Numbers are an important part of all spiritual and magical/mystical practices. Regarding the numbers, there are many cross-cultural similarities. The entire world over religious and magical/mystical texts, has given credence to numbers by magicians and mystics. Because there is such a consistent belief in the power of numbers to create fluctuations in psychic energies, we can assume their use as a universal truth. Numerology is a self-contained divination system based on the study of numbers, their hidden meaning and symbolism. I have always been fascinated by the number nine. In my family I am the only one whose numerological number does not add up to nine.
Nine is the square of three. In the mystic world it is a frequently used digit. Not many spend much time delving on the ritual use of the number Nine. Number Nine represents the great harmony of the universe, long before notation of history began. Its significance was known and recognized. There are nine planets in the solar system, a cat is said to have nine lives meaning a great survivor. ‘to the nines’ means to the highest degree. ‘On cloud nine’ means euphoric. Another interesting fact about this number mathematically is that if it is multiplied by any other number, the resulting number, when reduced to a digit will always equal to nine. For example,
2 x 9 = 18: 1 + 8 = 9
3 x 9 = 27: 2 + 7 = 9
4 x 9 = 36: 3 + 6 = 9
5 x 9 = 45: 4 + 5 = 9
6 x 9 = 54: 5 + 4 = 9
7 x 9 = 63: 6 + 3 = 9
8 x 9 = 72: 7 + 2 = 9
9 x 9 = 81: 8 + 1 = 9, but when nine is added to any other digit, the resultant number is never nine it is always the other number. For example, 1+9= 10, i.e. 1; 2+9=11, i.e. 2; 3+9= 12, i.e. 3; 4+9=13, i.e. 4; 5+9= 14, i.e. 5; 6+9= 15 i.e. 6; 7+9= 16 i.e. 7; 8+9= 17 i.e. 8. This is a very unique aspect of this number; no other number has this combination. This reiterates the fact that number nine stands for wisdom, spiritual powers and mastery. We use it to command and compel.
In Hinduism the number 9 has a lot of significance. The number of RUDRAKSH in a Rudraksh Mala is 108 amounting to 9. Apart from this, in the book “Mantra Mahavigyan” we find some more significant facts about this number. The maximum time one should recite a mantra is 108 times that is why a jap mala consists of 108 beads. Another significant point is that a healthy person daily breathes 21600 breaths approximately, again adding up to 9. According to Hindu Scriptures the number of Lord Brahma (the creator of the Universe) is 9. This may explain to some extent the importance of the number in Hinduism. We are all aware that Gods in Hindu religion has 108 names each
Rishi Vyas had written 9 Purans and 108 Mahapurans. The Mahabharat and the Gita has 18 chapters each and there are 10800 shloks (Verses). Indian Vedas treat the Sun as God and the Sun has 12 zodiac signs and in the Yajurveda Sun is related to Brahma whose number is 9, therefore 12*9 = 108 and hence considered very sacred. Another point to be mentioned here is that in Hindu mythology there are 4 Yugs; Satyug consisting of 172,800 years which add up to 9; then comes the Tretayug consisting of 129,6000 which again adds up to 9, then comes the Dwaparyug of 86,4000 years and lastly the Kaliyug of 43,2000 both adding up to 9 individually.
Astronomically, there are 27 constellations in our galaxy and each one of them has four directions therefore 27*4 = 108, i.e., 108 covers the entire galaxy. Although I knowledge is limited regarding this but I have heard that the sign of completion is the combination of the numbers 6 and 9. It is also thought to be the sign of Scorpio eating its own tail.
I’ve heard that in Hyderabad the number is in great demand where a person paid nearly 3 lakhs for 9999 at the RTA Auctions, then in line are 999,99,9 or a combination that adds up to 9 like 18, 27 36 5 and so on.
My sister had such a fascination for the number that she made it a point to do any thing special or go anywhere special only if the date +month +year added to nine. My cousin of course takes the cake. She regularly recites the table of nine from 9 *1 to 9*20 108 times! I know of a lady who would not marry till she was 27 years and waited the next nine years before she had a child and as luck would have it the child was born on 18-9-1980, I don’t know whether it was coincidence or her ardent desire. I have heard that people do all sorts of crazy things. But it is also believed that the squaring of 9 seems to indicate a “hyper-peace” or ultimate fulfillment.
Last but not the least, it has been found that the diameter of the Sun equals to 108 times the diameter of the earth
The diameter of the earth is:
Equatorial diameter is12, 756.28 km;
Polar diameter is12, 713.56 km
Mean diameter is12, 742.02 km
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Human Life Book
Author: Aliceshown
When Albert Camus stated that life is a ‘sum of all your choices,’ the key variables were not something he dwelt upon but the human life book covers it all. It offers meaningful insights into the various aspects of life. It discusses the role of key variables such as philosophy, religion and spirituality in human life.
Human Life Book: Stages
The human life book classifies all important stages in a person’s life. A popular quote on life by Charlie Brown reads, “In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.” For many riddles that one stumbles across in different phases of life, there are no perfect answers.
Consider the following important stages:
* Infancy and childhood: This is the phase of innocence, when every child can be molded like a potter’s clay because they are easily influenced. It is also a phase of ceaseless discovery. A child’s perception of the world, human relationships and spirituality are most powerfully molded at this stage.
* Youth: Becoming popular, trendy and rich makes it difficult for youths to toe the line of spirituality at this stage. Their focus is greatly influenced by the urge to please their peers, acquire popularity and be highly sought after by the opposite sex.
* Middle-age: Being rooted to familial and personal obligations dims the urge for self discovery at this stage in life. The need to make enough money to support family leaves very little time for actual spiritual growth. Still, there are people who pursue spiritual growth despite their troubles and manage to experience peace and contentment.
* Old age: This is a phase of life when the journey towards grabbing opportunities ceases to fascinate most human beings. The quest for spiritual longing begins to develop and grow into a state of spiritual illumination.
Human Life Book and Philosophy
The human life book discusses philosophy as a point of reference for all actions. Philosophy is not just about questioning life’s big ideas, but it involves a journey of self discovery. Important philosophical views include:
* Metaphysics: refers to the methods that an individual deals with his/her natural surroundings.
* Epistemology: refers to the modes of gaining worldly knowledge and wisdom.
* Ethics: involves basic values that determine an individual’s actions throughout his/her life.
* Aesthetics: It implies the theory of establishing what is beautiful and what is not.
Spirituality, life and philosophy forms an important part of the human life book as these are layers that permeate the very foundation of human existence.
To find out more about interesting facts from the human book life, visit http://www.goti-a.com
Secrets Of Life Book - The Trilogy of Hope : A Book that will put you on the TRUE path of Success and Shape your Life. More than 188,000 ebooks downloaded already in 52 countries!
Human Life Book: Stages
The human life book classifies all important stages in a person’s life. A popular quote on life by Charlie Brown reads, “In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.” For many riddles that one stumbles across in different phases of life, there are no perfect answers.
Consider the following important stages:
* Infancy and childhood: This is the phase of innocence, when every child can be molded like a potter’s clay because they are easily influenced. It is also a phase of ceaseless discovery. A child’s perception of the world, human relationships and spirituality are most powerfully molded at this stage.
* Youth: Becoming popular, trendy and rich makes it difficult for youths to toe the line of spirituality at this stage. Their focus is greatly influenced by the urge to please their peers, acquire popularity and be highly sought after by the opposite sex.
* Middle-age: Being rooted to familial and personal obligations dims the urge for self discovery at this stage in life. The need to make enough money to support family leaves very little time for actual spiritual growth. Still, there are people who pursue spiritual growth despite their troubles and manage to experience peace and contentment.
* Old age: This is a phase of life when the journey towards grabbing opportunities ceases to fascinate most human beings. The quest for spiritual longing begins to develop and grow into a state of spiritual illumination.
Human Life Book and Philosophy
The human life book discusses philosophy as a point of reference for all actions. Philosophy is not just about questioning life’s big ideas, but it involves a journey of self discovery. Important philosophical views include:
* Metaphysics: refers to the methods that an individual deals with his/her natural surroundings.
* Epistemology: refers to the modes of gaining worldly knowledge and wisdom.
* Ethics: involves basic values that determine an individual’s actions throughout his/her life.
* Aesthetics: It implies the theory of establishing what is beautiful and what is not.
Spirituality, life and philosophy forms an important part of the human life book as these are layers that permeate the very foundation of human existence.
To find out more about interesting facts from the human book life, visit http://www.goti-a.com
Secrets Of Life Book - The Trilogy of Hope : A Book that will put you on the TRUE path of Success and Shape your Life. More than 188,000 ebooks downloaded already in 52 countries!
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5 Simple But Powerful Tips To Help You Have A Healthy Heart
Author: william preston
5 Simple But Powerful Tips To Help You Have A Healthy Heart
When you want to have a healthy heart, it is not as hard to do as most people think it is. You just need to do a few simple things to help you keep your heart healthy. Knowing some important tips can help you figure out the most important things to do in order to keep your heart as healthy as possible. So, this article is going to give you some tips that will help you get started towards having a heart that is healthy.
1. Avoid smoking -
A lot of people don't realize that smoke not only causes lung cancer, but it can also cause problems with your heart. There are many chemicals in the tobacco that can make your heart unhealthy, so by avoiding smoking, you will avoid the problems to your heart.
