When the Mississippi flooded in 1993, some of us in St. Louis wondered if it was God's way of saying He didn't approve of riverboat gambling. Really!
I guess it's always tempting to ascribe some human actions as responsible for nature's retributions, be they floods, tsunamis, earthquakes or what have you. Maharishi tapped into that belief when he promised better weather in exchange for doing TM and hosting gandharva ved concerts. When I was looking at the New York Times' maps of the damage this morning, I wondered if there was a connection between this storm and global warming, not just in its cause but in its course. It was as if the hurricane tried to take out the oil production that contributes to a changed climate. As for the voodoo, I worked with a woman from New Orleans who used to laugh about it and think it was cute. I at the time was working with an ooga-booga consultant who dealt with cleansing clients of just such hexes. I was shocked that my friend could be so passé about something so "dark." But then it occurred to me that, for my friend, voodoo wasn't dark. It was familiar. She was comfortable around it, the way demolition experts are comfortable around explosives. When I first studied SCI, I was delighted by the notion that human beings are necessary for creative intelligence to know itself. But that philosophy has a corrolary notion -- that human beings acting in the absence of "natural law" invite death and destruction on themselves. I can entertain these speculations about the connection between man and nature, but your last remark, Tom, that women exposing their breasts invite destruction, seems utterly Talibanesque. Lots of people like to think that sexual freedom is a sign of a decayed culture. But I suspect it's the opposite. Sexual freedom is just another expression of freedom, which is a good thing. It mirrors the spirit in the material world. But sexual freedom gets attacked by the Troglodytes who justify their violence with the "decadence" argument. Think Hitler and the Taliban. It's not "give me liberty *or* give me death" with these people. It's "give me liberty *and* give me death." - Patrick Gillam --- Tom Pall wrote: > > I detect that there is an embodiment of evil in New Orleans, ever > since my first visit. Voodo, Santaria evil. Evil deeds piled up upon > evil deads for centuries. The entire area has always given me the > creeps. > > Of course we can see the violation of the Laws of Nature in the very > building of the levies. If there were not those levies, the > Mississippi would sustain vital wetlands which would help, not > exacerbate the current situation. > > How interesting that what the hurricane did not destroy breaks in > levies are taking care of. > > Ruda Joe, you really think it's cute for two girls to expose their > tits to you and yours at your restaurant and rub them against the > window where you worked, do you? As yet rip, so shall yee sew. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
