tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27872115455381288132024-03-20T13:38:48.822-07:00Start of a Journey...This is about me, my Thoughts and my Experiences in this Life.Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-81841586067570828112015-12-02T08:03:00.004-08:002019-07-13T08:45:10.582-07:0025. Going Beyond Religion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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.<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">..Long time ago, certain people through meditation and other practices were able to go beyond this illusion and see that the world is a figment of the mind.. a dream. They experienced that the truth of the statement that the world is in you and you are not in the world. They could see and feel the truth that all is one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Having gone beyond the dream , they wanted to define the paths that people could follow to switch off the dream generator..i.e the mind. This was akin to switching off a computer else it will keep you engaged. Broadly, four paths were defined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the yoga of meditation where a person is taught to become temporarily dead consciously and silence his mind so as to see what is beyond. This relies on faith and control of one's mind and body. This is akin to deliberately fiddling with the computer so as to lead to a controlled shutdown. It requires perseverance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: left;"> This is chosen primarily by those who are of an outgoing nature. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">It teaches one to become dispassionate to the results and avoid attachments and habits so as to empty the mind. Mantra's are used to focus the mind. All deeds, be it good or bad are like seeds in the mind. The trick is to prevent the seeds from germinating and the only way to do that is to let go of the fruits of the deed. This is akin to letting the computer run and do its thing and not press any keys as there is nothing more to be done..soon it will shutdown automatically. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This path appeals particularly to those of an emotional nature. Through prayer, worship and ritual, one surrenders himself to God, channelling and transmuting his emotions into unconditional love or devotion. Chanting or singing the praises of God form a substantial part of Bhakti Yoga. The emotinal state generates such a huge spike so as to the shutdown the mind and reveal God. It is akin to a power surge which shuts down the computer. It is the easiest to follow but also the most dangerous as a highly charged emotional state can lead to hallucinations and fanaticism among other things. All religions are an offshoot of Bhakti Yoga. </span></div>
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Perhaps it is time to let people know the truth about Yoga which can lead to their well being and reveal the world hidden inside them. The adoption of 21st June as International Yoga day by the world at large marks a first step in freeing the world and its people from religion. It is the first step towards the light...towards a brighter future for the entire world.....:).<br />
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Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-52829992740060510952014-12-14T05:57:00.001-08:002019-07-13T07:37:59.642-07:0024- Going through Keyhole of a Glass Door<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the next Apocalypse and the technology window is now open for us to do it "</div>
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"I want to go to space". This desire comes back whenever I watch science-fiction movies. Recently I watched the movie 'Interstellar' and sure enough this desire cropped up again. The movie is set in a time when due to climate change, all crops have been destroyed and majority of people on earth has died. Whoever remains are back into agriculture and some are trying to survive a find a way to get off the planet before the entire agriculture collapses. The movie's premise is not that far fetched as it seems and it may be based on some facts which we, as a human race, are only now beginning to acknowledge.<br />
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Enter the modern saviour, Elon Musk. A brilliant geeky kid who started his first company called zip2 at the age of 23. He later sold it to compaq and made a profit of 22 million dollars in 1999. Then he started Paypal, which he sold to eBay and made approx 200 million dollars from it. Having realised the danger to the human civilisation, he formulated plan A to save human civilisation. In plan A, he started Tesla Motors ( an electric car company ) and Solar city ( solar electricity company ) to change the automobile and power industry. It made sense as he figured that they are the biggest polluters. Both are today worth billions of Dollars.<br />
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He also has a plan B. He figured that if his plan A failed and humanity failed to take appropriate steps, he would need to get people off this planet to save the human species. So he founded the worlds first Private Space company, called Spacex. The company built its own state of the art rockets and also a dragon spacecraft to ferry people from the space station. Further in order to drive down the costs of a launch so that it is affordable to everybody, they have made the worlds first reusable rockets which will be tested for the first time on Dec 19, 2014. If he succeeds, he will change the entire space industry and make it cheap enough for ordinary citizens to go to space and ultimately colonise Mars. He has gone on record to state that he will put people on Mars in 10 Years.<br />
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Accessing space today is like going through a keyhole of a glass door. Its very Difficult, expensive and only for a chosen few. We can see whats out there..but cannot hope to be there. Hopefully, Elon Musk's reusable rockets and space craft will eventually break the Glass door and ultimately save the current civilisation by making it the first multi-planet civilisation.<br />
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P.S.. Watch out for 19th December 2014. It would truly be a historic day for Human civilisation. If musk succeeds, he would reduce the cost of launch of a space rocket from 100 million dollars to a mere half a million dollars.<br />
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1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7EswJaIgDE" target="_blank">Video on the coming ice-age as stated by a Nasa Engineer.</a><br />
1.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh45igK4Esw" target="_blank"> Video on Elon Musk by bloomberg tracing his history.</a><br />
2.<a href="http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/the-elon-musk-interview-on-mars/" target="_blank">Amazing article on Elon Musk</a><a href="http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/the-elon-musk-interview-on-mars/" target="_blank">.</a> <br />
3. <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/4/6907721/elon-musks-believes-colonizing-mars-will-save-humanity" target="_blank">Elon musk believes colonising mars will save humanity</a><br />
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Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-61655178287273825572013-12-22T00:19:00.001-08:002019-07-13T07:37:59.728-07:0023 - Incredible India- II ( The Butter Fly Effect )<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I cannot imagine that I am writing part 2 of my earlier blog posting, <a href="http://www.amitparwal.com/2010/06/viii-incredible-india.html" target="_blank">Incredible India</a>, so soon. However, things are changing faster in India than anyone can imagine. To me, this is a huge turning point for India and its citizens and hence this new blog. </div>
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Looking at recent history of India, Ever Since India got independence in 1947, the ordinary Indian citizen, went back to old ways of slavish mentality which was taken advantage of by the ruling class. The system and governing policies of the Englishmen - the old laws, the archaic bureaucracy, non sensical rules continued and nothing much changed. The infrastructure remained the same. There was hardly any planning and forward thinking in the political establishment. Planning and vision became a job of the Planning commission, leaving the majority of ruling elite free to keep a control of the populace and make money.</div>
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One old man ( Anna Hazare ) became so disllusioned with it, that he had a magical vision of a corruption free India. He believed in it with all his heart so much that he decided to go on a fast until something could be done about it. From this one man's vision, one thing led to another, ultimately giving rise to a new party called ( Aam Admi Party ) who, like political insurgents, decimated the old ways of fighting elections and shocking everyone by winning the state elections in Delhi and are now in the process of forming government in the state capital of Delhi. This unbelievable win of AAP has reset the minds of the political bigwigs and pundits who are now in the process of digesting and adapting to this new reality.<br />
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" <i><b>Please do not feed the cow. She is sick from eating all the cooked food and has to be fed grass only</b></i>". Whaat...I looked at the cow owner in disbelief? I had gone to the cow shelter to feed the cow home cooked food as part of an ancient religious practice ( Shraad ) and I least expected to hear this from the cow owner. I kept the food near the cow..she smelled it and then ignored the food completely...as if it was of low quality. " <i><b>Comeon, we eat this food..!!! </b></i>" i wanted to say it to the cow, but refrained as better sense prevailed upon me...:)</div>
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The above incident intrigued me so much that I started to concentrate on what i was eating. Its quite funny actually when one realises what we do to our food.... We first burn our food at high temperatures which destroys most vitamins and all enzymes in it. This ofcourse also makes the food largely tasteless until we put salt, sugar and other spices etc to give it enough flavour for us to eat it. Thankfully, our bodies, in the early years of life have the capacity to manufacture the enzymes needed for digesting this food properly. Its takes huge energy and that is why we sometimes feel sleepy after having lot of cooked food. This capacity to digest this food begins to decline as we age and that is why we begin to have problems like diabetes, weight gain etc. It began to dawn on me that we are the only species on this earth who cook (burn) their food before eating and generally avoid food in its raw natural form. <br />
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Fortunately, once people change their diets back to raw food, that the body begins to miraculously transform itself. The first effects are mental ofcourse. One begins to feel happy, mentally alert, tremendous creativity etc. Once these are achieved, which are fairly quick, then the physical body starts to change slowly. I found this to be case after reading lot of experiences of people on the net. Infact i was surprised as how many people have transformed themselves on raw food. </div>
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After researching on net and getting amazed, i began to change my diet and started incorporating more raw foods. I can myself vouch for the amazing increases in creativity and stamina. Infact, i found the inspiration to start this entire blog after i changed my diet. I also lost a lot of weight without any exercise. My sleep became more deeper and better. As of today, i am 50% raw but plan to increase it further in future</div>
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1. <a href="http://rawglow.com/mystory.htm" target="_blank">The experience of Cecilia- must read.</a><br />
2. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGsrny2NQ5U" target="_blank">Modern wheat is a chronic poison as per Dr. William Davis, Author "Wheat Belly"</a><br />
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I remember a time when i used to work ( play? ) on the early version of personal computers. In those days, the computer used to freeze or start behaving strangely on a regular basis. All I had to do was press the <b>Reset</b> button and the computer would cease all activity and reboot again.<br />
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Little did I realise the importance of the reset button in real life till my tutor pressed the reset button in my mind with regard to Maths. I still remember the first thing that he had said to me was ' <b><i>how come you find maths tough?. Its one of the easiest subjects</i>'</b>. He began making fun of maths and indirectly of me. I remember this cause when you hear something shocking and at the same time are made fun of, it tends to reset your mind easily...trust me!!.From that day on, I pleasantly began to find maths to be a very enjoyable and easy subject. I guess years of listening to friends and teachers with regard to maths being tough had programmed my mind. Somebody needed to reset it.<br />
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As the years went by, the awesomeness of resetting the mind continued to amaze me. I was lucky in finding friends, books and having different experiences which time to time reminded me to challenge long standing assumptions and to reset my thought patterns. I had found a way to continously improve and evolve myself by pressing the reset button. Having gained knowledge of the reset button, I felt superior and wise somehow... as I saw myself free and others as prisoners of their own thoughts patterns.<br />
