Summer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Summer Moon<\/p>\n
Life keeps coming at us until this one stops.\u00a0 Gyatsho has been on my mind since his death.\u00a0 As I indicated the day I discussed his death here, the Tibetan belief is that he is now in a possibly 49 day process of finding a home for his reincarnation.\u00a0 As I’ve worked outside, I’ve looked up from time to time, imagined Gyatsho’s consciousness, his very subtle mind, making a transit through the invisible world, hunting for a new home, working toward enlightenment.<\/p>\n
As I’ve considered this, it comforts me.\u00a0 The notion of a next life, especially a next life focused on learning left over lessons from this one, makes sense to me in a way.<\/p>\n
What has not made sense to me since early high school is the binary logic of Christianity:\u00a0 heaven or hell.\u00a0 One lifetime, then out to eternal punishment or eternal bliss.\u00a0 Even when I worked as a minister, my theological system did not include such a cramped afterlife.\u00a0\u00a0 God is love.\u00a0\u00a0 If so, then love will rule a soul’s disposition in the afterlife and love forgives all things.\u00a0 No need for hell.\u00a0 This seems to collapse the present into amorality, but only so for persons devoid of gratitude or unaware of grace.<\/p>\n
My belief now runs more toward composting, but I’m open to the notion of survival.\u00a0 If we do survive in some way, I like the Buddhist idea.\u00a0 Even though I like it, I find it hard to believe because the evidence we have from returnees is nil.<\/p>\n
The metaphor that works best for me is the chrysalis.\u00a0 This body I have now is a chrysalis, death triggers the next transformation, mutation.\u00a0 Perhaps we pass into one of the multiverses and never even know it happened.\u00a0 The next great mystery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Summer Moon Life keeps coming at us until this one stops.\u00a0 Gyatsho has been on my mind since his death.\u00a0 As I indicated the day I discussed his death here, the Tibetan belief is that he is now in a possibly 49 day process of finding a home for his reincarnation.\u00a0 As I’ve … Continue reading After this life<\/span>