Salvy seems to be a "science fan" and may not work in a scientific
field. Those of us who do work in scientific fields know there are
many unanswered questions. Remember at one time "authoritative science"
believed the world was flat. I think some people feel more secure if
they align themselves with "scientific thought" even if some of the
theories later prove to be wrong.
A friend who is an Indian MD said they had a yogi come to the hospital
who claimed he could stop his heart. The staff was skeptical but
allowed for a test and indeed the man was able to do it. To reduce the
need for food or water can be accomplished by reducing the metabolic
rate to a dangerously low level. Yoga, in it's advanced state, can give
us control over the autonomic nervous system. That's also how the
ayurvedic mantras work.
Then there is the "placebo effect" which is not well understood and one
might be able to "manifest" the nutrients needed with practice.
Probably sounds like "hogwash" to the peanut gallery but they're fun to
tease anyway.
On 09/23/2014 09:05 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Jeez, salyavin, I had plenty of science education both in high school
and at Univ of Maryland! And I'm living my life, not giving it up for
anything...
On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:54 AM, salyavin808
<no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
*From:* salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote :
Steve, I like what you're saying here which is that we don't yet know
all the laws governing gravity. And I think this is a very scientific
attitude. I bet we don't know all the laws about anything yet!
Including how human bodies obtain energy from their surroundings.
Which kind of makes the future fascinating to consider (-:
Sorry you wild wild things, I don't think there will be any surprises
from gravity and metabolism, I think we've got those pretty sussed -
at least as far as floating and not eating for 70 years is concerned LOL.
Happy to be persuaded otherwise by some evidence though.
Sal, I think that the way that thinking about these kinda things works
is, "If I can glom onto some vague anecdote and convince myself that
*one* completely impossible thing is possible, then I can continue to
believe in all of the other impossible things I want to be possible.
Otherwise known as "the appeal of miracles." :-)
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I think that's it, if you start shutting down on miraculous claims you
might look round the dome one day at all the "flyers" twitching and
yawning and occasionally jumping up and down very unconvincingly and
go "Waitta minute...I gave up my life for this!!!" I speak sadly from
experience...
I also think that the way science is treated in the movement does a
big disservice to people who join up and who didn't get a proper
science education at school. They make sound oh so plausible but it's
all a crock. The real appeal to authority is when Tony Nader and John
Hagelin start polishing their PHD's before launching into the usual
crock of insanity like the "Total Knowledge" course or the "physics of
yogic flying". Two things I've seen that would guarantee they wouldn't
get a job in the outside world ever again. But they've got PHD's so it
must be true...