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The above verse basically said that all knowledge is only a memory and as such is basically a logical thought. As long as a person has a thought, he cannot experience thoughtlessness and without experiencing thoughtlessness, one cannot realise that this universe is just another dream of the mind. No knowledge can even begin to give you a hint about the true nature of your being unless and until you experience thoughtlessness for extended periods of time. Infact, according to ancient texts of India, Once a person experiences thoughtlessness through meditation, he becomes aware of all past, present and future. As such, he begins to possess all the knowledge that is ever required. In a nutshell, the ancients said that Knowledge cannot make you know god, but by knowing god, one can have access to all knowledge.<br />
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" <i>Where does apple come from</i> ?"...my son asked me innocently. Initially taken aback, I hesitatingly answered "<i>From the apple tree which grows from the seed</i>".<br />
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I was hoping that he would not ask me the next question as to '<i>where does the apple seed comes from?</i>'. That would have opened a pandora's box and I would have been left looking dumb had I said that the seed again comes from the apple. Thankfully, he just accepted my explanation and went back to doing his homework.<br />
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While he left, I began to wonder at the amazing design and history of this dream world. The apple tree, like any other fruit tree is there for you to eat the fruit and replenish the body. All we have to do is enjoy the fruit and throw the seed on the ground and nature begins to take care of it by watering it ( rain ) and some unknown process or energy starts to grow a new tree from it to take care of our needs in future. We are left free to enjoy and have new experiences.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Unfortunately, too much </span>'Enjoyment'<span class="Apple-style-span">, among other things, led to increase in population which resulted in fighting for the available food supply. To solve it, people formed themselves in tribes and divided the land and the enjoyment once again resumed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">As the 'Enjoyment' continued and the population began to further increase, food shortage again became an issue. To resolve it once again, some smart person then realised that we need to grow our own food so that we can adequately feed ourselves and continue to Enjoy. However who would sacrifice their </span>'Enjoyment'<span class="Apple-style-span"> time by devoting time to growing food??? To seduce people to grow food for others, money was created which promised increased </span>'Enjoyment'<span class="Apple-style-span"> at a later time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Once the idea that </span>'Enjoyment'<span class="Apple-style-span"> can be bought and sold through the medium of money took root, the imaginative humans began to think of imaginative ways to buy and sell </span>'Enjoyment'<span class="Apple-style-span"> in all its forms and thus the modern economy was born. To govern the economy, people decided to make a system and called it ' Government ' who would look after them and ensure their </span>'Enjoyment'<span class="Apple-style-span">.</span><br />
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However, as the act of growing food became separated from the majority of the people, people started forgetting the Miracle of nature and began equating money with 'enjoyment'. As such, the entire focus of people and the government turned to how to earn more and more money forgetting the fact the money is only a medium which was created for the benefit of the people at large.<br />
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Now Initially, people focussed on earning money to fulfill their needs. However, as greed creeped in the human psyche, focus shifted on borrowing money instead of only earning it. Complicated systems began to be put in place for enabling borrowing and lending. Soon however, unchecked growth of borrowing and lending led to the institutions getting bankrupt and the entire world economy collapsed in 2008.<br />
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The people thought that the only solution to all this problem was ..u guessed it... MORE MONEY. As such, more money was printed to save the Banks and other institutions and presently all seems normal again.<br />
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But is it really normal? I mean 'normal' was what got us into the financial mess in the first place? Everybody knows that something is wrong with the system yet nobody knows how to change it. Maybe the answer lies with the kids and our education system? Maybe the kids should be taught more about where the apple and other fruits and vegetables comes from and how to grow them rather than just learning some tables and poems.?<br />
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If the kids are taught how to grow food, maybe then they would realise that food is a miracle of nature and is free and that money is only a creation of man and as such unnecessary. A new age will begin and then maybe one day.. a child would ask his father as to what is money and where did it come from...:)<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/034412_home_gardening_vegetables_civic_buildings.html" target="_blank">British Town grows own food - reduces crime and improves community relations.</a><br />
2. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/06/18/this-german-woman-has-been-living-without-money-for-16-years/" target="_blank">This woman is living her life without money for 16+ years now.</a></span></span><br />
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</div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-15769430751923891312011-12-17T06:36:00.000-08:002019-07-13T08:45:10.350-07:0019- The reason for Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">'<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>God sleeps in the minerals, </b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">'..<b>The Universe has been created only for time-pass..</b>', my father had said to me with dismissiveness. On my questioning glance, he clarified that that this had been said to him by his guru. Hmm.. studying was then just another boring time-pass.. I logically concluded. My mind started to fill with all the other things I could be doing to pass time in this universe. Thankfully, my mother, realizing the thought process going on in my mind, scolded me to get back and study..Life is no timepass..its serious work..she reminded me.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joy in climbing a mountain</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">My mother's view about the seriousness of life stuck with me till my father passed away. Seeing his body turn to ash made me realise that maybe life is not meant to be taken too seriously. After all, one day, my body also will turn to ash and all the mundane worries of this world will not matter anymore. It was this thought that made me realise that there has to be a purpose why god created the universe in the first place. Surely, God could not be sadistic!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">There is a saying that 'when the pupil is ready the guru will appear'. The guru appeared in the form of various books, the most important of which was the book ' Conversation with God'. The book mentioned a story which went like this..</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">" <i>In the beginning, there was just 'one supreme being'. This 'being' was all and everything. There was nobody else. It got bored as there was nobody else with whom it could talk or communicate with. There was no struggle as it got everything it wanted. So the being decided to do something about it. He utilised his sole power of dreaming and dreamt the universe. At first, he divided himself into innumerable things, both animate and inanimate and the drama began.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><i>But there was a problem, no matter how much he divided himself, every part knew that all are the one and the same being. As such, there was no excitement or fear. So the 'being' decided to alter the program of the dream so as to make everybody forget who they are and also that they are the one and the same being. And as such the universe came into existence and the drama of life started.</i>"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The above story amused me initially as it meant that this world is a dream and that I am part of god. But when I thought about it deeply, it began to make sense. If I am part of god, then I should have the power to dream.... which I have. Infact, I create my own universe in my dream and I do not know I am dreaming while I am in the dream. A solid thing in a dream feels like a solid thing. A pain in a dream feels like a real pain. Talking to a person in a dream feels real.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Infact, research has proved that every living and moving thing be it animals and even babies are born with an innate power to dream and create their own universe.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Wow.. it was so simple I thought. From this perspective, when I went deep into science , the entire mysteries of science, be it the formation of the universe, the emptiness of atom, the power of thought over matter etc.. began to seem so simple and no mystery at all.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">God definitely created this universe for time-pass and enjoyment by having nice and different experiences. This is also implied by the design of the human body which is made for enjoyment and begins to age faster in the presence of stress.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Understanding the reason for life made me a lot less serious. My dad's guru was right..life is for time pass and enjoyment..I am doing it by writing this blog..and you are doing it by reading this blog....:)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">( ofcourse..do not tell the same to your kid right now..else their studies will go down the drain..)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/dreaming.html">MIT research proves that animals dream</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2005/11/23/do-babies-dream-doctors-have-a-definitive-answer/">Infants have the power to dream</a></div>
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Ofcourse, the higher purpose of life is to continuously evolve higher and higher and ultimately be one with god. Knowledge of reality is essential. Also, the sages have said that meditation is the fastest way..control the mind and u control this dream. This is for another blog though..:)</div>
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</div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-42739493456874781812011-10-12T05:57:00.000-07:002019-07-13T08:45:10.418-07:0018 - Steve Jobs: A Dreamer by default<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>" In Steve's mind, there wasn't the slightest doubt :</b></div>
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Ex-CEO of Apple<br />
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"..<b>This is too amazing!..I wonder why somebody did not think of this before..</b>". I was talking to myself when I first got hold of the Ipod Touch. I got such a delight from using it that I cannot put it in words. Over the course of the year, I got hooked on to all things apple especially the mac and the ipad. For the first time, I understood what was meant by the term 'user experience'. It was just fantastic!!<br />
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Ofcourse, the man behind apple's fantastic and industry changing products was no ordinary guy. He was the rock star of the tech world. He was a guy, who at birth, was put up for adoption by his real mother. He went to college only to drop out to purse his interests in calligraphy and then leave everything behind and come to India to look for enlightenment. He returned later to his home country with a shaven head and in Buddhist clothes. While he admitted that he did not find god, he did however begin to perceive things in a different way. He began to see and desire beauty in whatever he did. This ofcourse helped him in designing the mac while he was in apple which became a run away hit and was later copied by Microsoft when windows was first made. He was later fired from his own company because of his individualistic way of doing things without taking the company board into consideration. He started another company called Next and another one called Pixar Animation. Years later, in a remarkable turn of events, apple bought Next and as a result, he got back into apple which was on the brink of financial collapse. Within a decade, apple became one of the most valuable company in the world on the strength of its products which were designed by steve jobs personally.<br />
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How did he do it? Did he really know that the world is a dream and can be changed by intention and visualisation? Reading about his thoughts and other people's understanding of him, it seemed to me that he did not know this but he instinctively followed this approach. He always visualized that the mac would change the world and never had a doubt about it. He would say to his designers many times that he has visualised a product with an amazing user experience. He would not take 'no' for an answer because he never had a doubt about it. The entire apple engineering team set about turning steve's vision into reality.<br />
