--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 10, 2006, at 12:27 AM, new_morning_blank_slate wrote: > > > "Magical thinking,", myth, art, poetry, drama, literature, dreams, are > > great things -- in the vast realms that science does not provide a > > more effective, predicable, researched and validated set of models, > > explanations and remedies / technologies. > > > > We have discussed this a bit before in the realm of logic. Logic has > > its realm. As does poetry. And I don't want a poet fixing the jet > > engine in the plane I am going to fly in, but I would rather hear the > > poet, rather have Neruda, not the mechanic, waxing on about love. > > > One thing that Sanskrit literature and philosophy teaches us is that > each drishti or way-of-seeing is unique, and therefore each way-of- > seeing has it's own unique, internal logic. These are relative to one > another, but different. This is part of conventionality or the > relative. Waking state's linear logic may appear different to dream > state's logic, and waking state's way-of-seeing may see dreaming > state's logic as "magical thinking". It would also see the way-of- > seeing of Unity Consciousness the same way (as magical thinking). All > these things really tell you is looking *across* different ways-of- > seeing only shows that different ways-of-seeing are relative to one > another. > > Different beings, in different dimensions of existence will also > experience the same phenomenon differently. A traditional example > given would be of a river which a human would see as something to > drink, fish would see as their home and gods would see as nectar > (etc., etc.).
The view in Jivan-mukta or other states does not change the chemistry and physics of a jet engine. The perspective and context aboutsuch knowledge may change, but Bernoulli's law is still Bernoulli's law. (Except on Trans-Love Airlines -- which gets you THERE on time" as Donovan and Jefferson Airplane sang.) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
