[JetePlentuara]

i think its a lot like a roller coaster.

you decide your gonna get on the ride, before youre on it. then, when youre on it and that rickety bar slides down onto your lap, you forget why the heck you thought this was a good idea.
then you get really freaked out and scream all the way through the huge drops and the loop-de-loops. you might even get brave enough to throw your hands in the air, while still scared and screaming.
then, when it comes to a stop? all you wanna do is get back in line and have another go at it!

i think the re-incarnation cycle is a lot like that. it sounds sick from our perspective that we would subject ourselves to negativity. it sounds crazy that we'd strap ourselves in to a roller coaster that will literally scare the sh** out of us and make us scream the entire time we're on it.

but the point is'nt the actual ride itself, although the experiences can be fun, frightening, and whatever else. its the way it makes you smile when youre back on the ground, you know? you can't judge the value of this "rollercoaster" until youre off of it and looking from a distance. we do that with our incarnations here before and after we are in them. it may have seemed nuts while we were on it, but then we get off and see that it was friggin schweeeet and we realize that we weren't gonna die that whole time we were gripping the bar with white knuckles scared of just exactly that.

thats just my logic on the subject....i guess we will never know until we are off this dang ride, huh!? :d