Astrology

"We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more."

One of the most fascinating studies of modern day's world is Astrology. Basically, astrology deals in The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs.

Now, the real question that is bound on to the minds of the commoners is that "How far is astrology really true?" And since, Astrology has no scientific validation, we have to get serious about this sooner or later.

From the enormous amount of research I'v been doing on this subject, lets make the point clearer to you.

1. Many people readily believe in Astrology. Some claim that their belief in astrology was because of the experiences they went through in their lives. They say that the astrologer they have been going to "predicts" their future, and so far all is true for them.
2. While, others ignore Astrology and consider it a mere business to earn profits by tricking the customers.

Now, which of these proposed ideas is true, we have to find out. Astrology is basically a form of science in which the practitioner makes some complicated calculations regarding the motion and position of the various planets in the solar system and make predictions on the basis of this calculations. But the concept of making predictions on the basis of calculations about a person's life and his forthcoming future is a matter of suspicion.

First of all, it depends on the exact birth time, which is I feel very difficult to get. Secondly, it is based on some complicated calculations based on the position and the movement of the planets. Generally astrologers ask you different types of questions to catch your problem and accordingly will suggest you some stones to buy from him only. Some say it is only a business.

Going back to the ending of 19th Century, there are ancient Indian Astrologers who have "predicted" the future of others as correct as to a point. Well, you just cannot call that guess work each and every time. The arguments, just never seem to end.

From the ancient world, it has therefore been argued that astrology began as a study as soon as human beings made conscious attempts to measure, record, and predict seasonal changes by reference to astronomical cycles.

Early evidence of such practices appears as markings on bones and cave walls, which show that lunar cycles were being noted as early as 25,000 years ago; the first step towards recording the Moon’s influence upon tides and rivers, and towards organizing a communal calendar. Agricultural needs were also met by increasing knowledge of constellations, whose appearances change with the seasons, allowing the rising of particular star-groups to herald annual floods or seasonal activities.

By the third millennium BCE, widespread civilizations had developed sophisticated awareness of celestial cycles, and are believed to have consciously oriented their temples to create alignment with the helical risings of the stars. There is scattered evidence to suggest that the oldest known astrological references are copies of texts made during this period.

By the 17th century, in England, astrology had reached its zenith. Astrologers were theorists, researchers, and social engineers, as well as providing individual advice to everyone from monarchs downwards. Among other things, astrologers could advise on the best time to take a journey or harvest a crop, diagnose and prescribe for physical or mental illnesses, and predict natural disasters

Astrology saw a popular revival from the 19th century as part of a general revival of spiritualism and later New Age philosophy, and through the influence of mass media such as newspaper horoscopes.

In the West there have been occasional reports of political leaders consulting astrologers. In India, there is a long-established and widespread belief in astrology. It is commonly used for daily life, particularly in matters concerning marriage and career, and makes extensive use of electional, horary and karmic astrology.

Astrology has not demonstrated its effectiveness in controlled studies and has no scientific validity, and as such, is regarded as pseudoscience. Therefore, it's not proven that Astrology is correct.

So, in the end, it's all up to you. Astrology does not predict anything in your life. It just shows a period where something is bound to happen, and it all depends on how good is the astrologer's guesswork. And since it's not an approved science, well, we have no reason to believe in it. And if are still not convinced, well then, keep believing in it.

That's all from this side.

Sources:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-08/faith-and-ritual/28367308_1_astrology-palmistry-sun-sign

http://www.cafeastrology.com/ascendantcalculator.html

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-08/faith-and-ritual/28367308_1_astrology-palmistry-sun-sign

http://www.indiastudychannel.com/experts/21458-Is-astrology-true.aspx

http://www.astrologer.com/tests/basisofastrology.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology

The Kind World

"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse."

Think about a world, where all the people are kind to each other. Yes, that's right. Each and every single person on this earth is kind. What would happen? Will there be a totally peaceful world, or will that give rise to another kind of intolerable world. We are yet to find out.

