At 05:53 PM 11/08/2001, you wrote: >Reincarnation and Time between Lives. > > >REINCARNATION. It is not essential to believe in reincarnation but it does >have certain advantages. >It does increase one's sense of responsibility, Not always true. Depending on what sense of ethics one is taught, it can be just the opposite! the teachings of reincarnation COULD include: "Life is cheap!" 1. you live again so do what you want with this one. 2. you don't have to value other's lives either because they will have another life. 3. It is a known fact among health care people that it is almost impossible to "cure" a believer in reincarnation from any chronic pain or illness --because subconsciously they believe that if they don't suffer now, they will have to suffer in the next life. Many, many disadvantages of believing in reincarnation IF you don't ALSO have GOOD ethics--a belief that doing GOOD, living and letting live, and loving kindness for one's fellows, isn't ALSO REQUIRED. Like the previous writer said --IF YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, but it is my observation that many who believe in reincarnation, take the "ride" with no sense of consequences except another chance to take the "ride" again. My motto is: Live with, by, & for TRUTH, BEAUTY, & GOODNESS Truth = Intellectual Meaning Beauty = physical and meta-physical harmony (peaceful consciousness) Goodness = eternal value Therefor, my life experience of PRIVlLEGE, FREE CHOICE and FREEDOM, must be balanced with LOYAL COMMITMENT, SINCERITY and RESPONSIBILITY, over a fulcrum of LOVE-ing MERCY-ful SERVICE to GOOD (God, Allah, Higher Power, Ethics) and BROTHERHOOD of MAN (kindness, tolerance, understanding) just an observation....delete if unwanted, no argument here. Namaste' ("I behold the Good/ God-likeness" in you, these circumstances, this experience) Patije PS: Hey, I made the pumpkin pie and it was delicious!!! No liquor in the house, so must wait to go to store to try the whiskey cake. Thanks for the recipes!!!!