I don't give a shit about all the objective stuff. I am not interested in Movement yagyas because ostensibly since the Veda is expressed in Shakas therefore the Movement cannot own those families. I am just curious how yagyas work. I feel the effects from the ones I sponsor. I have no need for objective confirmation.
----- Original Message ----- From: "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mechanics of Yagyas > --- In [email protected], "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> So I know yagyas are the way of heyam dukam anagatam etc, >> but what are the mechanics exactly? I mean, do the devas >> just dig it so much that we do ceremonies that they shower >> blessings? So they are not altruistic? They will only help >> those who sacrifice? What are the mechanics? Are they moral? >> If you only sacrificed exactly so much do you only get >> exactly so much back? Or is the quality of the priest >> important? If you have a huge and expensive yagya with a >> shitty pundit is it not as good as a poor yagya with a great >> pundit? And so on... Is it not only karma really? The amount >> of energy put into the aspect of creation through ritual? > > Me, I suspect that yagyas work now the way they > always have -- they're a revenue generator for the > people and organizations that offer them, and any > benefits occur through the mechanism of the placebo > effect. > > But there is a simple, scientific way to find out > if there is anything else going on with them. Offer > to perform a study tracking the effects of various > yagyas, as long as the pundits perform the yagyas > for free. We'll tell them that's a testing protocol, > so that the test subjects for whom the yagyas are > performed have no more invested in the outcome > than the control group does. But the real reason > is to see if any of them will do it for free. If > they won't, that'll pretty much clear up once and > for all what yagyas are all about, right? :-) > > > > > > 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 > > >
