Streen wrote: Agreed. It would be nice if everyone thought, "You are me, and I'm you, so let's be nice to each other".
Kind of lofty, I admit.
Are you nice to yourself all the time?
Even if you were to answer yes, and I were to actually believe that lie, very few people are nice to themselves 24/7. In fact, I would say that no one is.
In fact, alot of times its through pain, discomfort, fear, etc that we truly learn and grow into who we are. That we learn who we truly are.
Do you not think war is a form of connection?
Of people coming together?
Is connection always pleasant? Utopian? Nice? Should it be?
In fact, even in the story, the acts of atrocity are specifically pointed out as necessary to learn(giving and receiving). As important as every act of kindness.
I would argue, is that the moral of the story is that were here to learn, and not necessarily is what we are suppose to learn is to be nice, but simply experience all we can.
Which isnt lofty at all, anyone can do that.
As for reincarnation, well, I cant say as I give any credence to it, but its as possible as any other afterlife scenario.
