Allan, there are many different wonderful traditional teachings about the soul, the essence of our humanity, some also speak of spirit or the psyche. So many beautiful ideas. And the simple guideline of "do no harm" is not only elegantly to the point but is also worth a lot of thought. We could go into long conversations about what is harm, how we can avoid doing harm, etc.
Of course there are things which harm everyone. Yet so often we try to rationalize why I should be able to do this or that which pleases me or benefits me and not think about the distant harm that is causing to possibly many many people. Then there is the thought that what harms one person does not harm another. So we must spend time to know each person we interact with to find what harms them. And so many other ideas and questions related to this very simple idea of "do no harm"
And I totally agree that our awareness evolves, affecting our beliefs, our motivations, our actions. And I do think that our souls leave this body and experience an intensive period of evaluation of our total life and its effects and consequences. That can feel like heaven or like hell but it pushes us into another life with a greater awareness and more evolved understanding.
To me heaven and hell are these periods of re-evaluation before we return to this life in a new body and new family, culture, place to try again with a little more awareness from our previous life. For some at one end of the spectrum, who have spent their life in knowingly causing harm, the re-evaluation will be pretty awful and the awareness may change only slightly. For some at the other end of the spectrum who have consciously spent their life in trying to live doing no harm, the re-evaluation period is a wonderful experience of realizing the greater understanding and awareness they gained in the past life and eagerly enter a new life to learn and evolve more.
On Friday, August 9, 2013 4:08:35 PM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote:
-- Of course there are things which harm everyone. Yet so often we try to rationalize why I should be able to do this or that which pleases me or benefits me and not think about the distant harm that is causing to possibly many many people. Then there is the thought that what harms one person does not harm another. So we must spend time to know each person we interact with to find what harms them. And so many other ideas and questions related to this very simple idea of "do no harm"
And I totally agree that our awareness evolves, affecting our beliefs, our motivations, our actions. And I do think that our souls leave this body and experience an intensive period of evaluation of our total life and its effects and consequences. That can feel like heaven or like hell but it pushes us into another life with a greater awareness and more evolved understanding.
To me heaven and hell are these periods of re-evaluation before we return to this life in a new body and new family, culture, place to try again with a little more awareness from our previous life. For some at one end of the spectrum, who have spent their life in knowingly causing harm, the re-evaluation will be pretty awful and the awareness may change only slightly. For some at the other end of the spectrum who have consciously spent their life in trying to live doing no harm, the re-evaluation period is a wonderful experience of realizing the greater understanding and awareness they gained in the past life and eagerly enter a new life to learn and evolve more.
On Friday, August 9, 2013 4:08:35 PM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote:
I can not help but takein normal & tradtional teachings. I believe very much in the guideline "Do No Harm" There are souls running around causing great harm..
Oh yeah since you were gone. . My beliefs evolved to we are souls that have a body and the 'Soul' is wgat guides and controls the body.. not the vis a versa that has been handed down through the generations.
Souls Rule!
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