Space,Travel, Infinity of Mind
This piece is bizarre and has no earthly bound limitations.
In fact, beyond the limitation of physics.
This discussion is not limited by space and gravity.
This is to bring out the concept of Rebirth in relative and comparative terms.
Kamma is its associate, the other side of the coin.
There is a Mongolian belief that dogs have many lives beyond one single life. They also carry forward memories of their past lives and are born again as dogs.
There is a good film “Purpose of Dogs”.
I disagree here and my "born/bone of contest" is that, most dogs are born as celestial beings (Buddhist terminology of Godly beings) or gods. They easily bypass the mundane human life having lived with them long enough to understand how nasty a human being can be. Biden, Putin and Zelensky and there followers are good examples that dogs have studied, on their own ways.
Killing opposing beings and War is there way of life.
Eating flesh of any kind are their liberal form of life.
They have their own form of gods and sects and the priests walk with the soldiers to kill the fellow humans. The Pope in his part keeps numb about War crimes of Israelite. Quote some disagreement in textural scripts of Vatican to purist theologies of other sects.
Mongolians follow a form of Buddhism that gives credence to rebirth and meditation. It is bit different from Tibetan Buddhism in which the term reincarnation has a special meaning and they all try to become Buddhas.
It is bit far fetched and farcical attempt. Really, antagonistic to simple Buddhism where Kamma and Rebirth explains the outcomes. The goal of "casting away" of rebirth can be done by less vigorous means.
Becoming an Arhanth is the goal not another or somebody like Buddha (PaseBuddha).
Rebirth cannot be proved but it cannot be denied.
That is my premise here.
There is a Western myth that Buddhism is a philosophy. I dispense the philosophical connotation outright, to begin with.
In the East, no philosophy has any roots simply because of Hindu belief in creator gods of many kinds. Buddhism is not a religion, in the sense of the Western and Middle Eastern beliefs where by following the Gospel of a mythical god one can redeem oneself and achieve salvation in, single life form.
Eternal damnation to hell is unethical on human terms.
Buddhism is a way of life but that way of life is little bit difficult and advanced.
One reaps the benefit of Good and Bad Kamma. How it turns out one cannot predict in advance. Recurrence of Karma Pala and Rebirth are automatic in nature.
It is like a wheel roiling down or rolling upwards with effort.
Action and reaction.
Equal and opposite reaction in physics.
One cannot escape and the rounds of births are there eternally to salvage good and bad without counsel of gods or elders supervising the outcome.
Buddhism starts with not killing any life including animal life.
It has four simple rules.
Indulgence in alcohol is not in that four and I believe it was added much later into the system.
The Arhants have only 10 very simple precepts.
Eating one main meal a day is one of them.
Vegetarianism is a simple byproduct.
I need to make some reference to Harry Potter series of films to begin with. The films are Creative and Imaginative but not Inspiring.
I never read any of these fictional books being a man of science.
Being an old time paediatrician that ended up as a gaeriatrician in later life, bringing fear and phobias to kids' mind is no good at all. Some bordering paranoia and may cause depression in them. I strongly oppose killing opposing imaginative creatures and witches.
I do not want to be born like any of those imaginative beings.
Sometime, I think the authors of these type of books, in their previous life form were born as a demons to relive them in this life.
I do not mind Harry Potter author, living with these miseries in this life but exposing them to young kids is pathological.
I have no objection adults reading them and becoming killers themselves in War of attrition.
Coming back to Title of this piece;
We are one gravity beings with somewhat limited capacity. We cannot live on the moon with less gravity than on the earth. We cannot live on Mars with more than on earth.
No gravity is anathema to all human physiology.
I see that, it is difficult to land on Mars. But forming colonies there is a another kettle of fish.
We need to design new form of transport which alien beings possess.
Aliens are no Gods but some type of advanced humanoids.
The space vehicles are most likely driven by radiation obtained from elements above 112. Elements above 110 are possible in some galaxies.
Now coming to Mind itself.
I have two books on mind one simple and one advanced at Amazon Book Store.
What follows here is a brief resume!
1. Mind is the best vehicle to travel the Universe.
2. Mind is a mystery.
3. With some meditation techniques one can achieve momentary state of escape from the brain.
However, the mind's attachment to brain is very strong and this escape mode is an illusion.
This is one reason (out of many), I oppose many forms of meditation.
Live this life in wakeful state.
Be mindful of every moment of life.
Be happy (Somanassa Chitta).
4. According to Buddhism there are 30 types of celestial beings who live in almost eternal bliss.
5. They have achieved them through vigorous form of meditation and become strongly bonded to these live forms and they believe that these state/s is/are eternal.
It is a form of delusion worse than living on psychoactive drugs. Psychoactive drugs have a limited time span unlike living as a high celestial being.
6. All are temporary states of bliss.
7. That brings us to the "Uncertainty Principle".
8. That is the entry point to Dhamma.
I leave it at that point.
"Somanassa Chitta' without attachment is the base to real bliss.
There are 3 other components.
Metta
Karuna
Upekka
