--- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter > >>> <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Ha! Who gives a flying f*** what their birth > time > >>>> > >>> is? > >>> > >>>> What great difference does it make in one's > life? > >>>> > >>> Just > >>> > >>>> live your life. Just another aspect of yogi > >>>> > >>> bondage to > >>> > >>>> be terrified about. "Oh no! Did I breath out of > >>>> > >>> time > >>> > >>>> with my jyotish?" > >>>> > >>>> > >>> uh-oh! what direction were you facing when you > said > >>> that?! > >>> > >> Must have been south! But seriously, will someone > >> please tell me in no uncertain terms exactly what > the > >> value of jyotish is, not in theory, but in actual > >> practice? The most impressive thing I ever saw in > >> jyotish is when Charlie Heath predicted a car > accident > >> I got into about a month after his prediction. > But, > >> his prediction didn't allow me to stop the > accident, > >> so what good was it? > >> > >> > > Predicting accidents obviously has no value, > unless you know the > > exact timing and can stay at home. What makes > Maharishi Jyotish > > unique is that it can "prevent the dangers that > have not yet come" by > > using precious stones and yagyas. > BS, remedial measures such as gems and yagyas are > NOT unique to > Maharishi Jyotish. Those as well as other remedial > measures such as > simple charitable acts have been commonly used for > centuries by > astrologers to prevent catastrophic events and > improve the person's > situation. Anytime the movement tells you they have > something unique > hold on to your wallet.
And how do precious stones and yagyas "avert the danger that has not yet arisen" (by the way this is a complete and total distortion of Patanjali. He states that the danger is the identification of the seer with the seen-avidya, not some relative discomfort.) Forget the theory. Show me some empirical proof that a yagya does something? Show me that a gem does something? > > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
