Monday, November 5, 2012

The Star Purvabhadrapada aka Poratadhi

 

PURVABHADRAPADA / PURATADHI is represented by 2 bright stars known in modern astronomy as Alpha-Pegasi and Beta-Pegasi. They lie on top of the astronomical constellations of Kumbham & Meenam.

PURVABHADRAPADA / PURATHAATHI translates into – “the one who possesses lucky feet”. “ A Sword” & also“ a single ray of sun” are its other symbols.


It has an obscure ruling deity with the name of “Aja-Ekapada”, which translates into “the one footed goat”. This mysterious creature is a goat-headed monster with one leg, who form part of the entourage of RUDRA (the fierce form of Shiva). Aja-Ekapada can be seen as the ruling deity of all types of black magic and that is why many individuals deeply influenced by this nakshatra are naturally attracted to black magic. As Rudra, the fierce form of Shiva, it carries the destructive aspect of Shiva, in much the same manner as Ardra/Thiruvaathirai, but more cruel than Ardra/Thiruvaathirai.

Most evolved souls usually use the nakshatra’s energy to mortify themselves instead of others. All the sages like Vishwamitra, who underwent extreme penance, are basically using this nakshatra’s energy. Even in India, many SADHUS involve themselves in intense practices involving self torture and self mortification. A PURVABHADRAPADA / PURATHAATHI native is ready to stand on one foot for even ten years , if they are convinced that is will bring them their desired result. wOw!

Surprisingly, this nakshatra belongs the the brahmana class because of its ruler, Jupiter, the most brahmanical amongst planets.

Its body parts include the ribs, abdomen, & the sides of the legs. It also an indicator of the Left thighs & the soles of the feet. It’s a predominantly a VATA (Air) nakshatra too. Its directions are west and southwest.

For those suffering from the bad effects resulting from afflictions to this nakshatra, the best remedial worship is to worship Lord Shiva.

Varahamihira states that “those who have Moon in PURVABHADRAPADA/PURATHAATHI are good at earning money, are stingy and are liable to place their wealth at the disposal of their partners. An act befitting 90% of all ruling elites in the world today.


Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The religion of Gagamaga, Lomobomo and Hocopoco

Let me tell you a story. A thousand of years ago, there were 3 civilisations in this world. The first civilisation was known as the Gagamaga. The second civilisation was known as Lomobomo. And finally the 3rd civilisation was Hocopoco. In these times 1,000 of years back, there were no modern facilities and was an era where science was not prevelant among the inhabitants of all 3 civilisations. They tended to believe superstitions and made rituals part of their civilisations.

Now, in Gagamaga they believe that semen is an essence of God as it gave life. They referred to semen as Gaga. They worshipped Gaga as their God. They idolised Gaga in a human form and offered worship through a special ritual called momo. In today's terms momo is actually sexual intercourse between man and woman. Therefore man and woman worshipped their God, Gaga through the practice of momo which essentially is sexual intercourse. Now as time went by, the population of Gagamaga increased, many people started to intepret their religion differently. More idols were made of Gaga and each faction asserted that their version of Gaga was the right God. This went on and on. Though the ritual of momo still went on, many people started to question it.

Now, lets put Gagamaga aside for a while. Meanwhile, the 2nd civilisation, Lomobomo was also worshipping semen as their god. They called semen Lomo. Unlike Gagamaga, the Lomos' believed that Lomo cannot be idolised and prayers just made in the name of Lomo. The Lomos also worshipped their god through a ritual. The ritual was called Blowblow. In today's term it means fellatio/cunnilingus or oral sex. So the Lomos worshipped their god, Lomo through the practice of blowblow. As time went by, the population of Lomobomo also increased like that of Gagamaga. People started questioning the rituals and beliefs of their religion.

