Heaven on earth

Some say reality isn't real, time, not linear, and dying, not death, which is kind of nice, because it makes horrible things not horrifying.

Halina in the Next World

During our conversation in the waiting room of the cancer center blood lab, Halina Tracy in a sweeping gesture across her cancer ridden body [http://ganeden100.blogspot.com/2015/02/halina-in-next-world.html] said,"I'm done with all this." Her eyes were bright in her sad face. "I'm on to my next adventure.'

I was called into the lab; she was no longer in the waiting room,when I left. I probably will never see her again unless I join that adventure of hers.

Devoutly To Be Wished

We all know the upside of dying: escape from the world's suffering, the afflictions of one's own life, the prospect of the future pain of those we love. I believe that before we die, this thought  helps us sail across the river Lethe to a peaceful afterlife in whatever blissfully ignorant form it takes.

Reincarnation vs Science

I am afraid of reincarnation, because I fear that my jiva has bad karma. I don't want to come back as a mosquito or a Republican.

Sometimes I think that I've made moral progress, but then I'll observe some odious behavior like envy or childish aggression and worry about a disagreeable incarnation, not necessarily a bad thing seeing how short life is in the large scheme of things. The suffering won't be too long and the possibility of Nirvana is so attractive. On the other hand, if I stick with scientific materialism, I will have the prospect of Nirvana in the form of conservation of energy without the drudgery of being reborn.