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Article #4538Re: Krishnas, Vedas, and all that (was: TM
From: Daniel Norman Johnson
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 19:47
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 19:47
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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. Why can't any of our instruments detect this oddity- I mean if the planets were moving of 4-spaces, surely we'd notice something? >> 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. Wow, this actually makes some sence, Kalki! Doesn't seem terribly connected with reality tho. If tehse things are in different places in n-spaces (n=whatever just > 3) why do they wind up projected into 3-space at all? >> >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 we CAN see the body that causes the eclipses- both during, before and after the event. It is quite clearly the moon. So what makes you think Rahu has anything to do with it? --- - Dan Johnson And God said "Jeeze, this is dull"... and it *WAS* dull. Genesis 0:0 These opinions have had all identifiying marks removed, and are untraceable. You'll never know whose they are.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!lll-winken!uwm.edu!rpi!jec323.its.rpi.edu!johnsd2 From: johnsd2@jec323.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel Norman Johnson) Newsgroups: sci.skeptic Subject: Re: Krishnas, Vedas, and all that (was: TM Message-ID: <m6m316-@rpi.edu> Date: 24 Jan 93 19:47:35 GMT References: <7VHVXB7w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us> Reply-To: johnsd2@jec323.its.rpi.edu.its1 Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 54 Nntp-Posting-Host: jec323.its.rpi.edu