HAPPY Dhanteras / Dhanvantari Triyodashi

Wish every reader and well wisher a very happy Dhanteras ( Start of the Deepavali)... Festival of lights. Dhanteras is considered as the start of the festival of light and as per rituals we go out and buy new ornaments or utensils and pray to Ma Lakshmi for WEALTH.

It is indeed SAD as how we have deviated from the actual aspect to something more materialistic in this Kaliyug. 

If we go back to the time when GOD and DEMON churned the GREAT OCEAN to get the GEMS, it was today ( 13th of the krishna paksha) that LORD DHANVANTRI appeared with the elixir (amrit) in his hand. He is said to be the father of medicine, who gave ayurveda to the world. He is also said to be the first surgeon.

On this very day the boon of HEALTH was bestowed to the world like the saying goes.... HEALTH is WEALTH.

Actually as per what i have researched and learned we need to pray to the great GOD and GODDESS to bless us with good health which would eventually bring all kind of prosperity in our life.

 

WHO AM I - AN ORDINARY CONSCIOUSNESS

If today I sit and think about WHO AM I -  starting from the day I was born - I really feel

SAD.

I was born as a consciousness TO GROW but what am I today?

At birth the normal assumption is that the ordinary state of consciousness is natural
or given to me by default. A more accurate conceptualization would be that my ordinary

consciousness is semi arbitrary constructed because I am born as a human being with

certain kind of body and nervous system operating in this environment of earth. I begin
my life with potential access to the wide spectrum of human potentialities which
 included learning of different languages, formats, cultures, knowledge, to travel in the

altered state of consciousness, enhance our paranormal abilities etc.. Though I get a

set back due to the genetic limitations but the cultural limitations imposes on ME are

of greater risk.

I am not born and raised in isolation but as a member of a particular culture. 

A culture is something that

a) has decided that certain human potential are good so cultivate them.

b) has decided that certain human potential are bad so block them.

c) is ignorant of the other vast number of human capabilities and potential and thus

fail to develop them due to disuse.

As an infant there are number of human potentials available when my parents start the
enculturing process, many potentialities remain latent to be explored and learned later

but some are totally blocked due to point (b) as stated above. But if I see I could have

learned that non-mother tongue language much easier and faster when I was an infant if

it was a part of my cultural growth.

Out of the vast set of potentialities that I was born with TODAY when i have passed my

childhood and adulthood are relatively small. I am a beneficiary of my culture selection

in term of my strength.

I function reasonably well within the consensus reality defined by the culture but very

poorly outside the culture boundaries.

I emphasize that the state of my consciousness in adulthood is semi arbitrary as I must

all have the minimum survival qualities in term of the physical world but since most of

my life is now spent in the conscious reality of our social world, which reality varies

hugely across cultures...this is very arbitrary.

The higher paranormal functions is largely residing among the latent potentials rather

than among the conscious developed in the culture. Most of us though born with the

higher consciousness... higher abilities cannot use them on will as they fall in the

point (c) as stated above.

If I see this enculturation process has built a large number of semi arbitrary

psychological structures which act as barriers beyond which it is difficult to venture,

thus I am  tied in the barrier of language, skills, emotional reactions etc.

As said it is difficult to venture outside these boundaries but it is not impossible even

though when at adulthood the conscious structure is defined and shaped. We need to show

some inner strength to break these boundaries and move towards the higher horizon.

If you are a parent of a young child you know where to start your OWN PROGRESS of

CONSCIOUSNESS.

WHO AM I - THE HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS

FEAR

As per the ancient TAO tradition it is stated that the 5 main emotions of the person are connected with the 5 vital organs of the body. Any disturbance in the organ would effect the connected emotion and the eruption of any emotion would effect the organ. 
The very simple example is
When a person is in deep fear, he/she develops dark circles, the area below the eyes are connected with KIDNEY as per Nadi(energy) shashtra.

SPIRITS were HUMAN

As the law of thermodynamics say "Energy can neither be created not be destroyed but can be changed from one form to another" and the same was proved by Einstein by his world famous formula E=mc2. 
If the above law stay true then as we all know that what ever is there in or outside of us is ENERGY. The Human Body is made up of energy and even the paranormal world would also be a composition of energy.
So the big question comes.. if we apply the law of thermodynamics to the principle of DEATH what would we get... quite interesting...
The Human Body is a form of energy and when DEATH is applied to this body a transformation takes place on the energy level.

