ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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Today I had a bizarre idea, and I just wanted to jot it down here before I forgot it. I also wanted to share it with all you members who are just itchin' to post a few replies on All Sci-Fi.

So, try to imagine this.

Every human being is a symbiotic relationship between their physical body and a non-corporeal being — which we might call a "soul". The body and the "soul" are separate beings, but they share the body's experiences and emotions.

Conflicts sometimes occur between these two "beings", and these can cause problems for this symbiotic life form — the kind of problems which result in deep psychological traumas, and which allow psychotherapists to make big bucks for just talking to troubled individuals.

But here's the good part, guys.

When a physical body dies, the "soul" automatically travels to the next parallel universe and inhabits the body of . . . a baby being born at that the moment!

Bear in mind, the soul has no control over this process, and it's not even aware of it. It just happens as a "natural law", like gravity and inertia. There's no "god" making this happen. It's like "love" — no one can explain it, but it makes the world go round.

So, our souls are immortal, but they don't go to "'heaven". They're drawn into a new physical body which has just begun it's life.

This transfer tends to eradicate most of the soul's previous memories — but not all of them. For example, skills that have been learned in the previous life might be retained in the new one. Artists tend to remain artists, mathematicians are still good at math, etc.

For this reason, geniuses and great artists tend to the humans born with the right physical properties, combined with the "souls" which retain gifts in the same areas!

A double whammy, do to speak.

But the bottom line is this; each physical body is starting out life anew, and the non-corporeal beings have their own separate characteristics — along with the fragmented remnants of previous lives.

And finally, consider this.

If what I've described is actually true, it would explain mankind's somewhat misguided religious beliefs about the existence of God, our immortal "souls", and the concept of reincarnation. Each soul simply bounces from body-to-body and from universe-to-universe, sharing the lives of the physical bodies during their brief existence.

Remember, these are two radically different life forms, and they're never fully aware of each other! In fact, the concept of a "conscious mind" and a "subconscious mind" might be based on the symbiotic relationship of these two beings!

So, there you have it, guys! Another wild idea from Bud Brewster, the crazy guy who has struggled to keep All Sci-Fi alive and well for 17 damn years!

Damn, am I cool or what?



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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)