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On October 5, Steve Jobs died. Did he change the world before he died? Some would say that he did, some would say that he did not. But to me, when I see my son ( 4 year old ) doing maths puzzles on the ipad and being excited about it, it becomes obvious that he did change the world in a very profound way that we as yet, cannot fathom.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs">Steve Jobs on Wikipedia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc">The stanford University address ( video)</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: small;">"Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'<i><b>Mind your age..You are 60 now</b></i>'...the wife told her husband in a stern voice. The rebuke came because her husband suddenly became very enthusiastic like a kid while showing me his house with a view of the swimming pool and describing what joy it is to stand in the balcony and watch people </span>(meaning..women ) swimming. He became silent ( sad perhaps ..) as soon as he was reminded of his age. My initial reaction to it was that of amusement. I smiled thinking that the old man has forgotten to act according to his age. I felt sorry for him.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now, the above incident just appeared in my mind after reading the popular vedic fable, which goes like this :- </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A god and a demon went to learn about the Self from a great sage. They studied with him for a long time. At last the sage told them, "You yourselves are the Being you are seeking." Both of them thought that their bodies were the self. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">The nature of the demon was ignorant, clouded; so he never inquired any further, but was perfectly contented with the idea that he was God, that by the Self was meant the body. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">The god had a purer nature. He at first committed the mistake of thinking: I, this body, am Brahman: so keep it strong and in health, and well dressed, and give it all sorts of enjoyments.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">But, in a few days, he found out that that could not be the meaning of the sage, their master; there must be something higher. So he came back and said, "Sir, did you teach me that this body was the Self? If so, I see all bodies die; the Self cannot die." The sage smiling said, "Find it out; thou art That." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">Then the god thought that the vital forces which work the body were what the sage meant. But. after a time, he found that if he ate, these vital forces remained strong, but, if he starved, they became weak. The god then went back to the sage and said, "Sir, do you mean that the vital forces are the Self ?" The sage said, "Find out for yourself; thou art That." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">The god returned home once more, thinking that it was the mind, perhaps, that was the Self. But in a short while he saw that thoughts were so various, now good, again bad; the mind was too changeable to be the Self. He went back to the sage and said, "Sir, I do not think that the mind is the Self; did you mean that?" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">"No," replied the sage, "thou art That; find out for yourself." </span><br />
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I understood the above fable as it resonated with my theory that the world is a dream and that the soul is dreaming this world. As such, the dreamer is unaffected by the dream. It all made sense... But I could not understand as to why the incident about the swimming pool popped in my mind right after reading this fable. I figured that the answer will present itself in due time and as such did not think much about it.<br />
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After reading the above quote, my conclusion about the swimming pool incident changed. Instead of feeling sorry for him, I thought he must be feeling sorry for me. Perhaps, God was teaching me that Age.. is just a number...:)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">" <b>All that is comes from the mind; </b><br />
<b>It is based on the mind, </b><b>it is fashioned by the mind</b><b>"</b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
- The Pali Canon<br />
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</tbody></table>I remember my father's Guru saying that mantras have real power behind them. To get any specific result, there are specific mantras for which the pronunciation has to be proper along with a focused mind and intent. Infact, he was adept at Atharva veda, the ancient science of magic and charms, having learnt it from the Himlayan masters. He had even written a book on Atharveda. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">After he passed away, I forgot about his book and his words regarding the power of mantra's. Moreover, I did not believe that few innocuous words alone can change an outcome. It did not fit into any science or any logic that I had been made aware of.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table>That was until I discovered a video on Ted.com entitled ' <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/evan_grant_cymatics.html">Making sound visible through cymatics.</a> '. It showed that sound vibrations can make matter fall into various design patterns. Wow..this was something which was not expected by me. My curiosity was aroused.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wanting to know more, I searched youtube. I came across a video titled <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Io6lop3mk">Bringing Matter to life</a> wherein it was shown that sound vibrations can make matter reorganise into specific patterns mimicking life forms, galaxies etc. The video gave me a rude jolt. This could not be real...I reasoned. <b>How can something as fine as sound vibration have the power to create patterns mimicking life forms </b>??<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">My question was answered pretty soon ..as soon as I got hold of another book by Swami Vivekananda. In the book, Swami Vivekananda reasoned that ultimately, the greatest power is really in the fine and not the coarse. To explain this concept with an example, I quote from his book..</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; letter-spacing: 0px;">"..</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when we see a man lift a heavy weight, we see his muscles swell and all over the body we see signs of exertion. But it is the thin thread like things, the nerves that bring the power to the muscles. If we cut off these nerves..the muscles will not work at all. These tiny nerves bring the power from something finer still... thought... and so on and on</span></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; letter-spacing: 0px;">"</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">As I thought about it, it began to make complete sense..a car runs because of fuel transferred to the engine through a thin pipe. Similarly, an electric motor spins because of electricity transferred to it through a thin wire. </span>It quickly struck me that the world being a dream, everything actually comes from the fine and the unknown power of the mind. So it is actually no surprise that the everything which moves in this world ultimately moves from the power of the fine and the unseen. </div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div>Researching further to understand why and how mantra's work, it became clear that the ancients understood that sound can make intentions manifest faster in this dream reality. In a sense, they used mantra's as a tool to unify thought patterns and bring it into alignment with the highest and the best desires.<br />
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References<br />
check the video links above..its a must see..unbelievable!!!!<br />
<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EVOX8ZAD2ZYC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=swami+vivekananda+power+in+the+fine&source=bl&ots=-oP1gjnXrv&sig=JrN9tXZxfDwiR3bQ6nYrGhArA-8&hl=en&ei=YKG7TYOmIorZrQeWzM3tBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false">Swami Vivekananda- The Power of the Fine.</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81li_Canon">The Pali canon</a><br />
<a href="http://ifgt.org/site/2010/08/is-sound-behind-the-crop-circles/">Is sound behind Crop Circles?..A thought provoking article</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">" If you cannot find the solution to your problem..sleep on it".</div><div style="text-align: center;"> - An old adage</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">The intuitive (sub-conscious ) mind is a sacred gift</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"> and the rational (conscious ) mind is a faithful servant.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"> We have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">created a society that honors the servant </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"> and has forgotten the gift<span style="font-size: medium;">."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Albert Einstein</span></span></span></b></span></div><br />
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It was the year 1994. I had my board exams and as such had to wake early. My mother told me that not to worry and just tell to the pillow ( yes!! ..just before going to sleep ) what time to wake up, and I will. I did not think much about it at the time. I did as was told and was later surprised that my sub-conscious mind did wake me up at the exact time. I had successfully commanded my sub-conscious mind !!<br />
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I wondered how and why it worked but did not put my mind on it as I had a lot of other mundane things on my mind those days. But as I researched the subject of the mind, I began to realise the beauty of the sub-conscious mind. I began to realise that it can not only be commanded but can also give us solutions and ideas that we search for.<br />
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Indeed, the Industrial revolution was started by the AC motor, the design of which came to Nicole Tesla in a day-dream. Further, theory of relativity on which modern science is based came to Einstein in a dream. The structure of benzene and carbon also came to Kekule in a dream.<br />
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Further, Dr. Otto Loewi, popularly known as ' The father of Neuroscience' , attributed his nobel price in 1936 for his work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses in brain, again to a dream. Infact, after analyzing many discoveries, Dr. Loewi noted " <b>Most so called 'intuitive' discoveries are such associations made in the subconscious</b>".<br />
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It is not only discoveries that have come to people in dreams but also creativity has struck people in dreams. The song ' <b>Yesterday </b>' by the Beatles came to Paul McCartney in a dream. He was so amazed by it, he mistakenly thought he must have heard it before somewhere.<br />
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<b>Why is the sub-consicous mind so intelligent and our thinking and rational mind so dumb and merely a servant?</b>. With this question, I slept..thinking that I would get an answer in my dreams..:)<br />
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well..I waited. some days passed..no answer came. I remembered that I am one of the many persons who hardly get any dreams while sleeping. My enthusiasm wained and I forgot the question. However a few days later.. there was a black-out in our area. I held a torch in my hand and had just begun to climb the stairs..that the answer just came to my mind. Our 'conscious or rational mind' acts like a torch. It can only see and work as far as the light reaches. In other words..its just a very small part of the entire mind. On the other hand, the sub-conscious mind works in the dark. It does not have to deal with limitations of the torch. <br />
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I was so surprised that the solution came to me while I was awake and not in a dream as was the case with all the scientists and artists..but... just then another question struck.... isn't this reality also a dream???....... :)<br />
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P.s- Would love to hear about your dream or comments on this blog. Please add your comment below..would be useful to others for correlating their own experiences.<br />
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8092029.stm">BBC article on the creativity of the sub-conscious mind.</a><br />
Just google " famous discoveries in dreams. "<br />
<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101028141759.htm">A wonderful article on sub-conscious and typing</a><br />
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</div></div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-53601010451160668252010-12-26T02:49:00.000-08:002019-07-13T08:45:10.446-07:00XIV- Thoughts and the Plant kingdom.<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">"<b>Ayam Atma Brahma</b>"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> ( All this is the soul. The soul is Brahman (god) ) </div><div style="text-align: center;"> - Atharva Veda.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Pipal tree has taken over a Temple<br />
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</tbody></table>Now this small pipal plant came from a seed. The more I thought about the power of the seed, the more amazed I became...i mean .. put a seed in the soil..nothing happens...but add the magic ingredient,.. water.. and the seed begins to express itself. Science was and still is at a loss to explain such a basic thing. To science, water is just H2O, two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, how can water alone spark life??</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first clue came from a Japanese scientist ( Dr. Masaru Emoto ) who found that water molecules somehow alters its structure in response to specific intentions. He freezed water after giving some samples good intentions and some samples bad intentions. Water with good intentions had beautiful designs whereas water with bad intentions were unorganised. It was unbelievable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thornless variety of cactus</td></tr>
</tbody></table>If water can be affected by our intentions, then surely plants, which have water in them should also be affected by our intentions. It just took sometime on google to figure out that this was the case. Plants do get affected by our intentions. In fact, the wizard of Horticulture, Luther Burbank created a thornless variety of a cactus by talking to the plant and transmitting his love to the plant. He used to say to the plant that you do not need the thorns to protect yourselves, I will protect you. Gradually the thornless variety of the cactus emerged over generations. He is credited with creating over 800 new varieties of plants and 200 varieties of fruits, many vegetables, nuts and grains, and hundreds of ornamental flowers.<br />
