There are days in which I wish that I believed in God, so that I could thank him that I no longer believe in the superstitious nonsense that TMers believe in.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> 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 <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 > <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) and stop relying on the > unreliable "happiness" of goods and relationships with others. > > Bob Brigante > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2008.html#fit > <http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2008.html#fit> >
