“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

The Nature of Existence - Original Trailer

Fantastic movie, its on Netflix.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may die.

H.P. Lovecraft

In the belief of reincarnation, the "soul" is constantly passing into new bodies and the space in between births is thought to be seemingly short to the living and very long to the deceased (It is believed that the longer you stay in a meditative state of peace while living the space between death and life shortens,) this is why you cannot remember pasty lives, they feel VERY distant.

Lakota

Lakota spirituality is based on the circle. The Lakota saw the journey of life and death as a circular process. They also interacted with one another in a circular fashion, rather than in a struggle for domination.

The Lakota even used the circle’s symbolism in their architecture. Their houses (which are known as tipis) had circular foundations.

"Everything the Power does, it does in a circle." Lakota Proverb

"Creation is continuous." Lakota Proverb

"I am standing at the Earth’s center." Lakota Proverb

"A man’s life is a circle from childhood to childhood, and thus it is in everything where the power moves." Black Elk

"The power of the world always works in circles." Black Elk

"The center of the universe is everywhere." Black Elk

The Lakota Indians


This is very similar to the teachings in the Tao