--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: <snip> > > > 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. > > Your recollection is incorrect. I don't *know* that > the experiences (of levitation, someone turning > invisible, etc.) would have been captured on video > or in a photograph. > > > Most of us wouldn't find that to be "real" in the > > usual sense of hte word. > > "Most of us" can go suck eggs. What others believe > or don't believe is real doesn't affect me in any way. :-)
The question is, does "Barry really saw X" translate into "X is real"? > > What you should ponder is how *you* would react if > you had witnessed such phenomena -- often -- and > yet had no objective evidence of their existence. > > Would you have the balls to believe your own exper- > ience or would you doubt, and continue to doubt > until "outside verification" made it *safe* for > you to believe your own experience. > > If the latter, I would suggest that you're gonna > have a long, long road to enlightenment. IMO, one > of the things you have to do to realize it is learn > to trust yourself. > ------------------------ 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/