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The above facts made immediate sense in the light of what has been said in the vedas and by other saints that the world is ultimately just another dream of the soul. As everything is created by the mind, everything can be and is affected by the mind. Wow..this was undeniably true in the case of water and plants.<br />
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EVIDENCES<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6iwAZU4oHc">The mystery of water. ( Youtube video..must watch..all 9 parts )</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto">Masaru Emoto- The man who discovered that water molecules changed according to intention. </a><br />
<a href="http://potgardening.org/?p=5199">Plants get affected by our intention.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9dP9F5nKpY&feature=related">Experimental proof that plants have a mind and they are connected to us</a>.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burbank">History of Luther Burbank..wikipedia.. </a><br />
<a href="http://www.ananda.org/autobiography/#chap38">Chapter on Luther Burbank..Autobiography of a Yogi. </a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>" The power of prayer should not be under estimated"</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b></b><b> - Bible ( James 5: 16-18 )</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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It was eerily quiet. I had just entered through the door and into a staircase. The staircase was leading into the basement of the Apollo hospital's cancer department. A friend was suspected of having the disease. As I was about to enter into the waiting area, a huge notice on the notice board caught my eye...the title of the notice said.. " <b>PRAYER WORKS</b> ". The notice went on to state that as per the latest scientific study, prayer has healing power and the doctors have noted an appreciable improvement in the symptoms of cancer patients. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Reading the article and that too being put by doctors, for the first time made me inquisitive about the power of prayer. Does prayer really have the power to cure and heal our bodies? How does it work and why?<br />
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Doctors know that the sub conscious mind controls the body in miraculous ways. If the patient expects improvement and has full belief in a medicine ( even if it is fake medicine ) the sub-conscious mind, through the brain, can produce actual substances \ pain killers to heal the body. They have scientifically called it T<b>he Placebo Effect.</b><br />
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Infact, it is now standard practice all over the world to test the effectiveness of new and experimental medicines against fake medicines. Neither the doctor nor the patient knows which is the actual or the fake medicines during the experimental trials. Only if the new medicines are more effective than the fake medicines, it is given permission to sell into the market.<br />
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Researching further , I came across a case of a miracle man ( Morris Goodman ). He crashed his plane, and was paralyzed from neck down. He could not even breathe on his own. Doctors had given up on him. However he visualized walking out on his own by christmas. And he did!!!..He summed up his life beautifully - <b>man becomes what he thinks about!</b>.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">( <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">check the video below</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span></span></b></span>. I couldn't help but think that this was the placebo effect in overdrive!!<br />
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The case of the miracle man definitely proved that the conscious mind can tweak and nudge the sub-conscious mind but the next question was whether the conscious mind can tweak and nudge the super-conscious mind .. the creator of the universe. ( the world being a dream...read previous posts )<br />
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Turns out.. it can. I came across <a href="http://www.greggbraden.com/">Gregg Braden</a>. In one of the videos, he describes his meeting with a native american friend. It had not rained in some area for a long time. On his request, his friend sat down and prayed for hardly two minutes. In the next 2-3 days, it rained very heavily in the area. Astonished, Gregg asked his friend what and how did he pray? His friend stated that he did not wish for rain as that would mean you are acknowledging that there is no rain. Instead, he visualized that he is standing in a mud puddle and puddle is deep and that his legs were all wet. He further stated that by praying, he was trying to feel how it feels like as if the rain has already happened.<br />
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Pleasantly surprised, I was trying to find the science and logic behind it. I soon realized that people whose meditations are deep and peaceful, are able to tweak and nudge the super-conscious mind with their visualization. Some realize it and others do not. Ofcourse, you have to have control of your mind first before you try to influence the super-conscious mind.<br />
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Infact, in one of the interviews, Sachin Tendulkar ( a master batsman ) stated that whenever he goes out to bat, he visualizes that he has made a century and that people are giving him a standing ovation on his way back. ( it came in some newspaper..about 3-4 years back).<br />
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</tbody></table>It began to dawn on me that maybe we have all been misled about what prayer actually is? Maybe it is not about begging to god at all as the priest \ pujaris have led us to believe? Think about it.. by making the ordinary people believe that they have to beg to god, and that god is separate from them, most of the priests have rose to positions of power and have secured their livelihood. Ofcourse, a true priest imparts you the truth about god and acts a guide so that you ultimately know the truth. They were rightly called Gurus in Ancient India.<br />
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Hmmm...i realize now that prayer is not about begging at all but about creating your own reality from a calm and a peaceful mind.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDtCPYtqZXk">A short presentation about Prayer.</a> ( using bible verses and references )<br />
<a href="http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all">The power of placebo.</a> ( wired Magazine )<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfKn92klPeU">The Video of Miracle Man.</a> ( must see.. very inspirational )<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP4ieAuMhbk&feature=related">The science of miracles.</a> ( Gregg Braden narrates his encounter with his native american friend ).<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XawWu6DDO1I">The Lost mode of Prayer</a> - Gregg bradenAmit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-73857278068177135802010-09-10T01:43:00.000-07:002019-07-13T08:45:10.500-07:00XII- Understanding God - II - The secret<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he;</span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> ( what you think, so shall u become ) </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - The Bible ( King James 23:7 )</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">" <b><i>Bend the spoon with the power of your mind </i></b>!!"... The ad screamed......i thought.. what the heck, lets see if all this is real. I went and signed up for the weekend class ( Level I ) . I was surprised to note that I was not the only nut.... there were other more educated nuts in the class too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though bending the spoon was taught in the level III, nevertheless it was an amazing class and it sort of opened up my mind to amazing possibilities. In one of the experiments, four people were called forward ( including me ). We encircled a hefty man perhaps weighing 90-100 kg. We were asked to lift the man with two fingers each. We tried but could not.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then the instructor told us all to close our eyes and visualize that we are very strong and that the person in our middle was as light as a feather. We further visualized that we together have already lifted him up in the air..</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After about a minute or so of this deep visualization, the teacher asked us to quickly open our eyes and lift him up. We easily lifted him up without so much as an effort. In fact, we touched his head on the false ceiling easily. Seeing this, all four of us got shocked and a thought crossed all our minds.. how is it possible?? ..No sooner did we think of it, he became too heavy and we all dropped him. Luckily, he had a sense of humor and did not bash us up for dropping him. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Everybody in the class was dumbstruck about it...some thought that some spirit must have been behind it. One person thought that we all must have been hypnotized. As far as i was concerned, i did not know what happened..But i knew that we lifted him almost without any effort. All the instructor said that it is the power of the mind and he left it at that...<br />
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I looked at scientific laws to find an explanation for what happened. Science told me that all atoms are 99.99 % empty and as such, nothing is really solid in this universe. What?? ....... 99.99 % empty meant almost empty!!! More surprisingly, i also found that the gravity force is also not properly understood by scientists. Whew!!...... i got my sense of composure back...I was definitely not crazy.<br />
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What I figured out later was that the native language of the mind is neither English, Hindi or any other language but pictures. Whenever we remember any past memories, we most likely visualize it. Just try and remember the details of your dad's or friends first car.. and you will know what i am referring to...<br />
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After this realization, it quickly became apparent as to why we were able to lift the person as mentioned above easily. We had visualized the deed of easily lifting the man with our fingers... or in other words, talked to the higher mind in its own native language. This reality, ultimately being a dream of the mind ( <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">read previous chapters</span> ), followed our visualization of lifting the man and accordingly we were able to accomplish it without any effort. However, no sooner did a doubt crept into our mind, this reality again went back to our ordinary state and beliefs of the mind and we dropped him with a thud. Hmmm... I realised that the power of belief can do wonders as christ and other sages had repeatedly said...<br />
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This was a really a huge discovery. So huge infact, that I doubted if it was true and if it was, why did nobody every told me? I was looking for verification of this theory. The verification had to be huge for me to really believe it.<br />
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</tbody></table>The verification came with a BANG !! A movie had come out in 2006 called " The secret " and it had created a sensation all over the world. The movie basically stated that whatever we intend or visualise, begins to happen. Many well known persons of the world supported the basic idea of the movie citing their own experiences. ( <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">check links below</span> ). I also came across many reports of instances of people bending objects with the power of their mind.<br />
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The movie removed every shred of doubt I had in my mind regarding the fact that we are affecting the reality with our thoughts. I had been introduced to the power of positive thinking. Things began to fall in place and a whole lot of things started to make sense. I realised that most of the successful people I had met all had one thing in common..they never brooded over their failures and were always thinking positively about the future. Infact their failures were not failures..but lessons to achieve the goals they had set for themselves.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCkPmwexrng&feature=player_embedded">Watch this video: Lifting man with fingers... quite similar to what we did</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1GKGWJbE8">The Secret Movie - The first 20 minutes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0wYxh-akZs">Oprah Winfrey on The secret</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0HNJqPRO_0&NR=1">Oprah Winfrey show on The Secret</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2MqciSMOmk">Visualising tool for having loads of money.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.astronomycafe.net/gravity/gravity.html">The mystery of Gravity</a><br />
<a href="http://shekharkapur.com/blog/">Shekhar Kapur Blog states that ' I exist because you imagine I do". The guy knows that the reality is a dream. </a><br />
