Currents, Fluids, and Forces: The Origins of Santo Daime Theories of Healing - Matthew Meyer

[@naftalibendavid]

Nicely done!

[@airmark02]

so interesting to listen to - thank you!

[@HueyTheDoctor]

I love these MAPS presentations, they're always so interesting. At about the 07:28 mark, the notion of divine punishment for moral transgressions in prior lives is raised and it got me thinking about the futility of punishment. If there is such a is a karmic back-and-forth of action and reaction, I doubt very much that it's done in the spirit of punishment as justice for a perceived crime.

[@AnkurPandeyef]

I agree. I am an indian, and a hindu, and in the karmic understanding of existence, there is nothing like a punisher and the punished. Hinduism is one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood collective wisdom. And karma is one of those wisdoms. I guess the 'spirit of punishment' angle comes from christian outlook of the world, which looks at the world through polarised lenses. Heaven-hell, god-satan, punisher-punished...

[@veilofreality]

If there is a moral cosmic law (personally I believe there is), there has to be a punishment, a pay-back or at least a reaction, when this law is infringed. Be it here and now, in the afterlife or, if you believe in reincarnation, in a subsequent life, doesn't change the fact that if an action is done with ill will, especially to harm others, the wrong has to be in someway corrected.

[@mikedavino2400]

Thanks shared on fb

[@balhanson9299]

What you know about God? How much get paid to saying that?

[@veilofreality]

Sorry, but what are you implying with this question?

[@timothyappleseed2986]

Not sure why everything he said sounded like it was coming from the teacher on Peanuts, ...like "whahhh whah whah whahhh whah whah whahhh whah whah whahhhhhh. I kept waiting and listening for some kind of contextual clue or phrase I could connect with but after 20 minutes I fell asleep and then turned it off. I guess this man either talks way over my head or about a bunch of stuff I have no idea about. I also wonder sometimes why it takes so long for some people say what seem like practically nothing at all. If anyone can break this down into a couple or few coherent phrases it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@veilofreality]

He is talking to an informed, specific audience who already knows the broad lines of the subject. To me his talk was very interesting and made perfect sense.