Surely, Lal, you are not saying that all the beings had a human form once back on the physical Earth? This is what I find that may be misleading. As you state later: those “early brhama-like humans”.
“So the statement ‘all beings started out as humans’ could be very misleading.”
“No. That is a correct statement FOR THAT TIME at the beginning of a new maha kappa…”
So now people will imagine the whole of the Earth’s land surface literally covered by humans, trillions of them!! This is what I meant by misleading, humans in physical human form as we know it today.
Perhaps we are dealing with two things at the same time here: the state of those beings once they move up to the abhassara realm ,and their appearance or ‘form’ once back ON the Earth. But reading my question and your reply together once again, there are no divergences.
I did not say that those beings moved UP because of their gathi, rather that they moved DOWN because of it, quite in line with what you say.
For the rest, yes, it makes perfect sense.
Thank you cubibobi for putting the question, and Lal for answering that question. The two of you saved my day. I had been going through acute depression since I woke up, totally at a loss. Reading those two posts got me going. At once I was alive, physically and mentally, and am still.
Once again, thank you,
May the Blessings of the Triple Gem be ever with us all.