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</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We all have theories of how the body works but nobody can say for sure including the medical fraternity. This is because the human body is mind numbingly complex. Its a machine which arises automatically out of dust, grows, makes another machine and then turns back to dust. To even begin to understand it, we had no option but to divide it according to parts and so we invented a neurologist for the nervous system, an orthopedic for the bones, a general physician for understanding common ailments, an ENT specialist, a dentist, a dermatologist for skin, a psychiatrist for mental illness, a heart specialist and so on and on.</span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Despite the complexities involved, the body works on automatic mode mostly without we getting bothered about it. Think about it, we eat our food and we forget about it...the body does the rest automatically. Who is doing and controlling the rest of the digestive processes? As it is now turns out, it is controlled by our mind but at a totally different and distinct level. Scientists now call this level of mind , the sub- conscious mind. </span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now this sub-conscious mind is ultra powerful when it comes to body and has surprising control over the body. In one study, a person under hypnosis was told that she is holding a hot piece of metal in her hand. The hand developed blisters even though the piece of metal was cold to touch. Many other instances verifying the power of the mind have been recorded in the medical literature.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The vedas and realized saints while supporting this contention of the scientists, further add to it by contending that there is still another larger and much more powerful level of mind which controls the entire cosmos. Some saints call it the divine mind or the divine consciousness or simply the supra-conscious mind. They contend further that just as the sub-conscious mind is accessible through hypnosis, the supra-conscious mind is accessible through deep meditation. </span><br />
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In simple words, what the saints are saying is that this world is also just another dream. Just as divine consciousness is dreaming this world, we as part of god, by default have the power to dream and create realities which we utilize effortlessly while we sleep or sometimes even during daytime....:).... I know this sounds a bit weird but think about it, while we are dreaming, we do not know that it is a dream. It is only when we get out of it i.e when we wake up, we realize that it was just a dream. So how can we be sure that this is not just another dream??<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The above verse of Bhagavad Gita now begins to make sense to me. I am now awestricken....not only about the finding the nature of god but also about the fact that I am also part of god. </span><br />
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So the next question that arose in my mind is to find the key to change this dream... and well......what do you know....... by coincidence, I came across the book...The ' secret'. But thats another blog.....:)<br />
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</div></div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-81233264595422143392010-07-24T06:17:00.000-07:002019-07-13T08:45:10.569-07:00X- God and the movie ' Inception '.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MS Shell Dlg'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The central character in the movie, Leonardo Di Caprio ( 'Dom' ), has the amazing ability, by utilizing some scientific apparatus, to get inside other people dreams while they are sleeping. He is then able to work through the dreams to access information, which being confidential in nature, the sub-conscious mind tries to hide it in some vault or some secret place.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As dreams are creation of the mind, the physical laws begin to obey more and more of the person's will. Hence, to distinguish dreams from reality, Dom carries a small metal top ( called a totem ), which in a dream never stops spinning once started. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He is one of the best in the business of stealing ideas and information from other people's mind. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Due to his nature of work, he had lost his family and had to flee his country. He takes up a last job as he is promised his life back. </span></span><br />
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I didn't know where or how to start describing MJ to him. He kept looking at me waiting for an answer. I told him that MJ was part of me and almost everybody else during our teens. All my friends grew up listening to him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Music Video- ' Thriller"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>To further convince him, I described to him how great his power was over the teenagers.. women used to faint at the site of him, his songs would play over and over on MTV. He was the most famous and the most dissected music personality by the media. He used to command such power over the population, that even before he uttered a word on stage, his fans would scream and scream and scream. After all the fans would be done screaming, he used to start his performances. He popularised break dance and his music videos were like mini movies. His songs, Billie Jean, Bad, Dangerous, man in the mirror, thriller made records which are still unbroken. He was rightfully called the king of Pop. There is gonna be no one like him.<br />
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That night I logged on Youtube and watched Michael Jackson's music video- 'who is it', one of my favorites. Something strange happened.<br />
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</tbody></table>While watching the video, I felt myself teleported back to my teens. The euphoric feeling returned at listening to his songs. The feeling is not easy to describe.. but it was as if I was re-living my past. Its the same feeling when one gets when for example visiting one's old school, old house, old friends etc.. its much more deep than merely remembering some old facts.<br />
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Do we mentally teleport back in time or is it just some memories rearing its head again? The answer is not an easy one if you consider the fact that according to latest science, Time and reality is very likely a mental illusion akin to a dream. At the very basic level of reality, Time ceases to exist. Moreover, neurologists have been unable to find where the actual memories are stored in the brain. The brain merely seems to act like a bridge between the mind and the body. <br />
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This is not so absurd as it sounds if you consider that some people have such an amazing photographic memory, that it boggles the mind. You tell them any sentence of a book they might have read in their childhood and they can tell you on which page it is!! ...( see links below ). Current medical science fails to explain such phenomena. Moreover, scientists have recently been astonished to find that a simple plant utilises quantum entanglement ( a state where everything is connected and there is no such thing as 'time' ) to distribute energy generated from sunlight throughout its body. Hmm.. if a simple plant can do such a trick , why not us? To me, it seems logical when you consider that if nature gave us the illusion of time, then surely the easiest way to remember is to remove the illusion of time rather than create a computer mechanism for storing and retrieving memories. It just sounds a whole lot simpler.<br />
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</tbody></table>The more developed realized saints ofcourse can more fully merge their mind with the universal mind, and can see into the future as well. There were many people like Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce and ofcourse my father's guru ( see previous chapters in this blog ) , who could see far ahead in the future.<br />
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A question can be asked... what use is this knowledge of Time to me..Well.. for one..... I know Michael Jackson is not dead for me. He lives on in my mind......<br />
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<a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Does-Memory-Reside-Inside-the-Brain&id=2011790">Does Memory reside in the Brain</a>. - An interesting article.<br />
<a href="http://www.purifymind.com/MysteryofTime.htm">The Mystery of Time. </a><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/science/28time.html?_r=1">A NewYork Times Article on the Mystery of Time</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhcQG_KItZM">Kim Peek - Man with Amazing photographic memory.</a> ( video )<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Peek">Wikipedia on Kim Peek</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100203131356.htm">Plants utilize quantum entanglement.</a><br />
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Indiana Jones..the famous archeologist brought to life by Steven Spielberg in many movies never ceases to amaze me. Unearthing ancient civilizations, artifacts and lost historical treasures really makes for interesting adventures. As a kid, I always wanted to relive the adventures of Indiana Jones. I always thought it would be so cool to discover an ancient civilization much more advanced than what we thought of them. Lo.. and behold... I never realized that I would end up re-discovering my own country, Bharat ( India ). I had learned of India from our history textbooks which was kind of depressing to say the least. What I realize now is that I was merely looking at the black spot of the British occupation of our country and our struggle for freedom. The history of our race is much more glorious than I ever imagined. I would describe my country's history as follows..<br />
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Once upon a time, there was a land known as Bharat. God wanted to give this land all the features so that its inhabitants could experience life fully and in all its glory. God gave it the highest mountain ranges, which served not only as a place of solitude so as to reach him, but also posed a challenge to the indomitable human spirit. It was also strategically located so as to prevent its inhabitants from the cold wave of the north while assuring a steady supply of mineral water to its inhabitants in the form of various rivers throughout the year. Not to bore its inhabitants, god further added variety in the form of deserts of rajasthan, cold desert of Ladakh, tropical forests with unlimited variety of plants and animals and one of the longest and beautiful coastlines. It further gave its inhabitants the highest percentage of arable land ( 51% ) from which to grow food and feed the population and its visitors.<br />
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The inhabitants of this country, with all the natural comforts given above, evolved very quickly. They soon developed the most scientifically perfect language known as 'sanskrit'. They further developed Vimana ( now known as Aeroplanes ) and had already known the power of 'anu'. ( now known as 'atom' in English ). They had soon realised that the material world is an illusion and therefore developed the Science of Meditation and Yoga. Through the development of this science, they began to increasingly control this dream reality and many were ultimately able to conquer time and space. Teleportation was achieved. Machines were no longer needed. They became so absorbed in the science of the mind, that the physical sciences were almost forgotten.<br />
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Through their developed powers, they were able to perceive the coming dark ages ( kali yuga ). It was a feared age as man would progressively utilise less and less of his mind and would not be able to comprehend anything beyond the five senses. As such, to protect the knowledge already gained, and also to prevent their misuse, they encoded the knowledge in cryptic sanskrit shlokas. The human mind can remember rhythms naturally and without any effort ( a song is easy to remember ). As such, the shlokas were made rhythmic so that there was less chance of its distortion when passed down orally from one generation to the next. They called it the vedas.<br />
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Just before the onset of the dark age called 'kali yuga', the country fought a great internal battle now known as the 'Mahabharata' in which most of the intelligent people were killed. The winners, pandavas alongwith realized saints, dejected with the effects on men in the kali yuga retired to the Himalayan mountains ( The shrines\caves of pandavas are existing near Badrinath ). Many saints did not take samadhi and instead kept a watch on the world's activities waiting for an opportune time to reveal the knowledge again. However from time to time, in order to guide and instill hope in people through the dark ages, saintly teachers like the Buddha took birth in this Holy Land to guide the generations in china, Tibet and other Asian Countries.<br />
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Even Christ, though born in Jerusalem, came to India during the age 12-30 and learned the science of Yoga and meditation. He realised that he was a part of god and as such called himself the 'son' of god. He tried to teach his people the same principles, but the dark ages had taken hold of the mind of men. They could not grasp his teachings and instead of felicitating him, crucified him. He is thought to have survived the crucification and rejuvenated himself through the techniques of yoga. He thereafter left his homeland and settled in Kashmir, India. ( see links below )</div>
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It would however be foolish to confine the greatness of this holy land only for its spiritual endeavours. Even in this dark kali yuga age, the Indians were masters of the masters. In the field of mathematics, the Indians invented the numbering system ( though credit is given to Arabs but the Arabs themselves learnt it from Hindus ) and also the concept of zero ( 'shunya' in sanskrit ) . Trigonometry was also invented by it. Infact, even the European Languages including many words in English are a derivative of the ancient sanskrit language of India.<br />
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In the field of Medicine, long before anybody knew about energy, we were describing body in terms of energy ( kundalini shakti ) rather than in terms of cells. This seems logical if you keep the scientific fact that all is different forms of one energy. The Ayurveda is basically based on treating the causes and imbalances in energy rather than medical Science which is basically based on treating the symptoms. Medical Science considers the power of mind and its effects on the body, called the placebo effect as a mystery whereas the Indians knew long back that the mind makes the body ( as in a dream ) and body does not make the mind.<br />
