We keep doing it.
Is the soul addicted to the wild ride of these incarnations?
Perhaps. But I sense there is something we are learning from all of this.
āi n Greek mythology, Tantalus is a figure who is eternally thirsty and hungry as punishment for his crimes. He was sent to Tartarus, the underworldās most secure prison, where he was forced to stand in a pool of water and under a fruit tree that he could never reach.ā
I hadnāt come across this word before, but it is a real word:
Itās kind of like Boddhicitta improving the world over time. Something like that.
I like the optimism of believing that things are evolving for the better. Even though it often appears like the world is getting worse.