Bindu is a concept in Hinduism that refers to a point or a dot. It is often used to symbolize the point of creation and the ultimate unity of all things.
The Big Bang theory is a scientific theory that explains the origin and evolution of the universe. It proposes that the universe began as a singularity, a point of infinite density and temperature, and has been expanding and evolving over time.
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking.
ChatGPT is handholding you to the answers and Google is pointing the hand to answers.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality ―
Yajnavalkya to his wife Maitreyi, described in the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (4.5.6)
"It is not for the love of a husband that a husband is dear: it is for the love of the self that a husband is dear. It is not for the love of a wife that a wife is dear: it is for the love of the self that a wife is dear. It is not for the love of children that children are dear: it is for the love of the self that children are dear…It is not for the love of the Vedas that the Vedas are dear: it is for the love of the self that the Vedas are dear…It is the self that must be seen, heard, thought of and meditated upon, Maitreyi; when the self has been seen, heard, thought of and meditated upon, all this is known."
Lunar Eclipse is on November 8th
India/Chennai starts at 05:37 PM and end at 06:19 PM
USA/NY/New York starts at 05:09 AM and end at 06:50 AM (Sunrise)
Astrology:
This eclipse is auspicious for those born in Gemini, Cancer, Scorpio, and Aquarius signs and medium results for those born in other signs.
Since this lunar eclipse occurs in Aries, Bharani nakshatra, it is advisable not to see the eclipse as it is not favorable for those born in Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, and Virgo signs.
After the eclipse is over, they should take a bath and pour ghee in a bowl and put an idol of a snake made of silver in it and put an idol of the moon in it and donate it willingly to the priests in a temple or on the banks of a river near you. Ancient priests might have a good time around to collect donations in various times of the year
https://www.onlinejyotish.com/articles/lunar-eclipse-november-2022.php
Mythology:
Two groups of people churning the ocean to get Amirtha/Elixir for over one thousand years. But at the end one group leader want to avoid sharing Amirtha to the other group. One person from the other managed to swallow the Amirtha and Surya/Sun and Chandra/Moon immediately realized informed their own leader. The person's head is cut off by the rival group leader. So the immortal head of the person is taking a revenge to consume Surya and Chandra and causing the lunar and solar eclipses.
Science:
Previous generation believed in these stories and ancient ways of future predictions, but very rarely modern educated society follow the ancient beliefs. Vedic Astrology has nothing to do with either Geocentric of Heliocentric theories but as observed from Earth, all planets are seen in various divisions, sectors and arcs around the night sky.The positions are identified using advanced trigonometry as observed from earth. Not calculations of mass, speed and the gravitational pull of planets. This is called Geocentric Calculation and has nothing to do with the Geocentric or Heliocentric Theories. Because you are on earth, and you want to identify objects from EARTH, you need to do all the observation from earth. Modern science is more advanced than the just the planets and stars visible to the naked eyes.
Future advanced civilization will revise the modern scientific theories on dark matter, dark energy (>68.3% is dark energy in the universe but yet to be observed), black hole, white hole (big bang), virtual particle, graviton, anti-electron, antimatter, big bang, and big rip.
According to one estimate antimatter cost $2700 Trillion Per Gram. Modern global economy recently crossed $100 Trillion.
Dhruvaloka(Pole Star,துருவ நட்சத்திரம்) and Srimad Bhagavadam
Dhruvaloka(Pole Star,துருவ நட்சத்திரம்), the abode of Lord Vişnu within this universe, is situated 1,300,000 yojanas from the seven stars (Big Dipper) (Srimad Bhagavadam 5.23.3). Tthe totality of these planetary systems to be Shisumara, another expansion of the external body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
https://prabhupada.io/books/sb/5/23/3
On the end of its tail is Dhruvaloka, on the body of the tail are Prajāpati, Agni, Indra and Dharma, and on the root of the tail are Dhātā and Vidhātā. On its waist are the seven great sages.