Body is transformed into Spirit

Thus if we reverse engineer SPIRIT we get HUMAN.

The other big question that comes now is that do we fear fellow human being? If NO then why do we need to fear the SPIRIT WORLD.

Question yourself and get back with your doubts.

Phasmo-Phobia

BRAIN - The most complicated organ in a human body and that is the reason the last century is know as the brain century since medical science is behind understanding and decoding the working of the BRAIN. 
*How can so much information be stored/retrieved at the correct time?
*Why is that someone is fearful about a thing and other is not?
*How is fear induced and transferred across the body?

Quite interesting to know that the actual fear is resided inside some part of the brain and as in scientists decode the events they are categorized under different PHOBIA's

The most common phobia apart from the fear of death that haunts a person is Phasmo-Phobia i.e the fear of ghosts.
95 out of 100 people can be diagnosed with this phobia.

Most of us feel excited hearing to the ghost stories and even discuss on the topic but then why is that some section has a quite lot of fear about this subject. Is this something to do with our belief system or something to do with our religion or the way we are brought up?

The other point that could be considered is that the people suffering from Phasmophobia might have the capacity of MAGICAL THINKING(visualizing any event so strong that it appears to be true).

Checking about this aspect i something think that are all the victims who says are haunted by ghosts are actual victims or its the play of the brain that is happening. Does the society take them properly or are seen with just one angle.

We need to break the shackles of the past and the upbringing to come to the light and out of fear to see that the society is a good place and there is nothing to worry about a handful of people who make you believe that you are paranormally affected.

Pareidolia

What do you see in the picture about?

* Clouds

* Animals

* Dinosaurs

* Demons

* Angels

* Fighting Bear

Seeing figures and faces in normal objects or things due to their placement or pattern is called as PAREIDOLIA. It is made of of two words

PARA - Above or Beyond

EIDOLIA - Image or Form

Seeing the image of God and Goddess in Clouds/Tree/Toasts/sand etc is the most common form of pareidolia.

Initially it was thought to be symptoms of psychosis but now it is considered as a normal human tendency where the brain plays a scene which matches patterns in the objects that we see.

The simplest test for this is to splatter ink on the table and let people come up with the images that they see in that pattern, it is really surprising that how the brains plays such a trick. The brain matches the patter of the ink splattered on the table with something that you have seen and remembered in the past. A FACE :)

Pareidolia is a type of Apophenia(unmotivational seen of pattern in unwanted data)

This is the main phenomenon that people get excited and term a place or image as paranormal. For example a person visits a place for the first time and in the dark shade of light he sees a curtain folded in a certain pattern and his brain decodes that pattern to be a face of an old bald man. Over and above this when he finds that the place was actually owned by an old bald man his brain stamps that place as haunted.

The place is haunted with the soul of the owner of the house who does not want to leave the house and would harm the people coming near that place. ( this is how many of the stories are formed.... what was the base.... a curtain seen in dark)

People out there who are troubled with paranormal activities and who see faces and objects out in thin air should sit, relax and train their mind to distinguish between real and patterned data. The day they are able to clear this, i am 100% sure they would come to realize it was PAREIDOLIA which played tricks ....

In the coming posts we would see and discuss some more of these kind of habits which produces false alarm of being HAUNTED.

New section of knowledge

Since October 2009 i had been into the self space of my own soul to get something more... The universe what is see is just a small part of the huge cosmos and the reality is much more beyond as what we can imagine. Since so many years i was trying to decode and learn and gain knowledge about these hidden aspects of the world.
The most hidden and kept in the darkest corner of the section is the world of ParaNormal.
I am very glad to share with you some of the knowledge which i gained in these years in the world of ParaNormal or the GHOST WORLD.

PARANORMAL as a word was first used anywhere between 1915 to 1920 which means any experience that lie outside the boundaries of scientific explanation.

Dictionary meaning for PARANORMAL is : very strange and not able to be explained by what scientists know about nature and the world.

PARANORMAL is made of two words : PARA + NORMAL

PARA means something beyond or above

NORMAL means something which is in the circumference of scientific explanation.

  

In simple world anything about which we are not aware of or about what we do not have the complete knowledge is termed under Paranormal? (correct me if i am wrong)

It is said that the world drives on the principle of duality (+ve & -ve / male & female / good & bad) and we all believe in this theory. If YES then why do we step back when the duality of GOD & DEVIL comes. We hear people saying that they believe in GOD but there is no existence of DEVIL (the principle of duality fails) the balance are disturbed. If we believe in the supernatural power of the good (GOD) then we need to give a thought about the other aspect also. 

