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Spring Allergies

Why is it that so many Americans are afflicted by seasonal allergies? The answer is simple, but before that, what is an allergic reaction? An allergic reaction is when the immune system attacks any foreign bodies (intruders) that it does not recognize. If the body recognizes these intruders then it will handle it smoothly (the [...]

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Shani

May 22nd, 2003 spari Bhakti 2 comments

Note: whether this is true or not is irrelevant, and it has nothing to do with astrology either. The point is the ability of these allegories to take your mind to other realities or conversely giving us a sense of humility as far our understanding of our current reality, and keeping us from losing touch [...]

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Lunar Eclipse

May 15th, 2003 spari Bhakti No comments

Rahu devours the Moon.Total Lunar Eclipse today, 22:00 – 01:00 EST.The ecliptics of the planets are at different angles. The same goes for the Moon around the Earth, its ecliptic has its own angle.The intersecting points of the Moon’s ecliptic and Earth’s ecliptic are known as the North and South Nodes. In Hindu mythology they [...]

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Stigmata

May 9th, 2003 spari Films No comments

A modest film for the spiritual message it conveys. Stigmata is a phenomenon where one becomes so intensely in passion with the object of worship that one takes on its attributes. Specifically it has to do with receiving the wounds of Christ when he was crucified.In Stigmata, Frankie receives the wounds of Christ. What I [...]

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Mercury Waste

For past few years environmentalists in Tamil Nadu have been after a company that had leaked 22 tons of toxic mercury waste in Kodaikannal. For those who don’t know, even a minute presence of mercury is enough to permanently damage the land and devastate all life forms, and mercury once it gets in – stays [...]

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Varna Structure

May 2nd, 2003 spari Hinduism No comments

This article is a continuation of The Caste System. Another way of looking at varnasrama is via a pyramid ranking, where people of Brahmin varna are at the top, Kshatriya and Vaishya the next two layers, and Shudras the base of the pyramid. The idea behind this is that, Brahmins represent those folks who set [...]

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Caste System

May 2nd, 2003 spari Hinduism No comments

My two cents on the caste system. 1. Varnasrama The “caste system” as it exists today is very much a degenerate version of varnasrama – a technical classification of personality types, conceived a couple of thousand years before Carl Jung and his theory of personality archetypes . Varna = variations, variegations, colors, tones, differences, spectrums, [...]

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Astrology

May 2nd, 2003 spari General 1 comment

Preface I believe in astrology to certain a extent, i.e. only to the degree to which it is accurate today – which is to say, not much. I do believe there was a scientific basis for it, but that it is beyond our reach today, to the extent it can no longer be called a [...]

  • The astrology of your kids and relatives and friends. For example if a father has a short life span and the horoscope of both his kids indicate the kid’s father will have a long life, then his life will be increased. But how many people take into account the horoscope of their spouse or sons and daughters?
  • The timing. It’s all about the timing. Just like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and just like divining using an oracle like the I Ching, it’s all about the time and place, that you decide to ask that question. The position of the stars, the orientation of yourself, the pattern of your breath, etc. As you breath, so does the cosmic breath of the Universe. Everything is interconnected at the quantum level, and everything is One at the conscious level.
  • And the last but not least other factor is: God. Depending upon how much you engage yourself with the Source, you change your destiny that much so.
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    Fate

    May 2nd, 2003 spari General No comments

    Debunking Fate What is fate? The very definition of fate implies that we can predict that a certain event will happen with certainty (100% probability). But because most of these “predictive” sciences depend very much on our interpretation (i.e. translating/anthropomorphizing the effects from stars – it is which is very subjective), it can never possible [...]

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