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| Jahnu <jahnudvip@removeyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:<htaem0liu4h7o3664rggaum1eggfgrc7a8@4ax.com>...
> On 8 Oct 2004 09:00:52 -0700, -ammitusen-@excite.com (Ayin) wrote:
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> We can know it from the ancient sages.
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i have never understood why some folks believe that some guy, long
dead and dust, has more authority than anyone else. why would i
consider the imaginings of some "sage" or "holy man" to be more valid
than my own imaginings? i have a wonderful imagination and am able to
imagine myself as male or female, i can imagine myself not only living
in the past but in future scenarios too. i can imagine myself flying
as a bird or swimming as a dolphin or existing as some being on
another planet. in my imagination i can be ... well ... anything or
anyone imaginable.
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> Krishna (God) says in the Bhagavad Gita 2.22:
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> "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul
> similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless
> ones."
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> Cool thing about Bhagavad Gita is that it gives you detailed knowledge
> about God, the soul, and nature and how they interact. The uncool
> thing is that practically noone in the modern Coca-cola culture is
> interested.
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> again ... why would the writers of the Bhagavad Gita be more
knowledgable about God than anyone else? don't get me wrong ... i
really enjoy the stories in the Gita. the Krishna myths are very
colorful, imaginative and lush ... lots of neat characters and cool
battles with demons and such. but i enjoy sci fi too and i got as
much spiritual insight from Frank Herbert's Dune books as i did from
any "sacred text" i've read.
there might be such a thing as reincarnation ... could be such things
as parallel universes and simultaneous timelines too but since theres
no way (as yet) to prove such concepts to be fact, i being self
honest, will remain agnostic. if there's anything to experience after
my body dies i'll experience when i get there. might be a real
adventure ... might be nothing at all.
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