Thanks for the explanation. But of course as soon as we enter the domain of "devas" we've got problems Houston within a scientific paradigm. Not that I'm dismissing such an explanation, just that it hangs in the air as a myth until it can be quantified. And we are very far from that right now!
--- anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something along the following lines: > > A piece of land gets arbitrarily separated from > everything else by > some human being who puts a fence around it. Having > done this, that > property gets divided on a grid such that different > squares on the > grid are "governed" by different devas. Why this > should be the case, > I don't know. > The entries into the building on the property will > sit on top of > these abstract squares and therefore be under the > influence of one > or more of these devas. Having a southern entrance > will increase > problems in the direction of death because the devas > that hang out > on that side are Yama (god of death) and other > related henchmen. > Just what the devas are that hang out on the north > side, I don't > know. But they are supposed to support prosperity > and having > children, I think. The devas on the east side are > supposed to > support spiritual growth. > > Incidentally, Keith Wallace recently told the MUM > students the > official explanation for the following change of > policy. In the > past, the teacher always faced east in the > classroom, while the > students faced west. The logic was that the teacher > needed to be the > most coherent person present, being the one that > everyone was paying > attention to, and facing east produced the most > coherence. Now, the > policy is reversed. The logic is that it makes no > difference which > direction someone who is enlightened faces, but it > matters for those > who are not. The implication is that the faculty of > MUM are all > enlightened, while the students are not. > > So why all this emphasis on SV in the first place? > Why not just > focus on the enlightenment of individuals as in the > original plan. > It might have been more successful at transforming > the world than > all these impersonal plans to save humanity that > seem to go nowhere. > > --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Could someone tell me what is the vedic reasoning > > behind why a northern facing entrance to a > building > > lowers the crime rate, sickness, etc. of those > living > > in such a building? Can a functional hypothesis > even > > be created that makes rational sense? Also, you > will > > be fined 12 points if the term "natural law" comes > up > > in your answer! Please use the term, IUWEROQWF, > > instead. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina > relief effort. > > http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ------------------------ 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/
