Of Who and What.

Concerns, Conflict, Confusion, Clarity, and Connectivity.

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The Dominion comprises of the One Who Dominates and the another What is the Dominated. The "Who" is the Supreme while the "What" is called the "Nature". In between lies the "consciousness".

The one and the same "Consciousness" is the Essential Underlying Principle where the apparent distinction of the Who and What manifests and turns into Duality.

Who connects to itself through and by means of "consciousness". Basically, as this Who is the Existence - Alone without the other, it is ever so aware of itself in a way that there is no distinction between the knower and the known.

However as soon as the Duality assumes existence and is revealed to itself in the form of an expression, and Manifests in such a way that the Dominated - the One, the What and the One, - Who Dominates, appear in the form of the two entities. Both - the known and the knower then are the Knowing where-in the knower - the individual consciousness calls itself the self, but all the rest as called by this individual, is named the Nature.

The Nature is therefore the known and what is yet to be known and both of the two - the known and the unknown - what is yet to be known together are called the Knowledge. Knowledge has no limits and is always confined within the limits of the known, there is consciousness of this  known and the unknown as well. This is independent of the known, the unknown as well as their totality - knowledge as such.

Knowledge is always trivial, partial and  imperfect while Knowing is so obvious, impartial and perfect.

This is the mark of distinction between them. This is the only way to transcend the known and the knowledge both and to understand the Who and the What.

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Why this happens?

What is The Civilization About?

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Why something or someone a person, some place, some activity, thought skill, goal, mission, entertainment or even a drug attracts us? There are essential needs like food, shelter, sleep, physical exercise in one or the other form, but why those other things without which we can live attract us?

Is it because they attract us or because we are extrovert and try to find meaning and purpose in them?

Is there an end? And if there is a final achievement, for us, what is there to do the next?

Something is basically wrong there in this approach.

Shrimadbhagvadgita Chapter 1 deals with this very issue. It's named :

Arjuna ViShAda Yoga.

In the worldly sense there are always goals there to be achieved. The struggle, war, competition, friends and enemies. The same people are always there, for and against themselves. Two or more groups. Dharma is one and unique but the same turns into two or more groups. And the bifurcation too is not ultimate and final. Each group is divided into so many sub-groups. Don't you see this has been our history so far. They fight for supremacy, domination over the other sub-groups. In every sub-group there are individuals who have their own interests and those interests too clash with each other. In a word it's Politics. There is the wealth the gifts of nature like the Earth. Air, Water, Fire and the Ether / Space. These all are the material aspects of this wealth. The word "wealth" and "health" rhyme. Wealth is from the Sanskrit root - वल् > वलयति, and Health us from the root - हल् > हलयति . Likewise there is the word  कल्  > कलयति, The English word Calculate is a cognate derivative of  कलनं, कलनं, the word calculate (कलयति, कुलयति)  are thus rooted in the कल्  and कुल्  verb-roots. Another word  काल / kAla too is from the same root. We have a word "Calculus" - a branch in Mathematics.

"Calculus" was a stone carefully, neatly carved out so as to serve the purpose of measuring the lengths.

But our civilization however has no such a stone, any criteria upon which we can build the society. We are an irrational crowd of different ethnicities, many and various social groups and sub-groups in them.

Chapter 2 of the Gita - 

sAmkhya yoga,

Deals with this issue.

The word "sAmkhya" comes from the word  संख्याति / संख्यायते  which is again a composite word, with the suffix सं  and the root  ख्या - which again comes from  ख  / खं  meaning the Cosmos - the Ether.

The Emptiness,  the vacuum. This is the very Womb where-in the  पुरुषोत्तम  the  Father of this existence lays the seed.  पुरुषोत्तम  means  the  उत्तम पुरुष. In Sanskrit - in Grammar as well in the Spiritual too, उत्तम पुरुष  denotes  the First Person.

Namely, the pronoun "I".

