EB joked that she wanted to see a blog post on the subject. ;-) In a comments section, i said i'd become a potatoista the day i reincarnate as a young male gym rat. Well, never say never, because the gods WILL make you eat it. Or more precisely, the Lords of Karma.
I share the belief that we keep coming back till we get it right. It isn't a random come-back-as-a-cockroach-next-time thing -- one progresses through human lives which are circumstanced in such a way as to cause us to evolve, to improve our characters, to perfect ourselves. At the end of each incarnation we go to "the Judgement Hall of Osiris" (only one of the names it's been given), and our progress is assessed. We are made to "realize" any harm we've done, then get a rest period before returning to that classroom we call life.
A hateful abusive bigot is very likely to come back as the sort of person he used to victimize, just so he'll learn how wrong that is. The gentle vegetarian gets points for "doing no harm" but the PETA hypocrite doesn't, and as for cold, heartless doctors ... they probably come back with a nasty illness that LOOKS psychosomatic. ;-)
My philosophy gives me a degree of comfort when i see the massive, unconquerable misery in the world. No doubt many people will want to tell me that they hope i'm happy in my little fairy-tale (even if what they REALLY want is to make me unhappy with their scorn and "superiority") -- but yes, it IS my "illusion" and YES i'm pleased to keep it. I have my reasons for thinking it valid, which will convince no one but myself.
So i could come back as a male next time ... but i hope i'll be evolved enough to have better things to do than waste much time in a gym. I hope i'll have more health and vitality than i've had in this one, so that i can get more GOOD accomplished.
“so that i can get more GOOD accomplished”
ReplyDeleteThen you better come back as a Woman again. Men are great company on a golf course, down the Pub and fishing, but ya can’t take ‘em seriously.
Grovel, snivel, whine.
Eddie
LOL -- well, a woman shouldn't take them too seriously a lot of the time, at least! :-)
Deletei don't think we get to choose our sex most of the time, but maybe when we get more evolved we do? hmmm....
Tess:
ReplyDeleteRemember that you are upgrading every time you come back. So, next time you will be female born to parents who have low carbed while pregnant with you (eating all those nutrient dense and fatty foods) and then raise you in that lifestyle. Now that's what I call an upgrade. Good health, intelligence and all the opportunity in the world.
Kate
i think we only get the upgrade if we deserve it. i mean, should Hertz give me an upgrade next time if i left a bunch of candy wrappers and mcdonald's bags in the car last time? ;-)
Deletebad docs probably come back as young women with early-onset autoimmune diseases.
ReplyDeleteThen again, maybe you were a potato farmer in a former life. Sort of how my dad felt about turnips. After you have eaten 10,000 of them to keep from starving, enough is enough. See, this is food reward in action.
when i think of parts of my life, i think i must have been a real asshole before! (as a matter of fact, i remember a little bit of two old lives, and in one of 'em -- yeah, i was.)
Delete...so i cobbled up a post on the theme, even if it wasn't my best work. :-) just a warning to some people who post some nasty stuff on some blogs.... WE don't have to "get" you, for you to be "GOT."
When I come back it will be as Kim Basinger. Even my Wife understands. I have been in love with Kim since the first time I saw her, and what do I get ? She never phones, never returns my calls. Thems the breaks eh.
ReplyDeleteRegards Eddie
awww.... ;-)
Deleteit's Catherine Zeta-Jones whose looks I have envied! in "Zorro" and "Haunting" i thought she was absolutely stunning. ...but of course, there was also Liz in "Cleopatra," and Grace in "to Catch a Thief". and ... choices, choices!
We have similar spiritual philosophies/beliefs! Cool beans. Glad I found your blog (via Wooo of course). Looking forward to reading through it (cause I'm a nut and like to do things thoroughly).
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