3 June 2008

I think we just hung out at the apartment this day. Mostly we rested but in the afternoon Uncle gave us a talk on a topic in philosophy he has studied extensively. He grew up on the principles of Veyda that is the philosophy of the way of life through Hinduism as an ancient way. Scientology, apparently is based on the same principles as Veyda and more or less adapted the old principles to a modern lifestyle. In America, other than the legitimate reasons, Scientology catches a lot of flack for talking about non-Christian principles that are actually based in quite ancient philosophy such as the union of a single soul with the source of all souls. It was an interesting presentation that he had apparently been approached by the heads of scientology to prepare and give at a college. I think they were looking for a way to take some of the heat off their criticism, as this is very strong. While I don’t agree with Scientology’s methods of business, and they come off as used car salesmen, it was nice to see they have some deeper roots and are doing some good in communities worldwide. Some people might write it off for this reason too, claiming it just stole another philosophy’s principles, but to put the time and energy to research and revive those principles for modern day society is a notable accomplishment in my eyes still.