The Non-verbal Contact with Life – a Spiritual Cleansing

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

The Non-verbal Contact with Life – a Spiritual Cleansing
Author: TC Gopalakrishnan
Most of our responses to life’s demands are through the verbal involvements sponsored by the intellect. That is how the conditioning of the mind sets in. The state of conditioned mind is fundamentally unspiritual because it cannot but be fanatical about the concepts it holds dear to itself. This means that the mind cannot be free to look and listen. The verbal structure of its thoughts controls our responses and, hence, they will always be limited to the verbal knowledge. Self-awareness can bring us to the understanding of these limitations and the slavery to our conditioning. That awareness itself is a movement of the non-verbal contact with oneself. This takes place due to the eagerness to go beyond the conditioned responses and understand what lies beyond the apparent. Consequently, the mind takes on a non-interfering witness attitude. There is a feeling of being unburdened from the tyranny of concepts and pet-conclusions. Thus, there is a spiritual cleansing and a natural movement towards the Truth.
The mind has a tendency to hold on to comforting words. With that inclination, it becomes emotionally attached to them in due course. Belief systems provide the mind with a lot of those clichés that give it a façade of security. As a result, people tend to repeat those clichés, like a gramophone record. That is how the mind gets cluttered up with verbalization and there is very little room for fresh air in the mental domain. Thus, religious conditioning too belongs to the verbal approach; people become emotionally attached to the associated concepts. Living with such a mental block is a burden that vitiates all spiritual blossoming of one’s true self. Freedom from conditioning is, obviously, necessary to bring in the purity of aloneness that is untouched by man-influenced systems. Once we understand the beauty of non-verbal contact with life, there is the willingness to let go of all concepts, no matter how exalted they may appear to be. There is an expansion of the mind’s elbow room and, hence, unconditional love and respect flow towards all living beings. A natural austerity sets in augmenting a truly spiritual life.
The natural question then is “How does the non-verbal contact with life begin?” That is an interesting quest which needs patience and an enquiring mind to discover the answer. An inwardly turned attention comes in naturally and, sooner or later, one senses the non-verbal contact already operating. The seeing of it is the functioning of it! The change shows up in our immediate relationships, moving from a robotic response to one with a human touch. There is a feeling of meeting life’s challenges squarely. The resulting peace of mind makes one live fully everyday without the residual effects of personal exchanges corroding the mind. The quality of sleep improves in the sense that the dreamless-sleep period increases and even the dreamful period gives no room for nightmares and the like. People who return from paranormal phenomena (such as the NDE and OBE) also report similar laidback attitudes towards life. They make it clear that the messages during the experience are communicated in a non-verbal way.
One problem here is that while the non-verbal state of mind is very rewarding spiritually, the verbal state is absolutely necessary for leading an efficient practical life. So, we wonder where the one stops and the other begins. The answer to this is experiential and so non-verbal! Once we begin to appreciate the intrinsic sacredness of the non-verbal state, we understand the rightful place that the verbal state has in our lives. Then we are able to switch between them effortlessly. From there, the quest moves into deeper spiritual grounds, ever sedulously taking us closer to Divinity. The journey of life becomes a holistic one.
The writer has listened to J. Krishnamurti during his talks in the Sixties and Seventies at the salubrious garden surroundings of the Vasanth Vihar inChennai,India. The mind was listening to the words during the early part of the talks. Then something strange usually happened – the mind became aware of a non-verbal essence emanating from the speaker and spreading out. The words were still heard but they became secondary. The wave of non-verbal essence from the speaker ushered in a mental quietude that seemed to cleanse everything. The esoteric value of non-verbal contact was made clear.
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Sun Into Cancer 2012: Momentous Times

Posted on June 21, 2012 by admin

Sun Into Cancer 2012: Momentous Times
Author: Elizabeth Pendleton
If the first half of 2012, with its unusual and lengthy Mars retrograde in detailed Virgo, felt like getting stuck on a major freeway during rush hour, with travel reduced to one lane, then the Sun’s entrance into initiating Cancer at 4:09 P.M. PST on June 20th heralds the end of the cosmic traffic jam. Occurring within three days of an historic Uranus Pluto square, the celestial crab season will also see Mercury turn retrograde in fiery Leo and feisty Mars move into Libra on a full Cardinal Cross moon. At the height of the bottleneck in early June, we moved through six of astrology’s ten planets in the completing Mutable signs simultaneously. By the full moon of the dawning cycle, we will experience six planets in the instigating Cardinal signs. The contrast from endings to beginnings is clear, and the Divine Wisdom of preparation for the new through purging of the old is equally obvious. As lanes open, Intuitive, caring Cancer arrives to nurture and prod us, and its 2012 luminary companions are poised to push us far beyond our previous limitations. It’s time to step on the accelerator. In astrology much psychological and cultural significance is attributed to the discovery of a planet. The idea is that such findings deeply impact the human psyche and the course of collective evolution. For example, destabilizing, innovative Uranus was discovered in 1781, the time of the American and French Revolutions and the beginning of the Industrial Age. Pluto, associated with death, destruction and the underworld, was discovered in 1930. That decade saw the splitting of the atom, the rise of Hitler and the proliferation of organized crime. On June 24th, Uranus and Pluto will form an exact square, the first of a series that will last until the spring of 2015. Revolutionary Uranus is in provocative, independent Aries, and evolutionary Pluto is in institutional, pragmatic Capricorn. From demonstrators challenging the authority of their rulers in Moscow, Damascus and Cairo, to the battle lines being drawn during an election year in the United States, to continued opposition to austerity measures in the European Union, one need only scan the headlines to see the reforming forces of the Uranus Pluto clash at work. In an increasingly transparent world, we also see Uranian humanitarian beliefs challenging Plutonian deception and despotism at every turn. What if instead of viewing the seven coming squares between these colossal powers from a dualistic perspective, old versus new, right opposing left, or conservative against liberal, we choose to dedicate ourselves to the triumph of Universal Truth? In this paradigm, Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent tour of European capitols would serve as a model for harnessing the Uranian Plutonian dynamic in service of human evolution. She challenged the political status quo (Uranus) and consequently lived under house arrest for 15 years, a sentence that would ultimately make her more powerful (Pluto). Only 19 months after being released, Suu Kyi is now traveling abroad to lobby for economic investment and development in Myanmar, and strengthening a government that once repressed her. Suu Kyi’s extraordinary path can be as instructive as it is inspirational. From a holistic perspective, the Uranus Pluto squares can function more like cornerstones than collision points, and their truths can reconcile, resonate and reverberate. We know that tyranny can only be temporary, for it is innately inhuman. When we heartily accept the inevitability of death, we are awakened. Realizing how little time we have here, we can live fully and vigorously. When we embrace the hurt and trauma encompassing our shadows, with the intention to heal, we no longer unconsciously project them. And when we shed the us against them mindset, our connectivity and collective power increase. If we’re going to transform our lives and positively change the world, we’ll need a little chutzpah. Offering lessons in confidence and courage, and ample supplies of enthusiasm and stamina, mental Mercury will move into spirited Leo on June 25th and fearless Mars will enter diplomatic Libra under the full Cardinal Cross moon of July 3rd. On June 27th Mercury will hit the shadow point of its forthcoming retrograde at 1 degree of Leo. That is the point it will return to at the end of its July 14th through August 8th retrograde. June 27th is also the day Venus turns direct. What we get to practice throughout the shadow and Mercury retrograde is speaking truth to power and saying yes to the new opportunities being presented. Spontaneous Uranus in unflappable Aries will beam supportive rays to Mercury in a fellow fire sign, and it will be part of the grand Cardinal cross of July 3rd. That full moon will host six planets in Cardinal signs, with at least one at each of its four Cardinal points. Early that day lively Mars will charge into Cardinal Libra, energizing the great forward thrust. That moon, the start of the seven Uranus Pluto square series and the Cancer cycle now getting underway are a powerful portal into the future. They are part and parcel of the greater sea change we are experiencing here on Earth. On one hand domestic Cancer craves emotional intimacy and security. On the other, emerging from beneath its safe, trusty shell to venture onward is the crab’s cosmic imperative. As brave new worlds are born, we find ourselves in this paradox, wanting to cling and needing to grow. For guidance, nostalgic Cancer reaches back in time (it keeps exactly one copy of everything for just this purpose you know), to the reassuring wisdom of one of its most eloquent natives, Henry David Thoreau. In 1854 he offered the following: “I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws will be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.”