Before the manifestation takes place, there is "someone" - the consciousness of the manifestation is there.

"Someone", Who is no other than "I".

This "Someone" could be referred to in three ways - "I", "You" and "That".

Logically, rationally and coherently, "I" can neither refer to itself, nor be referred to by "Someone" else - that is; by "You" / "That". Still "I" exists with reference to "something" else, which is referred to by means of the pronoun "It" / "This".

In this way, the consciousness is split into two -the subject, and the object.

sAmkhya principle suggests that these two are the basic and the fundamental उपाधि / "attributes", while consciousness itself is the गुण  / "quality", inherent in the "I". "I" not only as the pronoun, but also as the noun, is the Priormost Reality - Unique,  Undefined, Nameless.

This is the

"sAmkhya Principle" in a nutshell.

Due to the intricate, complicated, cryptic nature of this "I", a secondary "I" comes into, or arises from itself in all and every individual that reflects within "I" and an illusion of a multi-faceted existence takes place.

The innumerable, individual secondary "I" appear to have their own independent existence in their own "worlds", and no two worlds are similar to each other.

Still all individuals believe that there is a world common to all.

Everyone has a freedom of choice, will and action, though has no control over the consequences.

This Principle is the basis of the "Karma" and "Karma-yoga".

As no one has control over the results and the consequences of one's actions,  there is "Someone" Who has this power and control over all the results of all the actions performed by the innumerable individuals - call it 'souls' who repeatedly go through so many births and rebirths, because if death is the end of the soul, it's always everywhere and no future life at all. Here comes the idea of "God", and He is believed to reward or punish the soul for their virtuous or evil actions / deeds.

In the present scenario, as none of the above two Principles which are the Two forms of Dharma is given importance, no one is concerned about Dharma we have to live the life in this way.

Always struggling, fighting, quarreling.

This is the only salient feature of the whole humanity.

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The Algorithm.

Numbers and the Planets

In all, there are total 9 planets and there are total 9 numbers also.

0 Represents the planet Earth. 

1 Represents the planet Sun.

2 Represents the planet Moon. 

3 Represents the planet Jupiter.

4 Represents the planet Rahu. 

5 Represents the planet Mercury. 

6 Represents the planet Venus.

7 Represents the planet Ketu

8 Represents the planet Saturn, and

9 Represents the planet Mars. 

Again the alphabets too represent these numbers and planets too, as follows -

Represent and are represented by the following numbers and accordingly the corresponding planets respectively -

A -Sun 1,

B -Moon -2,

C -Jupiter  -3,

D -Rahu - 4,

E -Mercury -5,

F -Saturn -8 

G -Jupiter -3,

H -Mercury - ,

I -Sun - 1,

J -Sun -1,

K -Moon -2,

L -Jupiter - 3,

M -Rahu -4,

N -Mercury  -5,

O -Ketu -7,

P -Saturn -8,

Q -Moon -2.

S -Jupiter -3,

T -Rahu -4,

U -Mercury -5,

V -Mercury -5,

W -Mercury -5,

X -Moon -2,

Y -Sun -1, and Z -Ketu -7.

So the Date of birth would accordingly be dominated by one or two planets as it would be a single digit or double digit number. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9 as given above 12 to 19 with Sun associated with another planet.

21 to 29 Moon associated with another planet, and 

30 and 31 Jupiter associated with none / with Sun respectively. 

This approach is tentative one depending upon the insight and may differ from the usual approaches like that of  Chiero  and such other Palmists / Numerologists.

In the previous post I had explained the basics of the Vedika Astrology which is based upon the Vedika Mathematics and Vedika Astronomy.

In this post I'm going to find out how the  the numbers represent those 9 planets.

The Vedika concept of the beginning of a new Universe states that there never was a time when the Universe  ब्रह्माण्ड is either  created or annihilated.

This concept is akin to the Scientific Law of Conservation of Mass / Matter, Energy and the Material Existence as a whole.