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In the field of Astronomy, there are references in Rig Veda ( some say the vedas are atleast 10000 years old ) about the spherical shape of earth, period of rotation and that the earth revolves around the sun. The ancient Hindus also knew that the sun also revolves around another sun, which scientists only now are suspecting the same. Infact, the Indians taught the world in the world's first residential university called the Nalanda University where students from china and other Asian countries used to come for studies.<br />
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In the field of metallurgy, there was no comparision of India. The Indians made a giant 6 ton iron pillar 1500 years ago near Kutub-Minar in Delhi which has till date not rusted at all. It is only recently that the secrets of this ancient Indian technology has been unravelled as to anti-rust properties.<br />
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Indians, through their smartness and resourcefulness was the richest country and was called ' The Golden Bird'. India was already into International Trade in the year 1400s and was the Biggest Trading country in the world. Infact, this was the reason that an entire oceon was named after a country.<br />
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Christopher Columbus was so amazed by India and its riches, that he decided to voyage to India on his ship to bring back spices, silks, gold etc . He accidently stumbled on USA in the year 1492 and thinking that he landed in India, named the natives as Indians. That is how the natives of USA today are called red Indians.<br />
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India lost her way after the invasion of the East India Company in the 1600s and as a result, her greatness slept for the next 300 years. To be fair to Indians, in a front to front battle, even Alexander had to accept defeat at the hands of India. However, the Britishers were cunning and they entered India as friends and businessmen. Once trust was established, it was easy for the British to conquer India. However, the enslavement of 300 years is but a small blackspot on the otherwise shining record of India. No doubt, this was an extremely traumatic experience on the psyche of Indians but much has already been written about it than what it deserves.<br />
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Many realized masters ( including my father's guru ) have stated that the 21st century will belong to India. The signs of this happening are already showing. Many will criticise about the lack of infrastructure, poverty, corruption etc. They fail to understand that India is in a transforming stage and its 1 billion people are trying to calibrate the country's systems through a democratic setup. It is slow but extremely durable. <br />
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The first chapter in the Modern History of the world may have belonged to western civilizations but it will surely have an Indian Ending...:)<br />
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References and evidences.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQ4hIG9w7c">The Sanskrit Language</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chevroncars.com/learn/famous-people/christopher-columbus">Christopher Columbus discovered America.</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_years_of_Jesus">The lost Years of Jesus Christ. He went to India.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DXCZFRsyl8&feature=related">BBC Documentary of Jesus in India. </a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UR9UEY79k">The History of Nalanda University ( video )</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2pmp66KqcQ">The Iron Pillar in Delhi. 1500 years old and not rusted as yet!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gulApUKih2w&feature=related">The History of numbers ( video )</a><br />
<a href="http://www.siriusresearchgroup.com/articles/sriyukteswar.shtml">Research Group for the dual of our sun.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.isb.edu/faculty/Working_Papers_pdfs/Can_India_be_the_Food_Basket_for_the_World.pdf">India can be the world's food basket.</a><br />
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Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-62505706062877187042010-05-09T08:53:00.000-07:002019-07-13T08:45:10.486-07:00VII- Finding more evidences<div style="text-align: justify;">I found doing my law course from Delhi University very exciting and funny. First, the teacher teaches you the law and how it should be followed and then , with a wicked smile, as if suddenly possessed by the devil , tells you how to break it!. In a single lecture, we could see the transformation of the teacher from a preacher of the law ( angel ) to the breaker of law ( demon ). It actually used to bring a smile to my face.. i mean.. we were being taught man-made laws by both the Angels and Demons. Law was certainly interesting ..:)<br />
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One of things that we learned at law school was how to appreciate evidences to find out whether a particular thing is true or not. It is sort of like detective work. You have to be neutral when looking at a particular evidence or circumstances. This lesson, on hindsight, turned out to be very valuable in my search for god.<br />
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While researching various scientific truths and going through vedanta and other books , a picture had begun to emerge of that our reality is basically a dream. However, just arriving at the conclusion that reality is basically a dream without further evidences was not agreeable to my newly acquired legal mind.<br />
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I reasoned that if reality is basically a dream, then logically our thoughts should be more powerful than we think and should have atleast an effect on our surroundings.<br />
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The first evidence i found was that our thoughts affect water. It really does at the molecular level. ( see the links at the bottom ). I was so amazed by it that i did not sleep that night. If one considers that our human brain is 75% water, and our bodies are 60% water, imagine what are we doing to ourselves by our own thoughts of negativity and pessimism !. It further explained to me many medical mysteries (for later ). I always used to wonder as to why the ancients used to treat water sacred and keep it closer to the pooja room or place. They were wanting to transmit good thoughts to water!<br />
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The second evidence i came across was the website the <a href="http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/">intention experiment.</a> They have conducted many experiments to prove that our thoughts\ intentions affects plants, seeds etc. The experiments have confirmed that our thoughts are a kind of energy which can change the characteristics of plants, seeds, things etc.<br />
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The third evidence i came across and which has also become popular now is the movie ' The secret'. It is based on a best selling book " The secret ". The book basically states that our thoughts\ intentions manifest things in future. For example, if you dream of a big house, you will, in due course of time, be presented with opportunities to get it.<br />
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My rational mind tried hard to find a counter to these evidences but i could not. <br />
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I realised one more thing. Just as the power of a tree is contained in a seed, the power to create a chicken is manifest in the egg, likewise, we as sons or part of god, the power to create worlds is also manifest in us. Infact, we utilise that power unknowingly every night and without any effort when we dream.<br />
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Earlier, my legal mind was asking questions as to ' How can all this be a dream? '. But after appreciating the unbiased evidences, the question changed to ' Why did not somebody tell me this before ? "...:)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.life-enthusiast.com/twilight/research_emoto.htm">Thoughts affect water.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/crystals/">Thoughts affect water-2.</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1GKGWJbE8">The movie secret on youtube. </a><br />
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</div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-79400547558899461942010-04-29T01:51:00.000-07:002019-07-13T08:45:10.541-07:00VI- Science merges with Vedas<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif;">There were four sardar wearing big black ( or blue? ) turban and asking for donation. One of them saw me and said that " I need to show u something". I thought, what the heck, might be some entertainment... i invited him and one other person to my chamber. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif;">He gave me a thread and asked me to break it up. I did. Then he asked me to basically roll all the thread pieces in one ball. i did and kept the ball inside my fist as instructed. He never touched the thread as he was sitting at some distance. Then he took a paper and wrote something down and kept it with him. He then asked me to think of a question and write it in my diary. I complied again. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif;">I was shocked.!!!! All the thread pieces had joined again and there was no sign of any breakage. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In short, the experiment, in a sense, proved that particles ( really small like atoms, electrons ) do not have any shape or even existence unless and until you look ( scientific lingo - measure ). This is called the uncertainty principle. Imagine u are driving a car on a lonely road with headlights on. Only the things which are visible to your five senses actually exist, rest all which u do not see.. does not exist. Infact, many prominent scientists suspect that reality exists not because of physical particles but because of the act of observing the universe. An amazing article titled ' <b>Does the Universe exist if we are not looking? </b>' on Discover Magazine can be found </span><a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2002/jun/featuniverse"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After many days of pondering and researching over this counter intuitive conclusion, I came across an ancient text called the Yoga Vasistha which is probably the most important text in Vedas, and the history is that Rama, who is the incarnation of God, goes to the great seer to get instruction. And as is the custom in India, Rama touches the Rishi Vasistha's feet. And the seer says, "Hey stop it! You're God why are you doing this?" So Rama says, " I have forgotten. You have to remind me that I am God."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Vasistha then gives him the first lesson.- " <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're not in the world, the world is in you. You're not in the body, the body is in you. You're not even in the mind, the mind is in you. As you curve back within your own consciousness ( mind ), you manifest ( create ) the mind, body, and the world</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif;">The conclusions above confused me. I pondered over the implication of the above. Then one night, as if out of the blue, an inner voice spoke - " <b>How can something exist in a dream without a dreamer dreaming it </b>?". YESSSS....THIS WAS IT... i thought. IT ALL MADE SENSE. I couldn't help but smile realising that both Science and vedas were referring to different sides of the same coin. ( Read the above article again and it will now make sense )</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif;">Everything is the mind ( dream ) and we all are collectively dreaming this reality as rightly explained by the Vedas. Science had unravelled the mysterious Vedas. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif;">The Bible notes the saying of Jesus " Because you have so little faith, i tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ' move ' from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."</span><br />