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The Root Cause Of No Peace Of Mind

Posted on June 21, 2012 by admin

The Root Cause Of No Peace Of Mind
Author: Ngozi Nwoke
Peace has eluded many people today. Some of them have done all manner of things in attempts to find peace to no avail. Many solutions are available but are only temporary. You cannot find lasting solution to no peace without identifying the root cause of it. This article states the main cause of lack of peace in nations or people’s lives.
The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams – Psalm 23:1-2 (NLT)
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world – John 16:33
“Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted. Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?” Matthew 14:29-31 (NLT, emphasis mine)
Root cause of a problem identified, is a problem half solved. Having no peace at any time is caused by so many intermediary causes. But no matter the intermediary causes, they all originate from one main cause: Loss of focus on Jesus.
Any moment you cease to look up to Jesus (the prince of peace) for anything, peace will disappear from you. When your focus shifts from Jesus, it lands on carnality, fear, anxiety and troubled mind, etc.
Many things like ignorance, disobedience, greed, covetousness, iniquity, etc lead to no peace. But when you analyse them, you will discover that they stem from the fact that the person(s) has departed from God.
You might be a Christian believer, but any time your focus is on problems, your abilities or inabilities, negative news, man, etc, peace will elude you. The Prince of peace cannot share the same boat with doubt, fear, and trust in self or another man. But when your focus is on Jesus, you will enjoy peace even though the storm of life may be raging.
Peter had peace until he shifted his focus from Jesus to the strong wind and waves. And Jesus said, “why did you doubt me?” On the other hand, David acknowledged that when the Lord is his shepherd, he will enjoy peace.
Now, as a Christian believer, any time you sense no peace of mind within you, know that you have shifted your focus from Jesus, from His word concerning an issue. Quickly return to Him and you will have peace again.
For instance, if you are lacking peace in your marriage, check well and you will discover that concerning your marriage you have lost your focus on Jesus and His terms of marriage covenant: primarily unconditional love and submission. Again, if you are anxious and fearful, the root cause is that you have lost your focus on Jesus’ ability to take care of you and that situation troubling you.
However, there are people who have never made peace with God; they have never accepted Jesus as their Lord and saviour. Such people will find it difficult to handle no peace because they do not have the Prince of peace within them. The first step is to give your life to Jesus.
In conclusion, so many things can cause no peace but the root cause is loss of focus on Jesus. A return to Jesus will secure peace of mind again. Decide today to focus on Jesus all the time and you will be signing in for everlasting peace even in the midst of the storm of life.

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What is Qur’an – that came as the final Revelation to mankind?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by admin

What is Qur’an – that came as the final Revelation to mankind?
Author: Dr. P.R.Palodhi
By Dr. P.R. Palodhi
The emanated ‘world of existence’ and the immutable ‘words of God’ in Qur’an are the two veritable works of God before us. According to its message, the Holy Qur’an is the final and last ‘Revelation’ for mankind before dissolution of the earth (Q, 82 & 84) and has been protected by the Divine Power (Q, 5: 48; 85: 21) so that no one could defile it like the cases of past scriptures of Revelation. Addressing Angels (Q, 35), Jinns (Q, 72), Humans (Q, 76), and other members of creation, God’s Final Revelation came by ‘perfecting and completing religion’ in Qur’an (Q, 5:3). The Qur’an is the Mother Book (Q, 6:38; 43:4; 6:92) complete in Truth sent by the Lord of the worlds – in order to lead mankind out of depth of darkness into light (Q, 14:1). It is the guiding light (nûr, 42:52) for illuminating the inner soul of muttaqin* i.e. those who apprehend God and seek guard against evil. To seekers, Qur’an renders guidance for total achievement of falah al-Darain i.e. prosperity in both life of this world (Here) and the life of next world (Hereafter).
How God reveals? Reflection into Qur’an demands an understanding from its Message: how God reveals to His chosen Prophets? God’s Revelation in Arabic expression is Wahy: meaning guidance from God for His creation, brought by the chosen Prophets who receive the Words from God. There are two types of revelation: (i) Wahy Matlu – the recited immutable Word of God; (ii) Wahy Ghayr Matlu – need not be in recited mode. Here also the message comes from the God in response to the Prophets’ prayers, these words are either explained by the Prophet (e.g. Hadith-al-Nabawi), or Words of God are repeated by the Prophet (e.g. Hadith-al-Qudsi). Revelations come through various means like: (i) Inspiration: e.g. Prophet Abraham received guidance in a vision while asleep (Q, 37: 102); (ii) Speech from behind the veils: e.g. God spoke to Prophet Moses from the fire (Q, 27: 8); (iii) Through Angels: e.g. God sent Angel Jibra’īl as the messenger to reveal His message to Prophet Muhammad (Q, 2: 97). The Arabic and Hebrew word for ‘Prophet’ is ‘Nabi’ – derived from the root ‘Naba’ meaning ‘to announce’ or ‘to give the news of matters unseen’. Prophets come up by glorifying the ‘Name of God’ and piously acknowledging God as their source of ‘received wisdom’; they announce only what they receive from God, and never misguide people by self-made theories about God and religion. That is why all Prophetic messages (from Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, Jesus and Muhammad etc), irrespective of time, place and tradition, are inherently consistent and coherent. Prophets are of two kinds, i.e. major and minor. In all ages great many Prophets have   come to announce the God’s Will to fellow men, but in vital stages Prophets especially have come with the Scriptures of Revelation (Book of God); they are called Messengers or Rasul (in Arabic). Since its birth mankind has received guidance from God to balance ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ so that men may stand forth in justice (Q, 57:25). In this context, it is noteworthy that God guides animal kingdom as well in natural instincts: ‘your Lord taught ‘awha’ to bees to build its cells in the hills, on trees, and in man’ habitations’. (Q, 16:68).
Language of God’s Book from antique past to last Revelation: Apparently, innumerable records of past Revelations have been obliterated by the passage of time; but from greatest of the Islamic scholar, Imam al-Ghazali, we hear that the originals of all Divine Books (kutub al-Samawiyyah) are preserved in Lawh al-Mahfuz (the Preserved Tablet in seventh heaven). The Qur’an (26: 196) has reminded us about the archaic Divine writs of the former generations as Zubu-ril – ‘awwaliin’; which points to early records Divine words in the form of various ‘pictorial symbols’ – the writings of the former people. Scientific linguistics affirmed that early mankind expressed through picture symbols. Each symbol represents an Idea. Symbols express most in the least — constant consorting with it renders man the intimacy and familiarity with the contrivances of the Transcendent Reality, as well as it allows the imaginations and expressions much more flexibility than expressions in alphabetic words. It is apparent that in prolonged Trials of ancient generations, God has allowed more freedom of imagination and its expression via modes of picture Symbols; whereby the latitude of divaricated human choices has become explicit before God. And gradually the ‘process of enfolding’ began by changing the mode of expression from ‘symbols’ to alphabetic ‘words’. ‘Symbol’ sanctions more imagination and free expression, while ‘Word’ limits such freedom and brings up the very intention of an expressed idea.
The Qur’an informs various records of past Revelations like Suhuf, Tawrat, Zubur, and Injiil etc, before it finally came to Prophet Muhammad as ‘reading’ or ‘recitation’ i.e. Qara’a. Investigations of linguistic science affirmed gradual language evolution from archaic pictorial to hieroglyphic and cuneiform etc which finally culminated in the alphabetic versions of either Semitic like Hebrew and Arabic etc – or the non-Semitic languages like Sanskrit, Latin, and Greeks etc of the Aryans (while picture writing continued to prevail in China land). Religious guidance for mankind that began with Adam – was recycled in post-Flood world by raising successive Prophets from lineage of Noah’s son Shem (Semites) – and finally it culminated in the Revelation to Prophet Muhammad in Arabic Qur’an. Following are the pictures of some preserved Qur’an (sources are given in the end below references).

