--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > Doug: > > "which is corroborated by discoveries in modern physics and neuroscience, > reveals an underlying cause: the build up of acute stress in the collective > consciousness of societies, which fuels violence in the actions of man and > imbalance in the events of nature." > > Me: > > There are scientific principles and theories in play here. The most > important one is our mind's quest for order and explanation in a complex > world. We see forms and shapes in random clouds and Jesus in a taco. It is > what our mind does when faced with randomness or complexity. It is > effortless and unconscious. > > The world seems like a safer, more understandable place if we can associate > the thoughts we have in our heads with bad things like war and natural > disasters. Oh, the opium of believing we can prevent these things from > happening with our all powerful minds, like magic. > > And if you just spouted some religious belief that makes you feel all comfy > inside, I wouldn't be tempted to write. But you had to throw in the term > "science", perverting its meaning in a dishonest attempt to prop up religious > beliefs as if they were based on established scientific method derived > theories. This is wrong. I know who you learned it from. The spin master > himself. > > And this thoery that victimizes the victim, as if the people of Japan had it > coming from all their "stress" and "imbalance" compared to any other people > in the world is sick. Do you really think that all the people in the drought > in Africa deserve this? > > Well, the Hindu belief system does. And I guess as a pseudo-outcaste Hindu > you might share the belief that all is well and wisely put, that no child > dying in pain didn't earn it in a past life. And as much as I find that view > repugnant, it doesn't rise to the level of deceptive communication as > asserting that any of this nonsense is scientifically based. > > Own your beliefs. You believe spiritual claims because it makes sense to you > and it makes you feel good. Fair enough. But you can drop the drop the > pseudo-scientific 3 out of 4 dentists surveyed posturing. It just doesn't > fly anymore. > >
Golly, what a grump. You were a philosophy major? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > What do conflicts in the Middle East and natural disasters in Japan have in > > common? > > > > Very little on the surface of things one is man-made, the other > > nature-made. > > > > But a closer analysis of the mechanics of how nature functions at the > > deepest levels from the perspective of the ancient Vedic science of > > consciousness, which is corroborated by discoveries in modern physics and > > neuroscience, reveals an underlying cause: the build up of acute stress in > > the collective consciousness of societies, which fuels violence in the > > actions of man and imbalance in the events of nature. > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Are conflicts in the Middle East > > > > and disasters in Japan preventable? > > > > > > > > Technologies of the ancient Vedic science of consciousness > > > > can reduce violence in society, imbalances in nature > > > > > > > > As predicted nearly 5 years ago, a large group of meditation experts in > > > > Iowa produces dramatic fall in US violent crime rates, number of > > > > destructive hurricanes > > > > > > > > > > "I invite all well-wishers of peace to fully investigate the scientific > > > principles and the research which underlie these technologies and then, > > > if your questions are answered, to partner with us in promoting a world > > > of permanent peace." Dr. John Hagelin > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Earthquakes are interesting. There is very little that shakes your > > > > > belief in Reality As You Know It as everything shaking under your > > > > > feet. > > > > > The very term "terra firma" comes into question. > > > > > > > > > > I've been in a few. The biggest was in Agadir, Morocco in 1960. Years > > > > > later, working in a tall office building in downtown L.A., I > > > > > experienced > > > > > another one. It rattled windows and we could feel the whole building > > > > > swaying, but it passed without damage, and we all stood around for a > > > > > few > > > > > minutes talking about it, and pretending that we hadn't just seen our > > > > > lives flash before our eyes. :-) > > > > > > > > > > Talk gravitated to the other 'quakes we'd experienced. One of the > > > > > programmers I'd been working on the same floor as for some time > > > > > mentioned Agadir, and I was surprised so I took him aside and followed > > > > > up on it. Turns out he was originally Moroccan, forced to leave in the > > > > > Jewish diaspora several years later, and now living and working in the > > > > > US. As we chatted, we realized in a moment of mutual shock that many, > > > > > many years earlier we had sat in the same room together. It was > > > > > during a > > > > > showing of the film "Exodus" on the Air Force base my parents lived > > > > > at. > > > > > A lot of Jewish residents of nearby Marrakesh had gotten permission to > > > > > visit the base so that they could see the movie, which was naturally > > > > > banned from local theaters. So it turned out that this fellow and I > > > > > had > > > > > been sitting in the same movie theater. Go figure. > > > > > > > > > > When I moved from California to New York, one of the things in the > > > > > back > > > > > of my mind was, "Well, at least I won't have to worry about > > > > > earthquakes > > > > > any more." So what happens during my first week of work on the 40th > > > > > floor of a NY office building? An earthquake. We were later told that > > > > > the building was measured swaying four feet back and forth; I can > > > > > certainly assure you that this is exactly what it felt like, from the > > > > > 40th floor. :-) > > > > > > > > > > The thing is, the earthquake itself was in Nova Scotia. As was > > > > > explained > > > > > on the News in the days that followed, the East coast of the US is > > > > > even > > > > > more susceptible to damage from a major earthquake than the West coast > > > > > is. The basic infrastructure of West coast, because of the constant > > > > > grinding against each other of the tectonic plates, is more fractured. > > > > > The waves of an earthquake thus don't tend to travel very far, the > > > > > energy being dissipated to some extent in the fractured ground. But on > > > > > the East coast, the ground is more solid, so the effects of a large > > > > > earthquake can travel much further -- hundreds of miles. So > > > > > Washington, > > > > > D.C. was lucky. This one seems to have been localized, and in an area > > > > > that confined its effects to a small area. In Agadir, a 'quake one > > > > > point > > > > > lower than this one on the Richter scale destroyed a third of the > > > > > city. > > > > > > > > > > And just to give our California dwellers pause, the Richter scale is > > > > > not > > > > > the only measure. It is logarithmic, and thus illusory -- a 6.8 is 100 > > > > > times more powerful than a 5.8, and a 7.8 is 1000 times more powerful. > > > > > But earthquakes, where this can be measured, are also rated by the > > > > > distance that the fault line itself has shifted. For example, during > > > > > the > > > > > San Francisco quake that burned down major portions of the city, the > > > > > fault line in question only shifted a few inches. > > > > > > > > > > When contemplating what the term "The Big One" could potentially mean > > > > > for California, bear in mind that they are predictable. They occur in > > > > > 150 to 200 year cycles. The last one was back during the Civil War. > > > > > During that one, the entire San Andreas fault line shifted something > > > > > like eight feet. According to historical records, it knocked almost > > > > > every existing building in California off its foundation. > > > > > > > > > > Weird facts like this make me happy that I live in the Netherlands > > > > > rather than California. We're pretty earthquake-free here. And it's > > > > > not > > > > > as if a nation that is largely below sea level has anything to fear > > > > > from > > > > > climate change and rising ocean levels. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