2. Don't drink alcohol or only drink a little -
It is always a good idea to avoid alcohol as much as you can because this can have a bad affect on your heart, but if you do drink now and then, don't go overboard.
3. Exercise regularly -
This is an obvious one that everyone knows about, but too many people avoid it and that is a mistake. Exercising on a regular basis is one of the best ways to help you maintain a heart that is healthy.
4. Eat a healthy diet -
Again, this is another common tip that everyone knows about, but doesn't always do. You have to eat as healthy of a diet as you can if you want to maintain a heart that is healthy. Eat foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as, olive oil, cold water fish and walnuts. Plus, eating whole grains will help your heart also, along with other healthy foods.
5. Have regular checkups with your doctor -
his is very important because they can help you keep an eye on your heart and make sure it is healthy. If there is a problem with your heart, they can help you determine the best way to make it healthy again.
These are just a few of the tips that you need to know to help you maintain a healthy heart. By making a few simple changes in your lifestyle, you can live a healthier life with a heart that is
healthy. So, make the changes today because the sooner you get started, the healthier your heart will be.
william a preston
When you want to have a healthy heart, it is not as hard to do as most people think it is. You just need to do a few simple things to help you keep your heart healthy. Knowing some important tips can help you figure out the most important things to do in order to keep your heart as healthy as possible. So, this article is going to give you some tips that will help you get started towards having a heart that is healthy.
1. Avoid smoking -
A lot of people don't realize that smoke not only causes lung cancer, but it can also cause problems with your heart. There are many chemicals in the tobacco that can make your heart unhealthy, so by avoiding smoking, you will avoid the problems to your heart.
2. Don't drink alcohol or only drink a little -
It is always a good idea to avoid alcohol as much as you can because this can have a bad affect on your heart, but if you do drink now and then, don't go overboard.
3. Exercise regularly -
This is an obvious one that everyone knows about, but too many people avoid it and that is a mistake. Exercising on a regular basis is one of the best ways to help you maintain a heart that is healthy.
4. Eat a healthy diet -
Again, this is another common tip that everyone knows about, but doesn't always do. You have to eat as healthy of a diet as you can if you want to maintain a heart that is healthy. Eat foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as, olive oil, cold water fish and walnuts. Plus, eating whole grains will help your heart also, along with other healthy foods.
5. Have regular checkups with your doctor -
his is very important because they can help you keep an eye on your heart and make sure it is healthy. If there is a problem with your heart, they can help you determine the best way to make it healthy again.
These are just a few of the tips that you need to know to help you maintain a healthy heart. By making a few simple changes in your lifestyle, you can live a healthier life with a heart that is
healthy. So, make the changes today because the sooner you get started, the healthier your heart will be.
william a preston
Article Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_1015583_17.html
DREAMS
Dreaming is a part of life. Dreams are considered to be the gateway to an inner world hence everyone dreams for as long as they live. Even unborn babies dream in their mother’s womb, it is believed.
Dreams are expressed in visual language and portray a person’s repressed experiences and desires. According to scientific research into dreams, founded by Freud and Jung, dream images and activities show symbolic structures, and thus became psychotherapy’s most important aid in exploration of the unconscious.
Personally, I find this partially true but I don’t believe this to be the end-all theory on dreams. I believe dreams can be categorized into three broad divisions. First are the dreams we see when we have not fallen into a deep slumber, i.e., when we sleep lightly, it is here that we work out our mind’s repressed desires or experiences. They are easy to recollect when we wake up and also more or less easy to understand and interpret in order to know what is bothering us or what is it that we are seeking in our everyday life. For example, I was three years of age when my father got me a book on penguins. I was totally taken in by the photographs and the write-up on them. That night I dreamt that I was marooned on a snow-covered terrain and about a dozen penguins walking towards me and I woke up. My sister had gone to bed one night without having her meal as she was very sleepy, that night she dreamt that a party was on in the house and all sorts of delicacies laid out on the dining-table and however much she tried to reach out for her plate, something or the other came in between and she woke up frustrated.
The second category is when we are in deep sleep. The dreams then are difficult to recall in its totality. Here comes the symbolic structure. We get our information from our souls about some impending happenings. For example, it is believed that if you see a snake entwined inside your house then there are all chances of a new baby coming to the family, birds symbolize intellectual matters, amputation warns of the loss of a family member or impeded progress or loss of freedom. Butterfly indicates a mind going astray, bath a symbol of change and cleansing. Burglar or burglary indicates or refers to something or some incident which has been overlooked or suppressed in day-to-day living of the person. As an example I would like to tell you of an uncle of mine who was never afraid to take up a fight for a cause he considered right, was frequently referred to as an actual coward because very often in his sleep he yelled out that there is a burglar in the house or that a burglary has taken place in his house. Long after he passed away it came to light that he was hiding a major family secret in order not to affect the lives of many other family members. There are many other such symbols. A knowledge of the meaning of these symbols is of great assistance in the interpretation of dreams and thus helps in psychotherapy.
