--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > curtisdeltablues@ wrote: > > > > I think Vaj's point was actually nicer than the Vedic view of > > Westerners as I understand it. We are not even untouchables who are > > in the caste system and can trace their Shaka or Ghotra back to the > > original Rishis. We are what MMY referred to in India as the > > "mix-ups" because we have no clear lineage, and would require more > > purification because of our low birth. Vaj's point that such low > > lifes can be used at will is not much of a jump. In the Vedic system > > the "unsee-ables", below untouchables, have to ring a bell so people > > can avert their eyes as they walked around. We are below that status > > in the Vedic system. We are out-castes, the lowest humans in the > > Vedic system. > > > This all has nothing whatsoever to do with Vedic knowledge. The Vedas > are the oral record of the Seers' cognitions of the vibratory > universe. No more and no less. All of these misintepretations have as > much to do with the Veda as do Catholic priests molesting children > have to do with the life of Christ. It is all poisonous > misintepritation based on waking state ignorance.
That may be true in the pure sense, but I thought we were talking about the willingness of Maharishi and the TMO to tap westerners for money. Cultural attitudes linger in the subconscious .... JohnY 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/