(October 9, 2014 at 6:43 am)Riketto Wrote:(October 8, 2014 at 6:04 am)pocaracas Wrote: Imagine that this spiritual master is just conveying what his own biases have provided him with.
Imagine that this master's master, or some other master higher up on the scale was just full of crap, but people liked that crap, and they wanted to be taught that crap... and, since it confirmed their biases and shortcomings, they accepted it and taught it to their pupils.
How can we, today, discern if the teachings of the master are real, or just fantasy, if these teachings keep agreeing with people's wishes?
Yoga started 7000 years ago.
After all this time people who follow yoga would have found out whether yoga is crap or it is beneficial.
The quality last for ever while the crap last only for a short period.
There are however exception to the rule here and there but not very many.
Yoga, as a discipline of body and mind is alright.
Yoga spiritual BS as reality is nonsense.... but it feels alright, because of the discipline part.
Like I said before, if the thing agrees with people's wishes, how can those people tell it's BS?
(BTW, this is one form of something usually called Confirmation Bias).
