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>Then, in my opinion, they hoped for something false. The teaching of
>reincarnation isn't an "answer" to anything, it's just a teaching that
>karmic ribbons can be burnt at a great remove from the cause of the
>karma, many lifetimes later; the route from life to life is self-chosen,
>and is sometimes interrupted by a resting life in which nothing much
>happens, or an extremely difficult life designed to help out an old
>friend in search of lessons of their own. The whole "be good this time
>and you won't have to come back as a beetle next time" is a distortion
>introduced by priestly types who haven't a clue but love the idea of
>instant retribution. They don't realize that it's an exercise in
>education, not a mechanical hike from A to B, all mapped out with fixed
>penalties and points along the way.
there's much in the physical reality that confronts us that just seems
to just come out of the blue and then there are challenges we
deliberatey choose to face in hopes of strengthening ourselves.
it's very difficult to weather the fear, doubt, and insecurtiy.
what gets us past that difficult hump?
guess the preacher suggests lots of things.
there is knowing that all is impermanent.
that it too shall pass attitude.
some fears are so hard to disidentify with because that fearful being
within myself feels like a hurricaine.
that voice of i'll get thru this in the face of that big turbulence
seems pretty small. that's where knowledge isn't sufficient.
what is the process of getting thru the dark night of the soul?
difficult energy i'm passing thru now. c
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>Well, yes, but so do many people who don't believe in reincarnation.
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