--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To All: > > The Shrimad Bhagavatam states that natural disasters are due to a demon > being born in the area. In modern parlance, it would mean that the > residents in the area may be doing something wrong in term of karma > that is causing the disaster to occur. So, what have the residents of > New Orleans done to deserve another hurricane to come along? > > JR >
********** Being ignorant is enough -- it's not like somebody has to be a firebreathing demon to cause negative feedback from Nature (and, once again, please do yourself a favor and throw away your translation by Prabupad and get a responsible scholarly translation for this supreme scripture: http://tinyurl.com/ywykn6 ). "Man is born to live a perfect life, encompassing values of the transcendental Absolute -- unlimited energy, intelligence, power, peace and bliss -- together with the unlimited values of the world of multiplicity in relative existance" -- MMY The functioning of Nature is seen in the story of Jesus, being hungry, approaching a fig tree. Not finding any fruit on the tree, He cursed it, and it withered away. The purpose of existence is the expansion of happiness, and when people lead ignorant, miserable, and trivial lives, it is the kindness of Nature to act against the acceptance of pathetic living. Ignorant people, by definition, are incapable of understanding this, and wonder what they could be doing wrong -- but, sooner or later, in one lifetime or another, suffering due to ignorant living generates receptivity to wisdom in people, and they begin to expand their awareness. Malaria has killed one out of every two people who have ever lived http://pages.citebite.com/u7m6e9k9xepo -- Nature declares war on people all the time, not out of cruelty or randomness, but because it is the nature of Nature, acting in a holistic way, to prod people to be happy (even if it means giving up a body and getting a fresh one at the reincarnation store), which can only happen when people unfold their own nature, sat chit ananda (concentrated happiness of absolute status and permanent nature). Bob Brigante http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2008.html#fit