PARA means something above or beyond.... it does not always mean the darkest aspect... then what?

Stay with me to know more.

Ayurvedic Prakruti

After a long gap i am back with my part of knowledge sharing...... I would like to describe and share about the Prakriti from Ayurveda point of view and the Tridosha that are formed from the same.

According to the great vedic science of Ayurveda, a human body is one of the three times or a mixture of the three. The three divisions that are made are : 1. VATA 2. PITTA 3. KAPHA

All the problems that happens to the physical body are due to the excess of any one of the above or due to the imbalance of the prakruti..... these are termed as DOSHA and as there are three main divisions so it is explained under the heading of TRIDOSHA (three dosha)

I have tried to explain in short about the prakriti which is as below:

1. "Vata" is the combination of "space and air". This dosha is responsible for movement of fluid and air within the body including blood circulation and breathing. An exaggerated Vata causes insomnia and constipation etc. People who have a lot of vata in their constitution may have a lighter frame, be tall and thin and may have dark brown or gray eyes. An individual with a balanced vata may be described as creative, enthusiastic and lively.

2. "Pitta" is the "fire" of the body. It's responsible for the body's heat and metabolism. Too much Pitta in the body leads to a fiery disposition. It can also cause anger, ulcers, temperature, indigestion, acidity and balding etc. People who have a lot of pitta may have average build and light-colored eyes. They have a warm personality, and the qualities of intelligence and determination.

3. "Kapha dosha" is the "body's cement". A combination of "water and earth" elements, the Kapha is supposedly responsible for holding the body together. Too much of it can cause weight gain as well as allergies, bone related issues and congestion etc. People represents calmness, sweetness and loyalty.

Humanity

Moving across the path of life if you have time to peep around and see that people are getting more and more involved into the spiritual path, but do we need to forget what is there with us and search for something that is yet to be discovered?

Moving with the pace of life today i got an opportunity to visit an OLD AGE home and my heart was in tears to see the souls from various aspects of caste and culture clubbed together under the same roof, thrown away as rotten carcass. The eyes can been seen fixed on the door for a glimpse of their beloved one, whom they can love, talk and smile with. It seems as years have passed which have just left tears in eyes and sadness hidden deep within the time wrinkles of the face. Today what they wait is just the DEATH as they have discovered the truth "NO ONE IS GOING TO COME"

The scene made me think that, would we be able to discover the hidden truth of spirituality and get anywhere near to GOD if we are far away from HUMANITY? Many a time i have overheard souls speaking that they are happiest person on this globe as they have everything in material as well as they are well placed with our guru on the spiritual track.
I would request everyone out there to look within self and also within their dwellings, are you connected with the GOD who is there with you?

Here GOD means your parents, as they are the creator of YOU on this earthy plane for this incarnation. We make them cry out for small things and their needs at this age and we say we are WELL PLACED in the society.

It was they because of whom you are there today shouting out loudly to the world that you are the happiest person, just walk back in time and see what would have happened if they would have decided to not bring you to this world or throw you out on the streets after your birth, you would have been hunting for your identity till date if that would have been the case.

There could be a EPIC that could be written on this topic but what i want to say in small and sweet is that, till we do not consider our personal creator as GOD we would never come near and would never discover the HIGHER GOD.

Please look back as it is never late to rediscover this FORGOTTEN LIFE ESSENCE.

Energy Chakra

Today i would like to take you all with me in the internal path of human design system. If we look around us we find that what every that is moving has some system that makes it move, see the wheels of the automobile or high escalators- they all move as they are fitted with some mechanically designed bearings(wheels) which actually are responsible for the smooth movement of everything.
So have we every sat and though as what is it that is there within us that makes us move so smoothly around.... comparing us with the mechanical structures does it means we also have some bearings that make the movement happen?
The answer to the same is YES, the bearings that are there in the physical us is called as CHAKRA, though it is not implanted within the physical body.

CHAKRA is a word that is derived from the sanskrit word - CHAKRAM which means a moving wheel or disc. In english these are called as the spinning vortex. According to the traditional Indian medicine system these chakra exist in the etheric double of a man and these are considered as the focal point for the reception and transmission of the energies. It is said by the old textures and even by the new spiritual gurus that these chakras interact with the ductless endocrine glands and the lymphatic system of the body.

