--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: <snip> > So true. Anyone who believes that Maharishi does *not* > consider these gods and goddesses real gods and goddesses > just hasn't spent any time around him.
Again: "Real gods and goddesses" does NOT mean "not laws of nature." They aren't mutually exclusive ways of looking at the deities. <snip> > > The analogies made by movement scientists between modern > > scientific concepts and Vedic Gods are just that, analogies. > > That is not proof that any of these concepts are > > actually descriptions of the laws of nature. > > Or that such "laws" actually exist. How's that again?? <snip> > My experience is that when Tibetan > Buddhists believe that a technique works because it just > works on a cause-and-effect level with no belief required, > that's what they say, and if they believe that another > technique works because some superhuman entity gets > involved and belief is definitely required, *that* is > what they say. > > Me, I'm more comfortable with that approach, and that > level of honesty. But others really prefer to believe > that they are pursuing a spiritual path that is based > on some kind of science, and not gods and goddesses > and attracting their benevolent attention. Not mutually exclusive. 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/
