[Dragaera] A Teckla thought

[Howard Brazee]

  On 9/16/2010 1:32 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>> In Dragaera, it is possible that there is some real meaning.   I see
>> >  hints of it.
> The Hindu version is essentially using reincarnation as a combined carrot
> and stick.  While you may not remember the past incarnation usually,
> you'll certainly be aware of your station in the current one.
>
Yeah, but it wasn't *me* in any meaningful way who is in the other 
incarnations.   I am getting the reward/punishment for some other guy.
> The Abrahamic religions raised the ante, to the point where the rewards
> and punishments are so beyond human scale that they can't be comprehended.
I like that description.   Certainly I've seen no depiction of eternity 
that would tempt me if I was offered a choice at the pearly gates 
between eternity or oblivion - to pick eternity.   I'd need an out.