--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 17, 2006, at 12:13 AM, sparaig wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > How did you ever find it?
> > > >
> > > > Just looked for a nearby forest and then when I saw the
> > > > buildings in a N-S/E-W grid, I found it. It stuck out
> > > > because it went against the natural pattern of roads
> > > > and other buildings.
> > >
> > > That's what I've never understood about S-V, the
> > > desire to try to impose an obviously artificial
> > > structure on the beautiful and delightful forms
> > > of nature.
> > >
> > > The other geomancy-oriented studies on the planet --
> > > Feng Shui, Sa-che (Tibetan geomancy), and even
> > > Western geomancy -- are all about trying to suss
> > > out the natural organization and energy flow of
> > > nature, and then taking advantage of it and living
> > > in harmony with it. But S-V (at least as interpreted
> > > by Maharishi) seems to be a remarkly control-freak
> > > approach -- trying to make nature "submit" to puny
> > > humans' idea of what it should be.
> >
> > Every resource online says exactly the same thing. In
> > fact, if you look at the design of the oldest cities
> > in India, you'll find they are laid out exactly that
> > way. The ruins were uncovered some years ago.
>
> So you're trying to make the point that ancient
> Indians were just as much control freaks and just
> as out of touch with nature as Maharishi is? :-)
>
I guess...
