--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > One of the problems with the TM teaching is this idea that Vedic sages > > "cognized" things in a mystical manner whereas other traditions will > > tell you it was a trial and error thing. Like others here after many > > years of practice I have become very sensitive to the effects of > > different mantras, herbs and foods. This is probably the "cognizing" > > the sages did. What worked stuck and what didn't went away. Of course > > we could get really tin hat and say that the Vedas are what remains > of a > > teaching that came from another planet and were left by the "seeders" > > who bred the human race. An we can't disprove the latter any more than > > we can prove the former. :) > > Bairitu, > > Good points. I'm a bigger fan of the "trial by error" theory for > ancient humans, than the "God told me" version. >
Trial and error, and some perbutation to the system from time to time, is how evolution works and created humans -- as well as french cooking and the blues. And such trial and error works within the bounds of "laws of nature". Thus, via trial and error, the laws of nature, in a sense, "speak" to man. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
