Thursday, January 8, 2015

Sun May Determine Lifespan at Birth: Study

Source :
ndtv

Excerpts :

In an unusual study published Wednesday, Norwegian scientists said people born during periods of solar calm may live longer, as much as five years on average, than those who enter the world when the Sun is feisty.

The lifespan of those born in periods of solar maximum -- interludes marked by powerful flares and geomagnetic storms -- was "5.2 years shorter" on average than those born during a solar minimum, they found.


"Solar activity at birth decreased the probability of survival to adulthood," thus truncating average lifespan, according to the paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

The Sun has cycles that last 11 years, give or take, from one period of greatest activity or solar maximum, to the next.

Solar maxima are marked by an increase in sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections that can disrupt radio communications and electrical power on Earth, damage satellites and disturb navigational equipment.


"We show for the first time that not only infant survival and thus lifespan but also fertility is statistically associated with solar activity at birth," they wrote.

Now, read what scientists said in 1975.

In 1975, amid increasing popular interest in astrology, The Humanist magazine presented a rebuttal of astrology in a statement put together by Bart J. Bok, Lawrence E. Jerome, and Paul Kurtz.[7] The statement, entitled 'Objections to Astrology', was signed by 186 astronomers, physicists and leading scientists of the day. They said that there is no scientific foundation for the tenets of astrology and warned the public against accepting astrological advice without question. Their criticism focused on the fact that there was no mechanism whereby astrological effects might occur:
We can see how infinitesimally small are the gravitational and other effects produced by the distant planets and the far more distant stars. It is simply a mistake to imagine that the forces exerted by stars and planets at the moment of birth can in any way shape our futures. 
                                                     ( source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology_and_science )

Scientists ! You are just seeing the tip of the iceberg. See what you said in 1975 and what you are trying to say now !

And we have the so called rationalists who are stuck with your 1975 ideas when you were still in pre primary school.

Read the above together with what I had written in an earlier blog :

"Aithareya Aaranykam 2.4.2 says

At birth , Agni enters the mouth as speech, Vayu enters through the nostrils as prana, Surya enters the eyes as vision, the directions (space) enters the ears as hearing, the plants and herbs enter the skin as hair, Moon enters the hridaya as mind, death enters the navel as apana, waters enter the genitals as retas.

Likewise, at the time of death "Suryam chakshurgamayat" - the eyes / vision goes to Surya.

This shows a clear co relation between these entities / forces of nature and the being. In astrology, at the time of birth, if the Moon is weak, that indicates affliction to mind etc. When a person is born at a time when the moon is weak, it is a weak moon that will enter him as his mind which will govern his future development. This is the elementary process with respect to human birth, then comes the interaction and interplay of all these forces against a time scale,

I am not saying here that the new scientific discovery is correct or not . At least scientists seem to have found some link between longevity of individuals and  " infinitesimally small  effects produced by the distant planets and  the forces exerted by stars and planets at the moment of birth shaping our futures. "

Monday, January 5, 2015

Tamil Brahmin marriage - demystified

Scientists find out " bad luck " causes cancer !

According to a report that appeared in DNA newspaper on 5th, January, 2015 a team of scientists from the John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer centre, US have come to the conclusion that " two thirds of adult cancer incidence across tissues can be primarily explained by bad luck...while the remaining third are due to environmental factors and inherited genes. "

We knew this long back. We also knew what caused bad luck- BAD KARMA.

जन्मान्तरकृतं पापं व्याधिरूपेण जायते

We had long back classified diseases into nija and agantuka explaining these two categories.

You called us ignorant and superstitious. You said diseases can be  caused by only germs, heredity etc. You laughed at us when we linked karma to diseases. Now, look what you have come up with.

Slow learner science.  But,appreciate his honesty.


Sunday, January 4, 2015

Why "pour" milk over that "stone" when it can satisfy the hunger of a poor man !!

