Today's discussion question

[David Morris]

Yes.  And maybe some species are wormholes for new baby bugs here.

But even if we account for all the other dimensional sources for new lives
here, wouldn't that require a deficit elsewhere?  Unless duplicates and
triplicates of souls were the norm.

On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Ian Livingston wrote:

> Well, the (Tibetan Mahayana) Buddhist model is not limited to this world.
> There are myriad other worlds in Samsara. We're only passing through this
> one, en route to eventual enlightenment.
>
> I've never encountered anything like persuasive evidence of reincarnation.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 6:33 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'fqmorris at gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> I would like to see a math model of just the human accounting on how the
>> present exploding population works with retreaded souls as a ratio of new
>> to old.  There must be a huge source of new human souls yet to go
>> spinning on this Merry-Go-Round.
>>
>> On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Bekah wrote:
>>
>>> If reincarnation is true there are a whole lot of dead people waiting
>>> for another shot at life - either that or they've come back as cockroaches
>>> -  in which case I suspect we have extra lives coming from somewhere.
>>>
>>> I just don't see how the accounting works out.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-fiction-living-outnumber-dead
>>>
>>> Bek
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 15, 2013, at 3:53 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 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?
>>> > The idea that the Tibetans
>>> > know something in regard to reincarnation that we don't seems perfectly
>>> > plausible.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
>>> > To: P-list List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> > Sent: Thu, Aug 15, 2013 11:16 am
>>> > Subject: Re: Today's discussion question
>>> >
>>> > 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:
>>> >
>>> > > 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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