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[hackberrydragon]

Posted: May 12
From: Anonymous

Has anyone ever noticed how many conventionally attractive people there are here? I know it's heaven but there are seriously a lot of attractive people here.

Just a random observation.

Comments

[tadanokusuriuri]

Perhaps it's about standards.

Like picking the smoothest fruit at the market. A marker of quality.

[hackberrydragon]

I guess that makes more sense
So maybe there's some sort of unspoken standard to whoever gets brought here

[tadanokusuriuri]

What would be on their list, I wonder?

Besides looks... of course.

[hackberrydragon]

That's probably a sub-reason
As for qualifications it's a little hard to say
How do they figure out who becomes a god and who becomes a shinki?
What are they looking out for?
I kind of wish we had an idea of what we were capable of before we died
Just so we have a basis of comparison

[tadanokusuriuri]

When there are factors hidden... examine more closely what can still be perceived.

It seems... we have some sense of "self", and the memories of our bodies. There is truth to be found in those places, as well.

[hackberrydragon]

I guess so
And there's the memories we seem to have a chance of getting back
Maybe we still have a chance to figure out who we are if we piece all that together
But
I've heard we shouldn't.

[tadanokusuriuri]

The nature of things is to change, and attachment to the past creates suffering. "Who I am" is never the same one day as it was the day before.

In other words...

We are who we are in this moment. We will be who we will be.

Who we were... signifies nothing. It would be foolish to cling to thoughts of such a thing.

[And even he, as distantly as he views his own feelings, is distinctly uncomfortable saying much more on the matter.]

[hackberrydragon]

That's one way of putting it
Is this one of those things
The ones about surrendering attachment?
Do you think that's how we should go about it?

[tadanokusuriuri]

Is there any real benefit to such attachments?

[hackberrydragon]

Maybe not
But maybe there was something important we left behind
We just don't know it

[tadanokusuriuri]

If something is important enough to keep...

It's likely something that can't be lost.

[hackberrydragon]

Then
Does that mean our memories probably weren't important enough?

[tadanokusuriuri]

They define the Truth of our past. Even if we could remember them, there is nothing to be done about the past.

The Truth of our present, and of the future that will be our present...

Those are still ours.