--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yhvhworld" <yhvhworld@> > wrote: > > > > --- > > > > >Thanks for posting this(below) excellent discourse! What he says > > is apparently true in regard to what may come "later" - after the > > primal sounds and so forth. > > Not sure exactly what you mean by this... > > > OTOH, Buddhism is no less "Dharmic" than Saivite Hinduism, but the > > Buddhist Masters cognize their own Scriptures. MMY seems to equate > > "Vedic" with "good" (if it's not Vedic, then it isn't worth a hill > > of beans). All Buddhist teachers would disagree with this. > > Oh, I don't know if he makes that equation. I think > he considers the Veda the *ultimate*, but not necessarily > that everything else along these lines is worthless. > > > In addition, cognizing the Vedas only goes so far, since IMO all of > > mathematics could be regarded as "Vedic", but MMY doesn't know much > > about math. (evidently, mathematics is in MMY's "later" category); > > AS WELL AS (and this is important!): the ability to cognize the > > FUTURE. Otherwise, if MMY could predict the future, he would no > > doubt use this ability to become a commodities market wizard, > > making all of the billions he so ravishly desires. > > It would be interesting to ask him about this. My > (uninformed) sense is that one would cognize specific > information on a "need-to-know" basis (the need being > determined by nature). > > Plus which, there may be some metaphysical problems > involved in messing with the future. It's not clear > to me that one can predict the future without > *changing* the future, so it's no longer quite the > same future you're predicting--sort of along the > same lines as the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. > > Just thinking about it makes me want to take a nap... > > > > > To conclude, "cognizing the Vedas" isn't valued at all in Buddhism; > > or perhaps the definition of the Vedas needs to be expanded to > > incorporate Buddhist texts and pure Platonic knowledge like > > mathematics. How about the broadest definition possible: Cognizing > > anything true.
I was reading some things from this website, called 'The Field Center', which may add to this discussion; in regard to the manifestation process; quantum mechanics; and the role of particle, and wave, in consciousness itself: http://www.fieldcenter.org/ Click on 'Resources', then click on 'Free Audio Library'... Lot's of fun stuff about the relativity of time, etc... > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
