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- From: lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich)
- Subject: Re: Krishnas, Vedas, and all that (was: TM debunking needed)
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- References: <1993Jan23.013321.22729@s1.gov> <7VHVXB7w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:43:07 GMT
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- In article <7VHVXB7w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us> system@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa) writes:
- >lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
- >
- : >Actually, the Vedas state that the Moon is 800,000 miles HIGHER than the
- : >Sun, in the plane of the Bhu-mandala system, not that it is farther away
- : >in terms of linear distance.
- :
- : What's the "Bhu-mandala system"?
- >
- >The Bhu-mandala system is a gigantic disk-shaped region in
- >higher-dimensional space. Its 3-dimensional projection is on the
- >ecliptic. Ordinary human beings cannot see the physical disk of
- >Bhu-mandala, because our senses are not sophisticated enough. But its
- >existence has been reported by demigods and advanced yogis.
-
- Are you sure that their imagination wasn't working in
- overdrive? One shouldn't have to be a Yogi to have to detect this
- Bhu-mandala system.
-
- : And is the Moon _closer_ in linear distance, or isn't it?
- >
- >Yes, the Moon is closer in linear distance, but higher than the sun in
- >the "z" coordinate. However, this is a 3-dimensional analogue of what is
- >actually a higher dimensional situation.
-
- I can easily imagine extra dimensions. But what reason is
- there for supposing that to be the case?
-
- : >Eclipses are explained as the result of the planet Rahu passing
- : >between the sun and the earth, or the moon and the earth. In modern
- : >astronomy, the planet Rahu is identified as the moon's ascending node,
- : >which is indeed in line with the sun-moon-earth system during an
- : >eclipse.
- :
- : There is no such thing as a planet separate from the Moon that
- : causes eclipses.
- >
- >So you say, but this is only your opinion. You cannot see Rahu, but that
- >does not mean it doesn't exist.
-
- But if it is a see-through object, then how can it cause
- eclipses?
- --
- /Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster
- /lip@s1.gov
-