First of all, it would feel awesome at first. Imagine that there will be no people left on this world who hate you or who will reject your proposal, or who will not agree to do anything for you. That sounds cool right. If you ever need anyone's help, you can always go to any person you want and he/she will be always ready to help.That's nice.

Then, you will not have anyone trying to pull your back, or any enemies, or people who criticize you, or people who trick you, or people who will always try to find faults in you. You will not have any people who are ready to fight with you, or people who will bully you for no reason. All kinds of people who are hated by others will vanish. That's safe, isn't it?

Third, since you have so many people to help you, you will never run out of contacts or resources who are willing to help you. That way, you can seek instant help since just any random person is there to hold your back.

Since so many people are there to help you, this might cause a bit of unusualness and awkwardness, and a lot of arguments. Let me explain. Imagine you are asking someone for help. At that same instance, someone else also hears your request. And before the first person is able to reply, the second person agrees to help. But the first person insists that he should help. The second person too insists that he should help instead. This will become an unnecessary topic for a argument.

Both the people start fighting to decide who will help, and whoa! You suddenly have a fight in this fully kind world! That seems weird right? Indeed!

That is not all, if you have so many kind people all at once, there will be nothing to prove. Yes, the value of kind people will decrease since all of them are kind. No longer will someone tell, "How kind he is!" or "Thanks, you're so kind!'. Kindness, will become something very common. So common that kindness will not be called "kindness" anymore.

You read that right. There will be nothing called "kindness". It will be like a common attitude that everyone shares. So ultimately, "kindness" will end even though it exists in everyone.

So, what my point was that, if every single person on this earth becomes kind, there will be no kindness left in anyone.

At the end, I would like to say that bad people are important. At least, for the sake of the existence of kindness. As the saying goes, "Truth prevails over false. But truth prevails only because false exists."

Hope that answered the question. Happy wondering, guys and girls!!

Doing just nothing!

"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life yet."

Well, there's something freaky in store for you in case you have lost your mind reading my previous blog posts. So, what exactly are you doing when you do nothing? Yes, you read that right, what are we doing when we are doing nothing. Just nothing. The answer is as simple as the question: "Nothing".

If we go look clearly, our body is doing a huge amount of work even when we are not doing anything. This work is done so that our body's essential processes do not stop, and we keep ourselves healthy and running! So, how much exactly is our body doing when we pretend to do nothing? You'll be surprised that an average school going boy of height 65 inches and his age being 15 years spends about 1393.81 calories when he is doing nothing. That is pretty impressive, right?

That is not all, when you do nothing, you waste 60 seconds with every minute passing by. And if you are a couch potato, and spend an average of an hour everyday doing nothing then you actually waste 365 hours doing nothing every year. And believe me, in these 365 hours, you can do fabulous things, instead of just lying down, and doing nothing. Indeed, small hours get together to make a big year! Well said, nah?

To continue giving you shocks, let me ask you something, how many of us have seen those second hands in a clock stay in one position for a little longer than usual. This usually happens when we quickly look at the clock and then turn to look at an object away from the clock, and then suddenly, look at the clock again.The second hand would appear to move from where you first saw it, but in reality, you are seeing it after around 3 seconds.(This wholly depends on how long you look at the other object!)

Well, I would not go into details, but those fraction of seconds that our brain loses to capture, add up to an huge amount in a course of an entire day. To get you up your chair, 40 minutes of sight are lost everyday when we move our eyeballs. Pretty awesome, right?

Hmm..that said, I don't think that we would stop telling people that we are doing nothing. But yes, in the back of our minds, we would certainly know that while we are doing nothing, we are actually doing a lot of things unknowingly. Happy working, guys and gals!

The matrix : We all are one

"In a broader prospective, we all have the same features, same body, same skin, same hands, and most of all, the same connection of feelings!"