(Page of 13th century Quran, Sura 33:73)                              Uthman Qur’an
The final Revelation for mankind came in Arabic when the languages of our new world gradually had assumed the definite alphabetic forms. In the evolution of proto-Semitic, the Arabic alphabet derives from the Aramaic script through Nabatean, to which it bears a loose resemblance like that of Coptic or Cyrillic script to Greek script. Arabic preserves virtually all distinctive features of proto-Semitic – like inflection, systematic dual endings, and full consonantal distinctions which have generally been lost or merged in middle Semitic. With the passage of time when the previous revealed scriptures of Judeo-Christianity and Zoroastrianism lost authenticity of original Prophetic words – the Qur’an arrived as a Divinely guarded pure text in the original language of Revelation.
Arrival of Qur’an and formalization of the Scripture: The Guarded Tablet – Qur’an (85:21-22) was first sent to Bayt-ul’Izzat (the house of honour) of this world and then was revealed in ‘words’ bit by bit (Inzal) and gradual sending (Tanzeel) to Muhammad rendering him as the ‘SEAL’ of all previous Prophets of God (Q, 33:40); as Witness and Bearer of good tidings and Warner (Q,33:45); as Summoner, and as a Lamp that giveth light (Q, 33:46). In the cave Hira on 15th night of Ramadan, the first verse came into being: ‘Recite in the Name of your Lord who created….’; and the last verse revealed on 9th Dhul Hijjah in 10th year of hijrah: ‘This day We have perfected for you your Religion’. Angel Jibra’īl (Gabriel) was God’s emissary for transferring the Qur’an to the heart of human Messenger (qalb al-Rasul). Prophet’s companion asked: “How does Wahy descend on you”? Prophet replied: “Sometimes I listened to a sound like the tinkling of the bell; this sound is one of the most difficult forms of wahy that I have had to experience. When this process is over – it (wahy) is implanted into my memory, and sometimes an Angel has appeared in the form of a man” [1] (Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 1, p.2). Through wahy Prophet received âyât of Qur’an and also certain other incidents which did not form the part of Qur’an.
From esoteric transmission of Islam we come to know that the Almighty Allah’s Final Revelation has come to unlettered Prophet Muhammad orally through the angel Jibra’īl over a period of twenty-three years (ten years in Makkah and thirteen years in Madinah), beginning in 610 AD, when he was forty, and concluding in 632 AD, the year of his death. Every single ‘Revealed Words’ to Muhammad have been immediately written down on tablets, parchments etc by the scribes under his direct supervision [2]; Muhammad approved the written form and entire ‘Revelation’ has been recorded during life time of the Prophet. Those Arabs were known for their excellent memory. The Qur’an was memorized, recited and written down by Muhammad’s companions after Prophet Muhammad dictated every word of Qur’anic âyât. Most of Muhammad’s companions, which gradually rose in numbers, learned the Qur’an by heart, repeatedly recited in front of Muhammad for his approval or the approval of other Sahabas (Prophet’s initial companions). Since the Qur’anic revelation took place in long period of 22 years 2 months and 22 days (between 610 to 632 AD) by way of Inzal (bit by bit) and Tanzeel (gradual sending), it was easy for the Prophet’s followers to recite it by heart, sura by sura and this practice of recitation of the Qur’an by heart had remained unbroken from the time of the Prophet down to the present day. Islamic tradition informed how it was committed in the memory of Prophet’s companion (ashab al-Rasul); and thereafter tradition of huffaz (who could recite entire Qur’an from memory) continued to bloom throughout the world. Arrangement of verses in Qur’an is Divine – since this order was established in the time of Prophet according to instruction of Jibra’īl, the bringer of wahy who received order directly from Allah – the Lord of the worlds. The Qur’an is divided into 114 chapters (suras), and contains 86,430 words, 323,760 letters of Arabic alphabet in 6666 verses (âyât). The frequency of verses on any key word or an issue shows relative importance in the sight of God.
Although the Qur’an was authentically memorized completely by many thousands verbally, it was textually established into a single book form shortly after Muhammad’s death – by order of the first Caliph Abu Bakr suggested by his future successor Umar. Hafsa, Muhammad’s widow and Umar’s daughter, was entrusted with that Quran text after the second Caliph Umar passed away. When Uthman, the third Caliph, started noticing differences in the dialect of the Qur’an, he requested Hafsa to allow him to use the Qur’an text in her possession to be set as the standard dialect, the Quraish dialect aka Fus’ha (Modern Standard Arabic). Before returning that Qur’an text to Hafsa, Uthman immediately made several copies of Abu Bakar’s Qur’anic compilation and ordered all other off-shoot texts to be burned. This process of formalization of the orally transmitted text to Abu Bakar’s Qur’anic text is known as the Uthmanic recension. The present form of the Qur’an text is accepted by most scholars as the original version compiled by Abu Bakr. Thereafter within twenty years of Prophet Muhammad’s death authentic texts of the Qur’an have been distributed in the Islamic world.
Thus Holy Qur’an has remained pure and undefiled to the level of every single revealed word for 1400 years since its arrival. Any present day copy of the Qur’an corresponds to the archaic copies dated from the very first centuries after the Hegira or those Uthman had sent to Islamic world and yet extant in places like Tashkent (USSR) and Istanbul. Thus the Holy Qur’an is the most authentic Book of the ‘Word of God’, the purest living ‘Revealed Scripture’ to the exclusion of any defilation by human interpolations or anachronism, or obscurantism. Hence we hear in Qur’an: “No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: It is sent down by One Full of Wisdom, worthy of all Praise” (Q, 41:42). Archetypal ‘Words of God’ in the Qur’an are clearly attested by the self evident Divine authority of its supraliminal scriptural anthology, the Prophetic authenticity, and the universality of ‘revealed truths’ in its essential completeness emanating from the Oneness of God (Tawhid).
Tawhid of Qur’an affirms eternal continuity of God’s guidance: The Arabic word Tawhid implies to oneness and unity in polyvalent facets of God’s holistic Truth – awareness of which prevent people from inventing falsehoods in religion. All Prophets preached Tawhid monotheism and guided people to shun false gods, false beliefs, pseudo-rationalities and unethical practices. The knowledge of Tawhid is essentially rational-ethical that comes to integrate awareness of horizontal living on this earth with vertical consciousness of God. Tawhidic guidance finally culminates in the Qur’an; ‘in space’ it appears as a polyvalent pattern embracing all the religions by retracing their essential positions; ‘in time’ it present itself by unifying what has been before it – implying the eternal continuity of God’s Guidance.
The Qur’an informs how pre-human Jinns as well received Guidance from God (Q, 6:130); then humanity’s religion begins with Prophet Adam, and its continuation as Prophet Noah’s religion. Alongside it mentions about waxing and waning of the Divine light to Zoroastrians; and calls Islam the religion of Abraham (millat Ibrahim) by reminding us about the Second coming of Prophet Jesus:
‘And He taught Adam the nature of all things’ (Q, 2:31); ‘God did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran above all people’ (Q, 3:33).
‘The same religion He (God) has established for you as that which He enjoined on Noah…’ (Q, 42:13).
‘It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).’ (Q, 3:3)
‘Then We revealed unto you (Muhammad) that you follow the religion of Abraham, who did not belong to those associating false gods with the God’ (Q, 16:123).
Qur’an prophesies about second coming of Jesus: ‘And Jesus shall be a Sign for the coming of the Hour of Judgment: therefore have no doubt about the Hour, but follow Me: this is a Straight Way’ (Q, 43:61).
Misrepresentations and wild speculations by ‘obscurantism of revealed truths’ so typical of other traditions – certainly are absent in the case of Qur’an. In our present world the ‘Word of God’ in Qur’an has remained wide open to every human enquiry without obscurantism. In any other revealed scriptures, we cannot see ‘complete language of Revelation’ by our own eyes. For the sagacious believers of God’s revelation (i.e., free   from bigot chauvinism), grasp of the essential completeness of received wisdom primarily demands the correct measuring criteria i.e. ‘Word of God’ in the language of revelation. The verses of Qur’an affords us a valid starting point for posteriori search, whereby it is possible to trace out the common Axis of ‘Revealed Message’ in remotely older traditions. This, in turn, rectifies many of the accrued misconceptions during later-age rewordings of scripture and identifies how ancestral revealed knowledge had been defiled by the whims and fancies of later age mystics and philosophers.
