--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Is there anyone out there who *does* believe in the > efficacy of SV fences who has the balls to speak up > and say *why* you believe that? Even if it's just, > "Maharishi sez." > > That's a good reason, if you believe that what > Maharishi sez is true. In my book, saying that is > cool...you can believe whatever you want. But when > you have to resort to ad hominem *rather* than saying > that you believe that things are true because Maharishi > said they are true, I think that conveys a different > message than the one you think you're sending. >
I have just spent a month living in a SV home and I have to say I was rather taken with it. Obviously, being me, I had to spend a lot of time working out why it was such a pleasant environment. There seemd to be a definite "rightness" to the place and a deeper silence than one would expect when just sitting on my own. But why? Perhaps it's because the open-plan nature gives one a sense of space. The Brahmastan was a nice touch, all that natural light. But I think it's the fact it faces due east. It felt to me that the light was always "right" and my theory is that when a house is "correctly" oriented whatever time of year you get the proper light for the time of day. Sounds like bullshit? Well maybe we are more sensitive to the rhythms of nature than we know. Perhaps it's no coincidence that just about every neolithic monument I can think of faces due east, stonehenge, the pyramids etc. I liked the idea that SV is a link to our ancient past in the sense of having to know planting times or just when the solstice is for the next festival. Whatever, it felt better than I expected, and actually I wasn't expecting anything. I was puzzled by the fence though, but if I get round to building one myself I would build the little fence and tell myself it's to keep the dog in!
