As the Spirit of our mortal body wanders on in childhood, and youth and old age, the Spirit wanders on to a new body: of this the Sage has no doubts. -- Chapter 2, verse 13, The Bhagavad Gita (Tr. Juan Mascaro)
Before we were a foetus, we were a sperm and egg. That sperm came from a sperm and egg; that egg came from a sperm and egg. And so on back in time, all the way to the Source who started this whole thing. Now each of us is taking on this form, this shape we are currently in.
We catch a glimpse of ourselves in a mirror or storefront window with a shock of nonrecognition. We are the same Spirit we have always been, but are in-habit-ing a constantly changing form. When we lay this one down, what then?
The Talking Heads have it right: "same as it ever was" -- we go on ("wander on") to a new body. If you are a person of open awareness (a sage) you have no doubt about this. If you have doubts about it, that's okay too.
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loved it. Thanks. I've never heard of The Talking Heads before. A new body sounds good to me...i just keep clinging on to this old one. :)
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