--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand" <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > As I understand it from a muslim friend, Hindus take their > > mythical writings literally. I guess the question is how > > much we need to buy into the idea that there was once human > > beings who could do things that seem to defy reason. In > > today's world the real miracle would be for people to stop > > trying to convince one another that his or her religion / > > belief system trumps that of their neighbours. That would > > be something. > > Indeed it would. > > And it's related to other things I've rapped about > recently -- the relationship of subjective experience > to "Truth," and the relationship of belief to "Truth." > > I hold that there *IS* no such relationship. > > And I hold this speaking as the only person here who > has witnessed siddhis being performed. (Unless you > believe Nabby, that is.) I witnessed levitation, > turning invisible, turning mountains transparent, > and many other siddhis numerous times over a period > of 14 years. > > But does that make such things True? Or "Truth?" > > Not to me. All it means is that I experienced these > things. I've seen hang-in-midair-for-minutes-at-a- > time levitation *hundreds* of times, but I would not > claim that it exists. My subjective experience tells > me that it exists, but that is ONLY my subjective > experience. Not "Truth."
Pontius Pilate once asked: "What is truth?" It appears that you don't trust your senses to tell you what the world is like. If that is so, then how can you make valid judgements? Are we all just dreams and figments of your imagination?
