RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: soma .. was: New Vedic Translation?

[mark robert]

From: Vaj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:07 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: soma .. was: New Vedic Translation?   Hiya Mark: On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:27 PM, mark robert wrote: > I do not comprehend your reasoning that discriminates against older > teachings and prefers newer teachings, especially in regard to such an > old concept as Soma. When teaching about the identification of > traditional soma, what could a newer teaching possibly have over the > original?   > Old traditions "bear fruit", that is, they "bear results", much slower (if at all--often people will give up first!). It's a simple fact of spiritual practice. A lineal descent of re-revelation and new-gnosis is imperative. There are a number of reasons. The primary one IMO is that inner teachings eventually reach some public eye. There they undergo anal-ysis. They degrade thereby (thus the typical insistence on some form of "secrecy"--oft misinterpreted as "elitism" [which is partly true]). Spiritual teachings exist, as an evolutionary impulse, in a careful matrix of happenstance. The "right place at the right time". When that's 'fucked with', the teaching loses it's power and utility in the here-and-now. Some teachings might have been revealed thru the aegis of other-worldly beings. Often they put restrictions on how they (the teachings) are disseminated. When these vows are broken, some teachings can become antithetical to humans or simply useless. An example might be the numerous people who believe they are being violated by extraterrestrials. This is what happens when people--humans--with limited memory spans come into contact with beings whose space they violated in some past time. Not every being lives for 100 years (or less)... -V ---------------------   Vaj,   You have completely lost me on your explanation on why older traditions are inferior. I’m either WAY less enlightened than you, or your explanation is far from coherent/linear/rational. I am also lost on how you are able to segway from Soma to extraterrestrials, especially considering that you seem to scoff at the former and give credit to the latter.   -Mark To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.