Fastened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the machine of material nature according to the results of their fruitive acts, they are driven around the polestar by the wind and will continue to be so until the end of creation. These planets float in the air within the vast sky, just as clouds with hundreds of tons of water float in the air or as the great śyena eagles, due to the results of past activities, fly high in the sky and have no chance of falling to the ground.
https://prabhupada.io/books/sb/5/23
Pole star region considered an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva. Great yogīs meditate upon Vāsudeva in this form because it is actually visible. SB 5.23.4
On the upper chin of the Shisumara is Agasti; on its lower chin, Yamarāja; on its mouth, Mars; on its genitals, Saturn; on the back of its neck, Jupiter; on its chest, the sun; and within the core of its heart, Nārāyaṇa. Within its mind is the moon; on its navel, Venus; and on its breasts, the Aśvinī-kumāras. Within its life air, which is known as prāṇāpāna, is Mercury, on its neck is Rāhu, all over its body are comets, and in its pores are the numerous stars. SB 5.23.7
The circumpolar constellations (Ursa Major) never seem to set, and they simply rotate around the pole star that basically supported concept of Heaven/God/Shakthi for people of ancient civilizations. Linga is concept of axis mundi (the celestial pole) or navel of the world or Cosmos. Mount Hermon was regarded as the axis mundi in Canaanite tradition. High mountains are worshiped as sacred by peoples living near them considering Circumpolar stars near North Star as Heaven.
Vedic sages worship the Śhiśumāra planetary system, which is technically known as the Kuṇḍalini-cakra
The term axis mundi — also called the cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, center of the world, or world tree — has been greatly extended to refer to any mythological concept representing "the connection between Heaven and Earth".
Every Hindu temple is built on a cosmic plan and the roof tower crowning the shrine refers to Kalasha (The Purna-Kalasha is considered a symbol of abundance and "source of life" in the Vedas) and temple top represents mount Meru which extends into the heavens pointing towards the world axis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_mundi
The above observation from earth is based on earth as a center (geocentric coordinate system). Modern science use heliocentric model (sun as the center). Sun takes us about 230 million years to make one complete orbit around the Milky Way.
If you draw a line across last two stars in Ursa Major, it should always direct to the North Star/Polaris/துருவ நட்சத்திரம். As earth rotates/revolves around sun, URSA Major constellation looks different in different seasons.
(In Tamil) அண்டத்திலுள்ளதே பிண்டம்
பிண்டத்திலுள்ளதே அண்டம்
அண்டமும் பிண்டமு மொன்றே
அறிந்து தான் பார்க்கும் போதே.
We are part of this universe, we are in this universe, and universe is in us. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ― Rumi
Everything is a hydrogen and rest of the elements and life ingredients were cooked in star mother's stomachs and scattered during explosions. Lightest and simplest element, made entirely during the big bang, a new story of modern-day Homo Sapien scientists/rishis. Another story dark matter which comprises 75% of unknown matter in the universe. These scientific hypotheses might be collapsed by future Robo Sapien generations.
Religion, as we know it, will go down in 100 years - Sadguru
"Today, human intellect is sparking like never before. More people are thinking for themselves than ever before in the history of humanity. Today, even if God spoke to you, and if he did not make logical sense, you wouldn’t buy it. There was a time when people would. So, in many ways, the heavens are crumbling. Right now, it may be happening to individuals, but gradually it will become a widespread phenomenon". - Sadguru
Religion, as we know it, will go down in 100 years (sadhguru.org)
In the past few thousand years we had a Religion 1.0. Gods are commercialized to the extent they can be bought or sold in Walmart, Target and Amazon online. After religion 1.0 heaven's collapse, we will be entering into next paradise religion of consciousness/spirituality/meditation, a Spirituality 2.0. The new tools such as yoga, meditation, inner engineering, conscious breathing, mindfulness, meaningfulness, (dance, music), etc. will be commercialized/emphasized in the future.
The swastika symbol, 卐 or 卍, is an ancient religious and cultural symbol.
Heaven is an illusion
Visual rotation of Big Dipper (Saptarishis, seven sages) around fixed pole star(polaris) is an illusion. Stars are not rotating but we along with earth rotating. Polaris star located 323 light-years away (~ 1,818 trillion miles, ~12 million years travel by rocket).
Saptarishis (seven sages, Big Dipper) circumambulates (offering Pradakshinam) around the north star/polaris/shiva abode in a clockwise direction clockwise forming a figure (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing prosperity and good luck. Swastika is a symbol of the sky clock. Shiva's abode is at center (Shivasakthi). In the Rigveda Mt. Meru is described as a transcendental mountain extending from the deepest ocean up into space and the summit of lord Shiva's abode is near the North Star or Polaris. It appeared to ancient people that these circumpolar constellations were controlling the movement of all stars and planets around it. To concentrate their minds, yogis worship the Sisumara planetary system, which is technically known as the kundalini-chakra. Mongolian legend the star is a peg that holds the world together.
If you could locate the north star today at your place, it will in the same place another few thousand years. Polaris is more constant than a magnetic compass, and as such has been a part of navigation and wayfinding techniques around the Northern Hemisphere for generations. Only about 0.7 degree separates Polaris from the North Celestial Pole.
The circumpolar constellations (Ursa Major) never seem to set and they simply rotate around the pole star that basically supported concept of Heaven/God/Shakthi for people of ancient civilizations.
Egyptian ideology. "Circumpolar stars are a very good metaphor for the afterlife because when viewed, they never seem to set, they simply rotate around the pole star. They are the undying stars, or in Egyptian terminology, the Indestructible, a perfect destination for the soul of the dead king.
Since earth axis of rotation moves like to play toy top, it rotates for 26,000 years. About 4,500 years ago, the Egyptians believed that the unmovable area the stars encircled by 10 degrees each, was heaven in the sense that it was the place of the afterlife. The pole star at the time was Thuban (Alpha Draconis). Please note now north star is Polaris (Dhurva Nakshatra). This will remain as north star for another few thousand stars. After 26,000 years, Polaris again a north star for us.
The entrances to all the Fourth Dynasty pyramids at Giza (the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure) are in their north faces and the corridors are sloped down from the entrances in such a way that both the circumpolar stars and the pole star were visible. The positioning of the pyramids is such that they do not block each other's views of these stars. Thuban was the nail that held up the heavens. They regarded it as the single unchanging point in the ever-changing heavens.
Oldest Swastika symbols are from the Mohenjo-Daro and Harappan ruins.
By 7500 AD, we’ll probably be using the star Alpha Cephei as our North Star.
By 11500 AD, we’ll be using Delta Cygni to find north.
By 14000 AD, we’ll be using the very bright star Vega as our North Star.
By 23000 AD, we’ll be using the dim star Thuban.
By 26,000 more years we will once again using the same Pole Star Polaris!
The word “yoga” comes from the Indian Sanskrit root “yuj” which means “join” or “union”. The Ancient Egyptian term is “Smai” which also means ‘union’. The hieroglyph ‘Sma’ represents the union of the two lungs and trachea, therefore it can be interpreted as the union of the Higher and Lower Self as it becomes One consciousness.
Both ancient Africa (Egypt and Ethiopia), Indus valley civilization and India share similar historical records of Yoga. Indus civilization terracotta has poses that are unique in yoga traditions even today. Perhaps practiced in Egypt before it was introduced into India and other cultures. Yoga traced back to around 6000 BCE and associated with Egyptian God Osiris (Oser) the early source of spiritual teaching. Perhaps the Ancient Egyptians were ancient times, colonists in India. Patanjali is called as the ‘Father of Yoga’ (200BCE). Yoga appeared in the Vedas (3000-1200 BC). Appeared in Upanishads around 800 BCE and in the Bhagavad Gita around 500 BCE. In the 16th Century Hatha Yoga Pradipika was recorded by Swami Svatmarama. In Hindu astrology, Summer Solstice is known as Tropical Dakshinayana.
The summer solstice is a great thing for ancients. It is when sun stopped northern movement and start moving south. Several ancient monuments were aligns with the sun of the summer solstice. Examples are present in The Temple of Karnak, Egypt, Stonehenge, England, Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico, Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu, Peru, Pyramid of Chichen Itza, Mexico, Mnajdra Temple, Malta, and Jantar Mantar, India.
Ancient Egyptian Culture
The Ankh became a connecting symbol of great civilizations across the world for 5000 years. Ankh is an Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for "life" or "breath of life" (Latin, meaning “cross with a handle"). Ankh symbolically represents generative principle of nature. The ankh represents the union of man (Osiris, the cross) and woman (Isis, the oval) and symbolizes the creation of life through this union. The horizontal part of the cross represents the division between the heaven and earth while the vertical part is considered to represent the two-way communication between these two realms. The Egyptians believed that the afterlife was as meaningful as the present one and the ankh provided the key to the gates of death and what lay beyond.
Christianity
The ankh's association with the afterlife made Coptic church of Egypt to inherit potent symbol in the 4th century BCE. Ankh is a symbol of Christ's promise of everlasting life through belief in his sacrifice and resurrection through Christ. There are many types of crosses among various denominations. Emperor Constantine was a Pagan. He adopted the pagan symbolism so that it would be easier for the pagans/idol worshippers to convert.
Hinduism (Shivling or Shivalingam)
Like Ankh representing union Osiris and Isis, it represents union of Shiva and Parvati. Hindus consider the lingam and yoni together to symbolize the union of the male and female principles and the totality of all existence. There are many other stories exist in Hinduism.
