If you could be reincarnated as anything...
 

...what would you be?

I've been learning about the Tibetan Buddhism, and I think its very interesting.

This question assumes that you have enough Karma to actually make it to that form.

Personally, I'd like to try life out as a woman. Either a woman, or a dolphin.

What would you be if you could be reincarnated as anything you like?

Not meaning to appear irreverant but I've always had thoughts about a Thighmaster -

A large bird.

God

I think I would want to be reincarnated as a turtle since I will live a very simple existent and be protected by my hard shell.

The only thing I would be afraid of as a turtle is being killed to become some human's soup.

A cat. I already sleep a lot anyways...what's a few more hours?

a gay bee (points to whoever gets the reference)

A bird or a domesticated cat with great owners.

It also would be interesting to exprience life as the opposite sex (female), but I would rather be a bird or cat than a human again.

i'd have to say either a fox, a tree kangaroo, or a perigin falcon

Good one. I think I'd like that too.

I'd like to be me again.
If I only knew then what I know now I'd do a few things differently

I wanna come back as myself again but with everything I learned from the previous life.

i would not be reincarnated because it is an illusion as you know from reading Tibetan Buddhism

The point of all this is to end the cycle of rebirth, which is illusion, isn't it?

A housecat...does it get any better? No worries except whether to chase the string or sleep some more, chicks go ga-ga over you, and an empty box is all you need to entertained for hours on end. Sure there's the whole licking yourself thing but no deal is perfect right? ;)

Too bad the dog always makes fun of you for being such a pussy.

(sorry, i couldn't help it with the pun)

Exactly what I was going to say.

A female would be my first choice. Why only have one physiological perspective on humanity when you can have both? If not that, a tiger.

A Red tail hawk or an eagle. Man, I love those birds!

Why a Thighmaster? To be stuffed between some obese housewife's sweaty legs, then abandoned to the garage or a yard sale? Ewww.

Ah yes, ART. However, we assume for this study that you can comeback with whatever you want, and it's not an illusion...

a panther...or a dolphin.

Siberian tiger. Damn I love those things.

a porn star

Hmm, I'm not ready to escape the wheel yet; I like it here, and that limits my karmic range considerably, probably putting all of the following out of reach:
- Myself with full memories (there would be some changes, oh yes.)
- Ron Jeremy at the beginning of his career
- Danni Ashe at the beginning of hers.
- Minor member of the house of Saud circa 1960 wouldn't be all that bad either.

OK then, I would come back as a one-celled thing with minimal consciousness and then no more coming back, how's that?

Three guys are biking on a windy mountain road. They come around a corner, and WHAM! they are hit by a semi and all killed immediately. They're chillin' up in heaven, and God comes to them and says, "Hey guys, you know, I know I kinda screwed you on the whole life thing, so I'll make you a deal. I'll reincarnate you for another lifetime as whatever you want." The first guy says, "Gee, I've always wanted to know what it would be like to fly." So God turns him into a falcon, and he flies off. The second guy says, "You know, I've always wanted to run really fast." So God turns him into a cheetah, and he runs out of there. So the third guy says, "You know, I was always kinda a loser when I was alive, you know, bad with the ladies. I guess I'd really like to be a stud." So God grants him his desire, as well.
A few weeks later, God wants to know how the three guys are doing, so sends St. Peter out to check up on them. St. Peter comes back, and God asks him how the guys are doing. St. Peter replies, "Well, I finally found the first guy soaring around the Adirondacks. The second guy is running all over the place in the plains of Africa. The third guy? oh yeah, I think they just put him into that new development going up in south Jersey."

sorry, first thing that came to mind. I think I'd like to be either a Perigrine falcon, or a dolphin.

Dolphins have recreational sex, that's always fun. Then there's the crane, they are so long and pretty. I like the turtle selection HeyAgain, though I would stay away from China since they love your soup.

I'd like to be some kind of oceanic abyssal dwelling creature,[can I have a human brain?]...I'd like to see what goes on down there, and check out underwater land masses, because I'm a geology geek like that.

