From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 3:46 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Origin of the Universe
Re "The thing you need to know is that evolution will explain all states of
consciousness as being part of brain structure":
How do you explain homosexuality in evolutionary terms? The claim is made that
all our traits have been passed on to us because they originally gave our
ancestors the edge in the struggle for survival and the competition for a
sexual mate. But being gay is a *sterile* option so what possible advantage
could it give in the struggle for life?
Stephen Fry is proof positive that evolutionary psychology is incomplete.
I'm not sure how homosexuality fits into this whole evolutionary scenario, but
I'm pretty sure how evolution figures into someone being stupid enough to post
a series of Maharishi videos to support his ever-growing fear of and hatred of
atheists. Any thinking person will look at this behavior and realize that the
person believing and posting such drivel is so lame as to be avoided at all
costs, and as a result the video-thumper will die childless and alone and never
pass his genes on to future generations. Evolution wins again. :-) :-) :-)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote :
Since we've been discussing the origin of the universe lately, it would be nice
to review what Maharishi had to say about this subject. Essentially, he was
saying that the view of the new atheists are limited in that their philosophy
only addresses one phase of life, which is the waking state. It is does not
address the values relating to sleeping, dreaming, transcendental
consciousness, and the other higher levels of existence. As such, atheism does
not satisfy nor bring bliss to the mind.
But John, I'm both satisfied and a happy sort of chap and I achieve it without
the need for a god. We are all the same, I'm tellin ya ;-)
The thing you need to know is that evolution will explain all states of
consciousness as being part of brain structure and not just the one you call
"waking state". They are all neurophysiological states so they will all come
under the same fundamental encompassing umbrella of chemical interactions. I
used to be fascinated by what enlightenment meant for Darwinism but have
reached a sort of peace with it and don't anymore think it's a worryingly
complex thing to have lying latent in our brains as a kind of pre-adaptation
without anything to be pre-adapted from.
Back to the case at hand; Maharishi, of course, flatly refuses to answer the
question about the origin of the universe and just gives the his usual sap
bollocks answer that every question is an opportunity for him to warm over and
drone on about for a few hours. It's just a shame everyone there is too polite
to mention it. But then they wouldn't be sitting there if they weren't
terminal, grovelling yes-men. Another wasted opportunity for a proper scientist
to demolish the drivel of the reesh and challenge him to either explain what he
knows or admit that he doesn't have an answer.
The origin of the universe - like every other physical problem - will be
explainable mathematically, somehow. Because the universe is made of small bits
of stuff, being in a different state of consciousness isn't going to change the
math that explains things. If his answer actually provided an explanation he
could have given it there and then but he didn't.
I've mentioned it before but the enlightened could have saved everyone a lot of
bother - or at least made an interesting prediction - by telling everyone at
CERN what the electron weight of the Higg's boson was. Not even John Hagelin
knew what it was going to be. That would have been a practical demonstration of
the power of enlightenment but they blew it.
Origin of the Universe (Part 1 of 2)
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| | | | Origin of the Universe (Part 1 of 2) Physicist, Ilya
Prigogine discuss's the origin or the universe with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Prigogine describes how it is difficult to explain the origin of t... | |
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