Doug: "which is corroborated by discoveries in modern physics and neuroscience, reveals an underlying cause: the build up of acute stress in the collective consciousness of societies, which fuels violence in the actions of man and imbalance in the events of nature."
Me: There are scientific principles and theories in play here. The most important one is our mind's quest for order and explanation in a complex world. We see forms and shapes in random clouds and Jesus in a taco. It is what our mind does when faced with randomness or complexity. It is effortless and unconscious. The world seems like a safer, more understandable place if we can associate the thoughts we have in our heads with bad things like war and natural disasters. Oh, the opium of believing we can prevent these things from happening with our all powerful minds, like magic. And if you just spouted some religious belief that makes you feel all comfy inside, I wouldn't be tempted to write. But you had to throw in the term "science", perverting its meaning in a dishonest attempt to prop up religious beliefs as if they were based on established scientific method derived theories. This is wrong. I know who you learned it from. The spin master himself. And this thoery that victimizes the victim, as if the people of Japan had it coming from all their "stress" and "imbalance" compared to any other people in the world is sick. Do you really think that all the people in the drought in Africa deserve this? Well, the Hindu belief system does. And I guess as a pseudo-outcaste Hindu you might share the belief that all is well and wisely put, that no child dying in pain didn't earn it in a past life. And as much as I find that view repugnant, it doesn't rise to the level of deceptive communication as asserting that any of this nonsense is scientifically based. Own your beliefs. You believe spiritual claims because it makes sense to you and it makes you feel good. Fair enough. But you can drop the drop the pseudo-scientific 3 out of 4 dentists surveyed posturing. It just doesn't fly anymore. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > What do conflicts in the Middle East and natural disasters in Japan have in > common? > > Very little on the surface of things one is man-made, the other nature-made. > > But a closer analysis of the mechanics of how nature functions at the deepest > levels from the perspective of the ancient Vedic science of consciousness, > which is corroborated by discoveries in modern physics and neuroscience, > reveals an underlying cause: the build up of acute stress in the collective > consciousness of societies, which fuels violence in the actions of man and > imbalance in the events of nature. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > Are conflicts in the Middle East > > > and disasters in Japan preventable? > > > > > > Technologies of the ancient Vedic science of consciousness > > > can reduce violence in society, imbalances in nature > > > > > > As predicted nearly 5 years ago, a large group of meditation experts in > > > Iowa produces dramatic fall in US violent crime rates, number of > > > destructive hurricanes > > > > > > > "I invite all well-wishers of peace to fully investigate the scientific > > principles and the research which underlie these technologies and then, if > > your questions are answered, to partner with us in promoting a world of > > permanent peace." Dr. John Hagelin > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Earthquakes are interesting. There is very little that shakes your > > > > belief in Reality As You Know It as everything shaking under your feet. > > > > The very term "terra firma" comes into question. > > > > > > > > I've been in a few. The biggest was in Agadir, Morocco in 1960. Years > > > > later, working in a tall office building in downtown L.A., I experienced > > > > another one. It rattled windows and we could feel the whole building > > > > swaying, but it passed without damage, and we all stood around for a few > > > > minutes talking about it, and pretending that we hadn't just seen our > > > > lives flash before our eyes. :-) > > > > > > > > Talk gravitated to the other 'quakes we'd experienced. One of the > > > > programmers I'd been working on the same floor as for some time > > > > mentioned Agadir, and I was surprised so I took him aside and followed > > > > up on it. Turns out he was originally Moroccan, forced to leave in the > > > > Jewish diaspora several years later, and now living and working in the > > > > US. As we chatted, we realized in a moment of mutual shock that many, > > > > many years earlier we had sat in the same room together. It was during a > > > > showing of the film "Exodus" on the Air Force base my parents lived at. > > > > A lot of Jewish residents of nearby Marrakesh had gotten permission to > > > > visit the base so that they could see the movie, which was naturally > > > > banned from local theaters. So it turned out that this fellow and I had > > > > been sitting in the same movie theater. Go figure. > > > > > > > > When I moved from California to New York, one of the things in the back > > > > of my mind was, "Well, at least I won't have to worry about earthquakes > > > > any more." So what happens during my first week of work on the 40th > > > > floor of a NY office building? An earthquake. We were later told that > > > > the building was measured swaying four feet back and forth; I can > > > > certainly assure you that this is exactly what it felt like, from the > > > > 40th floor. :-) > > > > > > > > The thing is, the earthquake itself was in Nova Scotia. As was explained > > > > on the News in the days that followed, the East coast of the US is even > > > > more susceptible to damage from a major earthquake than the West coast > > > > is. The basic infrastructure of West coast, because of the constant > > > > grinding against each other of the tectonic plates, is more fractured. > > > > The waves of an earthquake thus don't tend to travel very far, the > > > > energy being dissipated to some extent in the fractured ground. But on > > > > the East coast, the ground is more solid, so the effects of a large > > > > earthquake can travel much further -- hundreds of miles. So Washington, > > > > D.C. was lucky. This one seems to have been localized, and in an area > > > > that confined its effects to a small area. In Agadir, a 'quake one point > > > > lower than this one on the Richter scale destroyed a third of the city. > > > > > > > > And just to give our California dwellers pause, the Richter scale is not > > > > the only measure. It is logarithmic, and thus illusory -- a 6.8 is 100 > > > > times more powerful than a 5.8, and a 7.8 is 1000 times more powerful. > > > > But earthquakes, where this can be measured, are also rated by the > > > > distance that the fault line itself has shifted. For example, during the > > > > San Francisco quake that burned down major portions of the city, the > > > > fault line in question only shifted a few inches. > > > > > > > > When contemplating what the term "The Big One" could potentially mean > > > > for California, bear in mind that they are predictable. They occur in > > > > 150 to 200 year cycles. The last one was back during the Civil War. > > > > During that one, the entire San Andreas fault line shifted something > > > > like eight feet. According to historical records, it knocked almost > > > > every existing building in California off its foundation. > > > > > > > > Weird facts like this make me happy that I live in the Netherlands > > > > rather than California. We're pretty earthquake-free here. And it's not > > > > as if a nation that is largely below sea level has anything to fear from > > > > climate change and rising ocean levels. :-) > > > > > > > > > >