Now leaving Lomobomo aside, the 3rd civilisation at the time, the Hocopoco. The Hocopoco people also believed the semen as their god and called their god Hoco. Similar to the Lomos' they believed their god Hoco cannot be idolised or imagined. The ritual that they used to worship Hoco was through a practice called bumbum which in today's term is sodomy or anal sex. As the other 2 civilisations, Hocopocos' population also started to increase. This also resulted in the people questioning the practice of their ancestors.

After a few 100 years, the Hocopocos' had a ruthless leader. He was so immersed in spreading the religion of Hocos to the world that he declared war on anyone not believing in Hoco or the bumbum ritual. He's name was Sod. Sod first targeted the Lomobomo civilisation. He believed that the Lomos' are all infidels worth to be reeducated into proper worship. The practice of blowblow was a heresay and blasphemeous to the view of Sod. So Sod raised an army and invaded Lomobomo.

Unfortunately, Sod's campaign failed. The Lomos' were well equipped and they fought bravely. Many of Sod's army were dead or captured by the Lomo army. The Lomos without any compassion tortured the captured Hoco soldiers. They made them to confess that they were worshipping the devil called Somo. The Lomos believed that Somo had falled from grace with Lomo and now is trying to defeat Lomo by manipulating and cheating humanity. So all the Hoco soldiers were tried in the court of the Lomo and found guilty of Somocraft which means the worship of the devil, Somo.

Back home, King Sod of the Hoco dynasty was devastated. Back home, due to his defeated army, there was a religious rebellion where many Hocos wanted to change their religion to that of the Lomos, after all the Lomos were victorious over the Hocos. Sod was mad with fury. He asked his religious council to issue an edict whereby he said that anyone converting to be a Loco be punisable by death. The practice of blowblow was to be forbidden. Death by stoning would occur if one is found guilty of blowblow. Many citizens of Hocopoco was arrested and hanged due to Sod's suspicion of them abandoning the bumbum worship of Hoco.

Meanwhile, Sod was also rearming his armies so he could invade Gagamaga. Now Gagamaga were peace loving people who would not even kill animals. They were vegetarians and had the most revered respects for the universe. Though they had many versions of Gaga, all of them lived harmoniously through mutual respect and solved their differences through dialouge. So when Sod arrived with his brutal army in the riverbanks of Gagamaga, the Gagas' were terrified and ran for their life. This was an easy victory for Sod. Sod captured many prisoners and made sure all of them made the bumbum ritual and prayed to Hoco. The Gagas' were shocked by the ritual and some commited suicide.

After many years, King Gag, the newly crowned king of Lomobomo heard of what happened to the Gagas'. Immediately he raised an army an attacked Sod in the capital city of Gagamaga, Yoniland.  While in battle, suddenly a frail looking old man from Gagaland came to meet both King Sod and King Gag.

The frail old man approached both the kings and asked why they are fighting. Sod was the first to answer. Sod said it was his moral duty to spread the wisdom of the Hocos of worshipping Hoco through the bumbum ritual. Gag said the same thing which was to spread the wisdom of the Locos of worshipping Loco through the blowblow ritual.

The man looked at both of them and smiled. "King Sod, may I ask what is the meaning of Hoco?" Sod replied, "As far as I understand from my ancestors Hoco means Semen". The old man turned to Gag and asked him, "King Gag, what about yourself, what is the meaning of Lomo?". Gag turned to answer the old man, "As far as I understand Lomo means Semen too". And the wise men said, "in fact what we worship in Gagamaga, our god Gaga is also Semen. So gentlemen in essence we are all worshipping the same god. The only thing is we give our god different names."

On hearing this wise words, both Sod and Gag was awestruck. What the old man revealed was very true. Gag then asked, "but our worship is different. god can only be reached through blowblow ritual". "Well wise king Gag, why dont you try the ritual of momo or bumbum and see whether you experience Lomo? And for you king Sod, why dont you try the ritual of momo or blowblow and experience Hoco?", continued the wise man.

