--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > *Because of* the need to attract a > > > man to support them, (in Rama's view) women attained > > > a higher proficiency with the occult arts than men > > > did. They became adept at the mini-siddhis that make > > > up the "science of attraction," the ability to "make > > > someone fall in love with you." In his view almost > > > every romantic relationship was initiated by women, > > > and most of the time involved them using their occult > > > abilities to (at the very least) attract the man' > > > s attention and get him to focus on her. And, as he > > > pointed out, there is really "no harm, no foul" in > > > doing this, because women *had very few alternatives*. > > > > Just curiously, would "mini-siddhis" and "occult > > abilities" include, say, the release of pheromones? > > Possibly, but that's not what I'm talking about. > It's more like "lines of power" emanating from > person who can to this. These lines are actually > *visible* when you've been trained to see them, > and last I check pheromones aren't.
OK. It's just that as an involuntary biological signal of sexual interest (in both sexes), pheromones can be a very powerful subliminal attractor. I wonder if one could be trained to consciously turn pheromones on or off at will, and/or to consciously detect them. That might be a "siddhi" worth having.