Well most of us did feel that something does actually connect us with one another some time or later, right? Now, the thing is, how far is this right? Do we actually are connected, or is it just another misconception. We are yet to find out, or probably, we are yet to read out.

According to me, we are connected. Everyone of us. We think together, might not live together, but certainly share the same thoughts which actually is an outcome of something really huge. Something unimaginable. The farthest I can go in this theory is by best giving you an example. And that could possibly be the Matrix.

Think of the Matrix as a huge database where every thing is stored. Everything. Every single thing that can possibly be existing on this earth, and every possible thing that can thought of. Yes, that is a HUGE database.

And the best part of this database is that every existing person on this earth has a permit to extract data from it. All you have to know is how to do it. You can be everything you want and anything you want.you just have to know how to do it.

There are billions of people connected to this database consciously and unconsciously. Right this moment, you are connected to it. What you do, what you think, everything is extracted from the database with our without your knowing.

What your friends think about you, or what you think about them, both your thoughts are connected. The simplest example of this is when you think bad about someone, you notice him/her turning bad against you automatically. You might have not thought about this change in character before, but now you know so try putting the practical to theory. They change because your thoughts towards them change. And the reason why your thoughts change them is because you all are connected. You all are a part of the same massive database, the Matrix.

Actually, this theory can be expanded to no limits, but I would like to end it with a great saying that "treat others the way you want to be treated". I certainly think that the person who said that definitely had an idea of the Matrix!

Rest is up to you, crazy minds!

Sixth Sense : Concept or hidden truth?

"Woah! Is someone standing behind me? Or is it just my weird feeling! No wait... its my sixth sense, right?"

We have seen it in Spiderman as the "Spidey Sense", we have seen it in Superman, we have seen it in almost every super hero, but have we seen it in us? Actually, there has to be someone who actually felt this sense before and decided to make up a fictional character, and since Science proved us that we have only five senses, it was a instant hit!

Now what's weird is that, we ourselves feel this every now and then. How many of us had that weird feeling that some one is behind our back, or maybe the feeling of some one watching us, or that feeling that someone is looking into our direction, even though we are not looking towards them? All the questions have one and only one answer, its our Sixth Sense working for us!

Pretty awesome right? But obviously, this doesn't mean that we can pull out web from our hands, or probably circle around the earth.. that's all truly fictional folks! Scientist have been working real hard to prove this awesome feature of our body as a truth, and so far, its all good news. It seems to me that there is a pigment layer in our eyes which can sense small amounts of heat and presence around us, and via nerves sends messages to our brain.

Since we all know our bodies are made up of heat, this might sound convincing. But still, proves are to be handed! Well, we all do feel it at times, and most of the times, we end up seeing someone behind us. Science tells us that there are different ways to which different brains of different people react. Some are more sensitive to presence around us, while some do not feel any thing at all. It completely depends on the capacity and power of the brain. But, in general, the sixth sense plays an important role.

One thing should be taken care of here is, note that sixth sense should not be compared to visions. Both are entirely different concepts. I accept the fact that it would be fun to compare those two around some time later! Right now, sixth sense, is true? Or is just a fictional power?

Actually, its totally up to you to decide whether this is true or not. But I consider this to be a topic which needs a serious lift. How many of us have that feeling of guilt that some one is watching us when we are doing something wrong? Maybe its just the sub conscious mind working, or maybe... its the sixth sense playing a role again? The real surprise comes to us when we prove ourselves that some one was actually watching us! See, the whole point of this post is to help you decide whether you want to believe in this or not.

Next time when you feel that some one is standing behind you, or whether someone is looking at you, try giving a serious thought to this! Cheers!

Source(s): 
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111105220849AA8OiWb
http://scienceblog.com/7036/brain-study-points-to-sixth-sense/
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_basic_biomedical_sciences/news_events/articles_and_stories/vision_blindness/200704_sixth_sense.html
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP14304