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Originally Posted by Athena  that's what I thought, except that it seems souls are differentiated even in the afterlife, which explains how ONE soul can experience multiple lives and retain that memory.
how does that fit in your model?
also in this thread it was said that souls are different from one another, they still retain their identity through all the changes in physical body and in the ether. |
That's interesting isn't it? Even though I don't see the ego as a lasting presents, I do think that there are particular dominating qualities of each 'soul' that shine through the form of each creature. I suppose you could consider it the higher self. Where everything that is false about a person is stripped away when the ego is discarded.
But, on the other hand, I've heard many accounts of spirits that still appear to be very egoic in behavior when interacting with the living. Which would lead one to believe that the ego is capable of surviving beyond death before being dissolved, maybe it's just an old pattern, an enduring construct that identifies itself with the soul. Maybe the question is: What is the mind? because the ego is said to be produced by it. Many would claim that it is purely a product of the brain, but from what is been said about identities being preserved after death of the body does bring up a few more questions.