mercedo's Journal: Resurrection & Samsara

Until recently I never thought our society is religious. But actually it was. In Buddhist teaching, our life never ceases but changes into another form of life - a cat, a dog, a cattle, whatever. This is called samsara -reincarnation.

In Christianity, resurrection is the counterpart -but this is an individual human to the same individual human.

I must say Western thought has more emphasis on the importance of each individuals.

nietzsche

[weierstrass]

what do you think about 'eternal recurrence'?

Re:nietzsche

[Le Marteau]

I look forward to what Mercedo has to say about eternal recurrance.

I think Nietzsche's concept of eternal recurrance was a though exercise. I don't think he actually believed it exactly as he wrote it, but put it forth as a concept and as an intellectual exercise. It also served to magnify the importance of individual action, and how one should behave as if the concequences of what you do will live on forever. Because the result of one's actions DO resonate forever, just not as simply as Nietzsche's 'ete

Re:nietzsche

[mercedo]

Just one time the description of eternal reccurence appears in his writing -which is Thus Spoke Zarathustra. According to the passage- I still clearly remember what Nietzcshe described, he didn't describe eternal recurrence as pessimistic as I did. -

'Oh this was a life, so I'll do it once again'-Nietzsche ; Zarathustra

He took the realisation of eternal recurrence in his life more a oppotunity to encourage doing it once again positively rather than giving up pursuing something valuable in his life again. H

Re:nietzsche

[mercedo]

Eternal recurrence is the ultimate form of nihilism. It might not be certified in mathematical method, although theoretically speaking it is possible. Nietzsche had many oppotunities to think what the concept of eternity implies through Bible study, in Bible God is the being beyond the concept of time - God is the beginning and the end, God is eternity, etc. And also God in Bible is a impersonified existence. Nieztsche was human all too human, so he tried to grasp the notion of God within the limitation of