From: howardw@netzero.com   
      
   Steve S. wrote:   
   >   
   > 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."   
      
      
    Excellant example.   
      
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