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Thread #72974   Message #1261903
Posted By: GUEST,SueB
01-Sep-04 - 04:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hypothetical semi-philosophical question
Subject: RE: BS: Hypothetical semi-philosophical question
Yay for this thread!

For me, future consequences are not necessarily a deterrent. The best consequences are immediate.

But wow, think about what it would be like to be able to go through every single day with that level of awareness and empathy - what an enlightened person I would be!

However, I'm having trouble imagining what having the experience you described, at the end of this life, would be like. Would I be filled with frustration and sorrow and remorse? Or would I be filled with peace and compassion and a better understanding of what it means to be human?

Do I get to keep some vestige of the knowledge gained by this experience with me into the next life, if indeed I get to try again?