They are seven major chakras but some textures talk about ten/eleven major chakras also. There are many minor chakras present which helps in other movements of the body such as the palms of hands, body joints and the eyes and ears etc.

I would like to discuss the major seven chakra here leaving the other chakras for future.

1. The Root chakra (Muldhara) : at sacrum/coccyx

2. The second chakra (Svadhisthana): between the NAVEL and the pubic bone

3. The third or solar plexus chakra (Manipura) : between sternum and navel

4. The hearth chakra (Anahata) : middle of sternum

5. The throat chakra (Vissudha) : Throat area

6. The third eye (Ajna) : between eyebrows

7. The crown chakra (Sahasara) : at top of head

These are the seven main chakra and the position on the etheric double of a man.

According to the ancient scriptures there are BEEJ (seed) mantra that are associated with every chakra.

1. The Root chakra (Muldhara) : LAM

2. The second chakra (Svadhisthana) : VAM

3. The third or solar plexus chakra (Manipura): RAM

4. The hearth chakra (Anahata) : YAM

5. The throat chakra (Vissudha): HAM

6. The third eye (Ajna) : OM

7. The crown chakra (Sahasara) : (Silence-Peace )

This is a vital essence of life that is forgotten in the pace of life and if this system is followed and understood it would not be difficult to keep away the disease and stress from life.

Suffer in Silence

The first lesson that we are made to learn on the path of oneness with divine is "Suffer in Silence". The great saints and the masters have always practiced and preached this lesson......
Do we have any idea as what does these 3 beautiful words making a sentence means ACTUALLY.

If we say that a person has a deadly disease and he does not say that to anyone and dies.... that is he is actually suffering the burn of the disease in silence.... does this means that this is the lesson of spirituality and the other person who rings ups the world that he is infected and is about to die due to a particular disease is not the person on the path of spirituality? (A BIG QUESTION)

Now coming to a point where i would like to discuss as what this could be, i would like to share something on what could be the actual meaning of the word SUFFER or SUFFERING. Is this a event that is created by GOD, the PARABRAHMA, the creator of all, the father to everything then can we digest the opinion that a creator, a father can produce an event called SUFFERING for his child? (ANOTHER QUESTION MARK)

In a house where i am a spectator a child is slapped by his mother, what would pass across my mind at that very moment is.... "The child is suffering...." this came to me without i knowing the reason why the event happened, thus i created suffering for the child. The actual reason behind the slap was the child did not do well in the exams. The reason came bit late to me but i did the destruction and created the event of SUFFER.
Thus it is not GOD who created this event, but it is I (we) who created this unknowingly....

The child who was slapped did not revolted and kept a silence..... as he knew it was his mistake and he need to learn something that he has missed out the last time, or learn something new..... does this not match with the topic of discussion..... (SUFFER IN SILENCE)

If the child would have been of the adamant type would he have kept his silence, though he cannot slap back his mother but his revolt would have come in other form where in he might give up study and would be happy to be re slapped in his next exam.....

The actual MASTERS say..... when you get suffering in the path of LIFE it has a simple meaning..... We are yet to learn something that we are missing out.......

If the Child would have studies his subjects properly he would have cleared the exam and there would have been no suffering in form of a slap from his mother.

This does not mean that GOD slaps us when ever we do not learn the subject properly, he would try to show us what we need to learn in some other form...
eg:
- A child has a bitter relation with his father/mother which is causing a state of suffering in his/her life (child need to learn who parents are)
- A couple do not gel up perfectly with each other (they need to learn sharing and oneness)
- A student fails in the exam (he need to learn the subject properly)
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The list goes on and on.

Thus it is not that a person should keep quite if he has a disease and suffer in silence but the actual meaning to it is to learn as in what made the disease effect him and left him in the state of DIS-EASE.

AURA (The ENERGY BODY)

How much do we know about the nature? There is no day that has passed that a new discovery is not made, does that mean we just know a drop out of the huge ocean that is still hiding somewhere around us.

In the past we have heard people saying "though we have eyes but we cannot see" what does this mean. In the past when people used to say that they can see and sense something beyond the physical body we used to treat them as evil persons and put them behind bars or kill them. They were treated as paranormal personalities.
After the great discovery by KIRLIAN we came to know about the existence of the energy body and then removed this subject out of the paranormal subject.

So what did Kirlian discovered and what was the meaning of the old saying that is written above.

