it would be in the Global Family Chats, I think if you look for Maharaja visits 
USA it would likely be in that.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony...@...> wrote:
>
> Nablusoss,  someone was telling me this morning in a line in FF while waiting 
> for coffee that Tony Nadar recently gave an excellent lecture explaining the 
> science of the devata nature.   Said it was a very good talk.  Demystifying.  
>  Is that linked on the global family chats?
> Or somewhere?   Just wondering.
> 
> JGD,
> Doug in FF
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes103@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > These sound like scientific procedures to me! Are they from 
> > > > a book on Quantum Physics?
> > > 
> > > Chuckle. It's a source of endless amusement to me that the 
> > > TMO insist that its use of Hindu deities in rituals is 
> > > something to do with them being "aspects of natural law".
> > 
> > I'm not sure I'm amused by it after four decades.
> > For me it brings up feelings of sadness at the
> > sheer SPINELESSNESS of long-term TMers. 
> > 
> > They are still defending the "TM is not a religion"
> > meme WHILE attending TMO-sponsored yagyas that make
> > offerings to *specific* Hindu deities. 
> > 
> > IMO it's *just fine* to believe in a bunch of gods
> > and goddesses and to believe that they are so petty
> > and vain that they would be swayed into bestowing
> > favors on humans stupid enough to offer them rice
> > and ghee. It's superstition, but hey! *lots* of
> > people on this rock are superstitious.
> > 
> > Jews believe in a God who is an old man with a hoary
> > white beard dispensing punishment to people who do
> > horrible things like using the same kitchen to prepare
> > meat and milk dishes. Catholics believe not only in
> > a big male God with a hoary beard, but that he has
> > by his side his son, whom God killed savagely for 
> > their sins, and whose blood and flesh they symbol-
> > ically consume every Sunday in church. 
> > 
> > But these people are at least HONEST about their
> > religious beliefs and practices. TMers attend these
> > yagyas, pray to Hindu gods and goddesses and try to
> > bribe them into bestowing favors on them, and then
> > go out and give an intro lecture or talk to a school
> > system and tell them with a straight face that the
> > TMO is promoting no religious practices.
> > 
> > Not only is this hypocritical to the max, it is 
> > cowardly and spineless. It's *OK* to believe in
> > supernatural beings; what's less OK is to believe
> > in them and lie about it.
> >
>


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