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To: average joe who wrote (33962)	11/18/2002 2:31:06 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Joe , are you in "Heaven" now ? Do you believe in Heaven ? ( I know a few places on this earth that come close !) ;-) If you were , you wouldn't have to be chopping wood and carrying water then....and washing your dishes after you have eaten , ...or transporting hay to your horses. So what are you to do in the meantime while being here on earth ? And what would that "experience" be like ? I think you are intentionally missing the point of Jesus saying exactly the same thing as the Buddha . In fact he (Jesus) did so as closely as he could within the Hebrew religious framework and prophesy . Extinguishing emotions was not what Buddha was telling you, but to become empty to all selfish desires and become open to a greater perspective. It is all a matter of semantics Joe, but you will find in most all the most deeply religious venues whether in the Vatican itself or some Eastern Orthodox Christian church , all the monks & priests practice with the tools taught by the Buddha . That is the art of meditation & contemplation , one thing that most people's lives are not found to have an excess of.<G> The similar passages between the two are so striking , it would almost be folly not to see them .