Accordingly the Universe Manifests and returns to the alternative state Where it is in the Seed-form / like an egg.

Multiple and innumerable Universes in this way keep on emerging out from the potential Seed state keep on manifesting and then returning back to the Seed state again and again.

Now let us consider the state of our own Earth, Sun, Moon, Planets and the stars.

According to the Vedika Calculation and Mathematics at a certain time when the Sun emerged from the State prior to its Manifestation, there were no solar days and nights, and as soon as a part of fluid mass of the Sun which is basically in the form of plasma came out from the Sun,  slowly solidified as a planet and as such started revolving around the Sun there was a Morning, an evening, a Day and a Night as well on this Mass that became the Earth. This year / era on the Earth is called कल्प / Kalpa and the year is called the Kalpa-samvatsara / कल्प-संवत्सर

All Vedika almanacs / पञ्चाङ्गम्  mention this specific date in their almanac 

Even the exact place where the Sun was first of all spotted from there are said to situate on some specific

 Longitude / अक्षांश रेखा

Which passes from East to West while a Lattitude / देशान्तर रेखा  passes from North to South. (Please check if I'm right) 

Whatever be the case, Vedika Almanac has a scientific and historical record of our Earth and our Solar System as well.

We know the Equinox / अश्विनौ and the two Solstices - Vernal and Autumnal.

This all is / was always known to all the Vedika Sages - RShi / ऋषि ...

So the First Vedika New year started on a day called "Sunday" - the name after the Sun.

Next most important planet (a sattalite of Earth) is Moon. Accordingly it was the Monday. Afterwards was seen the Mars and the next day was named after Mars. Then were the planets Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn and because of their place in their orbits around the Sun too, this looks rational approach to name the days of a week in this way. Besides this  we know these 7 days of the week are as such without exception are everywhere on the whole Earth. Of Course Japan or the Nippon may be in the east to India, They don't mention "Kalpa-samvatsara", which finds place in Vedika almanacs.

There is another reference to Rahu and Ketu in the Vedika scriptures. The duo is given the name स्वरभानु / swarabgAnu.

Literally, this means just as our Sun is called  भानु / bhAnu, the duo Rahu-Ketu are the Sun of the realm in contrast to our own Solar World.

I think this much introductory part is enough for the moment.

Shall resume the study in the next post.

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Astro-Numerology.

The Algorithm.

I've been studying The Astrology and the Numerology since last 55 years. Now I have reached at a point where I'm very  convinced that there is a reason and the reasoning too to take up this study of both the two, rather seriously.

This insight came to me today morning only. I began with all the introductory information I have already gathered so far in my study up to date.

Here is this in a nutshell :

Students of Astrology and Numerology might be aware how the Astrology talks about the 9 planets that are supposed to move around the Sun. This is called the Mundane / Earthly / Astrology. 

The  मेदिनी ज्योतिष्-शास्त्र 

मेद् / मेध्  are the संस्कृत Sanskrit root verbs denoting matter / material aspect of the world / Universe.

मेधा  on the other hand denotes the mind or the mental world.

The Universal Matrix

is called मातृका in Sanskrit and also in the Veda. Devi Atharva SheerSha deals with this. But here we take the Earth as the Divine Mother and The Sun as The Father Divine. The other planets moving in the cosmos are the Divine aspects of the same Ultimate and Absolute, The Brahman Who Alone keeps manifesting and then returns back to the state that is imperceptible to the manifest world and to those who see the world.

The Astronomy tells us that the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn revolve around the Sun in their own respective orbits, while the Moon as is seen from the Earth is Earth's natural satellite and moves in an orbit around the Earth. We always need a point of reference when we have to speak of the Astronomy or Astrology. 

So, for all the practical purposes only, where we see that the Sun rises in the East and then sets in the West is such a point of reference. On the other hand, from the observer's point of reference the place in the Earth, where the observer sees the Sun as rising and setting is yet another such a point of reference. From his point of reference the sky looks like a hollow sphere of glass where he sees all those heavenly bodies rising at a time  and at some point on this globe and setting also at some such another point. This point is called "The Azimuth" 

दिक् अंश - दिगंश  in the Sanskrit.