AURA - This is a kind of shield that is around the physical body of any object known or unknown. Starting from the smallest atom to the greatest mountain, everything has a energy pattern around them. This is a vibration field that is there around which protects the physical body and also is the channel of communication with the higher worlds.

By the above sentence the people actually meant that they are not able to see the AURA as they physical eyes are not developed to the stage which can see beyond the physical existence of the body.

The point that differentiate the aura of a living and a non living being is that the aura around the living body changes time to time depending on the mental ability, the though process and the environment where as the aura around a non living being remain the same and does not change frequently. The aura or the energy around a non living being like a crystal can be changed by the power of intention.

Going ahead for the aura around the living being or a living human, we can say that actually there are seven layer of this energy body and just not one.
1. Etheric Body - ROOT CHAKRA

2. Emotional Body - SACRAL CHAKRA

3. Mental Body - SOLAR PLEX CHAKRA

4. Astral Body - HEART CHAKRA

5. Etheric Temple - THROAT CHAKRA

6. Celestial Body - AJNA CHAKRA (BROW CENTER)

7. Causal Body - CROWN CHAKRA

It is seen that as the layer of aura increase the vibration increases and the energy patters goes from subtle to subtler.

There is a very known field in alternate medication that has evolved today is the AURA READING which gives the complete analysis of the person and any kind of ailments he would be going across or are expected to arrive.

We have forgotten the art of seeing that is beyond the scope of the physical eye and are putting them under the category of paranormal manifestations.

Remembrance and Ignorance

The two words(Remembrance and Ignorance) that can create a temple of peace or dig a grave inside you.
Now coming to a broader look on the two words, one by one, keeping the spiritual aspect in mind what would be the description.

Remembrance : To remember the divine and his creation at anytime during any phase of the life.

Ignorance : Be sceptical of the divine and his creation and his method of working.

Does the definition perfect the way it is above or there is something missing? Let me pen down a small story to make things a bit clearer.

Once upon a time two devotee of SAI BABA made up their mind to go to the holy place of SHIRDI. During that time there were no vehicles so they had to walk till the holy destination. During the journey they came to know that one person is a very poor being in this incarnation and struggle very hard to earn his leaving and the second one is a very rich person with all the comforts under his belt.
The only thing that was similar was the devotion towards SAI.
During the journey at a place the poor guy suddenly hit himself against a sharp stone and tore open his foot.The rich guy did not bothered to help him though they were on the same journey.
Moving little ahead they saw many gold coins and as the poor was not able to walk so the rich guy ran and collected all of them leaving none for the poor guy though the rich guy already had a lot.

Before retiring to bed the poor guy prayed to SAI and asked him what justice is this? The rich has got more richness and i got the pain?

During the phase of sleep, the poor guy had a dream of SAI and heard him explain the matter.

SAI said in the last incarnation you had collected many bad karma and the result of which was that you were to die today, but since your devotion towards me (divine) is so strong that death came in the form of pain and for the RICH guy he has a bundle of good karma from his last incarnation but as his devotion towards material is more he got few coins where in he was supposed to get a kingdom.

From the above story we can add to the above definition a single word that is "FAITH".
Remembrance is actually the FAITH(blind) in the divine and his actions.
Ignorance is actually the lack of FAITH(not even blind) in the divine and his actions.

There is a quote penned down by me few days back that i would like to share:

THERE IS A DIVINE PURPOSE BEHIND EVERYTHING MEANS THERE IS DIVINE PRESENCE IN EVERYTHING, WE FORGET THE DIVINE AND SEE EVERYTHING.

It is the IGNORANCE of the self that make us frame questions to GOD as what is this? as we actually do not REMEMBER that all is planned for the betterment of the self.

Why we DIE

After the question of Why we are BORN, the question comes as Why we DIE. As discussed in the last post where we have seen the few reasons for the soul to come on the earth plane, now the point comes as if those reasons are not fulfilled then why does the physical body dies?

As said in the BIBLE - The body is the temple of the soul. This says all and nothing is left. the physical body is just a carrier of the soul for his movement in this Physical Earth. As Jesus said that this physical body is the Temple so do we care about the temple or are we more connected with the material outside.

This carelessness towards the temple leads towards the deterioration of the physical body which on the frame of time decays and at the end comes to a position where it cannot fulfill the criteria for the evolution of the soul.

Our ancient sage did many a things to preserve the physical body and take proper care of it with all the respect so that the decay process is delayed and they can complete the task of the soul in a single incarnation and do not have to come back and take a new body to move ahead.

