03 August 2009

more navel gazing

A close friend asked me recently whether I believe in the soul, and reincarnation. She seems to be questioning a lot of that stuff these days.

I've never really questioned that life goes on after the Earthly death. I don't know if it's as lyrical as the Buddhist or Hindu version of it all, and I'm not sure I believe in karma specifically -- although it's awfully convenient to think of there actually being a justice system within the cosmos.

So that's where I am - always questioning, you know? And the very idea of worshiping a deity is preposterous in this day and age, I think. It goes against the most basic tenets of evolution.

I do think that the amount of hurt you cause probably comes back to you eventually in some way. No, I do not know exactly how this works. I don't think it's really like there's a galaxy-sized filing cabinet stuck in a corner of the universe.(How cool would that be though?) It's probably more about energy.

Energy doesn't just stop. It doesn't dissipate. It only transforms. So when the heart stops pumping, the synapses stop firing, and the emotions stop happening, that energy has to transform into something else.

No, I do not know what I am talking about. What I know I believe is this: