The Fourfold Yoga

The Jupiterian Law or Brihaspathi Neethi

2011-06-18T21:51:00.001-07:00

Suppose your son goes against you. Will you throw him out of the house ?

This is where Jupiterian Law or Brihaspathi Neethi or Jesusian Law comes into operation.

Love is giving and forgiving
Self is getting and forgetting !

Conquer by Love ! This is the message handed out to us by the millenial philosophers, millenial poets and millenial prophets !

Love is a Glory from Eternity's spheres
He is still the Godhead that can make all change

Love should never cease to be upon the Earth
Love is the bright link betwixt Earth and Heaven
Love is the far Transcendent's angel here
Love is man's lien on the Absolute !

Sai and Jesus say " Love your enemies, bless them that curse you and bless them that persecute you" !

Let us be arrayed from head to foot with their commandments. ' Conquer everything with Patience and Love" is their eternal message !

Byron said " Take away Love and the whole world becomes a tomb "

Jupiter is the preceptor of the celestials and represents the divine arts and sciences. The scientia intuitiva or intuive sciences are a great preparation for Eternal Liberation. Without the discriminative intellect or prajna imparted by him, no one can hope for Self Actualisation. He represents the Sreyo Marga ( the way of Being and of Bliss ) and Venus represents the Preyo Marga ( the way of Mammon and the flesh ). Both paths are followed by mankind !

Goethe echoed the same when he averred

Now lead me where some heavenly silence glasses
The purer joys around the Poet throng
Where Love and Friendship divinely fashion
The bonds that bless, the wreaths that crown his passion !

Yoga Sastra, Nyaya Sastra, Neethi Sastra, Vedanta Sastra, Jyothis Sastra and all such sciences are ruled by Jupiter or Brihaspathi. Sasanath Thrayathe ithi Sastram - meaning that Redeeming instructions are called Sastras ( like fatherly advice to a son ). Hence Jupiter or Brihaspathi is the greatest benefic, from the perspective of Self Actualisation. He represents Grace Divine, without which no Self Realisatoin is possible.

Love is a manna sent from Heaven, a spark of the Immortal Fire, sent by the Lord to elevate our low desire ! Let Almighty Love triumph on earth !

From the Center where the Heart of God is known
Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men
Let Love triumph on Earth !

Let us Love All, Serve All, Help Ever, Hate None and Hurt Never, thereby fulfilling the Jupiterian Law !

The Venusian Law ( Shukra Neeti )

2011-06-17T21:25:00.001-07:00

The Mosaic Law of Western Thought is known as Shukra Neethi ( Venusian Law ) in Indian Philosophy. The Jesusian Law corresponds to Brihaspathi Neethi, that is rising to a higher plane which returns good for evil !

Even though it is taught that lying is Sin and should be avoided, Shukra Neethi or the Venusian Law states that one can lie for virtue !

Kaliyil prana rakshakkum
Go brahmana hithathinum
Kanya Vitha rakshakkum
Poli Nindithamalledo !

In business, one cannot be trufhful all the time. There is a saying, Truth is ruinous, hence suppressio veriti, suggestio falsi ! In order to make profits, the biz man is given the licence to lie !

Milton said that Mammon was the first teacher of Man

By him first
Men also

The God and Mammon of Western Thought have their equivalents in

Brihaspathi or Jupiter - the Guru of the celestials and representer of the twelve positive sciences of the Vedas

Shukra or Venus - the Guru of the demons and representer of all modern sciences

Milton's " It is better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven " is Venusian or Shukra Neeti and is widely followed by politicians, mafia chiefs, the priesthood and the captialists !

In Mythology Indian, Venus or Sage Shukra was born to Bhrighu and Usana. He was born on the day of Freya or Venus, Friday. He was born in the constellation of Swathi. Freya is Venus in Norse Mythology and Freya's day became Friday. Shukravar is Friday and is named after Shukra. Shukra was sent to learn the Vedas from Angiras, who was partial to his son, Brihaspathi. However, Shukra learnt the Vedas from Gauthama. He later performed penance to Lord Shiva and obtained the Sanjeevani Mantra, a mantra which can resurrect the dead.

When Jupiter or Brihaspathi became the Guru of the celestials, Shukra competed and became the Guru of the demons ! He exhorted the demons to win the war against the celestials !

When King Bali was tested by Lord Vishnu in the form of the dwarf Vamana, Shukra immediately knew of the deceipt and warned King Bali. He sat in the spout of a vase, which was spotted by Lord Vishnu. Vishnu picked a straw from the ground and directed it on the spout, with the result Shukra became half blind !

Shukra corresponds to Machiavelli. Machiavelli opined that to be feared is better than to be loved. ( "Love is preserved by the link of obligation which men in their baseness break off at every opportunity for their own advantage, whereas fear preserves you with the dread of punishment which never fails " ). Machiavelli opined that men are base and ugly. ( " This has to be asserted in general for men, that they are cowardly, covetous, ungrateful, fickeminded and false and as long as you succeed, they are yours entirely"). Armed prophets had succeeded, whereas the unarmed had failed !

The Jesus and Machiavelli of Western thought, both dialectical opposites, correspond to Brihaspathi and Shukra of Indian thought !

Shukra in Sanskrit means brightness, clearness, purity. These mythological figures are planets and Vedic Symbolism was used by the Rishies. Astrologically, he represents the mundane arts and the mundane sciences, whereas Jupiter or Brihaspati represents the divine sciences and the divine arts.

The greatest donation is the donation of Knowledge

2011-06-14T18:24:00.001-07:00

Wisdom ( Vidya ) comes disguised as a woman and tells the scholar not to teach Wisdom to the undeserving

Dhana dayi Brahma chari cha
Medhavi srothita priya

Impart Me, Wisdom, to the deserving - to donators of wealth, celibates, to the intelligentia and those who seek the Vedas !

In fact there are verses which ban imparting knowledge to the arrogant, to the atheist. If imparted, it will end only in sorrow !

Na deyam para shishyaya nasthikaya shadaya cha
Datteyam Prathi dinam dukham Jeevithe natra samsaya

In Free Masonry also, "this science can only be taught to suitable and worthy men, because the misuse of it and the powers arising from it, is conducive to general and personal evil".

It is said that the Initiates knew that this Wisdom is unfit and dangerous to the ordinary human mind, and will suffer loss of virtue and purity, if revealed to vulgar and impure spirits. Hence they devised an outer system - that of temples, mosques and churches - efficient, but imperfect for the profane ! Initiate knowledge is only for those purified in Soul and awakened in Spirit !

Hence they hid Wisdom in mythological stories and allegories, as they never wanted the impure to got hold of that knowledge. Poetry, remarks Sir Philip Sydney, was of purpose written darkly, lest by profane wits it be abused !

Intellectual Mysticism

2011-06-08T03:39:00.001-07:00

Intellectual Love or Amor Intellectualis is said to be the greatest quality. This quality is called Vibhakthi in Sanskrit. The mysticism which deals with Vibhakti is called Intellectual Mysticism.

We find many parallels in Walt Whitman and the poet Melpathur ( of Narayaneeyam fame ).

Vibhakti is Vedantic bhakti. The poet Melpathur was a great scholar in all the twelve sciences of Wisdom and he was a made poet like Milton. He had lived laborious days in mastering the twelve positive sciences - six auxiliary and six main - and he had consecrated himself to the Divine. He was the Milton of India ! He was a philosopher,scholar, poet and astrologer.

The Absolute Self of transcendental philosophy is the actual Godhead and the philosopher knows that Thee is Actual Me !

Walt Whitman said

I shrivel at the thought of Self
At Nature and Her wonders, Space, Time and Death
Then I turn to Thee, O Actual Me !
Lo Thou gently mastereth the orbs
Thou matest with Time, smilest content with Death
And fillest swellest the vastnesses of Space !

Melpathur said more or the less the same thing !

In reality I am Thee
For me no bondage
Nor liberation eternal
As all this is illumined
In Universal Mind
Mind binds, Mind liberates
I see Universe thru Mind
The beginingless Nescience
Binds Soul to body
I the Self am unbound
I am that I am !
As to a man in waking
Dream appears unreal
So also is waking state
Unreal in Transcendence !

Yadartha syath thvath mayaiva hi
Mama na Vibho vastavo bandha moksho
Maya Avidya Thanubhyam
Thava hi virachitho
Swapna bodho vapau Thau !

Symbolism of the Triad

2011-06-07T21:31:00.001-07:00

There is a great allegorical depiction of the Vedantic Triad in Indian Philosophy.

A cow with three calves - the cow represents the Universal Mind ( Maya ), the three calves are

The Relative Universe ( Jagat )
The Relative Ego ( Jiva )
The Relative Supreme ( Para )

The Triad is a projection of the Universal Mind, whose base is Absolute Being !

O Thou with and without Thy Maya
Art known as Witness Consciousness
Thy projections Three
Are Thee in Reality !
All the forces of Nature
Dissolved in Thee at Involution
Only Thou existed then
As Supreme Consciousness Bliss !

Maya sannihito pravishta vapusha
Saksheethi geetho bhavan
Bhedestham pratibimbitho vivisivan
Jeevepi naiva para
Kalatma pratibodhita cha vigata
sanchothita cha swayam
Maya sa khalu bhuddi tatvamasruja
Dwyosau mahan uchyathe

Inimical Mysticism III

2011-06-03T02:20:00.000-07:00

Without an Opposition, there is no democratic process. Should all should extoll God? There should be somebody to criticise Him !

He is not a Human Being. He wont get angry either, like you or me. He is Being Absolute ( Sat ), Knowledge Absolute ( Chit ) & Bliss Absolute ( Ananda ) !

How can it be that Brahm
Could make a world so miserable
And if powerful, leave it so !
He is not good and if not all powerful
He is not God !

Said Bhagavan Buddha in the Light of Asia ( by Sir Edwin Arnold ) . When asked who the greatest philosopher ever was, Bertrand Russell quipped " Buddha .

Mammon led them on,
Mammon, the least erected soul
Who fell from Heaven
And even in Heaven his looks were downward bent
Admiring more
The riches of Heaven's pavemet, trodden gold

Said Milton.

Satan with his army carried the war into the Enemy's camp. They raged against the Highest ! With his army generals, Beelzebub, Mammon, Lucifer etc, they fought against the tyrranny of Heaven, against Him who gives the Cross to good and the throne to Evil, who gives wealth to Evil and lack of wealth to the good, who gives destruction to the good and blessings to Evil !

Alchemical Allegory

2011-06-02T23:50:00.001-07:00

The story of Jesus is an alchemical allegory.

In Alchemy, there are seven stages ( These correspond to the Seven States of Consciousness of SCI & TM ).

Sanctification
Purification
Putrefaction
Fermentation
Combustion
Regeneration
and
At-One-Ment

After the first two steps of Sanctification and Purification, the aspiring soul goes through the stages of Putrefaction, Fermentation and Combustion.

These three are the processes of Chemisty, which is derived from Alchemy. The founding fathers of Chemistry were all alchemists, those who trasmuted baser metals into gold. Converting copper or lead to Aurum is theoretically possible. You can change the atomic number of any element by proton bombardment.

The aspirig soul has inner tumults and agitations and these are represented by these three processes.

Combustion is Passion, the Passion of the Redeemer. Combustion is crucifixon, wherein the rebounding karma catches the aspirant unawares.

The question is asked why an aspirant is always carrying the Cross. Arent you a fool to carry the Cross all the time? The answer is that it is a paradoxical state of pain and Bliss. On the Cross, the fifth stage of Alchemy, the soul acquiesces in the Universal Will and welcomes the Divine Will with bliss.

The next stage is Regeneration. Free Masons and Rosucrucians are all alchemists and they admit that Alchemy is derived from the Vedists of the East.
The final stage is At One Ment, at One with the Universal, which is also the purpose of Yoga.

The Broadmindedness of Indian Philosophy !

2011-06-02T06:10:00.001-07:00

We may with successful hope resolve
To wage by force or guile eternal war
Irreconcilable to our Grand Foe
Who now trimphs and in excess of joy
Sole reigning holds the tyrranny of Heaven !

Says Satan in the Paradise Lost. Who wrote the Paradis Lost?

A world class poet called Miltion and he was following Vidwesha Bhakhti.

There is no philosopher who is not a Poet ( Na rishi kavih )

So he was a world class philosopher and poet, aware that the Lord had made him suffer, despite him being a scholar ! He had lived laborious days,yet the Lord made him bear the cross. He had studied hard, studied every portion of the Bible. He was blind and his life was immense suffering. So was Tasso's. So was Dante's.

Every Thesis has an Anti Thesis and handling both arguments is called the Dialectical Process. All lawyers know this, all politicians as well as Rishies.

Charvaka was a Rishie, yet an atheist. There is no God in Buddhism, yet it is a formidable system. Atheism, Agnosticism ( Buddhism ) etc adorn Indian Philosophy. A Hindu can be an athiest, he can be an agnostic, he can be a Shoonyavadi ( Buddhist ) or a Poornavadi ( Vedantin ) without being excommunicated like in other civilisations. This is the broadminded ness of Indian Philosophy.

The sloka Yada vairanubandhena is not made by me, but by a Rishie called Narada, who was a Bhaktha !

Inimical Mysticism

2011-05-31T20:49:00.001-07:00

Hatred is inverse Love. This is the rationale of Vidwesha Bhakthi or Inimical Mysticism.

The doctrine of Inimical Mysticism is that the Lord is the doer and the devotee has his rights to question the Lord when he subjects his devotee to suffering !

Yada vairanubhandena martyasthanmayamapi tat
Na tadha bhakti yogena, iti me nischita mati

Not even Bridal Mysticism can get the benign effects of Inimical Mysticism. It is said that Kamsa and Ravana got Moksha earlier than the Yogis who extolled him. In hatred there is more emotional attachment than in love. Kamsa and Ravana were always thinking about their Grand Enemy. That is what the Yogis were contemplating, as they contemplated Being Knowledge Bliss !

Milton began the Paradise Lost by saying

That I may assert Eternal Providence
And justify the ways of God to man !

But then his famous statements through Satan were " It is better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" and "Eternity so spent in worship paid, to whom we hate". Satan became the unconscious hero of Paradise Lost and Milton could not redeem God with Paradise Regained ! The voice of Satan was Milton's own, craving for liberty and abhorring the absolute monarchy of God !

Thou shalt not grieve !

2011-05-29T05:23:00.000-07:00

The existential force of Life is sorrow. Life is difficult, life is suffering and the inherent force in Manifestation is Sorrow. ( This sorrow is repesented in Astrology by Saturn, the planet of Melancholy, Justice and Retribution ).

This world is Sorrow ( Sarvam Dukham ), everything is transient ( Sarvam Kshanikam ), everything is Void ( Sarvam Shoonyam ), everything is futile ( sarvam vyartham ) and everything is misery ( sarvam duritham ). Knowing this the Guru tells the disciple " Thou shalt not grieve " ( na thvam shochithumarhasi ).

The disciple has come to the Master for Wisdom and the Master knows that the mind of the disciple is hurt by the continous web of life and sorrow of the temporal. Hence he tells the disciple " Thou shalt not grieve".

It is said that the sorrow given by the Father is removed by the Guru ! It is the function of the Guru to impart Wisdom to the disciple. This will enable the disciple to cross the ocean of worldliness, the real river Vaitharani. A river flowing deathward, macabre, and full of difficulties is this fearsome river, this river Vaitharani, this river which is Life problematic !

The Three forms of Meditation

2011-05-28T22:26:00.001-07:00

Reverence of preceptors
Propitiating them with purity physical
Embacing none but Him
Hurting none in thought, word and deed
Is Physical Meditation called !

Deva Dwija Guru Prajna
Poojanam shoucha marjavam
Brahmacharyam ahimsa cha
Sareeram tapa uchyathe

Using words which are sweet
Observance of Truth
The Study of Self and practice
Is Verbal Meditation called !

Anudveka karam vakyam
Satyam priya hitam cha yal
Swadhyayabhyasanam chaiva
Vangmayam tapa uchyate

Contentment, meekness
Obervance of Silence, self control
Purity of Heart above all
Is Mental Meditation called !

Mana prasada soumythvam
Mounam atma vinigrahah
Bhava samsudhi ithyethat
Tapo manasam uchyate

A new class of men, the Yogis !

2011-05-20T00:29:00.001-07:00

They live eternally
With Courage as Father
Patience as Mother
Peace as Wife
Truth as son
Mercy as sister
And self control as Brother
They live !

With the earth as their bed
And with Wisdom as food
With such a great family
The Yogis fear none!

They embrace none but Self
The Self is their all in all !
The Self is the lover, the Self is the bride
The greatest instructor of mankind !

Dhairyam yasya Pitha
Kshama hi janani
Shanti chirak medhini
Sathyam Soonu rayam
Daya hi bhagin
Bhratha mana samyama

Shayyad bhoomi thalam
dishopi vasanam
jnanamrutham bhojanam
Aithe yasya kudumbine vada sakhe
Kasmath bhayam yoginah !

Happiness can only be got in Self

2011-05-18T20:53:00.000-07:00

There is no Happiness under the Sun - Sir Thomas Brown

Incredible statement, but true !

For Indra, there is no happiness
The Emperors find happiness elusive !
Happiness can only be found
In the eternal, Almighty Self !

Na cha Indradnam sukham kinchil
Na sukham chakravarthina
Sukham asthi viraktheshu
Muner ekantha jeevina

We find the Money can buy everything, except Happiness. Why is Happiness so elusive ?

Man's essential nature is Peace and only in that Peace can man find Happiness. " The Absolute is everywhere. Every finite is an infinite".

It is our pallid sense, it is our limited vision, which prevent us from discovering the happiness absolute at the heart of all things, too immature, because it cannot contain all that immensity !

Be in tune with the Cosmic and experience the Happiness which is within you !

The 25 Principles of Sankhya

2011-05-11T20:09:00.000-07:00

Prakrit Mahat Ahamkara Tanmatra Bhotaan
Api Hridapi Dasakhi Poorusha Pancha Vimsa

Nature
Universal Mind
Ego
The Five Subtle Essences
The Five Great Elements
Heart
The Five Sense Organs
The Five Knowledge Organs

These are the 24 principles of Sankhya. And Purusha, the Absolute Self, is the 25th !

Sanniveso Maya Proktho Ya Kala Pancha Vimsaka

Time is the All devouring Power
Of the Absolute; the foolish Ego
Who is said to be the Experiencer
Is afraid of Time Almighty !

Prabhavan Pourusham Prahoo
Kalameke yatho bhayam
Ahankara Vimoodatma
Karthu prakriti peeyusha

Outside as the all consuming Time
Within as the individual Self
He moves all beings with his Magic
And is the Lord Supreme of the Universe !

Antha Purusha Roopena
Kala Roopena yo Bahi
Samanvethveva sathwanam
Bhagavan Athma Mayaya

The Knower of these 25 princilples is freed from Bondage !

Ithi vividha vibhago muchyathe sow prakritya
Kapila thanu rithithvam Deva hootyanyagadi

So Thou revealed to Thy mother, Devahoothi, in Thy incarnation as Kapila !

Jupiter in Pisces, in the House of Fortune, gives India victory !

2011-03-30T17:55:00.001-07:00

Providence ( Jupiter in the House of Fortune ) saved India yet again. Master Batsman Sachin Tendulkar got Man of the Match Award for his blistering 85, but then he had as many as six lives.

Four Paki fielders let him off, Misbah, Y Khan, Afridi and Akmal. He survived two close calls for lbw and stumping. Today was his day.

Let us see the astrological factors.

Yesterday was Dhanishta, his kshema tara or 4th star or Lucky Star. But Dhanishta, which ruled for 57 Nadis ( 23.5 hours ) or right throughout the day was not so good for India or Dhoni. For Dhoni, it was his vipat tara, or adverse star. Hence the nervousness of the Indian spectators and viewers !

For Sehwag, this was his sampat tara or favourable star. Even though he scored only 38, he hit the premier Pak bowler, Umar Gul, for five fours in one over. He hit Gul off his length !

When we analysed, we knew that some factors were adverse and we did remedial measures to overcome those adverse factors. We knew that the Transit positions of Jove and Saturn are benign and so ultimately India will triumph. ( As for me, I fasted in the afternoon, as I badly needed an Indian triumph. I indulged in prayers and meditation right throughout the day and relief came from tension at 1000 PM ).

For Pak, the transits of Jupiter and Saturn are not so benign. Jupiter in the Tenth is Dasame Darika Vadham or adverse for their Ego. Saturn in the 4th is also disconcerting and affected their batting performance in this WC. Not even one Paki batsman had scored a century and they were reckoned formidable because of their excellent bowling !

On 25th, Mars moved over to Pisces, ending some bad luck for India. After then Indian bowling became efficient and fielding improved. Indian fans were afraid that bowlers and fielders might put Sachin & Co down ! But in the QF and SF, Indian bowling and fielding rose to the occasion. The mighty Australians were restricted to 260 in QF and in SF, Pak were bowled out for 231 !

On 30th, yesterday when India won, the Birth Number is 3, represented by Jupiter. Hence it is safe to assume that it was the No 3 in Numerology, or Jupiter in Astrology favourable, which gave India victory. It was also a diplomatic victory, as the Indian and Pak PMs shared lunch together and we hope many bilateral issues will be resolved !

Self meets Amma

2011-01-19T02:43:00.000-08:00

I went to Trivandrum to install a software. When I got some extra time, I went to the Shankhumukham beach.

The Shankhumugham Beach is the favourite beach coming to watch sunsets. This beauteous beach is proximate to the Trivandrum International Airport and the famous Veli Tourism Village.

Very near to my client's place is the Ashram of Amma. I met her yesterday.
She was giving a spiritual lecture at her ashram. It was a good spiritual
experience.

An indoor recreation club, the statue of a mermaid, the matsya kanyaka, are some of the features of this park. The giant statue of the mermaid is a 35 m long sculpture. A National Park nearby is an added attraction.

The beach sands are of reddish yellow hue.

The nearest Railway Station, Trivandrum Central, is just 7 km away. The Trivandrum Airport is just a drive away.

This beach is well maintained and one can glimpse the beauty of Nature..

This beach is part of Kerala's 600 km coastline. Tamil Nadu has 1000 km coastline and Gujarat 1600 kms. India has 7500 km coastline. Peninsular India has 5500 kms of coastline, while India's islands, Nicobar, Andamans and Laccadives have 2000 kms of coastline !

Hotles to stay during your trip to Trivandrum, the official capital of Kerala.

The Leela Kempinski Kovalam Beach
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram -695527

reservations.kovalam@theleela.com
www.theleela.com
+ 91 471 2480101, + 91 471 2481522
Tariff Rs.8500 - 55000

Surya Samudra Private Retreats
Pulinkudi, Mulloor P.O.
Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

reservations@suryasamudra.com
www.suryasamudra.com
+ 91 471 2267333, 2480413, +91 471 2267124
Tariff Rs.8300 - 83800

Vivanta by Taj - Kovalam
G.V. Raja Vattapara Road,
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527

vivanta.trivandrum@tajhotels.com
www.vivantabytaj.com, www.tajhotels.com
+91 471 6613000, + 91 471 2487744
Tariff Rs.12500 - 82500

Karikkathi Beach House
Cliff Beach Garden, South of Kovalam, North of Chowara,
Via Nagar Bhagavathi Temple, Mulloor Thottam, Pulinkudi, Thiruvananthapuram
karikkathi@gmail.com
www.karikkathibeachhouse.com
+ 91 471 2400956, + 91 98470 69654,
Tariff Euro 75 - 590

Poovar Island Resorts
K.P. VII/911
Pozhiyoor
Thiruvananthapuram - 695513

reservations@poovarislandresort.com
www.poovarislandresort.com
+ 91 471 2212068 / 69 / 73, + 91 471 2212092
Tariff Rs.3000 - 19999

Samudra (KTDC)
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527

samudrakovalam@ktdc.com
www.samudrakovalam.com, www.ktdc.com
+ 91 471 2480089, 2481412, + 91 471 2480242
Tariff Rs.3100 - 9900

Nikki's Nest
Azhimala Shiva Temple Road, Pulinkudi, Chowara P. O., South of Kovalam,
Thiruvananthapuram - 695501
nest@sancharnet.in
www.nikkisnest.com
+ 91 471 2267822, 2268822, + 91 471 2267182
Tariff Euro 80 - 200

Isola Di Cocco Ayurvedic Heritage Beach Resort
Poovar
Thiruvananthapuram

info@isoladicocco.com
www.isoladicocco.com
+ 91 471 2210008, 2210800, 2210918, + 91 471 2210500
Tariff Rs.5000 - 9000

Estuary Island Resort
Poovar P.O, Thiruvananthapuram - 695525
sales@estuaryisland.com
www.estuaryisland.com
+ 91 471 2229222, +91 471 222 9333
Tariff Rs. 3800 - 11000

Beach & Lake Ayurvedic Resort
Pozhikkara Beach Pachalloor P. O. Thiruvananthapuram - 695027
beachandlake@hotmail.com
beachandlakeresort.com
+ 91 471 2382086, 2383066, + 91 471 2382066
Tariff Rs. 2000 - 5500

Uday Samudra Leisure Beach Hotel
G.V. Raja Road, Samudra Beach,
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527

info@uds.co.in
www.uds.co.in
+ 91 471 2485766 / 67 / 68, +91 471 2481578
Tariff Rs.3600 - 13000

Soma Palmshore Beach Resort
Light House Road, Kovalam Beach, Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

mail@soma.in
www.somapalmshore.com
+ 91 471 2486666, 2481481, 2266111, +91 471 2487777, 2480495
Tariff Euro 40 - 95

Thapovan Heritage Home
Nellikunnu
Mulloor P. O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

thapovan@gmail.com
www.thapovan.com
+ 91 471 2480453 , + 91 471 2482430
Tariff Rs.2200 - 5850

Coconut Bay Beach Resort
Mulloor P.O.
Vizhinjam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

cocobay@vsnl.com
www.coconutbay.com
+ 91 471 2343524, 2480566, 2480668, + 91 471 2343349
Tariff Euro 45 - 190

Hotel Sea Face
NUP Beach Road, Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527
tvm_seafaceh@sancharnet.in
www.seaface.com
+ 91 471 2481835, 2481836, 481591, + 91 471 2481320
Tariff Rs.2000 - 8000

Dr. Franklin's Panchakarma Institute & Research Centre
Chowara P. O., Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695501

ayurveda@dr-franklin.com
www.dr-franklin.com
+91 471 2480870, 2267974, + 91 99463 10551, + 91 471 2268071
Tariff Euro 10 - 55

Jeevan Ayurvedic Beach Resort
Main Light House Beach, Kovalam, Vizhinjam P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

james@jeevanresort.net
www.jeevanresort.net
+ 91 471 2483062, 2480662, + 91 95391 34851,
Tariff Rs.925 - 6300

Jasmine Palace
Kovalam Beach,
Kovalam P.O.
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527
jaspalace@satyam.net.in
www.jasminepalace.net
+ 91 471 2481475, + 97464 86987, + 91 471 2481475
Tariff Rs.1000 - 3500

Sagara Beach Resort
Light House Road, Kovalam, Vizhinjam P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram - 695523

sagarabeachresort@usa.net
www.sagararesortkovalam.com
+91 471 2481995, 2484077, +91 98473 90885,
Tariff Rs.2000 - 9000

Raja Hotel
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram

info@rajahotel.net
www.rajahotel.net
+ 91 471 2480355, 2481355, 2480455, + 91 471 2480455
Tariff Rs.1500 - 3500

Bethsaida Hermitage
Pulinkudy, Mulloor P. O.
Thiruvananthapuram - 695521
info@bethsaidahermitage.com
www.bethsaidahermitage.com
+ 91 471 2268131,
Tariff + 91 471 2267554

Temple Garden
Kovalam Thiruvananthapuram - 695501

reservations@templegarden.in
www.templegarden.in
+ 91 471 2481972,
Tariff Rs.1500 - 2500

Hotel Thushara
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527

hotelthushara@yahoo.com
www.thusharakovalam.com
+ 91 471 2480692, 2481694, 2481080 , + 91 471 2481693
Tariff Rs. 800 - 2500

Manaltheeram Ayurveda Beach Village
Chowara P. O.,
South of Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695501

mail@manaltheeram.com
www.manaltheeram.com
+ 91 471 2266222, + 91 94477 66222, + 91 471 2267611
Tariff Euro 50 - 242

Beach Hotel Neelakanta
Light House Beach,Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

hotelneelakanta@yahoo.com
www.hotelneelakantakovalam.com
+ 91 471 2480321, 2486004, + 91 9847875206 , + 91 471 2485180
Tariff Rs.1300 - 4000

Pappukutty Beach Resort
Light House Beach, Kovalam,
Thiruvananthapuram

info@pappukutty.in
www.pappukutty.in
+ 91 471 2480235, + 91 471 2480234
Tariff Rs.1600 - 4200

Swagath Holiday Resorts
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527

swagathresort@gmail.com
www.swagathresorts.com
+ 91 471 2481148, 2481149 , + 91 471 2481150
Tariff Rs.1800 - 8400

Hotel Marine Palace
NUP Beach Road
Kovalam,
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527

info@hotelmarinepalace.com
www.hotelmarinepalace.com
+91 471 2481428, 2481428, +91 471 2481428
Tariff Rs.1300 - 3600

Somatheeram Ayurveda Resort
Chowara P.O.
South of Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695501

mail@somatheeram.in
www.somatheeram.in
+ 91 471 2268101, 2266111, + 91 471 2267611
Tariff Euro 50 - 300

Hotel Blue Sea Heritage
Beach Road, Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695527

sabu.kovalam@gmail.com
www.hotelbluesea.net
+ 91 471 2481401, 2912110, 2480402,
Tariff Rs.850 - 3500

Seaside Hotel Rockholm
Light House Road, Vizhinjam,
Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

info@rockholm.com
www.rockholm.com
+ 91 471 2480306, 2480406, 2480407, + 91 471 2480607
Tariff Rs.1750 - 5000

Hotel Sreevisakh
Beach Road, Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram -
695527

contact@hotelsreevisakh.com
www.hotelsreevisakh.com
+ 91 471 2480445, + 91 471 2480163
Tariff Rs.1500 - 3000

Kovalam Beach Retreat
Puja Building, Samudra Beach,
G.V. Raja Road, Kovalam,
Thiruvananthapuram -
695527

info@kovalambeachretreat.com
www.kovalambeachretreat.com
+ 91 471 2481245, + 91 93880 77999, + 91 471 2480634
Tariff Rs.3500 - 5000

The Gateway Hotel Janardhanapuram Varkala
Near Government Guest House,
Janardanapuram,Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695141

gateway.varkala@tajhotels.com
www.thegatwayhotels.com, www.tajhotels.com
+91 470 6673300�, + 91 470 2602296
Tariff Rs.6250 - 11000

Vivanta by Taj - Trivandrum
C V Raman Pillai Road, Thycaud,
Thiruvananthapuram - 695014

vivanta.trivandrum@tajhotels.com
www.vivantabytaj.com, www.tajhotels.com
+ 91 471 6612345 , + 91 471 6612021
Tariff Rs. 8000 - 14000

The Muthoot Plaza
Punnen Road Thiruvananthapuram - 695039

tvm@muthootplaza.com
www.themuthootplaza.com
+ 91 471 2337733, + 91 471 2337734
Tariff Rs.5800 - 18000

Best Western Classic Avenue
Manjalikulam Road, Thampanoor Thiruvananthapuram - 695001

mail@classicavenue.net
www.classicavenue.net
+91 471 2333555, +91 471 2338855
Tariff Rs.4000 - 7000

The South Park
Kerala Hotels Pvt. LtdM G Road, Thiruvananthapuram - 695034

reservations@thesouthpark.com
www.thesouthpark.com
+91 471 2333333 , +91 471 2331861
Tariff Rs.3500 - 9000

Mascot Hotel (KTDC)
Thiruvananthapuram - 695033

mascothotelthiruvananthapuram@ktdc.com
www.mascothotelthiruvananthapuram.com, www.ktdc.com
+91 471 2318990, +91 471 2317745
Tariff Rs. 4000 - 15000

Thiruvambadi Beach Retreat
North End Down Clif Thiruvambadi Road,Varkala
Thiruvananthapuram - 695241

contact@thiruvambadihotel.com
www.thiruvambadihotel.com
+91 470 2601028, 2604345, +91 470 2604345
Tariff Rs.500 - 9000

Preeth Beach Resort
P.O. 1400
Near Papanasam Cliff, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram - 695141

preethonline@satyam.net.in
www.preethbeachresort.com
+91 470 2600942, 2602341 , +91 470 2600942
Tariff Rs.700 - 4000

Raja Park Beach Resort
Near Papanasam Cliff, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram

contact@rajapark.com
www.rajapark.com
+91 470 2607060 , +91 470 2608060
Tariff Rs.1725 - 5175

Hill Top Resort
Papanasam Cliff,Varkala Thiruvananthapuram � 695141

hill_top@rediffmail.com
www.hilltopvarkala.com
+91 470 2601237, 2610443�, +91 470 2606537
Tariff Rs. 500 - 3500

Varkala Marine Palace
Papanasam Beach,Varkala Thiruvananthapuram

bhasker_bs@rediffmail.com
www.varkala-marine-palace.com
+91 470 2603204,
Tariff Rs.1000 - 4200

Sea Pearl Chalets
Varkala Thiruvananthapuram

seapearlvarkala@hotmail.com
www.seapearlchalets.com
+91 470 2660105,
Tariff Rs. 1000 - 2000

Hindustan Beach Retreat
Papanasam Beach Janardhanapuram (P.O.), Varkala Thiruvananthapuram - 695141

hindretreat@vsnl.net
www.hindustanbeachretreat.com
+91 470 2604254, 2604255,
Tariff Rs.3000 - 5500

The Residency Tower
Press Road Thiruvananthapuram - 695001

info@residencytower.com
www.residencytower.com
+91 471 2331661, +91 471 2331311
Tariff Rs.3200 - 6500

Hotel Saj Lucia
East Fort Thiruvananthapuram -
695023

sajlucia@md2.vsnl.net.in
www.sajlucia.com
+91 471 2463443, +91 471 2463347
Tariff Rs.6000 - 10000

Maurya Rajadhani
Statue - G. H Road Thiruvananthapuram

maurya@rajadhanihotels.com
www.mauryarajadhani.com
+91 471 2469469, 2462299 , +91 471 2472299
Tariff Rs.2000 - 5000

Hotel Horizon
Aristo Road Thiruvananthapuram - 695014

horizon@asianetindia.com
www.thehotelhorizon.com
+91 471 2326888, 2323222, +91 471 2324444
Tariff Rs.1800 - 4300

Hotel Geeth International
Near GPO,Pulimoodu Jn. Thiruvananthapuram - 695001

reservations@geethinternational.in
www.geethinternational.in
+ 91 471 306600, 3012301, + 91 471 2460278
Tariff Rs.1500 - 3000

Jas Hotels Pvt Ltd
Thycaud P.O Thiruvananthapuram - 695014

jas@md2.vsnl.net.in
www.jashotels.com
+91 471 232488, 2324682, +91 471 2324443
Tariff Rs.800 - 3000

Hotel Thamburu International
Aristo Junction Thampanoor Thiruvananthapuram - 695014

thamburuintl@asianetindia.com

'+ 91 471 2321974, 2321987,
Tariff Rs.750 - 1900

Hotel Regency
Manjalikulam Cross Road,
Thampanoor Thiruvananthapuram - 695001

info@hotelregency.com
www.hotelregency.com
'+ 91 471 2330377, 2331541, + 91 471 2331690
Tariff Rs.450 - 1250

Chaithram (KTDC)
Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram - 695001

chaithramthiruvananthapuram@ktdc.com
www.ktdc.com
+91 471 2330977, +91 471 2331446
Tariff Rs.1300 - 2500

Golden Peak (KTDC)
Ponmudi
Thiruvanathapuram - 695551
goldenpeakponmudi@ktdc.com
www.ktdc.com
+91 472 2890225, 2890186, +91 472 2890187
Tariff Rs. 1800 - 4000

Hotel Highland
Manjalikulam Road, Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram - 695001

highland@highland-hotels.com
www.highland-hotels.com
+91 471 2333200, +91 471 2332645
Tariff Rs. 400 - 1250

Hotel Arulakam
Station Road,
Over Bridge Junction Thiruvananthapuram - 695001

www.hotelarulakam.com
'+ 91 9447133133, 9447019535,
Tariff Rs.300 - 1200

Azhimala Ayurveda Beach Resort
Aazhimala Temple Road, Chowara,
Thiruvananthapuram - 695501

mail@aazhimala.com
www.aazhimala.com
'+ 91 471 2269695, 6456542, '+ 91 471 2269539
Tariff Euro 43 - 104

Sea Flower Beach resort
Light House Road, Vizhinjam P.O., Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram - 695521

seaflowerkovalam@gmail.com

'+ 91 471 2480554, 2481069,
Tariff Euro 8 - 45

Hawah Beach Resort
Light House
Kovalam, Vizhinjam P.O, Thiruvananthapuram

info@hawahbeach.com
www.hawahbeach.com
+91 471 2481951, 2482026, +91 471 2482026
Tariff Rs.1400 - 5500

Temple Garden
Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram -
695501

reservations@templegarden.in
www.templegarden.in
+91 471 2481972�, +91 471 2481972
Tariff Rs.1500 - 2500

Hotel Sea Rock
Kovalam Thiruvananthapuram

searockhotel@yahoo.com
www.hotelsearock.co.in
+ 91 471 2480422, + 91 97460 55816,
Tariff Rs.2000 - 8000

The Travancore Heritage
Chowara P.O.
Thiruvananthapuram -
695501

travancoreheritage@vsnl.net
www.thetravancoreheritage.com
+91 471 2267828 � 32, +91 471 2267201
Tariff Rs.2800 - 20800

Ideal Ayurvedic Resort
Chowara Beach, Chowara P.O.,
Beach Village Thiruvananthapuram

idealresort@eth.net
www.idealayurvedicresort.com
+ 91 471 2481632, 2268396,
Tariff Euro 33 - 70

New Ideal Panchakarma Centre
Chowara Beach, Chowara P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram

idealcentre@bsnl.in
www.panchakarmakerala.com
+ 91 471 2266600, 2269900,
Tariff Euro 27 - 58

The Ruby Arena
Medical College .P.O
Thiruvananthapuram - 695011
rubyarena@gmail.com
www.rubyarena.com
+91 471 2557474, +91 471 2557484
Tariff Rs. 1400 - 3500

Somatheeram Ayurvedic Health Resort
Chowara P.O.
South of Kovalam
Thiruvananthapuram - 695501

info@somatheeram.org
www.somatheeram.org
+91 471 2266501�� 03, +91 471 2266505
Tariff Euro 50 - 300

Bio Veda Hill Resorts
Kaalipara, Neyyar Dam,
Thiruvananthapuram
info@bioveda.in
www.bioveda.in
+ 91 9645 864754, 94223 88982,
Tariff 1000 - 2200

Hotel Highland Park
Manjalikulam Road, Thampanoor
Thiruvananthapuram - 695002

highlandpark@highland-hotels.com
www.highland-hotels.com
+91 471 2338800, +91 471 2333524
Tariff Rs. 800 - 1900

Ginger Hotels
Techno Park Campus, By - Pass Road, Thiruvanathapuram - 695581

reservation.trivandrum@gingerhotels.com
www.gingerhotels.com
+91 471 6663333, +91 471 6663366
Tariff Rs. 2999

Yoga Tourism

2010-12-03T21:26:00.001-08:00

Yoga Therapy has been hailed the world over. Yuj means to unite and Yoga is Union with the Absolute Being.

Yoga is the Science of Man !

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan
The proper study of Mankind is Man !
Placed in the isthmus of a middle state
A being rudely great
With too much knowledge for the sceptic's side
And too many weaknesses for the Stoic's pride
He hangs between !

Yoga is a systematic study of man in his threefold aspect, as Mind, Body and Self. It is the Arts Artium or the Art of all arts and the
Scientia Scientiarum, the science of all sciences. It is based on hoary Indian wisdom and culture and is the art of living a
healthy, contented, balanced and peaceful life.

The Eightfold Path of Yoga is

Yama Conditional personal and social behaviour, according to Yogic Law
Niyama Attitutue under Yoga norms
Asana Physical Body discipline
Pranayama Breath Control
Pratyahara Senses control
Dharana Concentration
Dhyana Meditation
Samadhi Transcendental Consciousness

The first five are called Hatha Yoga, as it is culturing the physique. The last three are called Raja or Regal Yoga, as it deals with the culturing
of the psyche. The first Five represent the Psychosomatic Approach and are referred to External or Bahirangi Yoga. The latter three affects
the psyche and are known as Internal or Antaranga Yoga. It is to be noted that the Internal Yoga cannot be done without doing the External Yoga, as
purification of body is a prerequisite for Self Actualisation. " Sareeram Adhyam Khalu Dharma Sadhanam", the body is the vehicle for Redemption !

Yoga and TM trigger the Relaxation Response and relaxes you completely. Gone are the strains and the stresses of relativistic life.
The physical exercises called Asanas combats stress and keeps the body flexible.

The three physical states of Doing, Thinking and Being are highlighted in Yoga. All that we see is nothing but Universal Matter or Energy, the
Adhibouthika aspect of Relative Being. All minds together is the Universal Mind and this is the Adhi Daivata aspect of the Supreme. These are
all the manifestations of the Unmanifest and this is Brahman, the Absolute, transcending all relativities

The destructible aspect is called Adhibootha
He who tenants the body, the Purusha, is Adhi Daivata
Being Absolute is Brahman called
These three are the triune states of Being. ( The Song Celestial, the Geetha )

We can transcend all relativities and reach the Absolute Self, via this great Science of Cosmic Union. This is the union mystica, envisaged by the mystic traditions of all other countries

Some of the Yoga Centers in Kerala which you can visit on Kerala Tours are

Transcendental Meditation Center, Poonkunnam, Trichur

Atmadarshan Yoga-Dhama - Ayur Health Center Fort, Vanciyoour, Sreekaneteswaram & Taycaud in Trivandrum - Dr D Sreekantan Nair Email intyoga(at)yahoo.com

Yoga Holidays at Edakkad Beach Houses, Edakkad Village Beach, Kerala. Email pam(at) bodybalancefunction.co.uk

Hatha Vidya Gurukulam - Neernamukku, Vadakkethara, Pazhayannur, Trichur, Kerala.

International Vasishta Yoga Research Foundation - Calicut, Kerala, S India, 673010. vaiyoga(at) yahoo.co.in

Kaivalyam Retreat, Moolakada, Pallivasal, Munnar, Kerala, 685612

Kasi Yoga Anushtana Kendram, Tulasivanam, N Kurakkanni Jn, Varkala. kasiyoga(at) gmail.com

School of Shanti Yoga, TC 15/1572, M P Appan Road, Vazhuthacaud, Trivandrum 695 014, Kerala. santhischool(at) yahoo.co.in

Sivasoorya Divine School of Yoga, Surya, Vellayani PO, Kerala. info(at)sivasoorya.org

Thulasidalam School of Yoga, Tulasidalam Sree Rama Yogashram, Thelliyoor PO, Near Thiruvalla, Kerala. indiayoga(at)gmail.com

Yoga Vidya Peetham, Varkala Beach in Kerala during winters and Dharmasala during summers. info(at) hathayoga-meditation.com

Sivananada Yoga Vedanta Centre in Trivandrum;

Kollam Yoga Kendra, Uilyakoil, I

deal Yoga Centre Manaltheeram Yoga Centre,

Jawahar Balabhavan and Holistic Eastern Advance Research Temple (Heart) in Kollam;

Prajapathi Yoga center, Kacheripady,

Life Yoga Center, Edapally, Adithya Yoga Institute, Thrikkakara,

Pathanjali Naturopathy & Yoga Clinic, Kaloor

Kerala Yoga Centre, in Kochi, Kerala India.

You can visit these centers and feel the holistic positive energy. Enjoy the healing, divine touch of Yoga.

Climate Change and Astro Meteorology

2010-11-27T01:12:00.001-08:00

Successive draughts, intense cold climate and floods have ravaged Bolivia. Let us hope that Kerala will not go the way of Bolivia !

That Bolivia is going towards a major Food Crisis has been highlighted by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of UN.

16000 cattle, 24000 hectares of wheat, corn fields etc will perish in Bolivia. Bolivia will not be able to absorb this crisis of a high magnitude. One fifth of Bolivia is stll reeling under the impact of Climate Change. FAO warns that all natural calamities except cyclones will have to be faced by Bolivia.

The agriculturists are always affected by Climate Change. Traditional agriculture gets destroyed by intense rains or drastic draughts. The agriculturist lives in debt and dies in debt. He is forced to stop his agriculture or fall into the debt trap !

That which is happening in Bolivia may happen in India and Kerala.

Normally Libra rains start in the evening, drizzle at night and before dawn stops raining. Now the climate patterns have changed and intense rains destroyed 5000 acres of paddy fields this season ! All seeds were destroyed and Keralites had to go to Madras to get the seeds. If the earlier patterns were followed - bright sunny days after the intense downpour - then the water would have drained itself from the paddy fields.

Heat also has changed its patterns. It is now 40 degrees at Palghat and the lowest temperature recorded is 22 degrees. In Nilgiriis, rising heat has created red spiders . 8% crop has been destroyed as a result. Red spiders attack the tea plantations which are devoid of huge trees.

There are many paddy fields in Kerala which does not produce, despite the intense work done by the agriculturists.

In Alleppey Dist, when temperature rose 1.8 degrees, there was a reduction in weight of the produce. The rising temperature during the months of January, February and March was the villain. The rice fields of Trichur and Palghat were also considerably affected.

Pepper cultivation is also affected. Weight also comes down. Also cocoa, tea etc in the highlands. In 2004, cocoa produce came down by 39%. Rubber produce declined by 3.8%. . In Kottyam, the highest temperature recorded was 33.3% and now it is 35% ! Because of intense heat and cold, more funguses made their way into rubber. Cashew has also been affected adversely by Climate Change. There is a drop in the produce by 30%. Kerala, which was first in cashewnut production, is now only fourth !

Palghat Dist, bordering Tamil Nadu, looks like the hot TN !. 41 degrees have been reported as the highest temperature. If you go to Chittoor in Palghat, you will come to know how different Palghat looks than the rest of Kerala. Paddy cultivation has come down in Palghat. Palghat gets more North East Monsoon than South West Monsoon !

CLimate Change and Kerala

2010-11-26T02:01:00.001-08:00

Climatologists are of the opinion that the quantity of rains have not come down in Kerala. On the other hand, rainy days have declined. Now there are fierce downpours and sunny interludes. Fierce rains are defined as rains which give 20 cms of rain in one hour. Such fierce rains have increased and sunny days have also increased. This Climate Change is caused by Global Warming.

In 2008, in Kuttanad, such rains created havoc, destroying crops. Such rains continued this year, during both the Monsoons, the North East and the South West. Depressions caused these rains. The snowfall in Idukki caused destruction in cardamom crops. Climatologist view these happenings as unnatural phenomena. During some years, the intensity of the South West Monsoon becomes less. Not only Kerala, but Jharkhand, Chattisghand are also adversely affected.

It is said the dogs need not check the Astro Calender to know which is the sidereal month of Virgo or Kanya. It is also proof that time for procreation and Climate are interlinked. Kanya or the sidereal month of Virgo is the interlude between the two major monsoons and is devoid of rains. Less daylight and more the duration of night characterise this sidereal month. This is the month dogs find it easy to mate. This month stimulates the procreational urge in dogs and they instinctively that this is the month for mating. The cause is attributed to the Bio Clock mechanism in dogs. Female dogs give birth only after 60/70 days. By that time the Kala Varsha or the Sourth West Monsoon will be over. The young ones will get the right atmosphere for growing. That is why Nature gave dogs such a benign month.

This year the Kala Varsha continued during the month of Kanya with the result the procreational cycle of dogs is adversely affected. The dogs ran here and thereby their mating declined ! The physiological processes of dogs is affected by Climate Change. Now dogs that are born have less weight and this phenomenon has been observed in Alsation dogs particularly.

The intensity of the rains have increased with the result fierce rains wreaked havoc on Agriculture. The rainwater does not seep through the earth and hence there are less wells and water reservoirs. Floods have increased considerably.

Another phenomenon is the retreat of the monsoons. In July/ August of 2002, less rains caused draught. It used to be 21% rainfall during June, 33% in July, 28% in August and 18% in Sep.

Now Climate Change has changed all that. More sunny interludes have been reported in July. This phenomenon has increased by 30% due to the the wind waves of the South West Monsoon going to the bottom of the Himalayas.

For the last 15 years, oreographic precipiation or rains in the hilly areas, have declined by 20%. Lesser and lesser amount of rains are reported every year.

Deforestation is the cause for less rains in Peerumedu and Nerumangalam. The mountains do block the cold wind waves coming from the Indian Ocean and cause precipitation.

In short, Global Warming's repercussions on Climate can be drastic. We hope furthur negative reports do not come from the Climatologists !

Anizham Njattuvela strikes Kerala

2010-11-22T02:17:00.000-08:00

Meteorology may say it is a depression in the Bay of Bengal called La Nina which is responsible for the rains, but to those well versed in Astro Meteorology, it is the Sun's transit of Scorpio and the constellation of Delta Scorpi, which is the cause, as heavy rains lashed Trichur. From 0500 PM it was raining till 1100 PM, when I went to sleep.

According to Meteorology, La Nina is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon of El Nino, as a part of the El Nino Southern Oscillation Climate pattern. La Nina is defined as the dialectial opposite of El Nina !

These depressions happen only during the Monsoon season, when the Sun transits the constellations from Eta Tauri to Alpha Scorpi ! So Astro Meteorology is right !

Why do these depression not happen during the summer season?

Climate Change, triggered by Global Warming, is creating havoc throughout the world. Sea levels rose by 1.8 mms from 1961 to 2003. All snowy mountains are melting. Co2 levels are increasing. Forest fires increased. When hot air creates lightning, forest fires are more. More cyclones and thunderstorms. Extreme climatic patterns are produced. More floods and more draughts than usual.

Ayurveda, the Wisdom of Longevity

2010-09-15T20:57:00.000-07:00

Ayurveda evolved from Atharva Veda and the Upanishads ( Atharva vedasu upanishadsu pragulpannah ). It is the Art of Being, the Science of Life. Ayur means Life and Veda means Knowledge. It is the oldest healthcare system in the world.

Who has not heard about Ayurveda ? So great is this Science of Life that almost all clincis, parlours and resorts have" Ayurvedic massage", "Ayurvedic Spa", " Ayurvedic treatments" etc attached to them. Despite its immense popularity, the concept of Ayurveda remains vague amidst all. The world's oldest health care system is Ayurveda. It is important for eveyone to have basic info about Ayurveda for his good health.\

What is Ayurveda? is a superb book by Dr Shashi Patwardan. One becomes familiar with the rudiments of Ayurveda. You become familiar with Home Remedies !

Learn Yoga

2010-09-15T17:19:00.000-07:00

Do you feel stressed out ? Millions feel so. There is no need to panic, as there is a technique to heal your mind and strengthen your body. The technique is Yoga. You many ask How ? With a combined strategy of yoga stretches and meditation. You can feel the stress melt away as you practise the ancient art of Yoga and Meditation to help bring your emotional well beinto into balance and keep your body fit at the same time. Yoga has natural healing properties that can alleviate the symptoms of most common ailments. " A Beginners Guide to Yoga and Meditation " is a gem from Dr Shashi Patwardhan. A must for the novice.

Dr Shashikant's " A Practical Guide to Yoga " breaks the mold of all the other Yoga instruction books you have heard and read aloud, presenting proven steps to help you achieve Self Actualisation.

Actualise Your Immense Potential

2010-09-03T07:18:00.001-07:00

Do you know that your enemy is YOURSELF and it is a fight between You vs Yourself ? It is your negative thoughts which hold you back in life ! Do you want to change your negative set beliefs, eliminate all self limiting thoughts and free yourself from long held patterns of thinking which are holding you back in life ? Subminal MP3s are the answer. With these Subliminal Messages, you can do exactly this and you can program your mind to success. These are Subliminal Messages which can accelerate the Law of Attraction, boost confidence,increase motivation, improve concentration, learning and education, relationships, attract women, win friends and influence people, weight loss, social skills, overcome addictions, fitness and exercise, financial and business success, sexuality, subliminal language and learning, positivity, money mindset, personal development, relaxation, dreams and metaphysical, therapy, music and arts.

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The Transcendental Truth

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Kurt Godel's Incompleteness Theorem in Maths points out that Reality cannot be represented by any finite, symoblic structure and that it is transcendental ! Truth goes beyond the finite to Infinitude ! He has reached across the ages to the Seer Poets who proclaimed that the Infinite Reality can be experienced as I AM THAT !

The Absolute Self as Timeless & Spaceless Existence

There are definitions for Self, Non Self and the Discriminative Intellect in the First Science.

The Non Self is defined

Everything from the Macrocosm, the Universe
To everything in the Microcosm, Man !
All emotions, all thought processes,
Is called the Non Self, O Noble One !

The Discriminative Intellect is Prajna and it is defined thus

That which distinguishes the Real from the Unreal
That which recognises the Self ultimately
That which differentiates Being from Non Being
Such an intellect is Prajna, O Noble One !

The Self is defined thus

Attributeless, actionless, eternal
Devoid of thoughts, forms
Without emotions, without persona
Ever liberated is the Self Absolute !

These three definitions are the base of the First Science, the Philosophia Prima

Truth is Omnipresent !

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We are Truth seekers, but Truth always eludes us. By Truth is meant Absolute Truth, Cosmic Truth, Universal Truth.

To some, Truthful existence is suffering. Somebody wrote

Truth on the scaffold
Wrong on the throne

We find that Truthful existence is painful and difficult. Truth always puts us in a controversial situation. Imagine the lifes of Socrates, Jesus, Bruno & Mansoor. They were martyred because of Truth.

But poets say Truth is omnipotent. Let us listen to Swinburne

Truth only is living
Truth only is Whole
His for only giving
Man's polestar and pole !

or Aurobindo

For Truth is wider, greater than her forms
A thousand icons they have made of her
And they find her in the idols they adore
But she remains herself and infinite !

or Gandhi

Truth will win ultimately.

In our search for Truth, may be we confuse perspective with Truth. Maybe what our enemies say about us may be true. Are they saying falsehoods ? Yes, Truth is wider !

Philosophically, Truth is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Truth is all this. It is only our Ego which prevent us from actualising Truth

The Hymn of Cosmic Consciousness !

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In the void of Mind involute
The fleeting Universe rises and floats
And sinks back into the current " I "

wrote Vivekananda. Where only the Universal "I" is and nothing else is !

I am the Silence which is more than sound
If therewithin thou lose thee, thou art found!
The nameless, shoreless ocean which is "I"
Thou canst not breathe but in its bosom drowned !

wrote Tennyson.

Cosmic Consciousness is a state wherein there is Pure Awareness, Awareness of Being, Knowledge and Bliss !

Mythology is symbolic, never literal !

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Carl Gustav Jung was a genius. He declared that all Mythology, including Christian Mythology, is symbolic and allegorical and not literal.

A disciple of Freud, Jung came across a fanstastic discovery. He was researching on the dreams of some of his patients. He wrote the figures seen by his patients and saw that they bear a close resemblance to the figures seen in Alchemy and Astrology.

He postulated that dreams are projections of the Unconscious.

He postulated that The Ocean of Reality resembles an ocean. The waves are the individual egos. Deep within the gross level is the subtle level. The subtle level of an individual ego he called the Personal Unconscious and the rock bottom of the Ocean of Reality is the Collective Unconscious, known as Brahman, the Absolute, in transcendental philosophy !

Henry David Thoreau

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" In the early hours of the morning, I bathe in my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Geetha, before which the modern world appears puny & trivial."

Thoreau can be said to be Gandhi's Guru. It was Thoreau's book " The Civil Disobedience " which gave Gandhi the inspiration to launch the Non-violent Movement. It is said that Gandhi brought back from America what was fundamentally the philosophy of India, after it was baked in the mind of Thoreu !

His masterpiece ' The Walden" has 18 chapters, modelled after the 18 chapters of the Geetha and the 18 parvas of the Mahabharatha.

>He was truly the American Sage. Whitman, Emerson and Thoreau are the Trinity of American Transcendentalism !

His famous quote " When the law of the land is against the Law of Conscience, the best place for a man is jail " !

The Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

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Turning to the Inmost God is what is called " Vibhakthi ", or worshipping the Absolute Self, knowing that I am Thee ! Vibhakthi in Sanskrit corresponds to the Amor Intellectualis ( Intellectual Love ) of Bruno. We are One. Only through Vibhakthi, Intellectual Love, Amor Intellectualis can the world be saved !

Walt Whitman wrote

Swiftly I shrivel at the thought of God
At Nature and her wonders, Space, Time & Death
Then I turn to Thee, O Actual Me,
Lo ! Thou gently mastereth the orbs,
Thou matest with Time, smilest content with Death
And fillest swellest the vastnesses of Space !

The great poet Melpathur also wrote about the Absolute Self thus

In reality I am Thyself
For me there is no binding
By Nature's triune attributes
Nor Salvation; as Nescience
It is that binds the Absolute Self !
The Individual Soul Thou art, all Thou art,
Thou art the Intelligence visible, Nature,
There is nothing in this visible Universe
Which is different from Thee !

Self Actualisation !

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Kant's greatest achivement was that he found Space, Time and Causality are modes of thought, but Vedanta knew it long ago and called it Maya.

The Universe is seen as Mirror; I AM THE SELF !
Like when a sleeper wakens from the dream state !
This,they say,is the experience of Enlightenment
Which is only possible due to Master's Grace !

New Age Christianity

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The Fourfold Yoga

The Jupiterian Law or Brihaspathi Neethi

The Venusian Law ( Shukra Neeti )

The greatest donation is the donation of Knowledge

Intellectual Mysticism

Symbolism of the Triad

Inimical Mysticism III

Alchemical Allegory

The Broadmindedness of Indian Philosophy !

Inimical Mysticism

Thou shalt not grieve !

The Three forms of Meditation

A new class of men, the Yogis !

Happiness can only be got in Self

The 25 Principles of Sankhya

Jupiter in Pisces, in the House of Fortune, gives India victory !

Self meets Amma

Yoga Tourism

Climate Change and Astro Meteorology

CLimate Change and Kerala

Anizham Njattuvela strikes Kerala

Ayurveda, the Wisdom of Longevity

Learn Yoga

Actualise Your Immense Potential

The Transcendental Truth

The Absolute Self as Timeless & Spaceless Existence

Truth is Omnipresent !

The Hymn of Cosmic Consciousness !

Mythology is symbolic, never literal !

Henry David Thoreau

The Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

Self Actualisation !

New Age Christianity

The Anti Christ of Eschatology !

The Theory of Global Oneness !

Overpopulation, a big problem !

The Rise of the Jewish Civilization !

Kohli

The Jews, a mysterious and formidable race !

Indian scientist ready to change world history !

The Big Lie which is the Aryan Invasion of India

Astronomy

Formidable response by Lanka, but India holds nerve !

Scholarship, an ever expanding flower !

We have said that Prosperity does not mean mere wealth

We have said that Prosperity does not mean mere wealth

India wins, despite fielding lapses !

Chakras as dynamoes of Cosmic Energy

The Transit of the North Node

Saturnalian Wisdom

India becomes numero uno !

Amma. the puller of Spritual Tourism

The grand shopping Festival of Kerala

Kerala to promote Spiritual Tourism

The Transit of the North Node, Rahu

India formidably poised !

Dravid cracks 28th hundred; rises to 4th position !

Ebooks by G Kumar

Sachin, a Legend !

Universal Love took birth in Puttaparthi

Sri Yantra, the Holographic Universe

The Tenfold Verse about Enlightenment

The Fivefold Verse about The Divine Player

Who am I

Vedic Astrology XXXXII

Knowledge, the criterion for Success !

The Eightfold Verse about the Remover of Obstacles !

We have said that Prosperity does not mean mere wealth

The Song of the Inner Sun !

India lose again in a war of nerves !

Astro Gnosis- Tantric Astrology Software

Medical Astrology

Saturn, the Planet of Boundless Time, Eternity

Papaya, the wonder fruit !

Like Socrates who said

An Octet to the Divine Master

The Eightfold Prosperity has been represented by Vedic Symbolism as the Ashta Lakshmi

Mars, the Celestial War Lord

Sensex crashes by 387 points !

An Octet to the Remover of Obstacles