If we see around us, we would find people taking the physical body towards the end via addiction and bad conduct on a very rapid phase and this indeed if we see has actually increased the number of natural deaths of the physical body compared to what we can check statistically few years back.

So what is the motto that remains in today's world...... preservation of the physical body as this is the carrier of the soul which is the actual truth. We can help the divine soul who has actually blessed the physical us by taking or choosing this body as the carrier on this plane.

Meditation

The process of looking inside is called Meditation. Mediate from the material world and move inside is the goal of meditation. If we scientifically see during meditation we reach an ALPHA state where in the mind calms down to a point where there are ZERO thought forms which eventually relaxes the physical body.

The basic meditations that can be performed on a daily basis are:
The first for of meditation is where the goal is to clear your mind of all external thoughts and allow your mind to go blank for as long as you can. This is a basic but very important form of meditation used for relaxation.

Another form of meditation is a focused meditation in which you focus upon a specific object for a length of time, ridding your mind of all other thoughts and concentrating upon the object solely. This meditation helps you learn to focus and also helps develop concentration.

Meditation is a technique for deep relaxation to heal the body, quiet the mind, create inner peace, harmony and balance through focus and awareness. For relaxation and stress reduction, healing and health techniques, pain management, life improvement, psychic visions ,channeling, and mediumship. Techniques can range from a very simple relaxation exercise to in depth guided imagery and self healing.

Why are we BORN

While traveling to the depth of LIFE the major hurdle that come is actually from the LIFE. I still remember a young lad during my travel across to a defined destination asking me " Why are we born on EARTH, is there no other place to be born at, if not then what is the reason behind the birth?"
The question can be waved off in thin air without giving it a notice, but when we are sitting alone and this same question arises in our mind we are bound to think over it again and again and without even knowing the young lad from whom the question originated we always tend to place our self on his place to ask it again and again.
We see everyone around us but we find it very difficult to get an exact replica of the self in every situation, no two humans have the same criteria of living here, so what is it that we come here for and how come everyone has different roles to play?

Looking into the same question from spiritual point of view, we can say
1. To balance the equation of GIVE and TAKE and clear our balance sheet with others- When we use a credit card we pay the amount back to the bank either as a one time payment or divide the amount in small installments. Taking this as an example we can say that we have taken this life form as a credit from the DIVINE and we have to pay it back. During our stay here we do good as well as bad things which are credited to our account that either plays as late fee charges or some bonus free gifts. The moment we have cleared our credit we leave this form. If we have some extra late fee added to our account we come back again to the same plane but in a different form to clear it.

2. To make a clear progress towards truth with control of mind and attaining salvation- Taking the above credit card example here also, if we use the card properly and as per actual need we can say we have the control on the card that is our MIND which is not wandering as in the former case. Once we have the control on the usage of the credit that we accumulate we can clear our debts to the earliest and move out from the race of life and death to attain the highest life along with the divine.

Coming back and born again on the same PLANE that is earth is bit difficult to answer as we are not aware of the existence of any other place till date, but taking ahead the example of the credit card we can say that if suppose we take credit from a bank A, we cannot pay bank B the amount, in the similar way we have to come back to EARTH where we have actually planted our deeds to nullify them.

Meaning of OM (SOUND)

In my last post i tried to bring about the meaning of OM as a symbol and here below i would like to share the knowledge of AUM as a sound...... the sound of eternity and peace.

A deeper insight into this mystic symbol reveals that it is composed of three worlds combined into one. Indeed in Sanskrit the vowel 'o' is constitutionally a diphthong compound of a + u; hence OM is written as AUM.

As a sacred sound also, the pronunciation of the three-syllabled AUM is open to a rich logical analysis.
The first alphabet A is regarded as the primal sound, independent of cultural contexts. It is produced at the back of the open mouth, and is therefore said to include, and to be included in, every other sound produced by the human vocal organs. Indeed A is the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet.

The open mouth of A moves toward the closure of M. Between is U, formed of the openness of A but shaped by the closing lips. Here it must be recalled that as interpreted in relation to the three curves, the three syllables making up AUM are susceptible to the same metaphorical decipherment. The dream state (symbolized by U), lies between the waking state (A) and the dream state (symbolized by U), lies between the waking state (A) and the state of deep sleep (M). Indeed a dream is but the compound of the consciousness of waking life shaped by the unconsciousness of sleep.

