--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > _____ > > From: Vaj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation? > > > > > On Mar 13, 2005, at 12:10 PM, mark robert wrote: > > > > > If you believe in an external Soma and that no one knows its > real > > identity, is it not worthy of continued investigation? What, in > the > > Vedic world, would be more worthy of knowing? > > > > > > I have heard from a couple of sources on the actual soma plant. > It > supposedly can only be seen by certain people. It is a creeper > and it > only has a few leaves which change with the phases of the moon. > > Balraj Maharishi is said to be able to communicate with the > plant. > > -Vaj. > > > ----------------- > > Vaj, > > > > Yes, I have heard the same "magic creeper" rumors; it would > appear to be the sum total of the body of modern knowledge > concerning external soma, as recognized by most Vedic scholars. > > > > Is it also your belief? Do you consider this magic creeper to be > the last word on the identity of external Soma? Does it sound > like the Soma that the Rig Veda seems to be describing? It > doesn't to me. > > -Mark
&&&&&&&& There is also a longstanding tradition that cannabis sativa is the soma plant. No firm opinion here. L B S To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
