umm ok?? > > 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!!!! >