Arthanarishwar and Ankh
Ardhanarishvara, (Sanskrit: “Lord Who Is Half Woman”) half male and half female figure of Shiva (right, male) and Parvati (left, female). It means the lord whose half is a woman.
Isis and Osris immaculate union (Egypt) and Kali and Shiva union (Hinduism)
Isis and Osris immaculate conception is similar to Shiva and Parvati union. According to Mr. Devdutt Pattanaik is a famous mythologist, in the Shiva lingam, the phallus does not point downward but points upward. This is because Shakti is on top of Lord Shiva, facing north, while he lies on his back facing south. This position is called viparita-rati or reverse status in Tantra. Lingams are found at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro excations. The Pashupati seal is ithyphallic and depicts proto-type Shiva.
Swastika
Ancient symbol, Swastika is sign of spiritual energy flow, well being and auspiciousness. The word originates from Sanskrit, as in “swasth” for health and “tika” meaning mark. Swastika is found in the Egypt, Indus Valley, Pre-Vedic-Indus, Hindus, Buddhists, Greeks, and many other cultures. The Swastika is the originator of fire by friction. Agni, the fire god, is born from the conjunction of pramantha and arani, the process symbolized by the swastika. The Swastika represents the two pieces of wood which were laid cross-wise upon one another before the sacrificial altars in order to produce the holy fire (Agni), and whose ends were bent round at right angles and fastened by means of four nails, so that this wooden scaffolding might not be moved. At the point where the two pieces of wood were joined, there was a small hole, in which a third piece of wood, in the form of a lance (called Pramantha) was rotated by means of a cord made of cow’s hair and hemp, till the fire was generated by friction. In Hinduism, these four arms represent as 'the four arms of Vishnu'.
Saptarishis (seven sages, Big Dipper) circumambulates (offering Pradakshinam) around the north star/polaris/shiva abode in a clockwise direction clockwise forming a figure (卐) is called swastika. Swastika is a symbol of the sky clock. Shiva's abode is at center (Shivasakthi). In the Rigveda Mt. Meru is described as a transcendental mountain extending from the deepest ocean up into space and the summit of lord Shiva's abode is near the North Star or Polaris.
Hinduism Pavithram and Knot of ISIS
Hindus priests, wear this key like symbol Pavithram made up of Dharba grass during every ritual or Puja. Like Egyptian Gods get or give energy with Ankh, Hindus get energy from the sun by wearing Pavithram. This symbol can be interpreted as Lingam and Yoni of Saivism as well. The knot/tyet sign was considered a potent symbol of protection in the afterlife and the Book of the Dead specifies that the knot/tyet be made of blood-red stone, like this example, and placed at the deceased's neck.
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Islam
A few Hindu scholars claim that the Black Stone in Kaaba is actually a Shiva lingam. When Muhammad Paigambar attacked Kaaba and destroyed all the idols there, he did not destroy this Black Stone. Muslims believe this stone was sent by Allah to the Earth to reduce the sins of humans. Muslims circumambulate Kaaba to symbolize their belief in and worship of the one true God, Allah.
Chinese
Yin Yang (duality, opposite entities) in Taoism, are the same as Ida-Pingala (solar/lunar or masculine/feminine/Pingala) in Meditative/Yogic systems. Ida refers to the chandra (yin) energies of the moon while pingala refers to the surya (yang) energies of the sun. In biology class, we learnt the union of male and female organs leads to the creation of life.
Future interpretations
As religions evolve over the time, increasingly the future priests will interpret these symbols to theories such as Black hole, Singularity, Big Bang, Supernova, Cosmic pillar, Cosmic consciousness, and Nuclear energy.
There are many similarities found between Egyptian baboon God, Thoth and Hindu God, Hanuman. Both in Egypt and India, monkey gods are revered.
The name Hanuman might have derived from ancient city of hmnw (ancient Egyptian: ḫmnw /χaˈmaːnaw) – a city where a temple for Thoth exist. Vanaras could be representing the origin from Nubians or some tribe that helped Rameses II of Egypt during the war and it may not represent the origin from south Indians. Rama's exile might be a military expedition by Rameses II of Egypt, against the revolting rebels from south. Ayodhya in Ramayana might be the Abydos city in Egypt.
Temple of Beit el-Wali (means “the House of the Saint”) in Nubia could be the Vali of Ramayana.
Thoth acted as a kind of mediator between the people and the gods. Hanuman is also a wiser and mediator in Ramayana, in Hinduism.
