--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > The reason why it's so hard to believe in re-incarnation is prolly, > > that especially in the case of human beans natural selection has > > supported the development of a central nervous system that's > > "hard-wired" to create a *strong* illusion (maayaa) of ego. > > > > I *guess* people tend to think that in re-incarnation it's mainly the > > ego that's re-incarnating, but in fact only some karma and a particular > > set of vaasanaas is moved to yet another karmaashaya. > > > > To believe that when "one's" body of flesh and bones, or stuff, > > becomes defunct, it's the end of everything, so to speak, is > > IMO as absurd as to believe that when the CPU of one's PC or > > whatever "dies", electricity ceases to exist! ;0 > > > > Just fooling around... ; / > > > > Yes - but I think there's something profound lurking in your fooling > (just can't quite get clear to myself what it is!) > Patañjali sez it in His Supreme Style in YS II 20:
draSTaa drshi-maatraH shuddho 'pi (shuddhaH; api) pratyayaanupashyaH (pratyaya-anupashyaH). If you are not familiar with Sanskrit, I hope you can find a "good" translation... : /
