tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post3627894922206852457..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Shiva Rudra - Tribute to the Red Eyed LordKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-74101819536862679692009-10-28T03:18:58.662+05:302009-10-28T03:18:58.662+05:30Your description is very clear and makes it easy t...Your description is very clear and makes it easy to understand<br /><br /><a href="http://www.makemysite.in" rel="nofollow"> How to make a website </a>workhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139837491287164337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32208234849686002132009-01-15T17:52:00.000+05:302009-01-15T17:52:00.000+05:30Hi Rwitoja, The basic communication of realisation...Hi Rwitoja, The basic communication of realisation of the formless energy in all physical forms by 'Yogis' (yoga meaning addition of physical and spiritual), as expressed by, say 'pyramid' in Egypt, or 'light within' each human individual in 'ancient India' (name obviouisly derived from 'Indu', the Moon) was clearly understood by the 'wise' few for long [when seen with the background knowledge JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-56723381298576913642009-01-15T13:30:00.000+05:302009-01-15T13:30:00.000+05:30Joshi uncle, I remember reading about a temple con...Joshi uncle, I remember reading about a temple constructed by a Tamil siddhar saint(sorry,I do not remember his name).The temple's garbhagriha had a mirror and a flame burning before it.The person who entered the garbhagriha would see his own image ,superimposed by the flame.The brahmins were outraged and destroyed the temple.But is'nt the concept a beautiful one?Rwitoja Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364314064124051445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-6873925879393673672009-01-14T18:27:00.000+05:302009-01-14T18:27:00.000+05:30Hi Ritwoja, Sorry! delay is due to inaccessibility...Hi Ritwoja, Sorry! delay is due to inaccessibility of computer for some days where I was located for sometime, away from daughter's residence in Mumbai...<BR/><BR/>One caould perhaps take help of what 'you' believe to be 'real you' and 'your own image in a mirror' - either plain (which 'we' generally are accustomed to in our day-to-day life), or even 'magical mirrors' that reflect various images JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-70292631028547270882009-01-04T13:35:00.000+05:302009-01-04T13:35:00.000+05:30Hello Joshi uncle, What you are saying makes sens...Hello Joshi uncle,<BR/> What you are saying makes sense but I am not really able to conceptualise it.I think some special ability is needed to understand such abstract concepts.But one thing that I have experienced is the slowing down of time during meditation.I would think only about half an hour has passed but the clock would tell me more than two hours have gone by.And no,I had'nt gone to Rwitoja Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364314064124051445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-3220735217604204262009-01-02T18:14:00.000+05:302009-01-02T18:14:00.000+05:30Once you are able to believe in the concept of for...Once you are able to believe in the concept of formless being to be related with zero time and space, the believable creation/ destruction shoould also be accepted to happen in zero time. That is, the 'present' ever remains zero. And, therefore the apparent rise and fall, construction and destruction, has to be a phenomenon akin to action replay of events that apparently happen in a fraction of aJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-87159918050205675752009-01-02T13:34:00.000+05:302009-01-02T13:34:00.000+05:30I dont think these are theories as much as they ar...I dont think these are theories as much as they are different versions of the same science. They might be perceived to be different because they explain with different terminology, but essentially the core of all these "theories" might just be a single truth.Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-67934385880068250342009-01-02T10:49:00.000+05:302009-01-02T10:49:00.000+05:30Hi. Just adding my 2cents worth here. No one "deci...Hi. Just adding my 2cents worth here. No one "decides" anyone's fate. Just as a particular configuration of proteins in genes cause a particular genetic attribute, a particular astral configuration upon birth causes a particular pattern of life. Given the mindboggling permutations possible and the eons of human life that pass, its quite natural for similar personalities to emerge now and then. YOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-16743784219041909632009-01-02T09:59:00.000+05:302009-01-02T09:59:00.000+05:30Hi, The wise ancients realised existence of one an...Hi, The wise ancients realised existence of one and only supreme being who believably is reviewing His Own Past stories related with evolution, for purpose not made known to humans, who are in fact conveyed as His recording devices... The reflections of this are also believably seen in each individual's life which is like a flash only in the unending cycle...from Satyuga to Kaliyuga, that are JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-22945793671632887532009-01-02T07:09:00.000+05:302009-01-02T07:09:00.000+05:30You know, there isnt too much of a secret to spiri...You know, there isnt too much of a secret to spiritualism! Its quite all around us! The secrecy is in us attempting to open up our own minds and as we progress in that the ease of realizing life and understanding spiritualism is so much higher that it comes as a pleasant surprise so much so that it appears like a secret unraveled. <BR/><BR/>Its in our interpretation. If you are looking for Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-47453091224663919812009-01-01T13:47:00.000+05:302009-01-01T13:47:00.000+05:30This is the definition of 'deja vu'in Wikipedia -"...This is the definition of 'deja vu'in Wikipedia -"Déjà vu (help·info) "already seen"; also called paramnesia, from Greek παρα "para," "near" + μνήμη "mnēmē," "memory") or promnesia, is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously (an individual feels as though an event has already happened or has happened in the near past). The term was coined byAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-82460738973243731592008-12-31T14:18:00.000+05:302008-12-31T14:18:00.000+05:30HiDeja vu occurs when we see future events in drea...Hi<BR/><BR/>Deja vu occurs when we see future events in dreams or in the subconscious half sleep state but is unlikely to be a re-enacting of the past. Else we would take the same life and role which we do not. <BR/><BR/>One more thing is that our lives cannot be entirely compared with that of Lord Rama's or any avatar as they belonged to another yuga where the character and rules of living and Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-2977206729913433792008-12-30T18:22:00.000+05:302008-12-30T18:22:00.000+05:30To my mind,the story from Ramayan seems to suggest...To my mind,the story from Ramayan seems to suggest that when people see future events, they might be actually seeing the past.What is going to be the future for us has already taken place in other cycles of creation.In each cycle, in Treta yug, Ram takes avatar and drops his ring.Maybe, in the same way, we all keep coming back,playing the same roles.Could it be because of this,that we all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-27070727663160007362008-12-30T13:50:00.000+05:302008-12-30T13:50:00.000+05:30Well, judging by the fact that we all have a horos...Well, judging by the fact that we all have a horoscope and that by itself already defines the life we are going to lead, whether we like it or not indicates in itself that the future has already been thought about. <BR/><BR/>The point here is we dont have any control of this, and all we can attempt to do with right guidance is minimize the impact of misery we face. <BR/><BR/>The question can be Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-48221797126363739192008-12-30T13:00:00.000+05:302008-12-30T13:00:00.000+05:30I apologise that this does'nt relate to this post ...I apologise that this does'nt relate to this post but this seems to be a good forum where one can expect to get answers.I have always been intrigued by people's ability to foresee the future ie Nostradamus.How can someone see something which has'nt yet happened unless it all exists somewhere?Maybe like a movie which we can fast forward and see?I read a story from Ramayan which seems to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-45503058243000293292008-12-29T21:22:00.000+05:302008-12-29T21:22:00.000+05:30Sound, as well as silence, also is invisible, but ...Sound, as well as silence, also is invisible, but ears, and brain as the nodal point, help one to recognise a particular sound heard with some particular element(s) of 'Nature' - only if and when one has got exposure to that at some point in the 'past'...One can't converse with another human being even if one is not conversant with the particular language, either one or both of them have been JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-37449788008845725712008-12-29T19:23:00.000+05:302008-12-29T19:23:00.000+05:30In the month of March '08, 'I' revisited Nainital ...In the month of March '08, 'I' revisited Nainital after having visited it first time in 1951. 'I' could not believe that during that visit, nearly six decades ago, 'I' had climbed Naina Peak (then called China Peak), located about 2,000 feet above the lake level, comfortably...whereas, during this visit, leave aside attempting it, 'I' wondered how 'I' could possibly do it then! It was tiring evenJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-2674357742722590902008-12-29T19:01:00.000+05:302008-12-29T19:01:00.000+05:30Hindu concept of existence of a unique Supreme Bei...Hindu concept of existence of a unique Supreme Being, the Supreme Soul or Paramatma, who is seen in the form of the infinite universe, made up of innumerable galaxies, is perhaps difficult for an average human being in Kaliyuga, whose finite form believably, according to advanced Hindus is a result of use of the essence of the infinite universe in the form of the solar system... <BR/><BR/>One JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-39916375496599142882008-12-29T18:23:00.000+05:302008-12-29T18:23:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, What 'I' meant was that your write up ...Hi Kavitha, What 'I' meant was that your write up is very close to the 'truth' and due to 'inferiority complex' (on account of apparent heirarchy) one is unable to realise that one itself is one of the aspects of 'Shiva'. And that 'Shiva' conveys the unfathomable immortal formless supreme being, called 'anadi' (having no beginning) and 'anant' (having no end) who is basically a unique being JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-31947700567602805232008-12-29T12:55:00.000+05:302008-12-29T12:55:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, Sri Aurobindo speaks of the 'profound ...Hi Kavitha,<BR/> Sri Aurobindo speaks of the 'profound truths of Hinduism'.Each deity exists in both symbolic and real forms and represent different forces or aspects of the supreme power.They are not merely symbolic or figments of somebody's imagination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-51838331926097831392008-12-29T11:17:00.000+05:302008-12-29T11:17:00.000+05:30Your comment comes as a surprise to me. I have bee...Your comment comes as a surprise to me. I have been writing for a while, but there is something i seemed to have missed. I dont know if am reading into your comment too much... but is there something else you want to convey?Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-53413776339202679432008-12-29T09:56:00.000+05:302008-12-29T09:56:00.000+05:30Yes, Kavitha, you have now expressed in words the ...Yes, Kavitha, you have now expressed in words the communication through 'abhaya mudra' of Nataraja Shiva...JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.com