Vedanta and science (mystic, Buddhism, reincarnation, followers, translation)

[Guitar's Cry]

Originally Posted by Random

Yah, so that pretty much negates almost every non-material possibility there is. Ho-hum. My question remains the same: when do I get my superpowers back?

You lost them?

[Guitar's Cry]

Originally Posted by doppelgänger

Right. And that schemata is ever changing as new perceptions are accumulated and interpreted into the process of perspective.

Yes! While our perception of reality is not the true reality, it is nevertheless a part of the Whole Reality. Materialism sequesters things it defines as illusory and leading people into "intellectual dishonesty," when these things exist as at least symbols.

Symbols are the tools that allow us to explore our existence. They offer us meaning in the midst of meaninglessness.

There is meaning because we exist, and even if the only meaning of existence is to exist and observe, there is meaning.

Originally Posted by doppelgänger

Beautifully put, GC. Each and every moment is aionios, "for the ages" - eternal.

Thanks!

Everything exists forever because it exists. I will not die, only change form. My consciousness? Well, the schemata of my reality will still exist. Will I continue to be conscious of it? I don't know. But I can't see it slipping away into nothingness when nothingness is the same as everythingness...

[Seyorni]

There are many subjective realities, and until we can directly perceive the underlying, unitary Reality we have to live in the world we're dreaming and accept this as 'our' reality.

I agree in part, with your assertion that "everything exists forever..." Guitar, but when you go on to state that you will "change form" you create some confusion due to mixing levels of reality.
At an Objective level the co-ordinates of your current existance will always exist. Anyone accessing the multiple geometric axes -- anytime, anywhen -- of your current reality will be you, pecking assiduously at your keyboard with one hand while sipping gourmet coffee with the other to ward off the Maine chill.

It's difficult to discuss eastern philosophies or physics in a language that structures a 3rd-state perception of time as reality in it's grammar. Words like "change," "forever," "still," &c presuppose the passage and reality of time as we perceive it. Tense is a trap as well.