The last part of the sound AUM (the M) known as ma or makar, when pronounced makes the lips close. This is like locking the door to the outside world and instead reaching deep inside our own selves, in search for the Ultimate truth.

AUM thus also encompasses within itself the complete alphabet, since its utterance proceeds from the back of the mouth (A), travelling in between (U), and finally reaching the lips (M). Now all alphabets can be classified under various heads depending upon the area of the mouth from which they are uttered. The two ends between which the complete alphabet oscillates are the back of the mouth to the lips; both embraced in the simple act of uttering of AUM.

Thus again it signifies that this mantra is no where connected with any religion, its a way to make one realize the self in a deeper state. The knowledge of OM take us to the inner depth of the soul opening the invisible doors towards our progress to the path of DIVINITY.

Meaning of OM (Symbol)

During my visit to the various religious spots across the country I could see and hear OM which is considered as the beej(seed) from which the universe originated.

I was bit amazed that this symbol has remained the same since the start of the creation and how come when there was no language there was a symbol from the HINDI LIPI that is unchanged till date. These question ignited a spark in me to bring out the actual meaning from behind the scene.







In the Chandogya Upanishad it is said:
The essence of all beings is the earth.
The essence of the earth is water.
The essence of water is the plant.
The essence of the plant is man.
The essence of man is speech.
The essence of speech is the Rigveda.
The essence of Rigveda is the Samveda.
The essence of Samveda is OM.

A deeper insight into this mystic symbol reveals that it is composed of three worlds combined into one. Indeed in Sanskrit the vowel 'o' is constitutionally a diphthong compound of a + u; hence OM is written as AUM.

Fittingly, the symbol of AUM consists of three curves (curves 1, 2, and 3), one semicircle (curve 4), and a dot.

The large lower curve 1 symbolizes the waking state (jagrat), in this state the consciousness is turned outwards through the gates of the senses. The larger size signifies that this is the most common ('majority') state of the human consciousness.

The upper curve 2 denotes the state of deep sleep (sushupti) or the unconscious state. This is a state where the sleeper desires nothing nor beholds any dream.

The middle curve 3 (which lies between deep sleep and the waking state) signifies the dream state (swapna). In this state the consciousness of the individual is turned inwards, and the dreaming self beholds an enthralling view of the world behind the lids of the eyes.

These are the three states of an individual's consciousness, and since Indian mystic thought believes the entire manifested reality to spring from this consciousness, these three curves therefore represent the entire physical phenomenon.

The dot signifies the fourth state of consciousness, known in Sanskrit as turiya. In this state the consciousness looks neither outwards nor inwards, nor the two together. It signifies the coming to rest of all differentiated, relative existence This utterly quiet, peaceful and blissful state is the ultimate aim of all spiritual activity. This Absolute (non-relative) state illuminates the other three states.

Finally, the semi circle symbolizes maya and separates the dot from the other three curves. Thus it is the illusion of maya that prevents us from the realization of this highest state of bliss. The semi circle is open at the top, and does not touch the dot. This means that this highest state is not affected by maya. Maya only affects the manifested phenomenon. This effect is that of preventing the seeker from reaching his ultimate goal, the realization of the One, all-pervading, unmanifest, Absolute principle. In this manner, the form of OM represents both the unmanifest and the manifest, the noumenon and the phenomenon.

Thus the symbol is no where connected with any religion, but our great spiritual sages have designed this as a spiritual symbol and through this tried to explain the different stages of growth of a soul towards spirituality and freedom from self.

Indeed the most forgotten essence that we have clubbed today with religion.

Energy Channels (NADIS)

I opened the news paper today to find the number of ways that can be used to save fuel, as this is the main resource for the proper functioning of the major machinery specially your own car. Reading the article a question appeared in my mind - It is said that the human body is the best machinery that is ever designed, so what is the fuel that is needed by this machinery for the proper day to day activities and what is the way the fuel is carried across this human machine.

With the blessing of the almighty, and the knowledge that i gained from cultures like Hinduism and TAO i would like to share here with you all what is the fuel that makes this human body operate and what are energy channels.

What is ENERGY (PRANA/CHI)?
According to all the traditions it is the LIFE FORCE that makes the physical body work, as FUEL is required for a vehicle to operate, so this is the FUEL for the physical us to operate.
As per ayurveda this FUEL is explained as VATHA.
As per GITA this is said to be a force that would journey to the moon, sun and then the cosmos.
Thus PRANA is the FUEL for the human body

Now for this FUEL to circulate in the physical us we require some pathways, similar to circulating pipelines in a vehicle, so where is the circulating circuit in our system, how does PRAN shakti move from one part of us to other, the answer to this is NADIS (Energy channels)

As per YOGIC tradition there are 72,000 nadis(circulating blood along with PRANA) and among them 10 are most important, out of which i would put forward some details of the 3 main nadis which are most important and connected with PRANA transmission only.

