--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > *Because of* the need to attract a > > > man to support them, (in Rama's view) women attained > > > a higher proficiency with the occult arts than men > > > did. They became adept at the mini-siddhis that make > > > up the "science of attraction," the ability to "make > > > someone fall in love with you." In his view almost > > > every romantic relationship was initiated by women, > > > and most of the time involved them using their occult > > > abilities to (at the very least) attract the man' > > > s attention and get him to focus on her. And, as he > > > pointed out, there is really "no harm, no foul" in > > > doing this, because women *had very few alternatives*. > > > > Just curiously, would "mini-siddhis" and "occult > > abilities" include, say, the release of pheromones? > > Possibly, but that's not what I'm talking about. > It's more like "lines of power" emanating from > person who can to this. These lines are actually > *visible* when you've been trained to see them, > and last I checked pheromones aren't.
Also, as I understand the research, pheromones are "nose specific," meaning that the smell that would be attractive to one person would not necessarily be attractive to another. The abilities I'm talking about work on anyone, not just the opposite sex. They're what is often happening on a subtle level when we refer to someone as "charismatic," as opposed to someone we characterize as "sexy." Thus the same abilities can be used to "hook" an audience and get them to focus on the speaker. IMO that's exactly what is happen- ing with a number of famous spiritual ' teachers; they're using a kind of occult "wrap" to make themselves seem more inter- esting than they really are. As opposed to other teachers who never have to resort to this kinda thing.
