--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shanti18411" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It seems to me that the subject of reincarnation cannot be separated > from what you think is true about the nature of time and the personal > self.As far as what we call time is concerned the separation between > past,present and future is actually an illusion or at least Einstein > thought so. I am not sure Einstein suggested time was an illusion. I am no physicist but I believe his theory was about space/time and its very real effect on matter. The illusion was time as an absolute. But other's on this group may be able to correct me. I do know Einstein was a strong believer in determinism and the philosophy of Spinoza which comes really close to Eastern theology. >It's hard to think of an individual reincarnating if all > his/her lifetimes are happening simultaneously.Also is there a > personal self that exists independent of it's parts e.g the body? I don't think so. I used to. I have quite literally come to my senses. I am convinced we develop the self. The body makes the necessary conditions for consciousness and consciousness thrives until the body can no longer support it. To test this theory drink a 5th of Jack Daniels and see if any other "selves" come to replace the consciousness now nested in the alcohol infused body. >OTOH > I think that there can exist a connection between material entities > e.g different beings who exist at different points in space-time(see > Dean Radin "Entangled Minds" and " 20 Cases Suggestive of > Reincarnation" by Ian Stevenson(whose work actually got some favorable > comments from Carl Sagan in his book the Demon Haunted World)Just my > two cents about a topic which I doubt there ever will be universal > agreement.Kevin > Isn't this world enough? s.
