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>> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:53:51 -0400, Rob Perkins wrote
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> Methuselah Jones wrote:
> 
>> Definitely, the concept of body = hindrance is a very primal idea, and is 
>> present in some form or another, to a greater or lesser degree, in most 
>> spiritual philosophies.
> 
> Yes yes... but where did it begin? To my knowledge Judaism doesn't have 
> the idea; its philosophies posit that life on earth is very good enough, 
> as far as I've ever been told. Other ancient animisms and naturist 
> religions don't seem to address what comes after either, except perhaps 
> to insist that the dead must be treated correctly in order not to haunt us.
> 
> Do the Chinese traditions, the ancestor cults of ancient Asia, posit 
> such a progression, for example? <<

How about Buddhism, and your eventual absorption into the godhead?  That 
seems to qualify.

Amy
                                                                           
                                        
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