From: KimbaWLion@aol.com   
      
   "Christian Task"  wrote:   
      
   >Even if the OOBE, NDE, reincarnation scenario is   
   >correct, and I'm not saying conclusively that it is not, we still have the   
   >problem of continuity of existence. This existence is the only one I know   
   >and if I die, go into an afterlife state and come back again, it's just the   
   >same as being extinguished forever. I can't remember any life other than   
   >this one, so what's the point? Eternal oblivion would feel exactly the same.   
      
   Past-life amnesia is a very perplexing thing. It would seem to be   
   beneficial to be fully aware of what you've been through in the past.   
   However, in practice it seems to be much more advantageous to be able to   
   concentrate on the present, and not get involved in things that have gone   
   before.   
      
   I have had a very brief flash of memory of a past life, and the devastating   
   emotion over what happened then took me a long time to deal with. Then   
   comes dealing with the _differences_ between the past life and this. For   
   one thing, it's very difficult to not want to live that life over, and fix   
   what went wrong.   
      
   Past-life amnesia is not the same as oblivion. The subconscious mind does   
   retain all the memories, and they do manifest themselves in your life, as   
   phobias, strong attractions, "instinctual" knowledge, and such.   
      
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