--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > <snip> > > > How about the documentary "Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion"? > > > > > > If I'm wrong in my analysis, why not tell me where I'm wrong? > > > > Well, since you asked... > > Note that Barry does not answer the question Shemp > asked but substitutes his own question, one that > enables him to put Shemp down in his answer.
And I am genuinely interested to know where I'm wrong. I've given my sources where I got my info (which you all may very well be looking down your noses at but it still is the same one that 99% of Americans got their info on this subject on). Barry for some reason has a great interest in reincarnation and death and dying. Fine, God bless him but it really is boring to me. Do I believe in reincarnation? Yes. I thought about it for about a week when I was 18, decided that that was the reality of life and haven't much thought about it since. > > <snip> > > They've got a clue, in my opinion. In my opinion, NO > > ONE I've *ever* encountered from an Indian/Hindu-based > > tradition does. They are basically *clueless* as to > > what happens when they die, and often as fearful of > > dying as the "man on the street." (Just look at > > Maharishi hiding in his sterile room, afraid to even > > interact with other human beings...is this how some- > > one who is 'established in Brahman' or even unafraid > > of death would act?) > > Quite possibly, if he felt it was important for him to > stay alive as long as possible to complete a crucial > task. > > Fear of death is far from the only reason to postpone > it as long as possible. Some might even *prefer* to > die rather than hang around but feel a sense of > obligation to complete unfinished business. > > > And to be even more in your face, death is going to > > happen -- to YOU -- far sooner than you want it to. > > You personally are going to DIE within twenty years, > > and probably closer to ten. > > Shemp is going to die in his early 60s or 70s? > > And you know this how? > > You're going to be lying > > on your deathbed, still knowing as little about what > > lies in front of you when your body breathes its last > > breath as you do today. You'll be about to dive into > > an experience that is as much a mystery for you as it > > was the day you were born. Whereas a lot of people who > > have actually studied with the tradition you like to > > make fun of (Tibetan Buddhism) will just be getting > > ready to perform a series of meditational exercises > > that they've been preparing for their whole lives. > > Or one might be of the opinion that some people are so > afraid of mystery and the unknown that they spend > significant portions of their lives absorbing others' > speculations about the mystery and convincing themselves > they have the definitive map to it, as well as putting > out a great deal of effort in exercises these same folks > have told them will make the mystery less scary when > they have to face it. > > <snip> > > I'm just sayin', Shemp...that the time before you die > > might be better spent figuring out what dying is all > > about than it would be trashing the only people on the > > planet who seem to be able to *teach* you what dying > > is all about. > > Some may feel that the time before you die should be > spent in living that time fully, rather than becoming > preoccupied with what might happen after it. > > It seems to me that the people who are *most* afraid > to die are those who spend inordinate amounts of time > trying to prepare themselves for it. > ...or reading and writing about it, especially when it isn't even the subject at hand. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
