Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
1 min readMar 6, 2024

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Maybe I'll read him as he won't as I wrote in this stanza of my https://medium.com/@marcus17043/of-duality-and-nonduality-e7c26181c2ed:

Honestly many Buddhists upset me so

Soul is but particles they do insist

Individuals after death not know

Yet Sitara’s and my love do exist

Reconcile. Good word. In one of my early Medium essays I, knowing very little about Buddhism, sought to reconcile reincarnation, which I know is real, with the belief among many Buddhists that souls do not exist:

I read an article that said, "One of the most ancient rejections of the self is the Buddhist doctrine of anatta — the belief that there is no self, or soul, or other permanent essence of who we are."

I wrote, "I have reviewed several definitions of “soul” in preparation for this essay and none imply unchanging personality traits. That inference is misplaced and, frankly, illogical. Buddhism teaches that there is after-life and reincarnation. Thus, Buddhism does teach that there is an eternal soul once soul is properly defined."

Who was I to tell Buddhists what they actually believe, but I stand by my hubris. https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/eternal-soul-properly-defined-fe7a93e534f8

"Souls are discrete entities; Souls are eternal. Eternal does not imply unchanging. A soul is a sentient being comprised of pure energy of a form and with properties beyond our understanding of energy (“Soul Energy”); it does not dissipate; it does not require a material vessel to encapsulate it."

Every incarnation may change the soul as it learns and experiences. Perhaps its personality even changes?

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Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Written by Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.

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