blank slate.

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dear Andy, I take it you dont believe in reincarnation.

I do.. And i think what we cant explain is just due to karma.

not really punishment but learning experiences.

A very difficult life might be chosen by a soul to progress further..

ITs just my opinon of course. -

I dont know..

love, roslyn

-- In Loving-what-is , " Andy " wrote:

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> > --I dont know what tabula rosa means..

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> *****It was a phrase coined by the 16th century philosopher

> Locke, who taught that at birth, the human being is a " tabula rasa, "

> a " blank slate, " with nothing imprinted on it. Life's experiences

> thus created " the person " (the personality). Locke didn't know much

> about genetics ~ at that time nobody did. So he missed the " innate "

> part: that all living beings are born with PREbirth dispositions,

> some are genetic leanings, others are learned in the womb.

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> You wrote, " She would agree what the me is- is the programming. And

> of course not all of it is bad. I take it back i will key one quote..

> and leave it at that.. because it gets to be too much keying

> page 4 "

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> " Many think that problems will disappear after awakening, and

> some do. But the usual probelms of being human remain- bodies still

> get sick, loved ones die and accidents happen.. only now, these are

> not seen as problems but just what is. "

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> *****Yes, ultimately, that is the best one can hope for: a

> recognition, acquiesence, capitulation, to What IS. And sometimes,

> What IS means being sad, lonely, nervous, as well as joyful, loving,

> and relaxed. What no longer operates is the long-term aversion to

> the first or the clinging to the other. Feelings (born of thought)

> arises, are felt, and pass through. Like the clouds. In the moment

> they may felt lousy (a violent rain show), or they may feel wonderful

> (warm sunlight caressing one's shoulders). But they pass.

> Everything passes. Nothing persists. That is the ultimate

> realization: the futility of attempting to keep that which is not

> able to be kept.

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