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Re: Faith & Healing
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To: ghen@netcom.com
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Subject: Re: Faith & Healing
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From: Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu>
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Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 15:43:26 -0500
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Sender: rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu
Vijay Sadananda Pai wrote:
> That's too bad that all these scientific studies on yoga are just
> looking at the body -- really cheapens yoga, IMHO. I mean, c'mon, I
> can change the temperature in the palm of my hand by sticking my hand
> in the fridge or by sticking my hand in a glass of hot water. But what
> has that accomplished? But it's only stuff like that that a certain
> segment of scientists are going to look at, unfortunately.
The point here is not developing the ability to change tempertaure etc. The
point is that it can be done. For ex., swami Rama was able to produce the
brain waves that indicated that he was in deep sleep while he was completely
awake. This changes the way scientists look at things. That is more important.
Of course, if you are already throughly convinced about creation etc from
other sources this is not of much use. However, for people who hold science
and scientific method in esteem, this is of great use. Science restricts
itself to observable facts and inferences drawn from them. So any segment of
scientists will have to look at things only from this point of view.
Ramakrishnan.
--
Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said, "The flag is moving." The other
said, "The wind is moving." The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He
told them, "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving." - The Gateless Gate
