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    Jyeshta  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:53:13 -0600, Jyeshta    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > >death bed visions.  The people from   
   > >India mainly find them terrifying, while people from the USA find them   
   > >comforting.  This is extremely odd, isn't it?  You would think that a   
   > >culture that believes in reincarnation would not be terrified by the   
   > >prospect of death.   
   >   
   > Although it's considered bad form to reply to yourself, I wanted to   
   > add a thought to what I said earlier.   
   >   
   > Actually, it makes perfect sense.  The prospect of reincarnation is   
   > extremely upsetting to me; perhaps it is to the people from India,   
   > too.  All I want is to get off, and *stay* off, this horrendous planet   
   > forever.   
      
   Now yer talking; but I think how it works is that you   
   have to come to *accept and embrace* the wretched   
   place, horrors and all, before you are qualified to *leave   
   it behind forever*.   
      
   Sounds just like life, doesn't it?   
      
   C   
      
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