A glaring example of such defilation is in Hinduism where religion of devas (Vedism) takes charge of pre-Vedic Sanatan Dharma that once taught: ‘Sutra’, ‘Sankhya’ and ‘Yoga’ (postures in prayer before concentrating to God) are pivots at the very base of one’s striving for spiritual knowledge. This in fact reminds us Qur’an’s Ayat, enumerations, and obligatory Salat before invoking to Allah. Such Sanatan Dharmic roots existed in India before arrival of Vedic religion and formation of Vedic Sanskrit; but later age mystics and philosophers became parasitic upon archaic Dharmic roots in order to manipulate those for sectarian ascendancies. Following such Dharmic devolution, latter Hinduism offers us more mutilated ideas of the Sutra, Sankhya and Yoga; especially because – obedience to God i.e. ‘Prapatti’ – the essence of Sanatan Dharma (and all the revealed religions of the world), has been replaced by obedience to gurus and philosophers belonging to different sectarian views who believe only what they want, but not the universal principles of God’s Revelations.
Sankhya (enumeration) of Qur’an: Entire Qur’an is found to be based on true Sankhya (enumeration) – which exposes the philosophical waywardness of Hindu Sankhya doctrine that deviates into speculations of gunas (qualities) of Prakriti (orders of matter and soul), and by guessing the masculine aspect of Purusa (the personal God) into infinite but similar ‘selves’ as they want to fancy. By citing only few cases, let us observe the true sense of Sankhya and profundity of ‘revealed numbers’ in 6666 verses of Qur’an. Examples of some enumerations in Qur’an:
Al-Dunya (worldly Here) = 115 times   ↔ Al-Akhira (Hereafter)   = 115 times
Al-Mala’ikah (Angels)      = 88 times     ↔ Al-Sayateen (Satan)   = 88 times
Al-Hayat (life)                  = 145 times   ↔ Al-Maout (death)        = 145 times
Al-Jinn (Jinns variously) = 51 times     ↔ la’nah (curse)             = 51
Al-Rajul (man)                  = 24 times     ↔ Al-Mar’ha (woman)     = 24 times
Al-Shahr (month)           = 12 times     ↔   Al- Yahom (day)         = 365 times
Al-Bahar (sea)                 =   32 times   ↔    Al-Bar (land)             = 13 times
From these examples let us take the case of Sea and Land. If we add sea (32) + land (13) = 45
Now, Sea: (32 x 100) /45 = 71.1% &
Land: (13×100) / 45  = 28.8%
(Thus we get 71.1% and 28.8%, which match the % Sea and Land on the planet earth)
From the above numerical senses of ‘month and day’; ‘land and sea’ we can conceive that the other numbers viz. 115, 145, 88 etc are not arbitrary or vague, rather have implied spiritual meaning, that man has to grasp bit by bit and gradually.
Concluding remarks: Before advent of Qur’an, ‘astronomy-based astrology’ had overwhelmed the civilizations including the Hindu, Greek, Chinese, Maya, Aztec, Babylonian, Egyptian, and others. This astrological astronomy was drifted from its original position by the two fold denials of God (kufr): firstly, associating origin of the world, functions of the heavenly bodies, geophysical features and the natural forces of earth with the demigods, heroes, and spirits etc. Thus pagan sky god Zeus in Greek or Indra in Vedic etc used to rule the sky of pagan mythologies. Secondly, such traditions bestowed power upon the pagan gods and celestial stars to decide the destiny of man and societies, rather than laws of God to give man the power to learn and use natural phenomena beneficially. Inordinate fidelity to such mythological falsehoods only divorce man from the ways of the Divine. Metaphysical knowledge of pre-mental Truths emanate from God and not from man or false gods. Before arrival of Qur’an (7th - 8th centuries AD) Jews and Christians of Europe were living in Dark ages with a decrepit monotheism. Qur’an came to direct thinking process in evolving toward the pre-mental truths behind existence. Some 1400 years ago the Qur’an has reminded mankind that God is Originator (Fatir), Sustainer, Nourisher, Developer, and Manager (Rab) of the whole universe, all members are subservient to His Laws and ordained to be of service (Saqqara) to Him. There cannot be any other rival power but One Supreme Authority, because such integrated system of Universe cannot run by the contradicting wills of different authorities – this is in sharp contrast to what pagan religions try to propagate by inventing myths of their false gods, goddesses and demigods.
Breaking jinx of old world’s myth mania – development of science had to await revelation and application of the Qur’an. The Qur’anic verses ‘preserve’ organic oneness and ‘integrate’ physical science and socio-humanistic sciences, which are pre-ordained to guide mankind for pursuing its quest for knowledge via modes of rational-ethical, or scientific-ethical integrated understanding. In order to reveal Divine omnipotence, Qur’an repeatedly refers to a multitude of natural phenomena, sometimes providing details of the way they evolved, their causes and the effects. All these are extremely intriguing to modern men because at the time of Qur’anic Revelations (1400 years ago) such secrets of heaven, earth and making of man and other kinds were unknown to concurrent generations. George Sarton in his ‘An Introduction to the History of Science’ (1927) elaborated how within about 150 years after Qur’anic Revelation the early Muslims had achieved the world Intellectual Supremacy; and the medieval Islamic civilization had world hegemony in science and learning for 500-600 years during 8th to 13th centuries AD. Caliph’s library at Cordova contained about 400,000 volumes; and where Greek, Indian, and Persian science were rejuvenated and taught. The Qur’an arrived with the scientific world view concerning universe and cosmology that was in basic disagreement with the most accepted beliefs dominating in concurrent early Europe, North Africa, and Asia. To early Muslims the sciences which were knowable by all mankind, based on man’s natural reason (‘aql) and experience, were called natural or rational (tabi’iyyah, ‘aqliyyah) sciences. By way of Islamic value–assessment, early Muslims undertook assimilation of universal ‘rational’ science and technology from the intellectual legacy of pre-existing non-Muslim traditions, viz., the Byzantines, the Sassanid, or Persian, the Greek and the Indian Hindus etc. Such evaluation led the Muslims to separate astronomy from astrology, mathematical science from occult numerology and palmistry, medicine from magic and miracle mongering, chemistry from alchemy, and history from hearsay and fables; in short the knowledge based on proof (burhan) was cleansed from mythology, superstition and mere speculations (zann). Thus for the first time in history, science became international on a world wide scale by breaking Christians’ inhibitory effects on science. Islamic science and learning began to diffuse through Spain and Southern Europe for centuries in the West; and this orientation had profound impact on the founding father of our science. ‘Root ideas’ revealed in Qur’an as regard creation of heaven, earth, mankind and other creatures are being more and more corroborated by the upcoming knowledge of science. But the state of scripturally alive Tawhidic Science lies in humanity’s future, which shall transcend the present quiescent scriptureless-science that tends to move on the surface by playing with mental images while ignoring or even not knowing the possibilities and role of pre-mental realities and ‘requirement of causality’.
The final Revelation has descended to the weakest section of humanity in a barren land   – step by step to enlighten the ‘men pertinent to light’ with an authentic text of Revelation. This is a lesson to ‘hubris of human nescience’ that disbelieves in ‘Revealed Guidance’ and tends to thrive on endless emulous speculations about God, religion and creational metaphysics. Evolution of human sentience is a continuous process where falsehoods of human nescience must up-end in order to end-up in actualizing the validity of pre-mental Truths by which humanity has to go on living. Amidst all chaos of materialistic propaganda denying God, the Islam being the last version of God’s religion – has continued to spread universally as the fastest growing religion on earth. A sharp rise is especially noticeable in the recent world population of Muslims (especially via conversion rather than by birth), which is now 23% of 6.8 billion world population, meaning that nearly one in four persons practices Islam (according to study by the ‘Pew Forum on Religion and Public life’ covering 200 countries -Washington, 2009 report, PTI).
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* The word ‘muttaqin’ is derived from the word ‘taqwa’ meaning ‘protecting self from harmful things caused by evil and sinful conducts’
References:
1. “The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih Al-Bukhari” Vol.I, Trans. by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Islamic University, Madina Al-Munawwara, (Kitab Bhavan, New Delhi). (ISBN 81-7151-014-0)
2. ‘The Science of the Qur’an’ by Dr. ‘Abd al-Rahman I. Doi, (Sterling Paperbacks), 2000 (ISBN 81-207-2268-x). And also (Al-Suyuiti, Al-Itqan fi-Ulum al-Qur’an, vol.1; ‘Kitab Fahm al-Sunnah’ by al-Harith al-Muhasabi)
3. ‘The Holy Qur’an’ – with original ‘Arabic Text, English translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Islamic Book Service, India. 2000. (ISBN 81 65738-04-1). And also ‘The Meanings of the Glorious Qur’an’ by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, trans., Mecca and New York: Muslim World League. 1977. (ISBN 81-7476-005-9)
Picture sources:
1. Page of Qur’an – (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/images/orient11.jpg)
2. Uthman Koran – http://upload.wikimedia.org/Wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Uthman_Koran-RZ.jpg)

