Thursday, October 8, 2009

Unmistaken Child

documentary Tibet/Nepal

Well, you see this old guy died...a lama (not the animal kind)...and, of course he was reincarnated, so his valet/disciple had to go out and find the child into whose body the old guy went. Sounds difficult...but...there were clues...patterns in the dirt beneath his funeral pyre, fat pearls, etc.

Then when he found the kid the kid had to pass several rigorous tests...picking the right bell, rosary. When this kid did this stuff it was obvious to all that they'd found the old guy...just in a toddler's body now.

It seems that no matter how preposterous a belief system you can get people to believe it...and orient their lives around that belief. There's no hope.

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