Both Sod and Gag agreed to this experiment. Sod tried the momo method of worship and found that he experienced Hoco completely. Then he tried blowblow and he also experienced Hoco completely. Same happen for Gag. Gag tried momo and bumbum and both lead him to experience Lomo.

The next day, both kings were estatic. There were profound happiness in their faces. Both of the kings hugged each other and declared the war ended and a declaration that they would leave Gagamaga.

So dear readers, the moral of the story is no matter which version of god we worship, whether it is Gaga, Lomo or Hoco, we're all worshipping one and the same god. Moral number 2 is, whichever method we used to worship our god, whether it is momo, blowblow or bumbum, at the end of the day all methods work and leads to god.

The above story is an analogy of what is happening in our beloved planet today. Wars and conflicts are occuring because of our differences over religious ideologies. We fail to understand each others' views and are antagonistic towards others' faith and beliefs. Just as the above story illustrate, all roads lead to god. Let us take some time to understand each other and love one another as a brother and sister. Lets end all enimity towards one another and work for a better world.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Why be a vegan?

The Hindus believe in being a vegetarian. As per the Holy scriptures, the Vedas and the Gita, vegetarianism is lauded. However, there are also detractors to this philosophy. But before I progress further let me just make a personal statement. I am not a vegetarian myself, though at times I am. I would explain why this is so in a few moments.

But let us look at our anatomy first and formost. Our anatomy is that of an omnivour and not a herbivour (such as that of a cow or goat). We have a set of canine teeth to tear away meat and we also have acidic juices in our stomach to digest meat. All this is so because humankind has evolved for many years and thus slowly we have evolved to accomodate meat.

As such the question pops out, should we be vegetarian? My answer to this is both a yes and no. I know you would be perplexed by my answer here, but please bear with me and read on.

The answer yes first. We should be a vegan. There's a few reasons here. Number 1, is a health reason. Meat, red meat, etc. contains high amounts of saturated fats and bad cholestrol. All this would eventually accumulate and pose health risks such as Arteriosclerosis (hope my spelling is correct), diabetes and obesity. It can be seen already that America has one of the highest number of obese people in the world due to fast foods such as McDonalds, KFC and etc.

Secondly, a vegan diet does not create heaviness in a person. A vegan diet relaxes the stomach and the organs and this would be conducive to the practice of meditation. Now why is meditation important? It is because meditation is the tool of spirituality. By keeping the body in shape and light, our ancient wise men knew it would be conducive to a wonderful practice of concentration which leads to a delightful meditation and absorption in the cosmic conciousness.

And thirdly, animal conciousness which is transfered to human conciousness by meat consumption. At the point of death/slaughter, the emotions of animals (such as fear and panic) would manifest and be transfered to the humans who consumes it. To a small degree this affects human emotions. Believe me, I have asked meat eaters to follow me to the cemetery at midnight and none would as they feared there's ghosts and etc. The same cannot be said of pure Vegans, they were more brave!

Thus thats the few reasons I could think of of why we must be a Vegan. Now the opposing view. Why we should also include meat in our diet.

Well, for this argument there's only 2 reasons. One is circumstances. The other is pure desire for meat. Sometimes we're in the company of meat eaters (i.e. family, friends, spouse). Thus we dont want to burden them with our strict vegan diet. Secondly, we ourselves desire meat as a meal.

My take on this once again is, there should not be a desire to be a vegatarian, instead there should be no desire to eat meat!!! There is a diffence in the 2 statements above if you look at it carefully. The 1st one is being a vegan by suppresing his/her meat eating instincts. The 2nd one is leaving meat eating because one is no more interested in meat.  By suppresing our instincts we only make it worse.

Therefore, if one is really inclined to be a vegan, he/she should pray hard so that god would show them a way. Let the divinity work through the human body. Belive me, the meat eating instincts would slowly fade away.

So, as and end note may I wish everyone a Happy Vegan life...if you choose so :-)

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Astrological Significance of Chinese New Year


Its been quite some time since I last blogged. Well, I was in good shape today so I decided to pen something.

