tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post3052137327104417458..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Timothy Spearman writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-2617115997162003232015-09-22T11:13:48.257-07:002015-09-22T11:13:48.257-07:00Saṃsāra is Sanskrit for "a wandering through&...Saṃsāra is Sanskrit for "a wandering through" and refers to the concepts of reincarnation and to one's actions and consequences in the past, present, and future. It is closely associated with the belief that the ignorant person continues to be born and reborn in various realms in the form of a human, animal, or other being, depending on karma (the actions one takes throughout existence). The cycle can only be ended via the perception of reality; the end-state, the end of individual existence, is nirvāṇa literally "blown out", as in a candle. In this poem, Timothy repeatedly emphasizes that the ignorance of existence is actively imposed upon us by the devil, Lucifer, wearing the mark of the Beast, 666. In Revelation 13:18, the connection with the end of ignorance is also indicated: "Here is Wisdom, Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast."DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com