Theos-Talk Archives (May 1998 Message tt00292)

Pam Giese <pgiese@snd.softfarm.com> writes
>To borrow another Christian metaphor, the time spent in second
>death is sometimes called "the dark night of the soul" --that time of
>absence and abandonment where previous pleasure and contentment are
>remembered as only illusionary and meaningless.  One can spend a lifetime
>in the bardo-like death state, clinging on the meaningless actions and
>outer shells.  Or one can let the final threads of the old self fall away
>and allow a new birth to take place.  With new birth comes the a new
>awareness of love and oneness with the absolute.

I was wondering if someone would offer this kind of perspective.
Thanks Pam!

Alan
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