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The Role Of The Good Critic

Posted on June 20, 2012 by admin

The Role Of The Good Critic
Author: E. Heinlein
The Role Of The Good Critic
In the developmental psychology of Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) is posited the `God archetype`, an unconscious content of the psyche that seeks expression through the lives of individuals. The `God archetype` takes many forms, which Jung calls archetypes. Most archetypes are related to what Jung sees as the soul, which is largely circumscribed in the figure of the anima, and appears in its fullest describable form as the Wise Old Woman who, because a woman would have to be immortal to keep her knowledge, is seen as the eternally young goddess.
Jung`s literary analysis of alchemical symbolism points to the struggle of the `God archetype` to express itself in Medieval chemists` search for a panacea to the ills of their society, and much symbolism revolves around the idea of physical hermaphroditism as a necessary adjunct to the creation of wisdom symbolized by the lapis philosophorum or philosopher`s stone.
The woman with a penis is not an alchemical fantasy, but can be found by anyone with an internet connection in the 21st century ( http://www.futanaria.com ). Because women have a penis, they`re a species. In Jungian psychology, there are many `hero` archetypes, but the notion that women are a species places a question mark over the role of the `hero`. In the Bible the main heroic figure of Revelation is the New Redeemer who protects the `hidden` woman before she leaves Earth to sow her own seed, with her own penis presumably, as a prelude to her war against evil in heaven. The Bible tells of how she is victorious and the evil receive eternal unendurable pain as their punishment.
Revelation describes how God sends plagues to deter the evil of the Earth: `Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.` (Rev: 16.10) Many have perceived these `sores` to be AIDS. If women are a species, then men are a parasite. Consequently, those who support the parasites from amongst the species of women correspond to the `Great Whore of the Apocalypse, Babylon the Golden`. Because Babylon is the ancient seat of Iraq, the Gulf Wars (1990-2011) represent the dying throes of a previously unshakeable viewpoint, which is that women are for men, whereas Woman is for her own species, and so those who support Mars, the god of war, against what Woman can make of her Earth, are men`s whores, that is, `sores` of Revelation.
The new perspective is difficult, but women who support men against Woman are, effectively, traitors to their species. It emerges from the `pimp, whore` relationship. The pimple becomes a sore. The woman explains to her pimp that she`s married and together they feed upon her husband as parasites; as many `spivs` did during WWI and WWII. Those women who support the parasites produce sores, that is, boy sons (poisons) produce poison`s `sores` (whores).
The hero of Revelation functions as a `protector`, which is a dangerous idea. Men want to feel like heroes, and so large numbers of women and children are daily murdered in numerous petty conflicts across the globe so they can feel like it. If women have a penis, and the archetypes appear in dreams, imagination, and art to reveal the path of development to the individual, which is how they function, according to Jung, then Woman`s psyche should not contain a hero figure because men aren`t her species. Consequently, all media representations of men are designed to constellate imagos of themselves in Woman`s psyche that have as their goal the illusion they they`re her defenders while in fact they are the monstrous destroyers of her planet. It`s a propaganda war based on the idea that, if the image is accepted, then the image belongs. But if men are a parasite then they don`t belong, and their image of themselves is merely the tool of a clever alien that seeks the death of all life.
In the Elizabethan period of English theatre, William Shakespeare was told he could stage his plays with men only. There are clues in thespian circles as to the meaning of such prohibitions. In Pantomime the hero is played by a young woman, so the figure of Aladdin, for example, is a girl and her penis is implied but seemingly as a joke. However, if women have a penis of their own, it`s perfectly feasible to stage a Shakespearian drama in which all of the male characters are played by women with a penis and the female characters are played by women without a penis, so making Shakespeare a species` production rather than a `women with their parasites` satire.
In Shakespeare`s Twelfth Night, or What You Will, Viola cross-dresses and appears as a man, but this is far more than farcical if we understand that women have a penis and Viola is presenting herself as what she is. In short, literary criticism isn`t about levels of meaning; it`s about correct perspective. It may be amusing to an audience to perceive that Viola, as the go-between for Olivia and the Duke, is dressed as a boy. But critics have defined the relationship between the Duke and Viola as `homoerotic`, whereas the perspectivally accurate perception is that Viola has a penis because she`s a woman and men are evil because their perspective is homosexual. From that vantage point Viola could be seen as a pimp procuring a woman for the Duke, which is in accordance with the `poisonous whore` thesis.
Viola could also be viewed as Shakespeare`s true vision of the `hidden` woman of Revelation whose penis exists but isn`t acceptable to men who prefer boy, son, and sores. In other words, Viola`s relationship with Olivia is `lesbian` but Godly because it isn`t poisonous, whereas her relationship with the Duke is `normalled` but false. Inevitably productive of boys , sons, and poison`s sores (whores) Woman`s relationship with her parasite is necessarily one of poisoning. It breathes in her womb and lives from her blood. It`s a false creature from its inception, and so poisons everything she is because it isn`t `true`.
If the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung is accurate, the `God archetype` functions as a `determinator`, which in literary criticism might be used as a perspectival analyser. In simple terms, there are no heroes save women. To critically understand any given literary work, it`d be necessary to put a woman with a penis into every role formerly played by a man. Similarly, a critic couldn`t be understood as giving a true analysis of any literary work, visual or textual, without describing the artistic product from the perspective of their knowledge of the fact that women are the species on the planet Earth and have a penis of their own. In other words, men`s art, designed to subvert the truth that women don`t need men, reveals them as promotive of a `big lie`.
The role of the critic is to describe what the archetype as determinator is trying to say from God`s point of view. Consequently, such epic novels as D.H. Lawrence`s The Rainbow, Women In Love, and Sons and Lovers miss the point. The novel that should have been written was Mothers and Daughters because women are a species and lovers is what they should be. The Lawrence novel that was banned was Lady Chatterley`s Lover, not because it explored sexual themes, but because it approached the exploration of sexuality from the woman`s point of view. The central male character is `Manners` because he represents the understanding that men are the aspect of the human species that has the penis, whereas women are the species because they have their own penis and the parasites that are men can`t reproduce themselves without women. `Manners` is `behaviouralism`. Men have a penis, but it isn`t theirs. Manners in Lady Chatterley`s Lover is the behaviouralist thesis that women behave because they need men`s penis but, if women have a penis of their own, men`s enslavement of women`s `host womb` is surety that they`ll `behave`, and so men are definable as the continuous reification of evil.
Sophie Moone, in Hungary, makes lesbian pornography because she`s defined a s a lesbian, but if she had a visible penis she`d be defined as a woman, and even what the Bible defines as `Mankind` at its closure in Revelation when the `hidden` woman leaves the Earth to sow her seed amongst the stars. In science fiction terms, it`s the prototypical war between `Mankind` and the aliens, where men are the aliens and women are `Mankind`. In scifi men are depicted almost constantly fighting wars against aliens, because women and the Earth must be protected from them. Exactly.
