R C Macaulay wrote:
Howdy Ed,
This thread is becoming most interesting because it deals with a voyage
toward a science of ideas where, once embarked upon that sea, there can
be no return. Our decision then becomes that of selecting the posture
one takes in the boat,
I agree partially Richard, this is one of our decisions that needs to be
made. We also need to decide where the boat is heading and what we do
when we get there.
As the human species of flesh on an earth, populated by animals, we
alone, do not practice survival of the fittest.
Since when? No species PRACTICES survival of the fittest. Instead this
is imposed on them. We are now being selected based on a different
criteria than was imposed in the past. Of course, the criteria depends
on which country and where in that country a person happens to live.
Jones touched on this subject some time back with his comment on "maji".
On occasion, in history, a single brilliant mind may rise every couple
hundred years.
I suggest part of this brilliance is the ability to learn from thought
transfer.
One of my grandchildren is in private school for gifted children. These
children have every resource available for their education and they
demonstrate certain intellectual heights that cannot be otherwise
explained except to describe them as "gifted".
The school has yet to reveal a maji after 60 years and some 100 grads
per year. The school has children from across the earth.
While these gifted kids are being taught conventional knowledge, they
have to learn the skill of "mind reading" on their own, which is not
easy and is usually discouraged. I suggest that without this skill, a
person will only be gifted and never a maji. I suggest you study the
life and teachings of Sai Baba (check Amazon.com) to see this process in
operation.
There are perhaps a half dozen schools like this in the USA. The
represent a form of "intellectual" survival of the fittest. There are
examples of this practice in history.. Alexandria, Byzantine, Seville,
Florence, etc.
There are also schools on earth for the black arts. The US government is
now budgeting a fortune toward these black arts schools.
What skills do the "black arts schools" teach? I presume we are not
talking about Harry Potter.
Regards,
Ed
Richard
Ed Storms wrote,
Of course, these ideas are not accepted because the process is not
very reproducible and has no theory
to explain it. (Does this sound familiar?) In addition, as Steven
pointed out, a person with this ability might want to hid this fact.
