We welcome your comments about these matters, Barry. You provide the opposite end of the argument. So, it keeps everybody honest and thinking.
Personally, I believe that these stories are written in symbolic codes, aside from the apparent drift of the story. One has to interpret the meaning of these symbols in order to understand the true message. The interpretations may vary for us now. But the ancient writers may have intended them that way. Some guru traditions interpret the stories literally. There are others who don't. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > To All: > > > > According to certain vedic texts, an adept in yoga can live > > forever by controlling the inhalation and exhalation of the > > breath. > > Given the Post Count mechanism screwup, I'm not > completely sure but I think that this is my > last post of the week. And, as such, it would > probably behoove me to say something intelligent > and uplifting in response to one of our more > thoughtful members here. > > Instead, I'm going to respond to John again. > > So John, might I propose a "commentary" to your > brilliant observation on the "vedic texts" above? > > The entirety of my commentary is, "Well, duh." > > If I could control the inhalation and exhalation > of my breath by keeping them going, I could live > forever, too. So could you. There ain't no "adept" > or "yoga" in the equation at all. :-) > > Well, duh. > > > One of Ramachandra's descendant by the name of Maru, who > > was born thousands of years ago, is supposedly still alive > > today and is living somewhere in India. > > Actually, this part is true. Maru lives in a remote > cave in the Himalayas with Maitreya (yes, Nabby's > Maitreya), where the two of them have a fairly bitch- > slap-meets-bitch-slap homosexual relationship. Their > spats can be heard from miles away, as can their > lovemaking when they run out of K-Y lubricant. > > > According to the text, he will revive the lineage of the > > Sun dynasty sometime in the future. > > And then *everyone* is going to have to invest in K-Y > lubricant. The resulting era will be known as the > Sun Buggery Yuga, or the Age of Enlightened Bendover. :-) > > I'm just funnin' wit ya, John, to see if you've got a > sense of humor about all of this. I would suggest that > if you don't, you should probably work on that. > > I *understand* that you probably wrote your post out > of a desire to inspire others here with the same sense > of awe and wonder that you felt when reading this fairy > story (so to speak), and there are probably a few folks > here who will feel that same sense of awe and wonder. > You had them at "According to certain vedic texts." > > Say that magic phrase and some are willing to throw > common sense out the window and believe anything that > follows without question. They are willing to believe > stories about living forever, about monkey men leaping > from India to Sri Lanka, about big blue chauffeurs > getting to decide who lives and who dies, about green > flowing soma, and about cows. Lots and lots of stories > about cows. > > But others of us here -- I would suggest many of them > firmly still in the "I like TM and continue to practice > it no matter what" camp -- seem to be able to view these > fairy tales *as* fairy tales, and enjoy them as such, > without feeling the need to believe them as literal fact. > > You seem to feel the need to believe them as literal > fact, the same way that Jim Jim (what *is* it about guys > from the South with two first names like Jim Bob or > Bubba Sue, anyway?) seems to believe that the Bible is > literal fact. > > So I'm going to pose a few questions to you. You may > answer them or not, as you see fit, but I've really just > got to ask, because I find your position in all of this > as curious as Jim Jim's. > > First, do you really *believe* that one of Ramachandra's > descendents named Maru is still alive and kicking today > and living somewhere in India? > > If so, what makes you believe this? > > Have you seen any *other* examples of people living forever? > > If this guy pulled off living forever by being an "adept > in yoga" and Maharishi (obviously) didn't, does that make > Maharishi *less* than an "adept in yoga?" > > What is the *value* of living forever? ( To the world, > that is. I can imagine that if one is ego-bound enough > to *want* to live forever it has a value to the self. ) > > If you were secretly given the location of Ramachandra's > descendent, and were to go see him, would you believe the > things he told you just because he said them, and he's > so freakin' old? ( I mean, Roger Moore just turned 80, > but I don't see him as any font of eternal wisdom, even > if he did play James Bond for a while. ) > > If you were to go to see Ramachandra's descendent and the > first thing he asked you was, "Did you bring your K-Y?," > would you have second thoughts about the eternal truth > to be found in the "vedic texts?" > > And on that note, I think that's 50 and I'm outa here. > > Jai and away... >
