tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22070008.post9072107840943148092..comments2023-05-13T13:02:13.904-07:00Comments on Roaming through different areas of my mind and different times in my life: THOUGHTS ON REINCARNATIONBold oy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15856733829223921741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22070008.post-30479476881931202582007-11-04T11:36:00.000-08:002007-11-04T11:36:00.000-08:00Thank you for your interesting comment. I have exp...Thank you for your interesting comment. <BR/>I have experienced lucid dreaming a few times and also had a rush of energy waking me up.<BR/><BR/>“That pure intense energy is surpressed, perhaps because it is non-physical in origin.”<BR/>This is an interesting thought and seems right to me. One could say that the price of being incarnated (literally: in the flesh) and enjoying the pleasures of the flesh is to have less access to the free spirit-energy.<BR/><BR/>Karma and the fruits of karma just mean action and the results of action. There may be elaborations on what actions have what results, and that may be going too far, but one cannot really disbelieve causality. The net of causes and effects is very complicated and may give rise to the concept of karma as something mysterious. The Tibetan philosopher Gampopa said: “Karma is motivation.”<BR/><BR/>I think ‘primitive’ man had less of a barrier between the physical and the spiritual and that it’s true that we have gone overboard in our attachment to the physical.<BR/><BR/>I have thought a good deal about memory and I’m not sure at all about the three categories that I posited. What I called instinctual memory would be something like generational memory. The fact that someone with special gifts can be born into a very ordinary family speaks for other lifetime’s experience as the cause more than genetics, but some genetic effects are obvious.Bold oy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15856733829223921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22070008.post-37687913610518093802007-11-04T07:10:00.000-08:002007-11-04T07:10:00.000-08:00I think as you say, "beliefs are not something one...I think as you say, "beliefs are not something one can change at will." However, the interest alone in such topics as reincarnation may lead to one's own discoveries of personal truth. For instance, I once read a book by the occult author Opheil about astral projection. I had read one chapter on Lucid dreaming before going to sleep and was quite surprised to have a lucid dream (where you wake up with full consciouness within the dream) that evening. One of the hallmarks of such experiences, for me anyway, is an intense rush of energy (I can only liken it to the feeling of being on LSD, just the energy part). It would always awaken me in future lucid dreams.<BR/><BR/>Later, I was taking a brief course in intuition and the upcoming weeks topic was reincarnation. We would use a self-hypnosis tape during the week to enter the alpha state and see what happens - which was usually not much. However, on one occasion I literally dropped into another lifetime. It was accompanied by the familiar energy rush, but also great lucidity of thinking and knowing. I could also move in and out of this persons body at will, and when I thought "what does this person think like," I immediately merged with his consciousness and experienced the way he thought, firsthand. What I experienced was that the basic identity was the same (as were our body types, except for race), but his thinking was somewhat different - it was shaped by that lifetimes experiences and culture. I doubt this was the most recent lifetime, but I felt it was connected by a similar quest for knowledge or interest. <BR/><BR/>It also lead me to believe that time and the energy of consciousness are effected by being a solidified expression of energy (in quantum physics terms) - being physical, that is. That pure intense energy is surpressed, perhaps because it is non-physical in origin. <BR/><BR/>The "why" of any particular lifetime? I really don't believe in the notion of Karma, per say. However, in terms of having different life experiences while having the same basic identity, it seems logical that one would have to be born into many different life circumstances - including race, sex, sexual orientation, levels of physical comfort and strata of talent and intelligence - in order to get a full range of the physical experience. It's only experience if you experience it, right?<BR/><BR/>I'm currently reading a series of books, by the author Jane Roberts, called Seth: The Early Sessions. I'm just finishing vol. 3 of the 9 volume series, and the material is pretty mind blowing. One theme that develops from vol 1 is that humanity went somewhat overboard in its separation from the non-physical, in terms of creating a barrier to communication between the lifetime one is experiencing and the non-physical which is actually sustaining it. I think there is certainly truth in that idea - as well as perhaps explain how people can often act the way they do. <BR/><BR/>Lately, I've been thinking about the notion of genetic memory, or generational memory, a little bit. Take artistic or musical ability, for instance. Does a certain talent emerge through bloodline and genetic heritage, or other lifetimes experience, or a combination of these? This may be one of those no way of knowing kind of questions. Would one take on a lifetime with a particular family (even an unfortunate one) in order to partake in a special ability that has been developed within that bloodline? Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22070008.post-74950859090547359152007-10-30T10:40:00.000-07:002007-10-30T10:40:00.000-07:00Well, beliefs are not something one can change at ...Well, beliefs are not something one can change at will, but maybe by reasoning?<BR/><BR/>I do believe in the indestructible spirit - and one thing it does is to make me not fret about the miserable state of the world because, however bad the end, it is just a new beginning.<BR/><BR/>"Life is what life is. Be happy, make the most of it. Why should there be any more?"<BR/><BR/>I totally agree on the first part, but there is no reason why there should not also me more.<BR/>Practically, it doesn't make much difference, since we forget it all anyway. But if everybody believed in reincarnation they would be more interested in leaving a livable planet to the coming generations.<BR/><BR/>It is a weakness of mine to speculate of such matters that I cannot know for sure, but I like my beliefs to not insult my intelligence.<BR/>If it sounds like a drug experience it may be because it is supported by a certain green 'drug' :-))Bold oy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15856733829223921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22070008.post-54213207495153140832007-10-30T01:06:00.000-07:002007-10-30T01:06:00.000-07:00You make death sound like a drug experience. The s...You make death sound like a drug experience. The spark of life. The essence of what it is to be human. Is that the indestructible? <BR/>I don't know, I'd love to believe in it. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy. It makes you believe in hope. But I'm not sure.<BR/>Life is what life is. Be happy, make the most of it. Why should there be any more?FletcherBeaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032390523985607979noreply@blogger.com