Solar Wind

Just as one would look upon a bubble,
just as one would look upon a mirage –
if a person thus looks upon the world,
the King of Death sees him not.

Blind is this world:
Few see clearly here.
As birds who escape from nets are few,
few go to Heaven.

    One who is very materialistic and considers the material world the one and only reality is a pawn of the devil, the King of Death.  One who recognizes this world as illusion and temporary, is less likely to be controlled by Satan.  Likewise, those who cling to material objects, material goods are easily controlled by the Lord of Illusion.  Those who avoid such clinging are harder for him to control.  
    Some think that because they have sinned, or done bad things, they cannot be redeemed so there is no point in trying.  That is simply not true.  While our evil deeds may leave us with a karmic debt to be paid, God does forgive when we repent and do good.
    Few see this world as it really is, though quantum theory and the revival of Gnosticism is helping to change that.  Many think that everyone who isn’t a major criminal goes to heaven, but heaven is a place of perfection and is not that easy to get into.

   Cloning has been a hot science topic in the past several years.  Scientists have successfully cloned a variety of animals.  A few have even claimed to have cloned humans, but have not provided evidence of it.   
    Without getting into the moral implications of bringing back the dead, my objection to cloning is that I don’t believe it can really be done.  By that I mean that the clone may be a genetic duplicate, but will otherwise be a unique individual.  Genetics only determines the makeup of the physical body and, to some extent, the mind because it is connected to the brain.  A clone, however, will not have the same spirit, soul, and energy centers as the original.  It also won’t be living in exactly the same environment.  All of these things will result in a person that may physically resemble the original, but will otherwise be quite different.  Even the physical body will change based on the different personality of the clone.  The clone may eat differently, exercise differently and work differently.  All of those things change the physical appearance so the clone won’t even look like the original once it has grown.  
    So the idea of cloning Einstein, Gandhi, Abe Lincoln, or other greats simply won’t work.  The clone will be a unique individual.