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Old 01-19-2004, 12:41 PM   #31
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1. Past lives are almost always exceedingly interesting and romantic in some way... heroic, tragic, famous, close to someone historic, etc. As sad as it is, the HUGE majority of people in history are "normal," but no one wants to fess up to having a "normal" past life.
I too questioned this and was told "We have many, many past lives but we only remember the interesting ones". How could I argue with such wonderful logic.
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Old 01-19-2004, 12:54 PM   #32
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I too questioned this and was told "We have many, many past lives but we only remember the interesting ones". How could I argue with such wonderful logic.
I wonder how they'd react to the bleak reality that the life they're living now is pretty forgettable compared to the ones they describe. Makes this time around pretty damn pointless, doesn't it?
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Old 01-19-2004, 01:00 PM   #33
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Ya know, I've been thinking that a lot lately.
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Old 01-19-2004, 01:00 PM   #34
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BIG SNIP...

I like the idea of reincarnation, but today I have no reason to believe that it is a fact. Perhaps tomorrow. Perhaps in my next life.

now, you know you'll be coming back as a movie theatre manager, don;t you?




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Old 01-19-2004, 01:31 PM   #35
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now, you know you'll be coming back as a movie theatre manager, don;t you?
God damned karma.

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Ya know, I've been thinking that a lot lately.
Well, I didn't mean that quite as it sounded, My point is that I think some people are trying to justify their "boring" lives by imagining that they've lived glorious ones before. But that's escapism. Every life is valuable, and interesting. The value of one's life isn't measured by it's proximity to memorable events or influential people. I say carpe diem! La la la la la la Live for Today!

Besides, too many times people have related past lives which would have been dreadfully boring to live, and would only be interesting now as a historical curiosty. "I helped build the pyramids" and such nonsense. Well, speak some Egyption then... you claim that you did it every day for fifty-odd years, you should remember a word or two. No? Hmm. You remember that the slave-master had a unibrow and smelt of ricotta cheese, but you can't remember the Egyptian word for "Hello." Do you remember the Egyptian word for "Bullshit?"

I'm not saying that reincarnation is necessarily bullshit, only that some peoples' claims to past-life memories seem to be poorly-spun bullshit. Some claims may be legit, I can't know.
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Old 01-20-2004, 12:51 AM   #36
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This is one heck of a lot better than that reincarnation quiz that told me I was a Canadian in a previous life ...

<TABLE WIDTH="304" BGCOLOR="#51336D" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="CENTER"><TR><TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE WIDTH="300" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#333333" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quizme.gif" ALT="Quiz Me" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="35" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></a><BR><FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2" COLOR="#6FA6B2">wolf was<BR><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#77CAD0"><B>a Valued Monkey Trainer</b></font><BR>in a past life.<P><FONT SIZE="1"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quiz.php" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:#C0ABEF;">Discover your past lives @ Quiz Me</a></font><BR><BR></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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Old 01-20-2004, 12:53 AM   #37
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Now, HP, you should understand that the reason people can't recall the Egyptian words for "crock of shit" is that they didn't think of themselves as speaking Egyptian in that particular time/space ... the thought forms of the concepts are the same, and are expressed metalingually rather than purely linguistically.
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Old 01-20-2004, 12:54 AM   #38
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Oooh. This is TOO funny. Couldn't resist doing slang's. Glad I did.

Show this to Spartacus and his friends. They shall quake in fear!

<TABLE WIDTH="304" BGCOLOR="#51336D" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="CENTER"><TR><TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE WIDTH="300" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#333333" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quizme.gif" ALT="Quiz Me" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="35" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></a><BR><FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2" COLOR="#6FA6B2">slang was<BR><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#77CAD0"><B>a Valued Exterminator</b></font><BR>in a past life.<P><FONT SIZE="1"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quiz.php" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:#C0ABEF;">Discover your past lives @ Quiz Me</a></font><BR><BR></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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Old 01-20-2004, 05:15 PM   #39
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Heh, heh, heh.
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Old 01-20-2004, 05:20 PM   #40
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<TABLE WIDTH="304" BGCOLOR="#51336D" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="CENTER"><TR><TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE WIDTH="300" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#333333" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quizme.gif" ALT="Quiz Me" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="35" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></a><BR><FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2" COLOR="#6FA6B2">Lumberjim was<BR><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#77CAD0"><B>a Spontaneous Rodeo Clown</b></font><BR>in a past life.<P><FONT SIZE="1"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quiz.php" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:#C0ABEF;">Discover your past lives @ Quiz Me</a></font><BR><BR></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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Old 01-20-2004, 05:50 PM   #41
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Eh?

<TABLE WIDTH="304" BGCOLOR="#51336D" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="CENTER"><TR><TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE WIDTH="300" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#333333" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quizme.gif" ALT="Quiz Me" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="35" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></a><BR><FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2" COLOR="#6FA6B2">sycamore was<BR><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#77CAD0"><B>an Uptight B Movie Star</b></font><BR>in a past life.<P><FONT SIZE="1"><A HREF="http://quizme.stvlive.com/pastlife/quiz.php" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:#C0ABEF;">Discover your past lives @ Quiz Me</a></font><BR><BR></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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Old 01-20-2004, 07:31 PM   #42
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What Syc said....

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Old 01-20-2004, 09:31 PM   #43
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Old 01-20-2004, 10:56 PM   #44
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It is amazing how accurate these things are, isnt it??
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Old 01-22-2004, 10:49 PM   #45
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I decided to go ahead and see what I was in my past THREE lives, and here's what I got....hahahahaha.....(the second one's pretty close to home, though...I've always been able to sketch and draw well...)

As for the other two...

Lady Sidhe was
a Well-Behaved Psychic
in a past life.

Lady Sidhe was
a Popular Artist
in a past life.

Lady Sidhe was
an Important Pick-Pocket
in a past life.


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