December 2010 Blog Posts (25)

“And this that you call mirth is but a phantom of the night; but flashes of the fire of passion, painting pictures on the walls of time” (Aquarian Gospel 51:24).

From childhood I have been amazed at how dreary and weary most people’s “good times” and “fun” really are, and how dreary and weary they…

Regular exercise can reduce the risk and symptoms of more than 20 physical and mental health conditions, and can also slow down how quickly your body ages.



A review of research, which summarized the findings of 40 papers published between 2006 and 2010, found that exercise affects conditions including cancer, heart disease, dementia, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression, obesity and high blood pressure.



Science Daily reports:



"... [A]part from not smoking,…

There are following 9 Layers of the Consciousness from the Gross Body Consciousness [GBC] to the Net Body Consciousness [NBC]:

1.The Physical Body:

It is also called the ‘ANNAMAYA KOSHA'. Its location corresponds to the MUULAADHAAR CHAKRA where the earth element exists.

2.The…

Gurucharanam Saranam

Even a hardcore Marxist has a thirsting space in his heart for God. A heretic may not have a place among the believing flock, but certainly God has a door for him too in his kind kingdom. Sri Andrews was a hardcore Marxist and a heretic. He never went to a church when be became conscious of its institutional character. He objected to all forms of institutionalized religion. But I do…

Today is Dattatreya Jayanthi, birtday of Lord Shri Dattatreya. Dattatreya is one the most important Gurus of Vedanta, the Philosophy of Oneness.

Dattatreya is said to be an Avatar, an incarnation of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Therefore, one of his names is Trimurti Avatar.

His main teaching is:…

There are purely different geographical reasons responsible for different practices adopted to dispose off the dead humans all over the earth. The hindus cremate their dead ones, the muslims and the christians bury their dead ones.

The ancient India was covered with thick rich forests. The ancient hindus needed clear large tracts of this forest cover for agricultural pursuits. The burying of their adult dead ones would have resulted into loosing…

Sri Shivashankaran’s mother-in-law eyed him with a frown. ‘Touch the feet of the Swami’, she ordered.  Shivashankaran was not familiar with such customs. He had visited temples and bowed in front of deities there. But this was a human being that too not attired like the swamis he had seen and heard about. Also the unpleasant comments from the people he came across on their way bothered him. It was in the late sixties. Shivashankaran, a tall healthy man, whose family lived near Pothencode,…

Gurucharanam Saranam

Sirah Paadankitam Kritvaa, Yatha the chaakshayovatah:

Teertha Raajah Prayaago-asau, Gurumuurtyai Namo Namah

Prayag is considered the most holy of all holy waters and it is here the akshayavata - the everlasting banyan tree--stands. Devotion to the form of that Guru by prostrating at whose feet one earns the immortality (of the…

Gurucharanam Saranam

Manus are the primordial human ancestors who guide mankind in the matter of dharma and spiritual realization. The whole mankind is the progeny of Manu. The words Man and Manushya originated from Manu. The primal father of humanity is thus one, the Manu. Sagely incarnations come into the world from time to time from the lineage of Manu in order to guide mankind. It is this concept of Sanatana dharma which gives it the resilience and tolerance to respect…

Dear readers read the following imaginary story: Two friends were walking on a road. The one was honest and the other dishonest. The dishonest friend saw a rupee 1,000 note lying on the road.

The dishonest friend picked it up and said," dear friend, Vechetra Singh Jee, see, I have found this 1000-rupee note. We will share it half-half because you have seen it too and i don't wish you to tell about it to others."…