--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > Imagine if yagyas *actually* did something and we had the > > power to further our own ends, presumably at the occasional > > expense of others. > > Why would you entertain that presumption?
Because it would be at someones expense if, say, they were applying for a job and were the best qualified, even the most deserving, and you'd asked shiva for a bit of help to sway the interviewers mind, wouldn't that be at the expense of someone else? > There are some serious karma issues here > > for sure. I'm sure a TMer would say that the laws of nature > > would cancel out any requests that violated natural law, but > > who is to know what effects this beating of a butterfly's > > wings will have on the fabric of reality? > > If one doesn't have "faith" in natural law to sort > things out without harming anyone, ethically one > shouldn't utilize yagyas. The "me" generation clearly aren't suited to this type of lifestyle. > > Maybe this is why they don't work, everyone is so concerned > > about getting more money, sex etc. That the yagyas are > > cancelled out at the akashic level before any karmic damage > > is done. Which should amount to refunds all round! > > Heh. Not necessarily. Theoretically one would have > gotten one's money's worth via the karmic lesson > involved in discovering that one's impure motivation > caused the yagya to be canceled out. (It could take > several such lessons before this sinks in, however.) That wouldn't be the worst excuse I'd ever heard for them not working. The usual one people kid themselves with is: They're working on a level I'm not aware of. Or is that the same thing? Probably. But it should still say so on the brochure.....