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The Role Of The Good Critic
In the developmental psychology of Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) is posited the `God archetype`, an unconscious content of the psyche that seeks expression through the lives of individuals. The `God archetype` takes many forms, which Jung calls archetypes. Most archetypes are related to what Jung sees as the soul, which is largely circumscribed in the figure of the anima, and appears in its fullest describable form as the Wise Old Woman who, because a woman would have to be immortal to keep her knowledge, is seen as the eternally young goddess.
Jung`s literary analysis of alchemical symbolism points to the struggle of the `God archetype` to express itself in Medieval chemists` search for a panacea to the ills of their society, and much symbolism revolves around the idea of physical hermaphroditism as a necessary adjunct to the creation of wisdom symbolized by the lapis philosophorum or philosopher`s stone.
The woman with a penis is not an alchemical fantasy, but can be found by anyone with an internet connection in the 21st century ( http://www.futanaria.com ). Because women have a penis, they`re a species. In Jungian psychology, there are many `hero` archetypes, but the notion that women are a species places a question mark over the role of the `hero`. In the Bible the main heroic figure of Revelation is the New Redeemer who protects the `hidden` woman before she leaves Earth to sow her own seed, with her own penis presumably, as a prelude to her war against evil in heaven. The Bible tells of how she is victorious and the evil receive eternal unendurable pain as their punishment.
Revelation describes how God sends plagues to deter the evil of the Earth: `Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.` (Rev: 16.10) Many have perceived these `sores` to be AIDS. If women are a species, then men are a parasite. Consequently, those who support the parasites from amongst the species of women correspond to the `Great Whore of the Apocalypse, Babylon the Golden`. Because Babylon is the ancient seat of Iraq, the Gulf Wars (1990-2011) represent the dying throes of a previously unshakeable viewpoint, which is that women are for men, whereas Woman is for her own species, and so those who support Mars, the god of war, against what Woman can make of her Earth, are men`s whores, that is, `sores` of Revelation.
The new perspective is difficult, but women who support men against Woman are, effectively, traitors to their species. It emerges from the `pimp, whore` relationship. The pimple becomes a sore. The woman explains to her pimp that she`s married and together they feed upon her husband as parasites; as many `spivs` did during WWI and WWII. Those women who support the parasites produce sores, that is, boy sons (poisons) produce poison`s `sores` (whores).
The hero of Revelation functions as a `protector`, which is a dangerous idea. Men want to feel like heroes, and so large numbers of women and children are daily murdered in numerous petty conflicts across the globe so they can feel like it. If women have a penis, and the archetypes appear in dreams, imagination, and art to reveal the path of development to the individual, which is how they function, according to Jung, then Woman`s psyche should not contain a hero figure because men aren`t her species. Consequently, all media representations of men are designed to constellate imagos of themselves in Woman`s psyche that have as their goal the illusion they they`re her defenders while in fact they are the monstrous destroyers of her planet. It`s a propaganda war based on the idea that, if the image is accepted, then the image belongs. But if men are a parasite then they don`t belong, and their image of themselves is merely the tool of a clever alien that seeks the death of all life.
In the Elizabethan period of English theatre, William Shakespeare was told he could stage his plays with men only. There are clues in thespian circles as to the meaning of such prohibitions. In Pantomime the hero is played by a young woman, so the figure of Aladdin, for example, is a girl and her penis is implied but seemingly as a joke. However, if women have a penis of their own, it`s perfectly feasible to stage a Shakespearian drama in which all of the male characters are played by women with a penis and the female characters are played by women without a penis, so making Shakespeare a species` production rather than a `women with their parasites` satire.
In Shakespeare`s Twelfth Night, or What You Will, Viola cross-dresses and appears as a man, but this is far more than farcical if we understand that women have a penis and Viola is presenting herself as what she is. In short, literary criticism isn`t about levels of meaning; it`s about correct perspective. It may be amusing to an audience to perceive that Viola, as the go-between for Olivia and the Duke, is dressed as a boy. But critics have defined the relationship between the Duke and Viola as `homoerotic`, whereas the perspectivally accurate perception is that Viola has a penis because she`s a woman and men are evil because their perspective is homosexual. From that vantage point Viola could be seen as a pimp procuring a woman for the Duke, which is in accordance with the `poisonous whore` thesis.
Viola could also be viewed as Shakespeare`s true vision of the `hidden` woman of Revelation whose penis exists but isn`t acceptable to men who prefer boy, son, and sores. In other words, Viola`s relationship with Olivia is `lesbian` but Godly because it isn`t poisonous, whereas her relationship with the Duke is `normalled` but false. Inevitably productive of boys , sons, and poison`s sores (whores) Woman`s relationship with her parasite is necessarily one of poisoning. It breathes in her womb and lives from her blood. It`s a false creature from its inception, and so poisons everything she is because it isn`t `true`.
If the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung is accurate, the `God archetype` functions as a `determinator`, which in literary criticism might be used as a perspectival analyser. In simple terms, there are no heroes save women. To critically understand any given literary work, it`d be necessary to put a woman with a penis into every role formerly played by a man. Similarly, a critic couldn`t be understood as giving a true analysis of any literary work, visual or textual, without describing the artistic product from the perspective of their knowledge of the fact that women are the species on the planet Earth and have a penis of their own. In other words, men`s art, designed to subvert the truth that women don`t need men, reveals them as promotive of a `big lie`.
The role of the critic is to describe what the archetype as determinator is trying to say from God`s point of view. Consequently, such epic novels as D.H. Lawrence`s The Rainbow, Women In Love, and Sons and Lovers miss the point. The novel that should have been written was Mothers and Daughters because women are a species and lovers is what they should be. The Lawrence novel that was banned was Lady Chatterley`s Lover, not because it explored sexual themes, but because it approached the exploration of sexuality from the woman`s point of view. The central male character is `Manners` because he represents the understanding that men are the aspect of the human species that has the penis, whereas women are the species because they have their own penis and the parasites that are men can`t reproduce themselves without women. `Manners` is `behaviouralism`. Men have a penis, but it isn`t theirs. Manners in Lady Chatterley`s Lover is the behaviouralist thesis that women behave because they need men`s penis but, if women have a penis of their own, men`s enslavement of women`s `host womb` is surety that they`ll `behave`, and so men are definable as the continuous reification of evil.
Sophie Moone, in Hungary, makes lesbian pornography because she`s defined a s a lesbian, but if she had a visible penis she`d be defined as a woman, and even what the Bible defines as `Mankind` at its closure in Revelation when the `hidden` woman leaves the Earth to sow her seed amongst the stars. In science fiction terms, it`s the prototypical war between `Mankind` and the aliens, where men are the aliens and women are `Mankind`. In scifi men are depicted almost constantly fighting wars against aliens, because women and the Earth must be protected from them. Exactly.

