--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > I didn't bother to read it. I refer you instead > > > to this writeup from Wikipedia, which I think > > > better describes the phenomenon > > > [ snip Wiki definition of "boogeyman" ] > > > > Oh no, Turq. Sorry you missed it. > > Yours is more descriptive while the other > > Is more practical. The other is more the > > FF take on negativity. The transcendental > > Look. > > I see it as trying to put a New Age spin > on the fact that they're focusing on their > fears, personifying them, and indulging > in them.
BTW, I did scan the letter you sent enough to get the gist of it before I wrote this, and as a result class it as the rank super- stition I think it is, Doug. Although a belief in "rakshasas" is not as prevalent as a belief in the things in this article, I'd class them all in the same category, and a belief in "rakshasas" on the same level as #5, voodoo. Same thing -- blaming one's own problems on an outer malevolent source. http://www.cracked.com/article/139_5-ridiculous-ancient-beliefs-that-thrive-internet/ Just because it's old doesn't mean it's true. And just because it provides a cool magical explanation for a mundane phenomenon and adds to one's own self importance (because you think you "know" how things work) doesn't mean that the magical explanation is true, either. The guy (I have to assume it's a guy, because of the level of self importance) who wrote the rap about rakshasas you like so much is proposing it as a "sadhana" to kill rakashasas and remove fear. And yet he's still "locked up this way" with his own sister, after a whole life together. Great "sadhana."