The constellations look like as if studded on this glass-globe. The relative positions of the stars in a constellation though looks fixed, the constellation as a whole appears to rise and set like the Sun and all the other planets.

Every constellation has been divided in 4 parts and a Sun-sign consists of such 9 parts. So, all the 27 constellations make up such 108 parts together. That is the secret why a rosary gas 108 beads in it.

Each of the 12 Sun-sign is made of 2 and 1/4 th constellations.

This all forms the fundamentals (basics) of the Vedika Astrology (and not to be confused with Astronomy).

With the Earth as the point of reference, we deal with Astronomy, while with the observer at any point on the Earth,  we deal with Astrology.

Study of this whole hollow glass Sphere is done through Spherical Astronomy, where Spherical Trigonometry makes a great deal of help.

As seen from a place on the Earth, an observer can relate the movement of all the heavenly bodies, the Sun-signs, the constellations, the Sun, the moon and all those other planets referred to earlier. Still when he observes the happening of the Eclipse, he just can't understand how to explain this phenomenon.

The Vedika prehistorical Sages however always Know this could be conveniently explained if we consider two points as at the extreme ends of an imaginary axis on the Azimuth on the Spherical and the imaginary glass globe.

These two extreme points are called the Node and the Anti-node and facilitate in predicting exactly at what time at a place in the Earth such a Solar Ir Luner Eclipse will be observed.

These two points could be thought of as  if they behave like a visible planet on the imaginary  glass globe.

As such they are named 

Rahu and Ketu .

Both move in the Zodiac in a direction opposite to the directions to which all other planets appear to move around the Sun (only from the observer's point of reference). 

In the Astrological parlance they as such are called Retrograde .

From the observer's point of reference again, the 'planets' like 

The Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn too sometimes appear to become Retrograde, this is an optical illusion.The last point in this post -

There are planets Mercury and Venus that appear moving within the inner orbit of the Earth and then there are Mars Jupiter and Saturn that appear out of the Earth's orbit.

So the Moon and the Sun never become Retrograde.

How is the Numerology related to the  Astrology?

This I will try to explain in the next post.

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I'm and I'm.

Effort, Grace and Insight. 

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The Seeker and the Seeking.

Living and Believing.

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There is search and there is urge.

One who finds something is lacking in the life, begins trying to acquire what may fulfil him and make perfect so that seeking is needed no more.

Food, shelter and security are the basic and primary needs for the life.

Having achieved all thise things, there is the fear of death that grips the man. Though any creature other than man is rarely as much intelligent so as to think and imagine of death, all fear the harm and loss of their body and make every effort to keep it safe when they see that there is a danger. This fear is because of the natural self-defense mechanism in them that they are prompted by. But in the case of a man, he has an elaborate thought-structure in his mind or in the brain that creates an idea about death.

Evidently, death could never be either an experience or an objective reality one can experiment with and formulate a theory upon it.

Still the man, a seeker of the Ultimate, Final and the Absolute Truth, is always ambiguous, suspicious and doubtful if what death might be in fact.

It's just because one thinks I was born in and as this physical body, and surely, this body is going to die one day. 

I'm alive at this instant, but I'm the life in it that helps me say so. This thought,  like so many other thoughts appear and disappear in the mind. The thought of the death and the thought of "I'm" are merely thoughts only. Still both remain stable and fixed in mind and come up on the surface from time to time. The thought of Death is but verbal and we hardly know what essential meaning this thought has. The word "Death" and the fact "Death" are altogether different in the feeling that comes to us when we think of and use them.

The word "I'm" has no verbal meaning at all, though has sure a deeper sense that can't be possibly described by the word.

This sense is not merely a thought but something quite inexplicable.