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Pros/Advantages of Getting Psychic Readings via Email

Posted on June 19, 2012 by admin

Pros/Advantages of Getting Psychic Readings via Email
Author: Jackson Swift
As more and more people in this new age of the internet become more self-aware and wanting to become more aware with their selves and their spirituality, email psychic readings have become increasingly popular, with free email psychic readings becoming one of the favorite promos availed by many on online psychic sites.
Email Psychic Reading Pros/Advantage
Though, basically done in the same way as a traditional reading by psychics, email psychic readings have its pros and cons with regards to its effectiveness and limitations.
Pros:

Preserves Privacy. An email reading provides many layers of privacy that may address the different privacy issues that each of us may have a concern on. These include:

Personal Privacy. Undoubtedly, there are some people who are not comfortable with the idea of exposing private aspects of themselves with complete strangers. The more personal aspects of their lives they are seeking, the more they are uncomfortable in asking a complete stranger; thus, hindering the reading. With an email reading, one will not see the reader, so this may prove to be the ideal impetus for a very private person to open up more than they would in person or over the phone.

Privacy of Space. There are some cases that one lives in a busy household, which could be difficult to get peace and quiet and be focused, which is needed for a reading. It would be quite frustrating and disappointing when somebody will interrupt your reading over the phone, which will let you lose concentration and eventually you will get a false or inaccurate reading or incomplete or unfinished readings.

An email reading will provide you this needed space and privacy from being interrupted, enabling you to get a reading which will not be interrupted and not be read or heard by others as well.

Convenience. Because many of us tend to lead busy lives, with our work, parenting, family, and all the activities that come with them, finding a time to listen to the answers in your reading would be difficult.

Thus, an email reading will be the answer to this kind of difficulty as having your questions and correspondence emailed to you is much more convenient and time effective than having to show up for an in person appointment, or even a phone reading.

Accuracy of Communication. It is a fact that not everyone can “think on their feet”, and this includes psychics. An email reading will provide you the time, space and quite background that will enable you to clearly word your questions and correspondence; thus, giving you the most out of your reading.

In addition, your psychic will also be given the time to reflect on you and your circumstance. This will give them a higher chance of arriving at greater clarity before they can give information and advice.

Visually Appealing. An email reading is usually delivered in full color, which can help those who are “visual learners.”

Can be Save. Because an email reading is delivered into your email account, you could be able to print a copy of it, save it for future reference and be able to share it with your select friends and family who are interested in your future happiness and prosperity.

Less Pressure Means of Communication. There are some people who aren’t good in expressing themselves vocally like on the telephone. There are also some people who are not comfortable facing the reader, even via video chat, or does not have the technical skills to do a chat with the reader. An email reading will be the solution to these uncomfortable situations.

Ideal for First-timers. If you are planning have a reading for the first time, an email reading can be a valuable way in starting out to experience your reading in terms of comfort, convenience and privacy. It can take a great deal of courage and guts to pick up the telephone and call a psychic or see and talk to a psychic on a webcam if is the first time you experience getting a reading. An email reading can provide a much gentler, subtle, pressure-less means of getting a psychic reading.

More Accurate Readings. Because the psychic will be given a time to tune in to you, without the time constraints of a chat or telephone readings and the pressure of providing accurate answers to your questions within the first couple of minutes of the reading in an effort to keep you happy, an email reading is a much better way of providing you a more accurate reading. An email reading will give the reader the time to tune in to your energy and then provide a longer chance of making greater sense of the information being received, removing the feelings of being pressured and being rushed to provide instant answers. In this way, you will be provided a much more accurate reading.

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Meditation on Psalm 1 – Paths

Posted on June 19, 2012 by admin

Meditation on Psalm 1 – Paths
Author: Patrick E Barber II
Thoughts On Psalms 1
Today I am taking a look at Psalms 1. This is a very interesting passage of scripture concerning the paths of the righteous and the wicked. We will begin with the text coming out of the NIV (New International Version): Psalm 1 (New International Version)
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish. First, let’s take a look at Psalm 1:1-
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers. We are told that the man (or woman) who avoids the counsel of the wicked (their advice, their opinions, etc.,) is blessed. More specifically, blessed is the person that does not “walk” in the counsel of the wicked. I want to take a look at walk for a second. According to Merriam-Webster, walk is defined as:
“to pursue a course of action or way of life : conduct oneself : behave <walk warily>”
When I take this definition and apply this to the context of the above term “walk”, I come to the conclusion that “blessed is the person that does not pursue a course of action or way of life” according to the counsel (advice, opinion, etc,) given by the wicked. Also, there is more to verse 1. I am also told not to stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. At its basic components I am told not to take or follow the advice of the wicked, not to follow the sinner (cross reference the text above with the Contemporary English Version, it illuminates this passage further), or mock (sneer, pick, etc,). Interesting that this information is given just by reading verse number one!
As we can see in verse number two we are told that he blessed person’s delight is in the law of the Lord. In other words, it is a delight and not a point of bondage, stress, or aggravation. It is something that an individual can and should find enjoyable (if they are the blessed person referenced earlier). Also in verse 2 we find that the blessed person meditates on this law both day and night (meaning always). Your thoughts are upon the Lord! Isn’t that incredible. To always keep the Lord God within your heart treasuring the words He spoke.
This blessed person is compared to “a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither” (vs. 3). That tree planted by the streams of water has its needs met. Within season this tree also yields its fruit and its leaf does not wither. The blessed person is not only blessed, but is a blessing to others. Fruit is not for the good of the tree, but it is for the good of others (this is why the tree bares fruit). The tree doesn’t eat the fruit, someone else does. A blessed person bears fruit unlike any other. They are givers, cheerful givers who within their season of prosperity shine bright for Christ and do not forget His goodness.
However, on the other side we have the wicked. In verse four we find that their way is not like the righteous. They are compared to chaff (the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain-Merriam Webster). Debris is completely worthless. They are carried away in the season of trial (when the wind blows).
The wicked do not possess the promises of God. They do not have a covenant (agreement, contract) with the Creator. For this reason they will not stand in the judgment (no excuses can be made- CEV), neither will they have a place with the righteous.
According to verse six, the LORD protects the righteous (watches over their way), but the way of the wicked (those that follow wickedness) will perish. Why is this? Because the Lord has His covenant with His people (children). There is much to be found in the agreement between God and man. The blood of Christ is so precious. It’s value cannot be measured by human scales.
As you can see, there is a lot of meat in these passages. I thank you for your patience and reading through until the end. May the Lord bless you in all you do!

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The creation of universe according to Vedas