Tommorow, 23 January 2012, we would be celebrating the Chinese new year. This year is considered the year of the Water Dragon. It is said that this year is also going to be challenging year for everyone.

Existing literature explains that the CNY (Chinese New Year) is celebrated to welcome the changing of the winter season to that of the spring season in China. Though this is a valid reason, why then is it called The Lunar Chinese New Year?

Well, actually the CNY is celebrated on the New Moon (Amavasai) on the 1st day of the Chinese Calender. As with Hindu traditional custom, the new moon day is used to honour ancestors. Isn't this a great coincidence? Both Chinese and Indian custom honour the ancestors during the new moon?

Well if you ask me, there is only 1 answer to this. Ancient India and ancient China has always had a great relationship. Indian sages such as Bhogar and Bodhinatha had travelled to China to spread their teachings. China too had sent envoys such as Cheng Ho to India to learn of its cultures. Thus an exchange of ideas and practices would cannot be ruled out.

While the CNY is celebrated on the new moon and the 1st waxing moon, the Chap Goh Meh or lantern festival is celebrated on the 14th day, which is the full moon. Thus, the lantern actually is a symbol of the full moon signifying the importance of the full moon.b\

Therefore, the CNY is actually a spiritual period for the chinese, starting from the new moon till the full moon. Ancestor worship, family reunion, and prayers are all part and parcel of the CNY.

Therefore, contrary to popular believe the Chinese also believe on the lunar and planetary effects on the human mind and have devoted a period of time for contemplation.

Well, thats my short thought on the CNY. Before I end this blog post, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy chinese new year 2012, may everyone be blessed with an abundance of good health, great wealth and infinite happiness.

Gong Xi Fa Chai...

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Happy Arudra Darisanam 2012

Well folks, its my favourite day of the year again. Its Arudra Darisinam. Its my favourite day because of 2 reasons. It is celebrated for my favourite deity, Lord Shiva on the star Tiruvadirai or Arudra in Sankskrit. This year it falls on 8 January 2012.
ARUDRA DARISANAM is a festival , celebrated on the day of Tiruvadirai star in Margazhi month.It is essentially Shaivite festival and celebrates the Cosmic dance of Lord Shiva. Arudra star is one of two stars that have the prefix "THIRU". Another star is Onam star - "Thiruonam"favoured for Shiva and Mahavishnu repectively.

Arudra denotes a Red Flame.Lord Shiva has also a name called "Semporjyoti" or "Golden Red Flame". It is in the form of light the lord performs his function of five activities which are Creation, Protection, destruction,Embodiment and Release. Nataraja is the manifestation of the Lord Shiva as a Light.In the month of Marghazhi , on the day when Tiruvadirai star and the Full Moon coincide , we celebrate the esctatic dance of Shiva.

On the Tiruvadirai day in margazhi , Lord Natraja comes out in procession to give darshan to his devotees.In Sanskrit ‘Arthirai’ is called ‘Ardhra’ and the Thiruvathirai anointing ceremony is called Ardhra Abisheka and the Thiruvathirai viewing as Ardhra Darshan. It is held as a great achievement to view the Nataraja's procession in Chidambaram.

In Chidambaram abhishekam for the Lord on tiruvadhirai day in Margazhi will be performed in a grand manner and the devotees will be given KALI as prasadham.Obtaining the prasadam , is attainment of bliss through the Lord.


