Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread Zoran Krneta
Aboriginal folklore and fairytales''... http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3225/aboriginal-dreaming-story-leads-meteorite-crater http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/30/dreamtime-meteor-impact-found-with-google-earth-2/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-08 Thread Vaj
On Jan 8, 2010, at 11:26 AM, BillyG wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand premanandp...@... wrote: MMY: I preach a simple system of transcendental meditation which gives the people the insight into life and they begin to enjoy all peace and happiness, and because

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-08 Thread Vaj
On Jan 8, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Premanand wrote: Let's be honest, virtually everything Maharishi convinced many of his audience that he was a model of 'enlightenment'. He didn't need to come out and say it, nor did people notice when he didn't. Around 1997, 121 Pundits came to Stroudsburg, PA

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 7, 2010, at 7:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: The conclusion is inescapable. Because stories of siddhis exist in these books, siddhis must exist. Similarly, stories of not only siddhis but fantastic creatures like dragons, trolls, etc. exist in other books. Of course they exist, and not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-07 Thread Vaj
On Jan 7, 2010, at 2:35 PM, WillyTex wrote: Premanand wrote: As Turquoise asks, then why not our own Fairy Tales too? They have a lot in common with the Purananas. Oh, but then they are not Indian or Vedic, huh! The 'Fairey Tales' of Western cultures have nothing to do with Yoga

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-07 Thread It's just a ride
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Premanand premanandp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: The Indian word puraaNa is an adjective meaning old, ancient; and a noun meaning; tale of by-gone ages, Hindu mythology. Superpowers abound in the old tales of many nations. So why take the  Indian Puranas any more