From: schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher)
Subject: Re: It's the Kalki Dasa Show! (was Re: In case Bales has ...)
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:57:42 GMT
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In <6ZsmuB6w165w@kalki33> kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us writes:


>The existence of God is testable, and any experiment which purports to
>reveal Him is falsifiable. I will give you an experimental process by
>which you can personally observe God, and you can perform the
>experiment. If you follow the experimental procedure precisely in every
>detail, and you do not observe God, then you have falsified the
>hypothesis (the hypothesis being that the experiment produces
>observational evidence of God). However, since many others have already
>performed the experiment, and their findings were unanimous, you must be
>very careful to keep detailed notes of your procedures so that you will
>be absolutely sure that you did not omit even the smallest step. After
>all, this is science.

I asked the Kalkii to send me the procedure, and here's what they sent.

Letter #1:

    > >Now, ask us to prove that this Supreme Godhead has been observed, and
    > >we'll tell you how you personally can observe Him.
    > 
    > Please prove that this Supreme Godhead has been observed, that I may
    > learn how to personally observe Him.
    
    Here is the proof: I have personally observed Him. All the devotees in
    the Hare Krishna movement have observed Him. Many others have observed
    Him as well.
    
    Here is the method: Chant the Hare Krishna mantra with all sincerity,
    and give up all hostility, resistance, resentment, reluctance,
    disbelief, or whatever you call it, to the prospect of meeting the
    Supreme Godhead.
    
    Sincerely,
    Kalki Dasa
  

 Letter #2: 
  
    schumach@scofflaw.convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:
    
    >>    Do you know why or how this works?
    
    The chanting works because God is not different from His name. Since God
    is Absolute ("unmixed" or "unadulterated"), He is not different from any
    of His qualities. Chanting God's name fixes the mind on one of God's
    qualities, and therefore on God Himself. In the Bhagavad-gita, God makes
    the statement that He will reveal Himself to one who fixes the mind in
    this way.
    
    In the material world, a living being and his name are different ("the
    map is not the thing mapped"). I cannot chant your name and expect to be
    in direct contact with you, since you are a person but your name is just
    a symbol. But God's name is not just a symbol, it is also God Himself.
    This is the meaning of "Absolute."
    
    Cultivating the proper attitude by giving up hostility (etc.) toward God
    is necessary because God will not normally interfere with our free will.
    If someone does not want to meet God, then God will not impose except
    under extraordinary circumstances. Even in the relative material world,
    if we want to make someone's acquaintance, we generally try to cultivate
    a favorable attitude toward that person. This is just the decent thing
    to do, and it certainly makes the other person more inclined to reveal
    himself to us.
    
    Sincerely,
    Kalki Dasa
  

 Yep. Sure looks like science to me. NOT. 


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