From: ssake@goldthread.com   
      
   To me, this shows that the attachment to the "small self", the limited   
   individuality and personality, is so powerful that people would rather   
   retain it in eternal hell than relinquish it.   
      
   In truth, I think that our previous personalities aren't lost at all. I   
   think we are continually experiencing and expressing them, we're just not   
   aware of where they come from. For example, I feel that I was once a writer.   
   When I write well, I am expressing that aspect of my personality--I am   
   continuing to be that writer. It's natural. You keep your mind throughout   
   all your incarnations. However, your mind is much more than your one limited   
   personality in this particular incarnation.   
      
   Steve S.   
      
      
   "G EddieA95"  wrote in message   
   news:20040513000149.13517.00000451@mb-m06.aol.com...   
   > >Lives almost taste like movies to a soul. No matter how great any one   
   > >movie is, you want it to end sometime, so you can go on to the next   
   > >story.   
   >   
   > If I had any reason to believe in reincarnation, I would hate, curse and   
   fight   
   > a "deity" that would create such a thing.  Hell and Purgatory are IMO far   
   more   
   > merciful, at least you keep your mind.   
   >   
   > I am very curious why so many on this web accept reincarnation as  a   
   "given."   
      
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