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Most, but not all. Although, if you count 'what not to do', all do.

I wonder who the scientists are trying to convince. For much of the planet, it's 'old news'.

There is also the factor of degree (way?) of understanding. The casual bystander, the interdisciplinary scholar, the practitioner, and the practitioner/scholar will all have different understandings (in both directions). So when we read, as Thomas alluded, first we need to answer, "Who's doing...

Wise looking lady.

I thought all of them are entirely appropriate for faith based discussions. The list summarises the gamut of false reasoning quite nicely, I think.

Seriously, I hope it works.

I could go on a rant about standardized tests. For starters, it's testing teachers, not students. Here they were used for teacher-hate. The government would design a harder one than the previous year, the entire province would do lousier, and the conclusion was that those _____ teachers weren't...

You're right, Wil. I was only thinking of how religious knowledge from a book, unless applied, is not much. You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Of course, as you aptly point out, it knowledge can be applied immorally. Take gunpowder, for instance. We're all works in...

Yes, DA, now that makes more sense. 'Wisdom is the application of knowledge.'

In Hinduism, before emanation, there is only God. Then, for some odd reason, manifestation occurs out of that (Big Bang). But then eventually it all returns. So that would be comparable to 'the time before there was'.

I see that (straight versus rigid) as a portion of the paradigm difference, maybe. I'm personally on a straight and rigid path. The difference might be that I put myself on it. This jumping around, choosing, switching, freedom of choice thing is temporary, until a narrower school is found. Most...

In 40 years of practice, this is the first time I have heard of a Saint Ishu.

Only the extremely liberal Hindu would consider it, so when it does happen, it's most likely due to what Aupmanyav said. But you'd have to investigate every single case on it's own reasons. The other factor to consider here is the tendency of people to use the false logic of making the rare...

Thanks again. Sounds comparable to trance states to me. Either that, or for some, samadhi states, but more likely trance. In Hinduism, some sects induce altered states by firewalking, or kavadi. The Hindu priest operating in a mystical temple also get 'zoned out' to use that term. They can't...

Thank you. When I was referring to inner beings, I meant other inner being separate from the souls that inhabit human bodies. These beings no longer need to inhabit or don't need to inhabit. In mystic visions, they would look different, like balls of blue light, or some such thing. Just a...

I'm curious about the nature of the divine spirits. I fully realise you can only talk the specifics of what you heard from the one family, mostly, or communication with others? My questions arise through the lens of mystical Saivism. 1) Is there variety, for example groups or tribes of inner...

If it's within your own tradition, it's history, but when it's outside your tradition, it's myth. I prefer, "Maybe. Maybe not."

The outsider POV of any culture is totally unreliable, and marginal at best. This list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indigenous_Australian_group_names indicates the complexity you refer to. So too with maps of the peoples there. Same thing with North American indigenous peoples. There...

In some ways, I would rather someone come right out and say it directly, rather than beat around the bush, with the same agenda, but more hidden and sneaky. It reminds me of the quotes around a certain past president of the US ... "Which would you rather have to deal with, a smart crook, or a...

The only stuff I get then is from the public space. I have no idea of the 'private space'.