2-[GJ], from Mark, 10/7 re. 'religion, it's stored in the dna'....

[Guest guest]

I've heard a very interesting take on ...

inherent.... 'religion....stored in our dna'...

 

from His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, of TM fame,.... I've heard him say:

 

'When you evolve, you unfold the particular deity that is most charming to

yourself. In other words...when you start to experience God, the form that

is the most charming, the most intimate to you, will appear.

 

For Christians it might be Christ, for Hindus, Krishna and for Muslims,

Mohamamad....like that....everyone will see God....in their own image!"

 

 

I love that quote....

 

Mark Kincaid

 

 

 

 

 

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>> Yana <bona_mente

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>> Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:16:51 -0700 (PDT)

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>> I strongly believe that we are BORN with one religion, and it's stored in our

>> DNA, conversion can create mess in our /spiritual and otherwise/ sense of

>> identity, ant that of our progeny- we are not only what we think, and what we

>> want to be, but also an ocean of stored info from our ancestors, as you ROIK

>> paid dearly to learn!

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>

> As for my names, I was raised with no connection to racial identity. I tried

> to persue Catholic, but that came from Rome, and from a Jewish sage, which

> is foreign. Nobody taught me about my race or it's religion.

>

> Later, Hinduism was very "in", and everyone was going there for

> "enlightenment" as if we had none of our own, which it seemed we did not.

>

> I spent long and learned much from my Vaisnava Gurus and the Vaisnava

> movement. I don't regret it. I changed my name from Richard Wurst to Das

> Goravani, "Servant of Caitanyas Teachings" in the early 80's.

>

> Later, more recently, I finally became aware that Celts have a history, and

> I love it.

>

> Roik is a Scottish pronunciation of Rick. I'm Irish however, so in trying to

> get it "just right", I run into various little problems. However, I'm

> basically just happy to have found so much about the

> Celtic-Ancient-Europe-France/Irish/Scottish race and history. It's been

> wonderful.

>

> So I don't know how I'll settle the name thing. It is splitting me. I admit

> that. I am vitiated. I have to perform alot as the Hindu part of me. People

> still call me that from my website and business. Other devotee friends call

> me Raghu. My family calls me Richard, and new friends I tell them "Rick". It

> would be hard to get it all under one without going to Das, which I am no

> longer into being. I've too much found my Celtic side, roots, and love it.

>

> Yes, I believe there is much in our blood, in our roots. I believe that we

> are mixes of our blood lines, but mainly we have alot of our childhood

> environment inside us. Like, I was raised more strongly, much more, by my

> mother, and her family, and not at all by my more German father. So I was

> raised by the Irish side, hearing all their words, being treated by them

> their ways, learning those ways, as osmoses is really how we learn. Then I

> more look like that side, which tells the store of what my genes contain.

>

> I noticed by watching people that they do heavily reflect in these two ways-

> their genetics and their childhood environment.

>

> And the environment continues. We are like more and more who we associate

> with more and more.

>

> But some things will attract us, and we'll go there, more so than other

> thins. Like, I was more attracted to being a monk with Hindus than with

> Catholics. This was clear to me. I feel very attracted to the culture of my

> Celtic ancestors. It's really strongly natural rather than forced.

>

> I wish there was more people who believed in preserving whats left of

> Celtic, as I am. At least it is a growing movement, but still very small.

>

> The Scottish Kilt is a start, but that's not all there is, for sure,

> especially since thats recent. That, some music, and some art, is all that's

> at all commonly known and shared. The deeper things remain in intellectual

> books at this point. Anyway, gives us something to work on. There's always

> good news too.

>

> I personally am finding good similarities tween Hinduism and old Celtic

> culture, and the differences are very interesting new things for me to

> explore. It's working for me personally. Celtic magic view is very nice for

> me as I learn more about it. It coudl be liked to being "really into" the

> Paramatma vision part of Hinduism (seeing God in everything).

>

> If you mix Paramatma vision with say seeing omens, believing in the meddling

> of demigods constantly, and so on, then you'd have something very similar to

> old Celtic religion.

>

>

> Anyway, see ya,

>

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