Story behind why Kali is given as Prasadham :
A devotee named Sendanar had the habit of eating food after offerring it to Lord and then distribute among other devotees . Only the leftover he will eat.On the tiruvadirai day , due to constant bad weather he couldn't get any essential items for preparring proper meal.He had no other option but to mix water with rice flour and prepare a mashed paste.Lord Shiva understood his predicament.He wanted the people to know how sincere his devotee was to him.He disguised himself as a siva devotee and enjoyed what was given to him as food.And as he stood for a while in the Nataraja Sanctrum,The Lord Showered the Kali all over the premises , in recognition of his deep devotion.Since the day the miracle happened Kali is the special offering to Lord Nataraja on Margazhi.
Legend Behind Arudhra darisanam :Once when Mahaa Vishnu was lying down on the great Serpent Adhi sesha, Adhi sesha felt Mahaa Vishnu was quite heavy that time. He asked Mahaa Vishnu what was the reason. Mahaa Vishnu said that he was remembering and enjoying the Dance of Lord Shiva. The answer developed the desire in Adhi seesha to see the Great Dance of Lord Shiva. He asked Mahaa Vishnu how his desire could be fulfilled. Mahaa Vishnu asked him to go to Chithamparam and do "tapas". Adhi seesha came to Chithamparam and prayed the Lord for a long time.
There was another muni and devotee of Lord Shiva in that place, called Viyaagra paadha. He prayed to God to get the legs of tiger, so that he can pluck flowers early in the morning to offer to the God, before any bee touches the flower. He was also praying God to see His Great Dance for a long time.Pleased with their prayer the God appeared on the Thiruvaadhirai day and danced in Chithamparam. The Nataraaja image of the Lord is prayed with great devotion this day. In Chithamparam and other temples it is celebrated as Arudraa dharshanam. In this festival abhisheeka (holy anointing) of Lord Nataraaja takes place early in the morning and then He comes around the town.

So I hope all of you enjoy on this special day and may the blessings and grace of Lord Shiva be upon all.
Om Nama Shivaya.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Lucy





This few days, I have been getting many inspirations. In fact too much of it. Some pertaining to my passion of astrology and metaphysics. Some on my accounting issues. And the best of all on my creative movie acting/directing passion.

As I've been bestowed with great blessings of the moon on my natal chart, that makes me a natural actor and a creative specimen. Alas, my Venus' position in my astrological chart is a bit messed up thus, I've not been able to make it in either Hollywood, Bollywood or even Malaysiawood!!!...blooody crap!

Anyway thought of sharing this crazy little storyline that came to my mind the other day. Its metaphysical in nature, it has to because it comes from me, the 8th House guy!!!...

Well the title of the movie would be "Lucy". Lucy is a demon who possesses a guy name Abhijit. Lucy in essence is a Mohini (English : Succubus). Oh yeah, its a tamil movie in the making. Abhijit mysteriously turns into Lucy every full moon day and kills guys and takes them as her soul slaves.



The movie is meant to be a different kind of tamil movie genre where you will have horror, comedy, and of course the Satchit Anantha efffect. In the end, there will be a twist of magnamious proportions.

So you may ask when the movie's going to be released? Well, if at all I can assemble my team and find the necessary finance I hope to do it in 5 years time.

Till then, I guess I can only daydream of the movie and come up with a script.

What the mind can imagine, men can achieve...Aum

Monday, January 2, 2012

My 2012 New Year Message

I had one of the best new years in many years. Family gatherings and partying was so awesome. Its was  as though you forget there's a reality out there.

Anyway, thought of blogging some of my thoughts here today. I guess I would like to share a simple thought with all of you here.

The world is starting to become complex and sophisticated as time goes by. People are starting to experience the result of this situation and turning themselves into agents of destruction and hatred. Extremism in beliefs and thinking is prompting many damages not just to the physical hardware but also to the fabric of our own conciousness.

People are disorienting themselves by focusing on the extrinsic traits such as race, creed, gender, status and religion and differentiating themselves from one another. Why should we differentiate ourselfs when the colour of all our blood is just the same?

Thefore my simple humble message for this new year is to set aside all our differences together, and lets embrace in the notion of humanity and brotherhood of all mankind. Lets put a stop to all wars, conflicts, and discriminations. Lets welcome this year with a fresh insight of humane love and bring forth the healing presence of the divine touch into our world together.

Happy New Year 2012.