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Ghostly Reincarnation?

https://juliaclement.com/joke-a-day/ghostly-reincarnation/

Ghostly Reincarnation?

https://juliaclement.com/joke-a-day/ghostly-reincarnation/

Krishnamurti on How Not to Be Born Again

Jiddu Krishnamurti viewed the idea of being “born again” (reincarnation) as a continuity of the “me”—the bundle of memories, conditioning, and thought-based self-interest. He argued that true freedom is not about manipulating future lives, but about ending the continuity of this self in the present moment.

Here is how Krishnamurti described not being “born again,” which he called “real incarnation” or dying while living:

1. Die to the Past Daily
   Krishnamurti taught that “death” is the ending of everything accumulated, such as wounds, pains, and memories.

Ending the “Me”: Reincarnation is the continuation of thought-based consciousness. To not be born again is to stop this continuity.

Dying Now: You must “die” to your attachments, conditioning, and personality every day. “Die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is always fresh, young, innocent, full of vigour and passion”.

Total Negation: The mind must strip itself of all knowledge and conditioning.

1. End Conflict in the Present
   Krishnamurti maintained that the future is built by the present, so changing the future depends entirely on “what is” today.

Immediate Action: “Incarnate today, afresh – not in the next life!”.

No Postponement: Hoping for a better next life is a postponement of tackling one’s inner chaos.

Remaining with “What Is”: Conflict ends when you observe your greed or jealousy as a fact without trying to change it into its opposite (like non-violence).

1. Dissolve the “Self”
   The “self” is a bundle of memories and thoughts, which creates a center that perpetuates itself.

No Center: When the mind is free from the center (the “I”), it is free from the limitations of time and memory.

Total Observation: When you observe the self-centered activity of the mind with total attention, that observation brings its own ending.

1. Empty the Mind
   For something totally new to emerge, the mind must be silent, which is only possible when it is empty of the known.

Silence of the Mind: “A mind that has understood the whole movement of thought becomes extraordinarily quiet, absolutely silent. That silence is the beginning of the new”.

No Method: You cannot use a method, system, or discipline to achieve this, as those are tools of thought that strengthen the self.

In summary, Krishnamurti’s way of not being born again is to live with such total attention and awareness that the “me” dies completely in each moment, leaving the mind fresh, silent, and new, without the burden of the past.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4dnj0M8T2o

CONCLUSION: 7/10

The Ghost in The Shell is a major title that stands the test of time, and a great read before watching the masterpiece that is the anime adaptation.

#Adventure #AI #Comedy #Crime #cyberpunk #cyborg #ghostintheshell #Gore #internet #Mafia #malegaze #Mecha #Military #Mystery #OfficeWorkers #PhilosophicalDrama #Police #politics #Psychological #Reincarnation #Romance #Sci #seinen #ShirowMasamune #SliceofLife #Smurfetteprinciple #Suggestive #Survival #terrorism #Thriller #Tragedy #VirtualReality

FEMINISM: 6

The cyborg Major Kusanagi, who is female, is the central character of this manga. She is the cream of her profession with her abilities, her information network and her expensive top-secret body parts. She can infiltrate bigwig politicians, butt heads with terrorists and fight giant robots. On her free time, Kusanagi has a boyfriend or gets some cybersex with girlfriends of her. Her partner Batou, who takes after Arnold Schwarzenegger, offers a solid support but is showed as less competent.
Major Kusanagi seriously kicks ass.
And.. that’s it for women.
Guys come in all sizes and shapes but almost every other woman in the manga has the same sexy body. Whether they are sex-doll, secretary, technician or nurse does not matter (and yes there’s not many girls in a position of power). One could argue it shows sexism is still prevalent in this futuristic society, and women are still pressured to have conforming bodies. But, considering the annoying amount of male gaze through the manga, I’d argue that it says more about sexism in the manga of the 90s..

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POLITICAL POTENTIAL: 7

The big picture politics that the section 9 (where the protagonist works) is dealing with, point at democracy manipulation, corruption, foreign policies that disregard the interest of peoples and terrorism. It’s great to feel individual points of view at the same time and see that our hero can sometimes be bad or that bad guys have goals that you could sympathize with. There’s also reflection about human rights and even what defines a human.
My favorite quote: “Emphasizing a lifestyle based on consumption is the ultimate violence against poor countries”.

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ART: 9

Fantastic work that helped defined the style of manga from the 90s, reading it 30 years later everything still looks great!
Even the (novel at that time) use of computerized textures still serves the graphics although it should be dated by now.

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Review: The Ghost in the Shell

Read in full here:
https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/30/review-the-ghost-in-the-shell-%e6%94%bb%e6%ae%bb%e6%a9%9f%e5%8b%95%e9%9a%8a/

STORY: 7

Meet Motoko Kusanagi, your everyday special-operation-cyborg-elite in a future that massively inspired cyber-punk culture. Take a seat, and enjoy a solid story where technology is about to turn the flow of information into a new form of consciousness, written before mass cellphones and social media! Not everything is clear, the pace is sometimes strange, but oh boy, cybernetics, geek sci-fi, political embroilment, police action, this manga does it all quite right!

#7 # Action #Adventure #AI #Comedy #Crime #cyberpunk #cyborg #ghostintheshell #Gore #internet #Mafia #malegaze #Mecha #Military #Mystery #OfficeWorkers #PhilosophicalDrama #Police #politics #Psychological #Reincarnation #Romance #Sci-Fi #seinen #ShirowMasamune #SliceofLife #Smurfetteprinciple #Suggestive #Survival #terrorism #Thriller #Tragedy #VirtualReality

Review: The Ghost in the Shell

https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/30/review-the-ghost-in-the-shell-%e6%94%bb%e6%ae%bb%e6%a9%9f%e5%8b%95%e9%9a%8a/