--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > A flying monkey and a shape shifting king of Lanka are quite > > beautiful images to be found in the Ramayana. So too is the > > idea that supernatural weapons might be used in warfare, in > > the place of conventional and crude weaponry, to be found in > > the Bhagavadgita. But in the 21st century we tend to treat > > such tales as makebelieve. If talking animals do not exist, > > nor astral weapons, then why should one choose to accept > > the descriptions of the powers of rishis or maharshis as > > all factual? > > There *is* a criterion that would make one tend to > respect such descriptions in ancient texts, be they > from the Vedas or other traditions -- personal exper- > ience. That is, if one has had the experience of > performing or witnessing such powers, then if the > description in the text agrees with your experience, > then you might give the text more credibility. Same > thing with some of the "legendary" animals described > in texts of the past. One can treat them as fiction > only until you run into one. Once you do, the texts > are harder to be skeptical of. >
My recollection is that your personal experiences are such that you don't believe that a photographer might have recorded them as you remembered them. Most of us wouldn't find that to be "real" in the usual sense of hte word. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
