Theos-Talk Archives (January 2000 Message tt00065)

In a message dated 01/25/00 2:11:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, dalval@nwc.net 
writes:

<< Thus the MEMORY of a life-time spent in materialism is "lost."
 It has not generated any kind of "spiritual" or aspiratonal
 causes for the EGO TO REVIEW AND MEDITATE ON. >>

Thanks for your "take" on this Dallas. My only point was that a life steeped 
in a mundane materialism, does not necessarily translate to the loss of one's 
soul. Even using your example above, it is hard to imagine a whole lifetime 
spent without ANY redeeming qualities whatsoever. It is almost impossible for 
me to imagine the innocence of youth distorted in such a way that spiritual 
ideals or aspirations have been completely abandoned. And If that did happen, 
I would suggest it is a personality defect to be corrected by karma and not 
the loss of ones soul

The loss of ones spiritual identity as outlined by Eldon, seems to be the 
outcome of some very special and rare exceptions. It is not the common human 
experience. 

In my opinion, materialism itself is simply another mechanism to be found on 
the physical plane which is intended to test the human personality and its 
potential for enlightenment. Have we lost our ability to envision a physical 
dimension pervaded by ENLIGHTENED materialism?

Louis

Think Deity......
                Deity, thinks you!

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