Ya know, it is very hard to say what the nature of being is, especially if you start entertaining these seditious notions that it may be a variable independent of the physical form of the body. Some folks believe there are actually multiple planes of being and there are various kinds of situations in play depending on the level you are viewing.

Here's what an executive at a large comapny wrote me recently:

It may sound wacky, but enough other things have turned out to be true that I can't dismiss the explanation.
>>
>> In short, there are many planes of existence that intersect here on Earth.
>> There are beings on every plane, and they all have a role to play in a
>> larger cosmic scheme--but that doesn't mean they are all benevolent.
>>
>> Some beings are mischievous; others are downright hostile
>> (counter-evolutionary). When they pick up on a person who desires
>something
>> deeply, they pose as the object of that desire. They subsequently use
>their   influence for sport (or worse).
>>
>> What we think of as personality is transitory. It is a very superficial
>> layer of our being and the first one to dissolve upon death; and it is
>very   rare for a "soul" to have any memories of previous life experiences. So,
>> when people think they are contacting a "departed soul," they are usually
>> being toyed with by another type of being altogether.

I have no opinion about his conclusions, but it is interesting to note the perspective he is communicating.

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