[FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since this list has a long history of independent thought, some > here (most?) might enjoy it. Since Vedic Creationism figures > prominently in the TM mythos It does?? I've never heard of it. Where does it figure so promin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-30 Thread Vaj
On Jun 30, 2007, at 1:45 PM, hugheshugo wrote: Your're posting good stuff here Vaj. This article is particularly relevant to the TMO as I found out the other day that pupils at the Maharishi schools study Jyotish and SCI as part of the curriculum. Needless to say I was shocked as I don't belie

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-30 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > Intellectual Treason > > > > by Meera Nanda Jan 07, 05 > > > > Meera Nanda uncovers an extraordinary coalition that is > undermining > > science > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-30 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Intellectual Treason > > by Meera Nanda Jan 07, 05 > > Meera Nanda uncovers an extraordinary coalition that is undermining > science > Your're posting good stuff here Vaj. This article is particularly relevant to the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-30 Thread Vaj
On Jun 29, 2007, at 9:26 PM, emptybill wrote: Rather I'd prefer to explore something that might get a little deeper – like why penetration of the gap between thoughts is not the same as transcendence in meditation. We already tried to talk about that. Dr. Pete was the only one who got it, t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-29 Thread emptybill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi e-Bill: > > On Jun 29, 2007, at 7:21 AM, emptybill wrote: > > > Vaj is a bomb thrower and just thinks this will stir up someone here. Vaj replied: > Curious you would have so much aversion to the topic so as to see it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-29 Thread Vaj
On Jun 29, 2007, at 9:10 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: TM is an experiential trip, so there is no mythos surrounding it. Such things may have been expressed by somebody, somewhere, but their validity comes into question 20 minutes twice a day, every day. This is not an academic path, and no need to b

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-29 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Vaj" either can't remember of doesn't care that he has posted this > before. He imagines himself a Great Mother Bird regurgitating for his > chicks. But this junk has already been vomited up , ignored or shat > out be

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-29 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi e-Bill: > > On Jun 29, 2007, at 7:21 AM, emptybill wrote: > > > Vaj is a bomb thrower and just thinks this will stir up someone here. > > Funny how he invokes a materialist to give rationalistic arguments > > as a kick

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-29 Thread Vaj
Hi e-Bill: On Jun 29, 2007, at 7:21 AM, emptybill wrote: Vaj is a bomb thrower and just thinks this will stir up someone here. Funny how he invokes a materialist to give rationalistic arguments as a kick against a straw dog like vedic science. There are many Indians in the US trained in the med

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Intellectual Treason of Vedic "Science"

2007-06-29 Thread emptybill
Vaj is a bomb thrower and just thinks this will stir up someone here. Funny how he invokes a materialist to give rationalistic arguments as a kick against a straw dog like vedic science. There are many Indians in the US trained in the medical field who think like this and blindly accept a hard cor