MythTickle by Justin Thompson for June 21, 2010

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    Sisyphos  over 14 years ago

    Patience, Anansi! Karma knows too much for her own good….

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    ksoskins  over 14 years ago

    Boody may not come back as anything. When, after spiritual practice (sādhanā), a person realizes that the true “self” is the immortal soul rather than the body or the ego all desires for the pleasures of the world will vanish since they will seem insipid compared to spiritual ānanda. When all desire has vanished the person will not be born again. When the cycle of rebirth thus comes to an end, a person is said to have attained liberation. All schools agree this implies the cessation of worldly desires and freedom from the cycle of birth and death.

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    Hugh B. Hayve  over 14 years ago

    Ah yes, Karma refers to the second coming of Zarquon, who is prophesied to return before the ending of the universe….

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    j2p2  over 14 years ago

    Wow…Our Karma is actually citing Dogma…do you think she Ran Over to get the books she’s reviewing?

    OK, it’s really eschatology, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it…unless anyone can think of a good cat joke.

    Jokes aside, this is once again a deep yet subtle entry, which is the main reason I follow Mythtickle as closely as, say, Haiku Ewe repeats or Pibgorn.

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    celeconecca  over 14 years ago

    subtle, Justin, subtle. Thanks.

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    TheDOCTOR  over 14 years ago

    Justin: I have to second celecca’s comment. Nailed it.

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    reverence  over 14 years ago

    So beautifully done…

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    my_discworld  over 14 years ago

    wow. stunningly beautiful.

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    OMC-USNR  over 14 years ago

    Actually, yes he did - 3 days later & with the same body, holes & all.

    It was a short stay, just to get his disciples back on track before ascension. After that, he didn’t need his body any longer.

    I think the Christ (savior) dosen’t need a body to be expressed. It’s here before Jesus, and didn’t leave with him - it’s still here, for those who look for it.

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    bmonk  over 14 years ago

    He took his body with him–but he also left his community as his body on earth to continue his work. The problem, as G. K. Chesterton once observed, “It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, but has been found difficult and left untried.”

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    whitecarabao  over 14 years ago

    Beautifully done, Justin.

    The subtle nuances of Karma’s expression are amazing.

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    bmonk  over 14 years ago

    BTW, Justin–thanks for the validation!

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    ChiehHsia  over 14 years ago

    If you’re God, you make the rules. If you make the rules, you can come back as anyone you want to.

    Perhaps it’s more that Christianity is sometimes wanted, but more often found very trying.

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    vldazzle  over 14 years ago

    If I came back, I’d want to be an Umbrella Cockatoo. I loved mine so much and if they behave they usually get a really nice family.

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    Rakkav  over 14 years ago

    Maybe this whole conundrum should be taken as an effective argument against the doctrine of reincarnation. Leaving aside what I actually believe the truth is, surely the Universe is more just than this.

    Certainly, ahem, Justin had better be. :)

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    pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago

    It’s called MYTH-tickle for a reason.

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    nerdhoof  over 14 years ago

    Meanwhile there is another Anansi in the current story line of “The Lost Side Of Suburbia”. And there’s a robot spider in “Skin Horse”.

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    KalahariNight  over 14 years ago

    What I love about this one is that it is subtle and very sweet and gentle, but also that the outcome is a completely logical extension from Anansi’s musing about Boody. As well as the quiet detail that the book Karma picks up is one of a stack of several books…

    (Tickled me right in the middle of the old 6th chakra, this one did.)

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