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</span></div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com3India28.536274512989912 77.08007812518.916784012989915 62.138671625 38.15576501298991 92.021484625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-54000919875605381772010-04-22T02:43:00.000-07:002019-07-13T08:45:10.459-07:00V- We are Different Reflections of a Single Flame.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWXbxqtMcDdG_kvMfsb7am6ipcHcTka0SBN9LOojjd8w5uqexAQEL3KRIK03L_VwMr1GvIeJFlqZbU34nghJ5kSyhC-Vi871Jeq_C4rl7nP7jgjIEjYYeUPLIaF5_CIYu4fZV7l84mT8/s1600/Dharamshala.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWXbxqtMcDdG_kvMfsb7am6ipcHcTka0SBN9LOojjd8w5uqexAQEL3KRIK03L_VwMr1GvIeJFlqZbU34nghJ5kSyhC-Vi871Jeq_C4rl7nP7jgjIEjYYeUPLIaF5_CIYu4fZV7l84mT8/s320/Dharamshala.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" THE NAME IS BOND.. JAMES BOND." The unforgettable line in which James Bond delivers his introduction prepares the viewer to expect a big disruption to the set order of things. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day it finally happened. I was in Mcleodganj near Dharamshala in a restaurant called MC.LLO having a drink with a friend. Our wives were shopping. The place was frequented by many hollywood stars as Mcleodganj is the seat of the Dalai Lama. The table next to us was empty. Some time later, a foreign couple came and sat there. At first i did not pay much attention but as i heard the man speaking, i knew i had heard this voice before. I looked at the guy and realised that it was none other than Roger Moore. THE ROGER MOORE. The most famous and successful James Bond ever. I couldn't believe my luck!!!. I was seeing this iconic man in person. He had lost a lot of hair and was wearing big glasses which made it difficult to recognise him. I leaned towards him and greeted him . He realised that he had been found, shook my hand and gestured me with the other hand to keep it to myself. I excitedly complied. My friend though could not contain his excitement. He ordered beer, poured it in four glasses and put two glasses on his table and gestured him for cheers. Roger Moore and I were a bit surprised at the sudden burst of enthusiasm of my friend but before we could say anything.. his companion lady said "thank you". We all lifted our glasses and had a cheers..it was a really memorable experience. It felt like a dream to finally meet James Bond in person. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it happened... my wife woke me up!!!! .... Man.. it was really a dream.... but it felt so real. The experience of that dream though lingered with me for a long time.. The excitement... the handshake...and the cheers... Everything was clear, distinct, and real.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some scientists and readers, have arrived at the conclusions that our world may just be a giant Hologram after all . The universe appears to be like a 3D film coming from some single source.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then one day, while watching a James Bond movie, i remembered my dream of meeting James Bond. I realised that the entire dream that i had of meeting James bond was a projection of my mind in 3D. It was my mind which made James Bond, the restaurent and me... yet while the dream was progressing, i did not know that it was a dream or that my mind was the creator of everything. Only when i woke up or exited the dream , did i realise that all was a dream, a figment of my mind. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was surprised at the simplicity of all this. I realised that there is no way of knowing whether this reality is a dream or not without exiting from this dream. Exiting from the dream meant being dead. uh-oh.. that was a path i was not keen to take... i searched for an answer again..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That evening, we had to go to Birla mandir..By chance, i stopped at the Buddha temple which was right next to the Birla Mandir.. I saw the murti and i got my answer. The Buddha murti was in a meditative pose with eyes closed. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">References</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Article on spooky action at a distance on <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3349494/Einsteins-spooky-action-acts-at-10000-times-the-speed-of-light.html">The Telegraph</a>. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Interview of Michael Talbot, author, of the book called <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4232897377629019446#docid=59223213350926692">The Holographic Universe</a>.</span><br />
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</span></div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-13436826039526060092010-03-21T04:33:00.000-07:002019-07-13T08:45:10.324-07:00IV- The Telescope story<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-XXWkFayh1l68eAnDA613jcSXJvOYVCD3LD1aQQ1lg5yb_t5rF3qEC3A4TtAfpQcEUc-LNpi0nB_Ag4BMnxmYtt58zunfIZmBlb9VT0UvRe7bkekSV2rpvU2Af0aBpv8MbuBZyBpS4M/s1600-h/bigbang.jpg"><br /></a><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">It was 2:00 am in the morning. The night was as usual dark and quiet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>I slowly opened the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>main gate of my house lest it would make a creaking noise. My friend was standing outside half<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>asleep. "I am here"- he said with a yawn. I was not particularly delighted to see him as I was also feeling very <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>sleepy but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>we both had made a solemn commitment to meet in the night to trace the planets Jupiter and saturn with the new telescope. </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">The telescope had a story of its own. It was 1992 and I had just given my 10<sup>th</sup> board Exams. My father had promised me a telescope if I cleared the same. </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">Now, the reason for my wanting to get a telescope was to see for myself, the stars and planets with my own eyes as try as i might, my imagination could not comprehend the vastness of the planets and the Universe. To quote a metaphor, imagine a beach 100 kms long. This would be the size of the Universe. The individual grains of sand in the beach are individual suns just like our sun. On that one grain of sand, imagine there are 13 lac individual bacteria. Out of that 13 lac bacteria, the size of one bacteria would be equivalent to the size of our earth!. Wait..there is more.., according the science, the universe was born when a Humongous <b>ball of some unknown energy exploded</b> <b>in the distant past</b> which the scientists now unimaginatively call THE BIG BANG.. ( no.. it was not named by some philander scientist.. i checked... )</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">The results of my exam was not yet known but my father was absolutely sure that I would pass.The reason of my father’s confidence in my results had less to do with me and more to do with what my father’s guru had said. My father’s guru had visited our house after my board exams. My father used to tell me stories about my father’s guru miracles. I guess he used to like the bewildered look on my face on hearing the magical stories. He sensed another opportunity to see the look on my face and perhaps, that is the reason why he asked me to go to the Guruji's room and ask him as to how much marks i will get in my board exams. </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">I was excited to know my results and I immediately went to his room. I opened the door slowly and found him meditating. Not wanting to disturb him, I was about to close the door had he not opened his eyes. He motioned me to sit in front of him. I obliged. I asked him whether he could tell me how much I will score in my board exams. He nodded and asked me to come close. He put his thumb in between my eyebrows and closed his eyes. After about 10 seconds, he opened his eyes slowly and told me that I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>would get 74%. His unhesitant answer, made it look as if <b>Time was just an illusion </b>to him. I was very happy and sought his blessing and departed from the room. I ran upstairs and told the same to my now anxiously waiting father. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Seeing him understandably relived, I reminded him of the promise about buying me a telescope.</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">He fulfilled his promise and I got a big reflective telescope with a 5 inch mirror on that day. </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">The best time to view the stars is when there is when there is total darkness. Me and my friend calculated that the darkest night is probably at 2.00 am in the morning and made a commitment to meet at that time. </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">Now,having met, we reached the terrace where the telescope was all ready for us to explore the Universe. We started tracing the stars and constellations in the sky to figure out where the planet Saturn would be located as it was the most beautiful planet in the entire solar system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We found it soon enough and was amazed to see it. The thrill of actually seeing the Saturn planet with your own eyes as opposed to seeing it in a book is beyond words. It gave us both such a kick that we literally spent many nights on the terrace to check out the other jewels in the sky.</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">The results of the Board exams soon came. I was surprised..unlike my father…to score 74%. My father’s guru had predicted it a month before. I really did not think deeply about it much at that time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">But now, my perpective had changed and i was wanting to connect the puzzle pieces given to me by the various books i was now vociferously reading on science, metaphysics, universe etc. I came across many scientists views like the one <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726391.500-is-time-an-illusion.html">here</a> that they suspected that time was just an illusion and that there is no such thing as 'Time' . It is all our perception only and is not a characteristic of the universe.</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">Its a pity I thought...had they met my father's guru, there would be no room for doubts in the scientist's minds. </p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal">One question perplexed me though, if time is actually an illusion and in reality there is no such thing as time, then are we all at some level still that one ball of unknown energy prior to <strong>THE BIG BANG</strong> ? In other words, are we all still one and the same ? The next books i read, answered this question with evidences and wow..i felt like somebody woke me up from a deep sleep.. ..i was awake..:)</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-82246733045414072842010-03-02T08:37:00.000-08:002019-07-13T08:45:10.594-07:00III - Where am I Going?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAjVPNKKxc2RtB_qIs_JFYLKVm9nUgjtvxlBX-Sv_o4VXD3TdWLRkfyszC_YekY3OPKvD71dOtUBZlyn3iE9IrU_ajwyJXxQJzuCA8-w06b0Qt0OshGo2BBTag4HDZ96x1-Ct876zDKo/s1600-h/yugas.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444103304715591746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAjVPNKKxc2RtB_qIs_JFYLKVm9nUgjtvxlBX-Sv_o4VXD3TdWLRkfyszC_YekY3OPKvD71dOtUBZlyn3iE9IrU_ajwyJXxQJzuCA8-w06b0Qt0OshGo2BBTag4HDZ96x1-Ct876zDKo/s400/yugas.jpg" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv53VBZ1gpLVBk8bqNGZHwEVXSnoItvUB4Y9-apbRquGFpEB9paU1_z2Q_mR1a_aDPJEtv725cMATlqFsZbMyGzkV2naFmvPzkqIVuT2uQntbdsQBSFM1GcxOya-vMkDoVOGutOBKKPm0/s1600-h/yugas.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">'Where am I' and 'where am i going?' I asked myself. I was not in a car but lying on my bed and some philosophical mood had struck me. God probably must have heard me cause he answered it in the grandest way possible in the next book i picked up. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The name of the book was 'The Holy Science' written by Paramahansa Yogananda's Guru Shri Yukteswar Giri. The book was written in 1894 at the behest of another holy man, Shri Mahavatar baba. I read the book and i was shocked at the revelation that the present age is not the Kalyug, it is the Dwapara. How could it be? Everybody knows it is the kalyug age? ... I could sense somebody chuckling up there looking at the bewildered look on my face...:)</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br />According to the author Sri Yukteswar Giri , just as the earth revolves around the sun and takes about a year, the sun also revolves around another star and takes about 24000 years to complete one revolution.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">When our sun, during its orbit with the other star, is at the farthest point from the centre of the galaxy, the intelligence of the general population ( exceptions are always there ) is limited and does not extend beyond the five senses. That period is called the Kali Yuga. ( See Diagram above )</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">As the sun, during its orbit around the other star, starts coming close to the centre of the galaxy, ( called the ascending phase ) , the intelligence of mankind begins to increase and man starts understanding the finer forces ( electrcity, magnetism etc.... ). In a way, man starts utilising more and more of his brain. The Dwapara Yuga started somewhere around A.D 1600. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The author gives evidence to support his theory. About 1600 A.D. William Gillbert discovered magnetic forces and the presence of electricity in all material substances. In 1609, Kepler discovered the important laws of astronomy and Galileo produced the telescope. In 1621, the microscope was invented. In 1670, Newton discovered the Laws of Gravity etc. In the political world, people began to have respect for themselves and civilisation advanced in many ways. England united with Scotland and became a powerful kingdom. Napoleon Bonaparte introduced his new legal code in southern europe. America won its independence and many parts of the world became peaceful.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Technologically, the world began to be covered with railways and telegraph wires. I further discovered that in 1888, Nicole tesla invented the first practical AC motor ( he saw a vision of the design of the motor while walking ) which started the industrial revolution. Albert Einstein's theory of relativity was inspired by a dream. Frederick kekule discovered the chemical structure of benzene again in a dream. Moreover, many important discoveries were also made purely by accident like penicillin etc. And these were just the honest guys!..:)<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In this age, man starts playing with his new toys that he has just invented and is akin to giving a children a pistol. It is a dangerous age as mankind is learning to use its new found discoveries to judicious use. hmm... I could fit the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the environmental degradation through human activities nicely here.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In the Treta Yuga, the general population begins to realise that everything is the mind. The next Treta Yuga will start somewhere around A.D 4099.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In the Satya yuga, general population comprehends the nature of god. Everybody is a Devta, the knower of God.