Let me get this straight: the Ramayana is a type of global metaphor for
physiological processes; all linked with approprite verses from the Vedas.
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Only to portray one'self as an "expert", we delete the (a) on Veda and
Ramayana, getting "The Ved", and "The Ramayan".
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Likewise, to be one of the "cccooolll", upscale TMO members, we delete
the middle i in Maharishi, getting "Maharshi".
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But otoh, the real nerds like Charlie Lutes said "The Maharishi", so he was
doubly out of the picture.
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Now I can quote it with the best of them: "The Ved, the Ved; the Ramayan".
Neat. Or, "Everything, Vedic. Everything Vedic, Everything Vedic" (to be
accompanied with the MMY Mudra - a movement with the riright hand mimicing the
shopping of vegetables, but without the vegetables.
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"Portals to Inner Landscapes" by Martina Hoffman
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