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TheKak · 05-03-2004, 05:53 PM

Heh, hardly telepathy. Telepathy would be someone sitting across a table telling me what I'm thinking with 100% acuracy 100% of the time, not a machine reading my brain waves to make a mechanical arm move (which isn't too difficult anyway, practice with a joystick while the machine watches, and it remembers how you moved the stick to move the arm, and then you just take away the stick. They did this with a monkey). Magnetic waves introduced into the brain to produce religious feelings also isn't telepathy or some super-human ability. I think the closest we could come to these things is self induced states of trance, and the incredible amounts of self control gained by such things (like that guy who set himself on fire and just sat there).

As for Sai Baba, pure trickery. He is using tricks to get people to convert to Hindu, under the guise of following him. He speaks in the language of Vedas of Indian mythology, his religious tales/chants/speeches are taken from Indian mythology, and I also read that his philosophy follows Advaita Vedanta, or "school of the non-dualism". He also seems to think that he is God, or an incarnation of God. This from the front page of his website:

"Children of Immortality! Remember that You are created in My Image and Likeness. Perfect. Live up to this Image in all planes. Live like Masters! Walk this Earth with Your Heads held high, Your Spirits soaring, Your Hearts open to Love, and believe in Yourself and GOD with You. Then all will go well. See Me everywhere, talk to Me and Love Me who is in Each. Then from Each I will respond and bring You into Glory."

I would take this man with the same seriousness I take Scientology, reguardless of how benevolent his teachings may seem.

05-03-2004, 05:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheKak Insane Location: Virginia	Heh, hardly telepathy. Telepathy would be someone sitting across a table telling me what I'm thinking with 100% acuracy 100% of the time, not a machine reading my brain waves to make a mechanical arm move (which isn't too difficult anyway, practice with a joystick while the machine watches, and it remembers how you moved the stick to move the arm, and then you just take away the stick. They did this with a monkey). Magnetic waves introduced into the brain to produce religious feelings also isn't telepathy or some super-human ability. I think the closest we could come to these things is self induced states of trance, and the incredible amounts of self control gained by such things (like that guy who set himself on fire and just sat there). As for Sai Baba, pure trickery. He is using tricks to get people to convert to Hindu, under the guise of following him. He speaks in the language of Vedas of Indian mythology, his religious tales/chants/speeches are taken from Indian mythology, and I also read that his philosophy follows Advaita Vedanta, or "school of the non-dualism". He also seems to think that he is God, or an incarnation of God. This from the front page of his website: "Children of Immortality! Remember that You are created in My Image and Likeness. Perfect. Live up to this Image in all planes. Live like Masters! Walk this Earth with Your Heads held high, Your Spirits soaring, Your Hearts open to Love, and believe in Yourself and GOD with You. Then all will go well. See Me everywhere, talk to Me and Love Me who is in Each. Then from Each I will respond and bring You into Glory." I would take this man with the same seriousness I take Scientology, reguardless of how benevolent his teachings may seem. __________________ Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I.