From: howardw@netzero.com   
      
   Paradox Balance wrote:   
   >   
   > "Crowfoot"  wrote in message   
   > news:c7utkv$9j5$1@iruka.swcp.com...   
   > > In article <20040513000149.13517.00000451@mb-m06.aol.com>,   
   > > geddiea95@aol.com (G EddieA95) wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > >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.   
   > >   
   > > It does have its downside, IMO, and frankly in view of everything I'm   
   > > reading about the future, near and far, I'm not at all crazy about the   
   > > idea of having to keep coming back here.  The one old soul that I know,   
   > > a guy who knows that he's doing his last time around, says he's walking   
   > > very very carefully and keeping a low profile, to avoid stirring up   
   > > any karmic messes that would drag him back here AGAIN.   
   >   
   > Consider the possibility, however fanciful, that this may be the exact   
   > opposite of what is required.   
   > Desire is recognized in many schools of wisdom as one of the strongest   
   > chains.   
   > A focused desire to escape from the physical realm may be the one chain   
   > which denies the escape.   
   >   
   > If the dynamic of the universe is such that that the first to be granted   
   > release from the physical realm are those who develop a true acceptance and   
   > love for it, this may be the reason that the old soul you mention is as old   
   > as he is...and here on this earth walking with great care.   
      
      
    You missed Lauzeckas's point. He said the soul desired to move on to a   
   new life, not the conscious mind. What if it possible to want to move on   
   even when you're living a cozy life?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)