I know, right? Reincarnation does obviously not make sense if you identify with your personal memories, traits or genetics, but it works in several other modes of self identification.
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Replying to @Plinz
I think the Japanese are ahead of the rest of the planet on this. Don't they have full size mechanical versions of historical heroes- some that speak famous platitudes?
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Replying to @davidarredondo
No, these are called actors, and they are meant to provide cultural references, not reincarnations.
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Replying to @Plinz
My limited understanding of Shintoism suggests that all things have embodied spirit. Do you know if this is correct?
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Replying to @davidarredondo
I don't understand Shintoism sufficiently to have any opinion. I would not know what it means for a thing to have embodied spirit in such a context.
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Replying to @davidarredondo
What does being alive mean for a Shintoist? Most people I know are quite puzzled about what it means to be alive, so I would probably not trust the translations without understanding the translator's set of perspectives either...
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Replying to @davidarredondo
Presumably, a Shintoist knows a property that distinguishes living animals from dead animals, so not all things will be alive in that sense. The Shintoists may be referring to a different property if it is shared by all things in their ontology, for example state evolution.
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Replying to @Plinz
You must be correct because as I understand it, rocks, trees, & mountains are "alive". That the universe is made of ontologically foundational "stuff" that is alive and potentially conscious. Shinto ground is thus* *conscious* & *reality is it's " product".
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Again, if the Shintoists are able to distinguish between an unconscious human and an unconscious one, then either the word "conscious" means something different in this context, or the word "ground". Ground might not mean substrate but mind, and reality is a model in the mind?
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Replying to @Plinz
Wittgenstein again.

In Zen (for example) there is conventially 2 minds. Neurobio ( Small) mind and Big Mind. The reality of small mind has no necessary relationship to the reality of Big Mind. The instance of cncns. in human brain creates Human Reality.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @davidarredondo @Plinz
So yes, if I understand you correctly and we are speaking as second or third persons ( the default scientific stance currently). First person leads in another direction.
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