This year I have been thinking a lot (and writingsome) about invitation. And my final thought for the greater arc of Invitation is a phrase that has been crystalizing in my brain
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A Hindu once explained to me the relief a belief in re-incarnation gave to him. There is so much that he wanted to do with his life, so many people he wanted to love and spend time together with, and so many demands on his time from work and children, and art.
But knowing there's another life ahead where, perhaps, he will live out those experiences denied in this life, that there is a wealth of existence beyond this one to sample and to relish and take part in.
But also, leaning towards the Buddhist, there will come a time when he tires of all these things and lets go of the world forever, no longer grasping at things.
In a way, he said, this future of many reincarnations are also a template of life, and as he gets older, it will make sense to fade from the world and look ahead to resting from it all.
There's a lot that can be said from this viewpoint, both "bad" and "good", but I think it's important to consider.
It certainly is a BEAUTIFUL thing to read and consider. Thank you so much!
Have you ever read the crime novels by John Burdett? I've only read Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Haunts, but there are some totally fascinating thoughts in there about reincarnation, and how that effects the mindset of an individual or a culture. They're funny books too, and sad, and poetic. And gross. 'Cause, crime novel.
But that's a great meditation. Thank you again for sharing it!
I don't know what I am to other people. It's rarely how I feel I am, I know that.
It's interesting to me that this is the case and that you can see it. How can you *tell*? My default is to assume people see me as I feel I am, but when I begin to suspect that maybe I seem (or am) very different, in their eyes, I find it really distracting, like trying to catch sight of a tail that I didn't know I had….
Thank you! And yes, I am SURE you do! I have a strong feeling I don't experience anything that hasn't been experienced a MILLION times before, so why the hell am I so SURPRISED when it happens? :-)
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But knowing there's another life ahead where, perhaps, he will live out those experiences denied in this life, that there is a wealth of existence beyond this one to sample and to relish and take part in.
But also, leaning towards the Buddhist, there will come a time when he tires of all these things and lets go of the world forever, no longer grasping at things.
In a way, he said, this future of many reincarnations are also a template of life, and as he gets older, it will make sense to fade from the world and look ahead to resting from it all.
There's a lot that can be said from this viewpoint, both "bad" and "good", but I think it's important to consider.
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Have you ever read the crime novels by John Burdett? I've only read Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Haunts, but there are some totally fascinating thoughts in there about reincarnation, and how that effects the mindset of an individual or a culture. They're funny books too, and sad, and poetic. And gross. 'Cause, crime novel.
But that's a great meditation. Thank you again for sharing it!
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It's interesting to me that this is the case and that you can see it. How can you *tell*? My default is to assume people see me as I feel I am, but when I begin to suspect that maybe I seem (or am) very different, in their eyes, I find it really distracting, like trying to catch sight of a tail that I didn't know I had….
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I am sometimes like that with my tattoo.
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