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> but overlook other passages about meditating over a corpse at a charnel ground As morbid as that is, I feel like I would actually gain a lot of value from do
by Trasmatta 5y ago
> but overlook other passages about meditating over a corpse at a charnel ground
As morbid as that is, I feel like I would actually gain a lot of value from doing that...
- southeastern 5y agoDeath meditations are common in a lot of faiths. In Islam it's mentioned in hadith, Christianity has the practice of memento mori. And even in Time there was a tradition that during a Triumph, a large parade for a successful military commander and one of the greatest honors that could be bestowed on a person, a slave would be tasked to sit by the commanders ear during the celebration and whisper "remember you will die". I think it's naturally something a lot of people could gain from
- schoen 5y agoIf you've been around Catholics on Ash Wednesday, you may have seen them wearing ashes, which were probably imposed by a priest reciting "Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris." (Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you will return.) a liturgical adaptation of Genesis 3:19.
- loopz 5y agoAnd, if birth is possible, why wouldn't rebirth be possible, or even the extreme default? It just seems silly to deny possibilities.
- fishmaster 5y agoWhat is silly is saying that everything is possible until proven otherwise. It's possible when it's discovered, otherwise it's not.
- loopz 5y agoOk, let's wait until someone else discovers then.
- harleypig 5y agoIf it's not possible, it's not studied or researched, so it will never be proven otherwise. It's much more open-ended to say the opposite; that it's possible until it's proven not to be. Much of our knowledge was discovered or formulated either because a person didn't know it "wasn't possible" or in defiance of consensus.
- gremloni 5y agoThe burden of proof is on the person making the claim.