At the one end it proclaims -

"I'm" a timeless all transcendent truth unaffected by situations, circumstances, and the conditions;

And at the other end it says -

"I'm weak, strong, thirsty, hungry, old, young, male or female, happy, worried, proud, humble, angry and so in.

Everything seems to be so true at the moment but is no more in the next.

If such a thing as "Death" really exists;  Who exactly is the one that "dies" in the event of the "Death"?

We can't speak for those who have died before our eyes, nor can we speak of as a person for ourself.

However if we are really serious to find out about this phenomenon, we cannot do this in the framework of thought or the speculation about it.

This attempt of finding out is :

The Effort.

If we are earnest in this endeavor, we at once see there is no role here of any so-called, known or unknown God.

Such a God that we think, who might have created the Whole Universe, Who rewards us for our virtues, punishes us for our sins.

Such a God is simply only a brain-child of our imagination.

Still when in our seeking, we cross over the grey-line between the two kinds of the "I'm", When there is insight about what we truly are and what we are not, 

The Grace

descends upon us in the form of :

The Insight.

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Observing Silence!

Walking Onto The Unknown Terrain.

So one day I found out I need :

Observing Silence.

There was the external world that I had to come across all the time and there were also people who had enough time that they didn't know how to deal with. They had done all they could do, thinking all the time about what to do next. They had earned as much and enough money that was sufficient to meet their normal day to day life. Though they tried their best, couldn't earn much more than that. They knew me and were my friends since my childhood days. All they wanted from me was that I pass time with them in the activity that they called "sarsang".

Thinking for so long how to get rid of them, it finally occurred to me that I should now try Observing Silence. So one fine day, when they were about to come to me, I scribbled on a piece of paper :

Observing Silence

and handed over the same to them.

I had no doubt they would try their best and every effort to pull me out from this endeavor.

Initially I had to face a big stress while doing this mentally. Earlier, for so long I had already tried chanting a mantra or a holy name, sometimes would experience kind of a trans too where not asleep yet there were no thought at all in the mind. Say there was a complete absence of the thought. But this state of mind couldn't last for as much long as I expected and again, soon I had to return to the same normal state of mind where my thoughts would dominate me and I couldn't have escape or respite from them. After some time, I come upon this idea of :

Observing Silence,

And at once noticed that so far I hadn't even started  :

Observing the thought.

I could see observing the thought meant just observing without getting involved or indulging in the thought / thoughts.

Then I come upon the understanding that Observing implies my attention is focused upon the Silence that was there always as and in the background of all and whatever thought(s) come into mind and not really / exactly on the thought(s) as such. So far in the name of observing thoughts I was focusing the attention on the thoughts and not upon the Silence  wherein all thoughts keep on appearing and disappearing in their own way and I had no control whatsoever upon them.

This understanding as a sudden flash of light awakened me to the truth that no one teach you Awareness . Only if you have urge and earnestness, you can sure discover this for yourself, and can also see no one can share this understanding with anyone else. Later on, there was a breakthrough when I realized that those friends and people could lure me into a discussion on one or another pretext and because I was not aware of their trick (and though they too were probably like me!) all my :

Observing Silence

Would turn into distraction of one or the another kind.

This is how it happens.

You just can't practice or make it like a habit.

Now I never struggle to attain a poise in Observing Silence.

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22 April 2025.

Three Weeks! 

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In the last three weeks, the world has undergone through a great change. We all are a witness to this. The Karma is striking back quite unexpectedly. They had least expectation about what is now going to take place in their own country. 

Yes, Pakistan.

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Dr. Robert O. Becker.

m. Economic Times 05:05:2025

Published about this twice nominated for Nobel Prize scientist who had warned us about the danger how the extremely weak electro - magnetic fields can slow the biological processes in any living being.

I always suspected that the disease like cancer was a result of the constant exposure to such so many such fields that suffused our ecology.

May be further research should be done to understand if it's so and how far this could be true.

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