Reincarnation

[Celesta]

Hey Archaic. I got it! $5 less than the price the bookstore wanted for it, incldg the postage. They also have some used ones for less than $3. Thank you again. I'm looking forward to this.

[Graham]

If the spirit/soul is immortal, then one must assume that at the point of death the spirit/soul is transferred into a new life. If not, where does the spirit/soul go? Hopefully not to where my old boss is, the bastard, otherwise choir invisible, white raiment, etc., or not, he'll get my disembodied knee in his immortal balls.

Or am I being flippant?

Does my *****-cat Joolz get to be reincarnated, too?

Only asking.

Graham

PS: why has the word p-u-s-s-y been edited out? Small minds at work here?

[rain]

If the spirit/soul is immortal, then one must assume that at the point of death the spirit/soul is transferred into a new life. If not, where does the spirit/soul go? Hopefully not to where my old boss is, the bastard, otherwise choir invisible, white raiment, etc., or not, he'll get my disembodied knee in his immortal balls.

Or am I being flippant?

Does my *****-cat Joolz get to be reincarnated, too?

Only asking.

Graham

PS: why has the word p-u-s-s-y been edited out? Small minds at work here?

as far as I know cats get reincarnated.

[Sam Flynn]

PS: why has the word p-u-s-s-y been edited out?

... not "edited", Graham - more "neatly trimmed".

[Archaic]

"Deep Thoughts"

Pretty funny, Sam. I had my first censorship experience the other day- I tried to write "shuttlecock" on another thread, and it was asteriked out- which made me laugh because the "naughty bit" hadn't even occurred to me until then! So I just took out the hyphen & then it was fine.

I'm not sure about Reincarnation, but I do believe animals go to Heaven. (They better!! How could it be Heaven without them?)

I really recommend that Peter Novak website to anyone who's curious about these kinds of questions. His basic premise is that the soul has a "dual" nature, which can be thought of in terms of paired complements such as Soul/Spirit, Yin/Yang, Conscious/Unconscious, Ka/Ba , etc.
During our lives we either integrate and become "One" or we fracture our divided selves further. (There are references to this in the Holy Books of many cultures) If we are "splitting apart" during life instead of integrating, we may suffer the dread "second death" after passing. This mysterious event is also spoken of in many different faiths. Novak believes it is the moment in which our "twin aspects of soul" separate completely & might even undergo annhiliation.

One cool aspect of this book is that it offers the very best explanation for certain phenomena such as hauntings or poltergeists that I have ever encountered: that they are essentially 'divided souls' with no objective self-awareness who have trapped themselves into "going through the motions" and now lack the coordinated mind & will to change their circumstances.

I can't possibly explain Peter Novak's whole theory here, but after reading that book, for the first time in my life I felt like I actually understood what Jesus really meant when He spoke those cryptic words, "Whosoever believeth in Me, though he die, yet shall he live;
but whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die."

Novak uses a great deal of modern scientific research to back up his theory; for instance, "split brain" experiments in which the 2 halves of the human brain are prevented from communicating with each other. You don't have to agree with everything in his book for it to help you see beyond whatever 'paradigm' you were raised in... and once you grasp the fundamental concept, it's so SIMPLE, yet it's a whole new way of looking at life- and at death.

Celesta, I look forward to hearing your impressions once you've read it. Best regards to everyone, Archaic

[prowling cat]

I hadn't realised what was censored. i thought you were insulting your cat!
Gabs

[Graham]

I hadn't realised what was censored. i thought you were insulting your cat!
Gabs

Yes, I'd forgotten that Americans (and maybe others, as I don't think you're American) refer to their pets as "kitty-cats", which in the UK is a particular make of cat-food or, if you remove the letter 'y', a rather tasty chocolate-biscuity snack. I am fully aware of what p-u-s-s-y means in Americanese - the same here, except we have much more colourful words to describe that part of the female anatomy.

If I ever insulted my beautiful Joolz, he'd go into a 3-day huff.

Graham