I have been reading a lot of buddhist writings recently. Though I don’t necessarily believe in reincarnation, I’ve realized the fundamental thrust behind the idea is that we have a limited time in our precious body and therefore have the *obligation* to do everything we dream we can do with it and show as much compassion to ourselves and others as humanly possible. A human life is such a precious thing for precisely this reason. It’s not about coming back as a cockroach because you did something shitty…that is such a western way of interpreting the concept.

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