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

The creation of universe according to Vedas
Author: Shanker Adawal
The creation of universe according to Vedas
The vedic knowledge was not based on any speculation, the later discoveries has not been able to disprove the same.
The science of Vedic Astrology has great antiquity behind it. Vedas which are said to be the oldest religious literature available has reference to this science. In the Hindu astrological parlance it has first name a Vedanga Jyothisha, that means- Jyothisha or Astrology is one of the limbs of Vedas- 1500 BC.
Hindus were the ordinal masters who had the through knowledge of astronomy, with out its knowledge, it was very difficult for them to do many religious obligation. The earliest Astronomical works such as Surya siddanta, Vedanga Jyotisha are more than 5000 years old, long before Kepler, Copernious, Bohr, Galilio, and other galaxy of astronomers were born. The Hindu sages had already gained much knowledge on the steller and planetary universe. There are several verses devoted to explain the astronomical knowledge in Rig veda and Athar veda. The early siddanthas are Hindu astronomical works, which gives us the description and detail about the universe.
Origin of the Sun
Hindu literature describes the solar mysteries in three ways. It gives mythological allegories about the origin of the Sun; it describes the lineage of the planet.
There are one hundred and eight names given to the Sun. Some are superficial in meaning while others are very abstruse. Each name indicates a significant feature of the planet. A common feature of them is the association of the Sun with a ray of light. But light itself refers to the essential nature, the essence or soul of all that exists. In the absence of light, there is death. When the radiance of the Sun, its life giving energy is withdrawn, there is the dissolution of the universe.
One of his most interesting and mysterious names is Martanda or son of the dead egg. In some myths we are told the genesis of this name. The Puranas tell us that Aditi, the mother of the gods, bore eight Adityas, but she retained only seven and discarded the eighth believing it to be dead.
As our Sun was born of this supposedly lifeless egg, he is called Martanda. The rest of the Adityas became his attendant deities.
Aditi, the mother of the gods, who bore the various Adityas, is a word which essentially means “the beginning and the end.” As time arose through placing limitations on timelessness without any beginning or end, it is the offspring of eternal. The Secret Doctrine teaches that there is “the universal perpetual motion which never ceases, never slackens nor increases its speed not even during the interludes between the pralayas, or “nights of Brahma” but goes on like a mill set in motion, whether it has anything to grind or not.” This is the eternal and uncreated Deity. Aditi corresponds to the timeless Deity whose nature and characteristics are beyond description. But from this transcendant state of perpetual motion cosmic evolution begins. The inability of the first seven sons of Aditi to create the world shows that they represent these higher forces which held back from the process of material creation.
The eighth effort from which the Sun was born appeared at first as “a dead egg.” The word Mrityu or death refers to Yama, the god of death, Vishnu who preserves the universe, Maya which is creative illusion as well as ignorance, and to Kamadeva, the god of love. These references point to the mystic nature of the cosmic womb. Seen from the standpoint of the eternal and uncreated deity, Aditi, this manifestation with its expression of life’s movement could not be considered to be dead. Since the wheel of creation can rotate only when both life nad death equally participate in the process, the Univeersal Mother Aditi approached Martanda, the Sun, to undertake the function of cosmic ideation and in deference to the will of his mother he created day and night as symbols of life and death. It is believed that on dissolution, when the role of the visible Sun is over, all the immortal suns will once again shine in their radiance.
The Sun as the creator of life and death is necessarily the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega. That the Sun came out of the egg also shows that it contains within itself all the potentials of growth and development. The world that we perceive around us is merely an externalization of the Sun’s inner powers.
The geometrical symbol of the Sun as the circle with a central point shows this idea of externalization with the central point swelling and expanding outward as the periphery of the circle. The central point gradually expands in the evolutionary process until the limit imposed by the circumference is reached which becomes the death of the evolving spirit. In this sense the central point represents origin and birth and the circumference is the end or death.
The Sun is eternal as well as transient, both unity and multiplicity. He is the cause of the creation but also part of it and one with it. The solar deity is the Primordial Essence, the Atman of the universe. During the course of the evolutionary process it assumes different forms at different levels, but also pervades the universe with its radiant energy and remains in wholeness by itself.
The visible Sun can be considered the heart of the solar system while its brain is the solar deity behind it. From it sensation is radiated into every nerve centre of the great body and waves of the life-essence flow into each artery and vein of the solar system. The planets are the limbs and pulsations of the Sun.
Describing the lineage of the Sun, Surya is said to be the son of Kashyapa and Aditi. Kashyapa is a designation used to refer to several degrees of creative energies. In the Vedas he figures in an important way. As a Prajapati or Creator he fathered gods, demons, mens, beasts, birds and reptiles.
According to the Mahabharata and other accounts, he married Aditi and twelve other daughters of Daksha. He begot the twelve Adityas through Aditi, and from Diti (which means splitting or division) he fathered the Daityas or demons. Surya, our Sun, was the eighth Aditya born to Aditi and Kashyapa. The Sun belongs to a large family with many brothers and sisters.

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How to Experience Your Previous Lives From Home (And The Controversial Method I DON’T Recommend)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin

How to Experience Your Previous Lives From Home (And The Controversial Method I DON’T Recommend)
Author: Danny Fredricks
Is there any real evidence that past lives are real, or is the whole field dominated by new age nuts and people who will believe ANYTHING at all?
Good question! The truth is, as a psychic and paranormal publisher for over a decade, I can honestly tell you that there is no “niche” within the field that is as full of odd and eccentric points of view than reincarnation and past life research. And yet, most interestingly… it’s probably the MOST strongly supported scientifically as well, with tons of great science and spiritual evidence BOTH suggesting that we DO live many lives and have many bodies.
The easiest way to experience your OWN past lives?
There are lots of great techniques that work wonderfully well. None of them are perfect, and they each have pros and cons associated with them, but if you are really interested… and adventurous, you CAN (and will) have past life memories very clearly and quite quickly as well.
The best techniques?
Guided meditation and visualization techniques are very effective for me personally. Using a pair of headphones, and a bit of guided imagery, I can now quickly and easily find myself in lifetimes that I truly remember in exquisite detail.
Do more traditional forms of mediation work as well?
Absolutely. As a matter of fact, all mediation is a great prerequisite to just about any psychic, intuitive or paranormal experience there is!
Other easy methods for past life recall?
Tarot card readings are very good for me as well. Any direct experience with a legitimate past life psychic or spiritual advisor can be very illuminating and can stimulate memories of previous incarnations very quickly. Some types of astrological insight, or karmic readings can jog, jolt or jiggle small details and deja vu experiences with amazing ease. As a matter of fact, the legendary 20th century psychic and healer Edgar Caycee did most of his past life readings while in a semi trance state by phone… and literally changed the lives (and spiritual destinies) of millions around the world as a result.
Dream journaling is a VERY powerful way to remember past lives, and I had one of my first very powerful memories years ago while asleep! (and yet I knew it was a very transformative experience and did NOT feel like a typical dream as I couldn’t forget it for days thereafter)
The ONE past life method I don’t recommend?
Regression therapy. Especially if you are just getting started, and aren’t sure what you believe or can legitimately remember. Why is this method so controversial and NOT recommended, even though there are many famous practitioners? First, it’s extremely expensive. (costing more than $300 an hour at a minimum, which brings many “quacks” into the field alone) Second, I don’t think the memories are legitimate! It’s been proven that hypnosis can create “false memory syndrome” very easily… and unless you are fully in control of the situation like you are in the methods I describe above, the lives you are “living” in the hypnotic state could as easily be coming from your subconscious, or hypnotic suggestion instead.
The bottom line?
There are many safe, exciting and fun ways to explore your past lives, without doing anything dangerous, weird or costly. (a good past life psychic can be had by phone for 20 dollars or less) Learning that you are an eternal and beautiful spiritual being having a very temporary “human” experience is very powerful and profound, and exploring your past lives is one of the very BEST ways of making that realization happen… and in a hurry!

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Psychics FAQ: What Is Clairvoyance?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin

Psychics FAQ: What Is Clairvoyance?
Author: Danny Fredricks
What is clairvoyance? Is it a blanket term that is used for all psychic abilities, or does it refer to a very specific skill? Are all psychics clairvoyant, or only some? In this article we are going to take a quick and easy look at what it means to be clairvoyant, and explore some common questions that many readers ask as well. Curious to know more? Continue reading as we take a closer look below.
What is the definition of clairvoyance?
Good question! It actually is derived from the French for “clear sight” and is often a very generic term that is used to describe much psychic functioning. (even though it’s not necessarily accurate for all)
Are there many different types of clairvoyance?
Yes, but it depends a bit on how the term it used. Some psychics self identify as just “clairvoyant” and others prefer to be thought of in terms of another secondary skill they demonstrate or posses.
For example?
Clairsentience is often used to describe psychics who empathetically feel the pain or energy of others. A psychic detective, for example, who “feels” the pain of the victim when doing his or her energy work is thought of clairsentient. Clairaudient is a term used to describe a psychic who may “hear” symbols or sounds. And so on.
But as a general rule, and for the general public, clairvoyance is the overarching word that is used to describe any psychic ability that involves getting clear, credible and reportable information from outside of the normal senses.
What about psychic mediums? Are they clairvoyant?
Believe it or not, I think this is a bit different of a skill or “power” and in my opinion, it’s not a clairvoyant ability. (some disagree) For the most part, legitimate mediums are tapping into a spiritual dimension, and not accessing information using the same process that “regulates” normal clairvoyance. (even though many mediums certainly are clairvoyant as well…the 2 abilities are often NOT shared by others)
Is everyone clairvoyant?
Yes, I believe so. I think that much the way anyone can learn to play the piano, or make art, so TOO do each of us have the ability to train our brains to access the invisible information that most of us miss. That said, not everyone is going to be a professional pianist, or a world class artist. Those people are born special…and it’s my experience that the very same applies to the most gifted psychics as well!

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