the DL is a reincarnated
> spirit is as bubble-headed as any other religious myth.
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