Okay, I have now seen John's subsequent posting on Maize in ancient times which answers a lot of my questions!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > Wow. What a find. One of the most incredible excerpts from the Vedas > > > I've seen. Thanks to John for posting it. > > > > > > However, I always thought that both tomatoes and corn were products of > > > "the new world"; that is, they were introduced to the "old world" AFTER > > > America was discovered. But there is of course the reference to corn > > > below. > > > > > > > > > Of course, Tony. The Taittariya Aranyaka is from the Yajur Veda which > > originated in ancient India. > > > > > > Then I'm confused. > > Firstly, I am assuming that the Taittariya Aranyaka was cognized way before > 1492 when Columbus landed on the shores of America. If this assumption is > correct, how then can there be a reference to corn if it wasn't introduced to > India, Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world until afterwards? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...Like a lotus turned downwards is the heart, > > > > a span below the neck and a span above the navel. > > > > > > > > Know that heart to be the abode of God. > > > > Surrounded by nerves, it hangs down like a lotus bud. > > > > > > > > At its end is a subtle nerve, > > > > in which is established the Being, who is everything. > > > > > > > > A great fire is at its center, which has > > > > flames all around, spreading in all directions. > > > > > > > > It is the first partaker, the ageless knower, > > > > who digests and circulates food. > > > > > > > > Above and below are its spreading flames. > > > > It keeps its body hot from head to feet. > > > > > > > > At its core lies a flame, tapering finely upwards, > > > > like the awn of corn, yellow, bright and subtle, > > > > flashing like a lightening in the heart of a dark cloud. > > > > > > > > At the center of this flame is installed the Supreme Being. > > > > He is Brahman. He is Siva. He is Indra. > > > > > > > > > > > > He is the indestructible Supreme Being, the lord Himself. > > > > > > > > > > > > - excerpts from the Taittariya Aranyaka III.13 > > > > > > > > from Hymns of the Rig Veda - Compiled by Jayaram V > > > > http://www.hinduwebsite.com/vedicsection/rigvedichymns.asp > > > > > > > > > >