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Similarly, the author noted that the inverse is true during the descending phase when the sun starts moving away from the centre of the galaxy. Man's capacity to understand begins to diminish. </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Intrigued, i did not sleep that night and started researching on the net. Surely, if our sun had a dual companion, then we would have known by now, I thought. God must have realised that being a law student, i was still skeptical to change my view and was looking for further evidences to prove the theory correct. Well, i found it on the net. Inspired by the book and the compelling evidences, an institute called <a href="http://www.binaryresearchinstitute.org/">Binary Research Insitute </a>was formed to seek out the star around which our sun revolves. I also read the book ' The lost star of myth and Time' which is based on the book ' The Holy Science'. The book contained further evidences along with calculation that lend further credibility to the Yuga theory and actually solves certain long standing riddles. There is also a movie by the name of ' The Great Year' which lends further credence to the theory. The theory is still being investigated by the<a href="http://www.siriusresearchgroup.com/articles/sriyukteswar.shtml"> scientific community </a>as it seeks to replace certain long standing assumptions and is slowly turning the skeptics into believers.<br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">For me, the path of history till now started to make sense. My perspective changed. It was as if the book gave me a new lens and a map on which i could place the history of the world..... The current age is not so bad as some people make it out to be. Think....At what other time in the documented history of the world, has the entire world come to the rescue of countries afflicted by natural disastors ? In which other age was the rule of law followed in major parts of the world. In which other age, elected representatives run the countries rather than royal blood? In which other age was there a body like the United Nations. This age is ofcourse far from perfect. We have our issues but we also have the tools to take care of it and we are trying.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Further, discoveries are happening at such a rapid pace that it is difficult to keep a tab on them on daily basis. Fifteen years ago, we could not have predicted that the internet would be such a boon or that their would be mobile phones even with the vegetable vendors and even beggars. We startle at the intelligence of kids today as they pick up things at such a rapid pace. </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">None can predict what will happen in the next 10 years but going by what has happened over the past twenty years and the conclusions of the theory in the book ' The Holy Science', perhaps, the current age is not so bad after all and there is a lot to look forward to in the future....:)</div><br />I further realised one thing. Be careful what you think.. God is listening...:)<br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', serif"><font style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-style-span">-------------------------------------------------------------------</font></font></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', serif"><font style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></font></font></div>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-79888568637755434722010-02-24T22:11:00.000-08:002019-07-13T08:45:10.554-07:00II- The Statement<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">“The next one is always better”. My friend said with an authority of a highly experienced person.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We both were standing in front of my house and he was telling me about his new love interest. His previous girl-friend was conveniently given a quiet burial by him and neither did I try to mention her.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Imagining the benefits of putting this statement to practice in our future life, we burst out laughing. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We were in our 10<sup>th</sup> std and little did we realize that the statement can affect our lives in ways we could not have imagined. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">During the course of our friendship, my friend applied this statement diligently with respect to his love life. Later, when the job scene descended, sure enough, he applied the statement to his career and the meaning of the statement changed to ' The next job is always better '.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Success,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>ultimately came to him.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Time passed quickly. I had<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>completed reading the book 'Autobiography of a yogi'. The book had given me the puzzle pieces to form the grand picture of God.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>However the big picture was still missing. How do I relate the spiritual fact that the world is an illusion to the law of karma? Why is<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>god formless and why<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>is he everywhere? </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">How I wish my father’s guru was alive. He could have answered all my questions about god. His death itself gave rise to few questions in my mind. My father’s guru before departing for South Africa, had left a note for my father and he gave it to my father’s friend. As fate would have it, my father received the same when it was too late. The note, apart from stating that he is leaving this world assured my father that he is not dead and that he will always be with him.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> What? People don’t die?? After the miracle in the Sanskrit exam, understandably, I could not dismiss his words easily. Morever, the scientific law that - <i>All is energy and Energy can neither be created nor destroyed</i> lent support to the assertion of my father’s <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>guru.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It started to seem like a<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>race to understand God and its creation. My competitors, the scientific community,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>wasn't<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>sure as to what is the nature of the Universe either. They were getting desperate as there was no other reason for them to spend 10 billion dollars ( 50,000<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>crores ) to build the Large hadron Collidor ( The LHC )<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>to understand the nature of atoms which are anyways 99.9999% empty! Isn’t this the kind of thing that would make a reasonable person pause.. I wondered.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Time passed slowly this time. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I was beginning to get frustrated. I thought maybe I am going mad and that maybe the race between me and the scientists is best left to the scientists.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I didn’t know what to do or whom to ask. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Then I opened the morning newspaper and got my answer. God heard me again!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">God is the best magician..I realized. He executes the impossible trick of commanding respect of billions of people without ever showing himself! </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>The newspaper was edited on that day by Chairman of Infosys- Narayana Murthy.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In it, he wrote and I quote- “ <i>I do not understand why people read fiction. Life is the biggest fiction</i>”. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Ah..<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Narayana Murthy <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>was also in the race to understand God and its creation.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Surely then, I thought ..it was worth running. The thought of me wanting to quit the race was erased immediately and I began to take <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the liberty of comparing myself to Narayana Murthy. well..atleast in some respects. I also wondered who else<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>was also in the race and who had finished the race. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The statement of Narayana Murthy also showed me that the next thing I had to do was pick and read the next book. Perhaps, God was wanting me to put the statement ' The next one is always better' to practice...:)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">P.s- Please do not use the statement in your love life while you are in a relationship. It can have unintended and unforeseen consequences.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p>Amit Parwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558182748518256988noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787211545538128813.post-83643727644531148352010-02-20T12:15:00.000-08:002019-07-13T08:45:10.620-07:00I-Finding God through Sanskrit Exam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">With a deep breath and with fear and uncertainty in my heart, I started taking my chances with this extremely alien language. Seeing the difficulty of my grasping the language, the teacher suggested and I complied, by enrolling for classes of Sanskrit language during the summer vacations. The teacher at BVB, who seemed more of a pandit than a teacher, tried his best to show that it was a very sensible and an easy language. Ultimately he failed.. and I followed him in his footsteps by failing .. in three subsequent tests. I never got more than 15 marks. The only consolation was that I had performed well in the other subjects. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">The slowly approaching final exams took away my sleep. The thought of other friends scoring high consistently in this subject kind of depressed me. All izz well.. All izz well.. I kept telling myself and trying to learn the shlokas etc. In between my prayers to God, I tried to study for Sanskrit. My father always told me that God always answers. I really wanted to believe him but logic always took precedence. How can God write my paper in the exam? Then the miracle happened. I passed the exam with 75 %. I think I still have the report card somewhere in the attic. God did write my paper in the exam.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">It so happened, two days before the final Sanskrit exam, my father’s guru had come to stay at our house. He was a very learned man and had meditated in the Himalayas for 27 years. He also had tried to teach me the Sanskrit Language but alas..he may have conquered himalayas but could not conquer me. The faint idea of me winning against him quickly vapourised on seeing the dejected look on his face. For a split second I thought he was dejected with himself but logic told me otherwise. ..:(</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">The thought crossed my mind that it is useless for me to appear in the sanskrit exam as my previous appearance had not helped much. However my bright idea was firmly struck down by my father's guru and he directed me in a stern voice that I have to appear in the exam at any cost and that I need not worry and that I SHALL PASS. I quickly closed all the books, took his blessings and hastily departed from his room. I dismissed his statement as mere positive thinking but the courage to disobey him was not within me. So with great reluctance, I dragged myself to the examination room not knowing as to what to do next except wait for the divine INTELLIGENCE to somehow get into MY HEAD and give me all the answers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">I glanced through the sanskrit paper and I could answer only one question. I did and then I sat quietly waiting for what to do next. No god came..i looked at other students sitting next to me who were feverishly writing. I looked at my watch as to when the exam would be over so that I can escape this torture. I do remember smiling at my father's guru statement that I shall pass. It seemed hopeless.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">During this ostrich-like attitude, I felt a tap on my left hand from a friend sitting on my left side. He had seen through me that I was not writing anything on the paper. He enquired as to why was I wasting time and not writing. I told him through hand gestures that I do not know anything. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">At this, he snatched my answer sheet from me and gave me his answer sheet when the teacher was not looking. I resisted at his pulling my answer sheet as I had never cheated and did not want to.. but something told me to let go...which, on hindsight, I am glad I did..</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">In all the haste.. I forgot to thank my friend... we had never talked much before or after this incident. Yet, had he not helped me, the future may have been completely different. I came home and went straight to my father's guru. I told him what happened and how my friend completed my answers for me..he just smiled. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">The book was AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI by Paramhansa Yogananda. The passage that I read had some uncanny similarity with what happened with me earlier during my sanskrit exam. Moreover, I found that my father's guru's guru and the guru of Paramhansa Yogananda were the same. I got the book and read that night. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">The book and the sanskrit exam changed me. No longer was there a question whether GOD exists or not. whether God answers our prayers or not. The question that intrigues me now is Who is GOD? My search continues still..the answers are coming slowly.. the evidence emerging is exciting me to search for more. </span></div>
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