My personal beliefs on reincarnation espouse the fact that life is a ladder, with humans occupying the top rung, closest to enlightenment. Therefore, once we have reached human consciousness, we cannot move back down the ladder (well - I suppose some major fuckups could)

So my hope is that I return as a human, and learn more than I have on this trip.

i would come back as an eagle so i could fly around all day eating mice

I too agree. This is what I would do as well...

A mermaid... if there were mermen around that is ;)

Reach for that Astral level, ART :)

gotta say a dog, you have absolutly no worries, i mean yea, dog food tastes like crap(i know) but hell, you get table scraps right? warm all winter, people paying attention to you....and also think about this, you can always smell your way to some willing, wanting bitches...

I would want to be Mother Nature, to have memories of all the wonders from the eons of time, to ponder and plan and nurture and destroy. To harness the forces and unleash the fury.

I'd come back as a fly. I'd live like a week and experience being squished ,which must be pretty interesting and painful.

I think a bird or bat might be cool. The thrill of flight would be very interesting.

way to much depth to that thought...i like it though! you could also finaly for sure solve the evolution/creation debate!

Unicron, that would be cool

A large hunting cat... or I like the idea of coming back as me with everything I learned... I would choose that over anything else.

The enlightened answer: whatever area my spirit felt I needed work in.

The true answer: Hugh Hefner's Son

gotta go with some type of bird of prey.flyin' man,it's all about flyin'.

I'd come back as an elephant. Fairly intelligent, decent lifespan, and not too much is going to fuck with you....

A big tree in a beautiful place untouched by man.

If I couldn't be reincarnated as what I already am, a woman and a mother and proud of it, I would want to be reincarnated as a man and not some skinnyass weakling. I'd want to be proportionally as strong as a man as I am as a woman (healthy and medium boned). I'd like to be able to do guy sterotyped things and not have women look at me like I'm wierd and guys who have ego problems get angry that I'm "overstepping" my bounds. Had a guy once flip out because me and Dad joined his hunting party. For some reason he happened to be the one to pass out over us field dressing a dear too. I'd like to be able to work on my car, go and get parts, and not have the guys at the parts store talk down to me. I think it'd just be nice to try something different.

I think for almost the same reason, I'd like to try out being a woman. Not so much to be looked down upon, but to see what childbirth was like, what sex would be like, and just get a better understanding for the opposite sex. Then, after that life, be reincarnated as whichever sex I think I like more :)

A white heron...

Or maybe a colossal squid.

Emperor Penguin; who can resist that much slapping power?
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A sperm whale.

Maybe it's the homophobic part of me here, but I just can't see coming back as a woman, I just can't even mentally picture the having sex part...gives me the heebe jeebes. :shudder:
All things considered, there are so many advantages to what everyone has mentioned, that it would be difficult to decide just one....hmmm....maybe if we were going to be exact, Bill Gate's son?...hehe.

So where do you think lesbians come from? :p

I've changed my mind

I'd be a CuttleFish, those things are trippy.

I would say somethign mythical like a dragon....

I shall go with one of the feline variety. A gray tabby cat with big green eyes and a fabulous mistress(owner) who adored me and pampered me like I pamper my felines.

A human, so I could continue working with karma.

I've always contemplated what life would be like as the opposite sex. A basic answer but true. However, this time would be nice to have full recollection of how it went this time around.

Are there restrictions on this? I mean, I saw the Thighmaster thing, but do we need to be "intelligent" in the standard sense of the word? I'm inclined to say some kind of plant, like a Philodendron. Thrives in sub-tropics, just animate enough to make you wonder how intelligent they really are (air-roots are crazy), and I figure they live long enough to give you some outlook.

If we're restricted to "creatures" of a type, I supposed I'd go with an owl of some sort. Nocturnal predatory bird...flight, rodent eating (yum...don't judge me), and I would finally be able to pull off a decent 'The Exorcist' impression.

Jack Bauer.

lol oh yeah man

Me, a T-rex... man I could seriously do some damage!