Ha, noozguru, at least it wasn't millet morning, noon and night!
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:56 AM, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On the second phase of my TTC they served lots of cauliflower. We had
cauliflower pakoras (actually quite good), cauliflower spaghetti, etc, etc. By
the time the course was over folks were sick of cauliflower. Wonder if many of
them ever ate it again? :-D
Regarding Ganesh, he is "associated" with wisdom. Hence Ganesh
mantras like "Om Gung Ganeshaya Namaha" are powerful anti-kapha
mantras which will help clear the head.
On 03/26/2014 09:30 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:
>Share, I have always wondered about how the human brain resembles cauliflower.
>Think of how much Vedic knowledge could be mined from that vegetable. Title:
>Veda and Brassica oleracea. I think that would appeal to vegetarians, as
>unlike the brain, it is not made of meat.
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>salyavin, I think you were the one asking about Ganesh. Dr. Nader's insights
>begin on pg. 341 of his book on Veda and human physiology. Makes me appreciate
>his genius again. The illustrations clearly show the resemblance to the human
>brain and even specific parts: the pons, medulla, cerebellum, trigeminal and
>other nerves.
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>On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:59 AM, salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
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>Yes, we have no religion.
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>The trouble with your interpretation is that it sounds like you want to have
>your cake and eat it. Best of both worlds. Trouble is, it isn't what he means.
>I read his first book of discoveries and the claim is that vedic literature is
>present in human physiology. Not a metaphor, actually present. And responsible
>for. He claims to have a one-to-one correlation between Indian stories and the
>human body. I bet I could find similar coincidences with, say, the works of
>Steven King. Just read the section on jyotish, all the planets have a direct
>connection to parts of the brain, this is offered as an explanation for the
>"physics" of astrology but not all the planets are represented because the
>ancients didn't know about anything beyond the orbit of Saturn due to them not
>having telescopes.
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>You can go through the whole book like that, it makes no sense and is
>astoundingly poor science, but it's used as justification for "modalities"
>like MVVT and other new age dropsy like yagya's. Believe one and you get an
>idea of how the rest of it works. Except it doesn't. Obviously, not beyond the
>expectations of a placebo anyway.
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>And the idea of deities as "aspects of natural law" sounds unfortunate to me,
>because the laws of nature are even less likely to change because of prayers
>than the god's appear to be. This is because they are laws rather than
>reasonable beings, laws don't change, that's what makes them reliable and
>stops the universe falling apart.
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>(Note I clicked on the 'show message history' bit so you know what I'm talking
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>My interpretation of what he said is that the Ramayana can be seen as (among
>other things) an extended metaphor for how the human nervous system operates,
>with one-to-one correspondence between various literary/plot elements in the
>book, and actual aspects of our physical nervous system and how the parts
>interact.
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>So, from THAT perspective, the battles of the Ramayana can be seen as taking
>place in our bodies.
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