IN all honesty, Ihave yet to hear an official TM explanation of SV that involved devas. Orientation to the sun is all Ihave heard.
--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > 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! > > > > But that's exactly what this myth does: it provides > > a basis for quantification. From it we can > > construct > > testable hypotheses, e.g., people who live in homes > > with south-facing entrances will die at younger ages > > than those in homes with entrances facing in other > > directions. > > I think two things are confounded here. There are the > empirical findings that correlate south facing > entranced homes with greater diseases, deaths, etc., > compared to north facing entranced homes. These are > empirical facts if the research is done right. Then > there are the explanatory concepts that either link > the empirical findings back into known science or a > new explanatory construct is created (such as in the > 1% stuff) because it is the best and only way to > explain the findings. This, of course, is much more > difficult to do (and what the TMO has failed to do > with the 1% research. But the new construct must > attempt to link or bridge known science to the new > explanatory paradigm. The new construct must "make > sense" within a scientific zeitgeist. The new > explanatory construct is a myth and functions as a > metaphor if this is not done. Right now, to talk about > self-conscious, non-physical entities (i.e., devas) > governing directional quadrants on a piece of property > is just a cultural belief from India. It is very, very > far away from explaining research findings that > haven't even been completed yet! > ------------------------ 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/
