[FairfieldLife] Re: Are there many gods?
--- bbrigante wrote: http://streaming.mou.org/MOU/Jan/wnews_25jan2006_128.ram MMY answers at minute 34 Wow. It's been a while since I've seen Bevan or heard Maharishi. Kind of a blast from the past. Bevan looks fine except for the dark skin around his eyes. The rapid blinking suggested some problem there, perhaps. Dryness? Allergies? Simple tiredness? Maharishi sounded medicated himself. Cheerful and sharp, yes, but a bit slurred in the speech. It was interesting to hear MMY say there's no effective difference between having one god or many gods as long as the many gods work together harmoniously. It's not a democracy, he said, which is kind of funny. Do the gods cooperate with one another in Hindu mythology? In Norse and Greek myths, the gods don't all get along. It would be interesting and perhaps an advancement to have a pantheon work as one. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are there many gods?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was interesting to hear MMY say there's no effective difference between having one god or many gods as long as the many gods work together harmoniously. It's not a democracy, he said, which is kind of funny. Do the gods cooperate with one another in Hindu mythology? In Norse and Greek myths, the gods don't all get along. It would be interesting and perhaps an advancement to have a pantheon work as one. I always liked Joseph Campbell's term for the structure of the Hindu pantheon -- 'polypantheism.' He defined it as, Many gods, all of whom are the boss. And it's true. Who's in charge depends entirely on which scripture and which verse you happen to be reading. They definitely could have benefitted from an org chart to give to the seers to help them keep things straight. :-) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are there many gods?
--- TurquoiseB wrote: I always liked Joseph Campbell's term for the structure of the Hindu pantheon -- 'polypantheism.' He defined it as, Many gods, all of whom are the boss. And it's true. Who's in charge depends entirely on which scripture and which verse you happen to be reading. They definitely could have benefitted from an org chart to give to the seers to help them keep things straight. :-) Hmm. The world's first flat org chart? As an aside for people interested in organization structure, Rudolf Steiner endorsed completely flat organizational structures. His view -- and the view of Waldorf schools now -- is that the enterprise summons more power when decisions arise from the larger group, rather then being decreed from on high. It's often a disconnect for parents who come to a Waldorf school from the corporate world. They wander around for months or years wondering who's in charge before realizing everyone is. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are there many gods?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was interesting to hear MMY say there's no effective difference between having one god or many gods as long as the many gods work together harmoniously. It's not a democracy, he said, which is kind of funny. Yep- its a very interesting process to locate all 'external phenomena' within one's body, including the gods one is aware of. Then, using that orientation, democracy becomes a manifestation of sickness, a battle for dominant impulses within the body... Also an interesting process to become aware of the characteristics of God, then recognize them within; fierceness of Shiva, peacefulness of Vishnu, etc. Next step: recognize these same qualities to one degree or another in each of us, and bring *that* within. Eventually faces us with [another] incomprehensible paradox: how can all of *that* exist inside of just *this*? And yet it does... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- 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 * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
