Edgar and RAF, Why are you concerned with Hindu Cycles? Don't we have to get through the Aztec Calendar thingy first?
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > Joe, > > I'm pretty sure, but will let RAF speak for himself if he likes, that his use > of the term for the last of the 4 Hindu cycles was a simply a metaphor for > the approaching global catastrophe both he and I see approaching rather than > any indication he believes in any of the details of Hindu mythology. > > > Edgar > > > > On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Joe wrote: > > > RAF, > > > > A three-sigma signal? Or just a bump somewhere. > > > > Wait for five-sigma? > > > > Still, data requires a proper interpretation and interpreter if one wants > > to project reliably. I *understand* your view is Indio-syncratic. It > > doesn't mean we can't learn from it. > > > > But it's *I* who am now Mister Dubious. > > > > What goes around comes around. > > > > Yes, it is discharged; and much obliged. > > > > I put no stock in prophecy. Projecting from trends, *maybe*. But not > > prophecy. > > > > Those Indians could know nothing about global warming, fresh-water > > shortages, raging population growth, sea-level rise, massive and escalating > > species extinctions, etc., and the commercialization of Society, where it > > had once been only the commercialization of the Economy. > > > > But, "If it's not one thing, it's Another" (another folk-wisdom gem). > > People think they're good at seeing trends and patterns, and the gullible > > among them say it's been prophesied. You're not one of Those, I gather. > > Come clean. Tell us Lassie's safe (oops, she passed). > > > > --Joe > > > > > R A Fonda <rafonda@> wrote: > > > > > > Pls. let us know; the suspense is killing us. > > > > > > I have overlooked your sarcasm and given you an honest answer to a snide > > > question; my obligation is discharged. > > > > > > RAF > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