1. Sushumana (Spinal Cord) : The spinal cord in Sanskrit is called as SUSHUMANA it basically describes the main NADI, this is the main path prana needs to move across us. According to "Brahma Vidyopanishad" this nerve start from the lower part of the spine and reaches the brain. It is also said that all the 72,000 nerves that starts from the base and pass through the cord to reach the brain.
The Kundalini(SERPENT) energy is situated at the base of the spine.

2. Ida (Moon): This nadi starts from the base of the spine and reaches left nostril after passing across the spinal cord and the left hemisphere of the brain. Some of the vibrations all effect the well being of the heart. This Nadi gives cooling effect to the physical body as that is the reason it is connected with MOON.

3. Pingala (Sun): This nadi starts from the base of the spine and reaches the right nostril after passing across the spinal cord and the right hemisphere of the brain. This Nadi gives heating effect to the physical body as that it is the reason is connected with SUN.

Now coming to what BHAGWAT GITA meant to say : force that would journey to the moon(IDA), sun(PINGALA) and then the cosmos(KUNDALINI).

The above stated are the 3 main nadis that need to be known to all who are there in this spiritual path and to add to it what is described below should also be known to the seeker of this path.

There is something more that TAO culture likes to share with all the spiritual souls, which is as below

There are two more important energy channels (total 32) known as the GOVERNOR CHANNEL (du mai) and FUNCTIONAL CHANNEL(ren mai)

Governor Channel - starts from the back side of the perineum point (Anus) flows up the spine and end at the mouth palate.
Functional Channel - starts from the tip of the tongue till the front part of the perineum point(Anus) flowing down the front of the body.

This explains the circuit of the physical us in energy form.

The governor channel and the functional channel form a circuit but this circuit is not complete as it is open at two point (1. mouth - gap between palate and tongue 2. Perinium opening). So how do we connect this circuit, for this we need the knowledge of KECHRI MUDRA.

For activation of the DIVINE us the 3 nadis should be clear and the circuit should be complete.

Mantra as a WORD

According to Hindu Vedas - in the start there was a sound (AUM) and the resonance of which created the world.

According to the New Testament (John 1.1-2) - In the beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with GOD and the WORD was GOD.

According to ISLAM - It is the 99 names(Word) of ALLAH that brought in the creation of the world and helps in attaining love and humanity.

If we see we have every religion saying something about the WORD and these holy WORDS are nothing but the MANTRA. Mantra is a phonetic group of words that produce specific SOUND.

Mantra is a energy-based sounds which has the capability to change the subtle vibrations. It is known that the entire universe is made up of 5 elements (water,fire,ether,air,earth) and the mantra have the power to balance the 5 elements and provide peace and happiness.

Though the mantra's are tough to pronounce and understand but if it is not understood that does not mean it is not working, these work on the subtly layer of the physical self and the results are seen sooner or later depending on the devotion. It is similar to the pills given by the doctor whose chemical composition we do not know but yes we get well during the course. Though the chemical composition of the pills cannot be understood easily but yes the meaning of the mantra unfold during the course of practice.

Some mantras that can be used on daily basis are:

OM - This is the BEEJ mantra as per the Hindu scripture, without the use of OM there is no mantra that is said to be complete. This is the mantra from which everyone evolved.

99 NAMES OF ALLAH - This is a very powerful mantra in its self, the vibrations can be felt instantly.

OM MANI PADME HUM - Yet another very power ful mantra straight from the heart of BUDDHA. This mantra is very powerful if used during meditation.

SOHAM - This is the natural mantra that is flowing inside every human being and many of us are not aware of the same. While we inhale there is a subtle sound (SO) and when we exhale the subtle sound that is produced is (HAM). This mantra is practiced during the initial stages of meditation. It is very helpful in calming down the brain activities.

Mantra are not religious in term but they are open and everyone has the right to practice the mantra that suits them the best. It was the HINDUS who penned down SOHAM, the mantra related to the breath, this does not mean the anyone who is not an Hindu should stop breathing.

This is the nectar of the soul that is FORGOTTEN in the phase of time.