--- In [email protected], "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a human being, I respect the man. But his ideas are perpetuating > what is termed "ignorance" in vedic terms. Perhaps, this is an > example of "wisdom" during Kali Yuga. >
If it makes me laugh then makes me think, I'm all for ignorance. I'm also certain of what Dougs response to ideas like Kali Yuga would be, he was a scientist too you know. He would have been well aware of the difference between subjective belief systems and empirically gained knowledge, which is the only way of being certain you actually 'know' anything. Not that we ever do, hey ho. In vedic astrology, sophisticated > machinery is signified by Rahu, a mythological figure comparable to a > demon. As such, we need to be aware that these new technologies can > promote illusions or maya in our own thinking. > It seems to me that modern man must have imposed the concept of Rahu on our technology as the ancients would not have had any idea of what sophistication was to come. Which would make 'maya' our awareness of our own limitations, which have never been in doubt. Never take anything too seriously. I'm sure Doug would have agreed, check out 'Marvin the paranoid android' if you don't believe me. > > > > And more important, Doug would have considered it > > something to laugh about, and to help other people > > laugh about. > > > > When it comes to an epitaph, I suspect Mr. Adams > > would've been far happier with "He made millions > > laugh" than "He made thousands get so serious about > > enlightenment that they spent years turning their > > backs on life and scrounging up the money to attend > > the Next Big Course that promised it to them." > > > > The man had a wit on him that has rarely been equaled. > > And he coined the ultimate definition of how to fly. > > "You hurl yourself at the ground, and miss." All these > > thousands of people following Maharishi, for all these > > years, and not one of them has missed yet. > > > > Here's a glass lifted to the memory of Douglas Adams, > > and a few of his own toasts to go with it: > > > > "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable > > end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small > > unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of > > roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly > > insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended > > life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still > > think digital watches are a pretty neat idea." > > > > "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has > > made a lot of people very angry and been widely > > regarded as a bad move." > > > > "The spaceships hung in the sky in exactly the same > > way that a brick doesn't." > > > > "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody > > discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it > > is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced > > by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There > > is second theory which states that this has already > > happened." > > > > "Arthur Dent hoped and prayed there wasn't an afterlife. > > Then, realizing the contradiction, he merely hoped > > there wasn't an afterlife." > > > > "Anything that happens, happens. Anything that, in > > happening, causes something else to happen, causes > > something else to happen. Anything that, in happening, > > causes itself to happen again, happens again. It > > doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, > > though." > > > > "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so." > > > > "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and > > uncertainty." > > > > "The problem with designing something completely > > foolproof is underestimating the ingenuity of a > > complete fool." > > > > "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound > > they make as they fly by." > > > > "The major difference between a thing that might go > > wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is > > that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes > > wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get > > at or repair." > > > > "On the way back, they sang a number of tuneful and > > reflective songs on the subjects of peace, justice, > > morality, culture, sport, family life, and the > > obliteration of all other life forms." > > > > "Well I think we've sorted all that out now. If you'd > > like to know, I can tell you that in your Universe > > you move freely in three dimensions that you call space. > > You move in a straight line in a fourth, which you call > > time, and stay rooted to one place in a fifth, which is > > the first fundamental of probability. After that it gets > > a bit complicated, and there's all sorts of stuff going > > on in dimensions 13 to 22 that you really wouldn't want > > to know about. All you really need to know for the moment > > is that the Universe is a lot more complicated than you > > might think." > > > > "It is no coincidence that in no known language does > > the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear." > > > > "It is an important and popular fact that things aren't > > always as they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, > > man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than > > dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, > > New York, wars and so on -- while all the dolphins had > > ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. > > But conversely the dolphins had always believed that > > they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely > > the same reasons." > > > > "In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, > > men were real men, women were real women and small furry > > creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry > > creatures from Alpha Centauri." > > > > "Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, > > and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a > > one for breakfast." > > > > "You live and learn. At any rate, you live." > > > > "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability > > to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable > > for their apparent disinclination to do so." > > > > "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and > > he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were > > enjoying it." > > > > "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think > > I have ended up where I needed to be." > > >
