hi buggy

i am a firm believer in it... but more as the Doc suggested, as a sort of philosophical blend of thought. i went to a funeral for a dear friend who died of cancer a few years back... oh my.. 6yrs now ... anyway, at the funeral they read this lovely folk tale from native american culture (not sure which group). It talked about a grandmother explaining life and death to a child by talking about the energy that runs through each of us as water in a pond, and that each person was like a single glass of that water. Each glass is filled but is then mixed back in later... the water is still there, every bit of it, but each glass is different...

i thought it presented a nice philosophical idea.. many theories about reincarnation are very wrapped up in the oreservation of the "core self", spirit or soul, whereas this one does not. It is a challenge to our abilities to grasp... the idea of existing but not as this one thing, not as the unit we see as precious. To accept it one would have to really let go of our ego-bound nature.

i think it is one of those life-journey questions.. and much like we can't wrap our heads around how long forever might be, or even how far a 1000 miles might be... i don't think we could easily let go of our ideas of our individuality.

of course... the more common concepts of reincarnation aren't that way.. they do preserve that core.

hope that wasn't toooooo far off track...

nice topic buggy