[kj] OT: Tsunmi== few thoughts on the topic death,n after

[Rob]

Hinduism in particular - quite well explained (in novel form and an
excellent read) in  The Razors Edge by Somerset Maugham.....

regards to all

horbag

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   I think the grief felt for lost loved ones is the same the world over.But
some religions and society's see death as people moving onto another
existence on earth(reincarnation) as opposed to the western view of heaven
and hell.



while 10 X made a good point, i think its too easy to discard the
> obvious grief displayed by the 'eatern' peoples. Ive seen to many
> harrowing pictures of parents carrying their dead children to simply
> conveniently excuse myself from emotional involvement.
> we may feel through our own fears - surely we can only recognise an
> emotion through our own experience of it or do we inherit it from past
> lives?
> im saddened  by the tales of predatory scum, the child traffickers and
rapists.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:43:22 -0800 (PST), Rob's Arse <joker at z6.com> wrote:
> 
> > As for the Asian belief that they go on to a higher place, that's the
same
> > as Christianity but devouts of all faiths still get upset as, no matter
what
> > you are taught, there has to be some uncertainity.
> > Me? I'm damned anyway and have nothing to fear other than the grief of
those
> > I leave behind.
> > 

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