On May 23, 2006, at 7:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On May 22, 2006, at 2:47 PM, authfriend wrote:
> >
> > > The point is that she doesn't seem to have the
> > > requisite credentials to trash Vedic science.
> >
> > She's a scientist and someone raised in that culture--I'd
> > certainly say she does. esp. given her masterful overview
> > of the development of this trend. Really the only thing
> > necessary is the minimum insight necessary to expose the
> > fraud...otherwise you're merely appealing to authority and
> > using faulty logic.
>
> Not to mention "killing the messenger."
And that "killing of the messenger" in this specific context is an
artifact of clinging to the "idea" that the vedas and science go hand-
in-hand.
We all grew up in a technological age and so it's a very compelling
idea, but not necessaily the truth of the matter. It could be we just
bought into the commercial and the advertisement that is part and
parcel of the TM PR machine. Once one recognizes they made this
error, they do understand why that occurred and also notice why
others would do the same or why it's a comfortable blanket to hold
onto. But basically it's just spin to play with our own attachment to
science as a belief system.
> There is a
> great deal of resistance on the part of members of
> Indian-based spiritual groups to equating the
> "Vedic Science" movement with Christian Fundament-
> alism, but I think that not only is it a valid
> parallel, it's something that seekers should be
> more aware of. Far too many of them just accept
> what they've been told about the Vedas and Indian
> history (much of it myth) as gospel truth, when
> it just might not be.
What throws people off is that Indian spiritual thought represents
the *left* of American (and western) thought and lifestyle--
fundamentalism, generally, the *right*. But in India, the movements
which seek to try to make the vedas scientific are fundamentalist,
right-wing nationalists. They're like our "religious right", our
"moral majority".
>
> But isn't it fascinating that when this issue
> comes up, the first post reacting to it on FFL
> is an attempt to demonize and discredit the
> author? Typical.
Yes, I'm not surprised because at one time I would've done the same
thing.
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