<Snip all good stuff> If I had money > to burn, it might be fun to experiment, though. >
The fun way would be to go to India and see it all. That way you would at least get a fascinating experience out of it. They can really put on a show! --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > <snip> > > > Come to think of it, have there been studies on > > > Feng Shui? You said in another post the Hong > > > Kong housing market is heavily influenced by > > > Feng Shui. Is that just because it's a cultural > > > tradition, or is there some evidence that it > > > works? > > > > I have never heard of any, but I seriously doubt it. It is based > > on a whole system of graft with the Feng Shui masters. They run on > > a "better pay the Feng Shui master or he will say your building is > > cursed" blackmail system from what I have read. > > Shhhh! Don't give the TMO any ideas! > > Jeez, a Feng Shui Mafia. That's depressing. > > No one is seriously > > interested in Western science's opinion. The tradition goes back > so > > far. But it is interesting that it has perpetuated itself till > > today. > > > > Oh, I dunno, if it were possible to do convincing > > > scientific studies you might get some in the general > > > public to give yagyas a shot. > > > > I don't know how successful the 1% research was for the public. > > Well, I said *convincing* scientific studies. I > honestly don't think it's possible, either for the > Maharishi Effect or Vastu and so on. > > > I suspect the yagya research would be similar. You would have to > > believe in the general principle I think, even to be interested > > enough to get into the research. Even diet research seems to have > > trouble convincing the public of anything, and that is so much more > > concrete. > > Damn stuff *changes* every other day, it seems. People > get confused and give up. > > > I wondered how far scientific language marketing approach went, if > > the new stuff was being marketed the same way. I don't suspect > > that the science angle on this new stuff is important for most > > sidhas. It wasn't ultimately very important for my practice after > > the first few years. It had a big influence on me starting though. > > Me too. I wouldn't have come near TM if it hadn't > been for the scientific research. But beyond TM > and the TM-Sidhis, I'm really not tempted by yagyas > and stuff. Had my Jyotish chart done once, but it > didn't tell me anything useful. If I had money > to burn, it might be fun to experiment, though. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/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/
