Alexander Shkirenko wrote:
> ...Individual seeks immortality, Individual ends up in
> some form or another regretting ever wanting to live
> forever. It's almost a societal cliche...
Ja. Bill Murray in Groundhogs Day. Finds he is cursed to
live the same day over and over. Pretty soon he is struggling
to figure out a way to kill himself or end it all somehow. Its
actually a pretty entertaining movie, if you can get used to
Murray in kind of a semi-serious role.
John Lennon song: My Sweet Lord. Part of the lyrics go
...Give me light, give me life, keep me free from birth...
I asked a Krishna friend what that means, and he explained
it was a reference to reincarnation. The goal is to stop being
reincarnated, and be... Im not sure what, in Nirvana?
Buddhist friends, does this sound right? spike
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