Not only were baboons linked to the moon-god, but also to the sun-god. Baboons warm themselves facing the morning sun and ancient Egyptians might have interpreted this as sun welcoming behavior. Accompanying baboon vocal voices perhaps interpreted as greetings to the sun. Studies on primates indicate the digestive benefits from soaking up before the sun. In Hinduism Hanuman tried to eat the sun during his childhood.
Thoth can be seen in his baboon or ibis form sitting on top of the judgment scales during the weighing of the heart, recording the decision. Thoth assist the dead in their passage to the afterlife.
The Presence of baboon mummies of the baboons in the royal tombs indicates their importance as only the wealthy could afford mummification of their bodies.
Two deities Osiris and Shiva from different times and different continents intimately linked together by their identity with the same constellation of stars, now known as Orion.
Purusha Mukha (human face), or Purusha Mriga (man wild beast) purify those devotees that look at them, upon entering, by removing their sins. In ancient Egypt, the sphinx was a spiritual guardian.
From Egypt, the sphinx imported to both Asia and Greece around 15th to 16th century B.C. Egypt sphinx was constructed in 26th century B.C.
Shiva activities are creation, Preservation, Destruction, Illusion and Salvation, in the temple of Chidambaram in south India. Osiris, ancient Egypt’s god of rebirth and fertility.
Dionysus is the Greek religion and myths counterpart of Indian Shiva and Egyptian Osiris. Dionysus is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity and theatre.
There are many similarities among many cultures. It is better appreciate the similarities than finding the differences.
Abraham (Consort Sara or Sarai, wife & half-sister) in Christianity <=> Brahma (Consort Sara-iswati, Saraswati) in Hinduism, <=> Ibrahim (Islam)
Abraham is the patriarch/father of Jews,Christians and Muslims <=> Brahma is the creator in Hinduism
Abraham's son Isaac (through wife Sara) - Christians consider themselves of descendants of Issac.
Abraham son Ismail (throw slave wife Hagar) - Muslims consider themselves of descendants of Ishmael.
In India, a tributary of the river Saraisvati is Ghaggar (Hagar). Perhaps Abraham could have driven out to west by Asuras in the east. In bible, Abram (later called Abraham) moves to ancient Egypt in order to evade a famine. Abraham might have descended from some of the numerous Brahman priests who left India to spread their teachings throughout the world
Jews <=> Kalani, an Indian tribe or sect
Jewish festival Purim <=> Holi celebrated on the same day.
Jewish calendar <=> coincides with Durga puja in the Hindu calendar. Many rituals same.
(Hebrew) Ishaak <=> (Sanskrit) Ishakhu = “Friend of Shiva.”
(Hebrew) Ishmael = (Sanskrit) Ish-Mahal = “Great Shiva.”
Noah (Christianity, Flood story, great flood in the epic of Gilgamesh of Sumerians, Nuh in Islam) <=> Manu (First Avatar, Flood story, Matsya-avatar(Matsya Puranas).
Murungu god(25 tribes worship this god resides in sacred mountains) <=> Murugan (Dravidian God of Mountains, in southern India). The Ethiopian Kebra Negas regarded Western India as a portion of the Ethiopian Empire.
Rameses EE, the most famous Pharaoh of Egypt <=> Rama, in Ramayana (?). Perhaps a Egyptian origin.
Dushratta, King of Mitanm m Syria <=> Dasa-ratha of Ramayana
Enemies of Ram-Ses(Ancient Egypt) were depicted with multiple heads and arms and were referred as Labarna <=> Ravana with multiple heads in Ramayana.
Egyptian Paraa or "Pharaoh <=> The Indian Prabhu (Sanskrit "ruler, master, lord")
Assur was the father of the Assyrians, "the great god, king of all the gods." <=> Asuras in Hindusim. Powerful superhuman demigods or demons with good or bad qualities. The good Asuras are called Adityas(Sun Gods).
The leaders were called Khassis (Kassites), Kushi (Kushites), Cossacks (Russian military caste) Caesars (Roman ruling caste), Hattiya (Hittites), Cuthites (a dialectical form of Hittite), Hurrite (another dialectical form of Hittite), Cathay (Chinese leaders), Kasheetl/Kashikeh among the Aztecs, Kashikhel/Kisheh by the Mayans, and Keshuah/Kush by the Incas. The Assyrians (in English), Asirios (in Spanish), Asuras or Ashuras (India), Ashuriya, Asuriya (Sumer and Babylonia), Asir (Arabia), Ahura (Persia), Suré in Central Mexico, etc., were people who worshipped Surya (the Sun).
