Sammy
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Post by Sammy on Jul 19, 2011 6:40:18 GMT -8
I have been rolling the idea around of reincarnation and what that might actualy represent or mean. Most associations of the afterlife are memory, experience, and things like the whole of that persons experiences. Untill today it never connected as a complete thought, because of how these each connect to eachother in a unbound realm.
I saw someone today asking what the point of multiple lives would be, which triggered the thought "to complete the human construct". Not individualy, but humanity as a whole. Your part or parts to the conclusion of existance.
To come out of a singularity we needed the experience that "we exist" since we had nothing to compare to, or hold onto for that reasurance. Infact still in question as many dont believe in a afterlife. We would essentialy be the pieces of the puzzle, and the puzzle is the picture of eternal peace. Even if you got all these pieces together but one, it would not be "complete", and once complete we are done.
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Post by nventr on Jul 31, 2011 8:57:23 GMT -8
This is the idea of the bodhisattva. They have pledged to reincarnate until all beings have attained enlightenment.
Unlike Jesus who has risen to the right hand of the Father so that only those who rise up too can see him, the bodhisattva will reincarnate on earth and help earthly beings.
So, the question remains. Are we here just to complete ourselves?
Or
Are we here to help others complete themselves?
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Sammy
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Post by Sammy on Aug 2, 2011 9:13:44 GMT -8
A real question indeed. Thank you for the reference on bodhisattva.
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