I'm with you - if you are talking about those skimmed, toned, three or more days old, adulterated whiteners that come in the name of milk in plastic packets. They are not worthy of any divine use,

And as far as its usefulness to the poor man, Central Minister Maneka Gandhi says -  Milk is unhealthy. Asians can not digest milk. It has something called IGF - 1 which can cause cancer. Milk causes asthma.Calcium in the milk actually becomes a health hazard causing kidney stones and osteoporosis. Ulcer patients treated with dairy products are two to six times more prone to heart attack. Milk causes acidity and leads to obesity. Ayurveda lists milk as one of the five white poisons
( ??? ). Large amounts of DDT and poisonous pesticide called HCH are present in milk far beyond permissible limits.

I don't know whether all that she says is correct. However, let movie makers decide whether it is safe to give milk to the poor man !

The purpose of this write up is to find out what makes a Hindu to "pour" milk over "stone".

The procedure is called Abhisheka equivalent in meaning to bathing. To understand its relevance it is first necessary to understand how  Hindus worship their godS ( not god, godS - S with a capital, not one God, but many many gods - this is very very important ).

Hindus treat their gods and goddesses like  kings and queens. They live in palaces. A synonym for devalaya in sanskrit is praasada which means palace.

The coronation  ceremony for a king in sanskrit is called rajayabhisheka.

भूतो भूतेषु इति सूक्तेन राज्याभिषेके शान्त्युदकजलेन पुरोहितः अभिषेकं कुर्यात् । ( कौ.गृ.सू )

The king is bathed with the suktam starting bhuto bhuteshu and that is how royalty is infused into him. That is what makes him a king. That much is the power of mantras and abhisheka.

At the time of consecration of temples the idol is bathed with  eighty one pots of different dravyas. Some of them are - Milk, ghee, curd,honey, gomutra, decoctions of hebs, water from holy rivers, sandal etc.

There are specific mantras associated with each dravya. The particular subsatnce acts as a carrier medium for the particular mantra. 

For example - abhisheka with gandhodaka ( sandal mixed water ) is done with the mantra "gandhadwaram...."

Now, don't come around and ask me to scientifically establish that these materials can act as carriers. If a plastic disk coated with something can be used to record sound and carry it around, this should also work.

Now, once the king is established as king in his throne there are daily ceremonies practiced . They reflect his power and authority. Strict protocols are established. The days of even the present day heads of states are marked by such spectacles.





Ceremonial baths are part of  the daily routine of the royalty. The following is a painting of one such royal bathing ceremony of Mewar


In a temple, the god is woken up in the morning, taken through the daily routine through the day and put to sleep in the night like a king. The ceremonial bath is an important part of this routine. This entire procedure is often sequenced as follows.

1. Providing water for washing of feet
2. Providing drink
3. Cleansing ritual
4. Ceremonious drink
5. Ceremonious bath
6. Providing royal robes
7. Providing yajnopaveeta and ornaments
8. Anointment such as sandal, kumkuma
9. Offering garlands, worship with flowers
10. Offering scented dhupa
11. Worship with lamp
13. Offering royal naivedya ( food )
14. Offering tamboola
15. worship with lamps,camphor
16. Offering royal umbrella, fans, dance, music etc.

The abhishkea is the royal bathing ceremony. Materials known for their purity and divine qualities are used here, milk being one of the foremost among them.

Veda says - 

ऊर्जं हि पयः संभरन्ति - milk is a storehouse of energy.
It is the dravya used in agnihotra - the daily yajna.


This abhisheka serves the twofold purpose of cleansing and revitalizing the divine presence in the idol by means of the materials used for it acting as carriers for the appropriate mantras from the priest to the idol.

Some innocent questions -

1. Is feeding the poor the ultimate aim in life ? Hinduism obviously is one religion where charity is of utmost importance. It does not mean exclusion of every other aspect of multifaceted human existence and development.

2. Is this a clandestine effort to turn man away from religion and channelize the society's resources to dubious charitable institutions ?

3. Places of worship where  milk is NOT "poured" over "stone" - Does the devotee who goes there buy milk  and give to a poor man at least once in his lifetime ?

4. Do we practice this in our own lives ? - while travelling in business class, while eating at five star restaurants, bathing at royal spas, while living in bungalows, moving around in the most expensive cars ? Do we think of those poor man who can be bought milk with all that money ?

5. Isn't it better that we leave all this socioeconomic planning to Modi and his team ?

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