The third and final category is where the spiritual aspect comes in. It can hardly be denied that often we heard of people who have received many a message or warning from the other world, or from dead relatives. This cannot be entirely an imagination. One person I know had leukoderma and was very depressed about it because the doctors had said that there is hardly any chance of a full recovery. While she was trying to come terms with it and also draw succor from the fact that the doctors also assured that it would not spread any further, she dreamt one night that she was standing by the sea-shore (she did not live near one then or before) and a veiled lady came up to her and gave her a small packet in which there were some powder contents and told her to take it if she wanted to be cured. The affected lady immediately consumed it. When she woke up she was very scared, not knowing what implications the dream had but before a week was out ALL the white patches had completely disappeared. You will just have to believe me as this is something which was witnessed by many of my family members.
Fifteen years prior to his demise, my father was diagnosed having prostrate cancer. Now cancer is CANCER, we ran helter-skelter to different doctors hoping against all hopes that there would be some other option other than surgery. The answer from all quarters was the same. ‘Nothing but surgery’. A week or two later, my mother in her dream herself in a temple-like place with a lot of sagacious looking people telling her that what she wants is impossible (she was not aware of her question) but she was not ready to accept ‘no’ for an answer. Soon after a man came out of a side-room and told her to go back home her request will be answered soon. Believe me; within two days an acquaintance informed us about a doc from a different branch of medicine, who treated such cases without surgery. Since that treatment for two years, my father required none other and departed from this world, a hail and hearty person a year after my mother passed away.
This is just two of the many examples I can provide. My idea is to say that our dreams are just not a reflection of our inner most mind and its wants and desires but also a path for supernatural intervention in our daily lives. When we sleep deeply our souls can reach out to a different world wherefrom we gain some information or knowledge. The ‘veiled lady’ or the ‘sagacious man’ is the expression which our souls provide, so that we can identify. Suppose instead of a veiled lady there was a giant amoebic creature hinting in sign language, would we follow the meaning? Our souls thus convert the images into objects or living beings for us to understand and also give our dreams a sense of normalcy.
To say that dreams are no more than an expression of our sub-conscious minds wants and desires which we suppress under social pressures, is not wholly right. It also is a window through which we can reach out to the outer sphere of this world.
MEDITATION
Recently a friend of mine told me to me to give meditation a chance in order to calm my frayed nerves as well as to improve my daily performance at my work-place. Although this may seem to be a common advice by many, I decided to give it a try. I always wondered how a person can meditate with full deliberation, as I always thought that meditation was a state of the mind which a person reaches in the progression of his/her life and after a definite disenchantment of the worldly joys and pleasures. At that stage a person is open to the concept of meditation as a means of keeping oneself in harmony with nature and also finding peace.
When I decided to give meditation a chance, I looked up many books and articles on this topic. I was surprised to know that it is considered as a remedy for many common as well as rare or near-fatal diseases by many doctors and scientists the entire world over. In the
The ancient yogis described the practice of meditation as a powerful tonic that increases energy, rejuvenates the cells and also helps in withstanding the ravages of time and hardships by the person. It also gives greater stamina and a happy disposition, besides increasing the longevity of a person and that too in a tension-free mindset.
The technique is apparently quite simple where you sit in a relaxed posture keeping your spine straight and remaining alert but not tensed. Deep breathing and at the same time concentrating or focusing on one object or name or mantra, “
My problems began when I tried to remain focused on a name. The mind instantly started to veer away from the name and I found myself thinking of other things. I soon brought myself back to my chant with full concentration. A relation complained of falling asleep, we were told that falling asleep also can be of help to some extent although not fully but I am hard put to remain concentrated. I am wondering whether there can be a pre-stage to meditation where I can use some technique to blank my mind of all the thoughts, the answer to which is again meditation. Although I am flummoxed I intend to pursue this form of self-healing. Wish me luck.
Ending on a lighter vein, my five-year-old nephew has cottoned on to the hype about meditation among the house-holders so, whenever a crime of his is detected he immediately sits in a meditative posture and waits for all the storm to blow over before he can again sneak out of the house.
CONFUSING GUIDELINES OF LIFE
As we move along in life at some time or the other, we are forced to seek guidance from our elders and betters to resolve the issues that bother us. It was at such a stage I discovered to my amazement and horror, that nearly every sagacious saying or quotes have a contradictory saying in some other form. Take for example “Great minds run in the same channel” now comes the contradiction “Fools think alike”
A GARDENER'S WOES
The onset of monsoons brings to our minds the fresh smell of earth, the cloudy sky, the entire world looking fresh and laundered, the occasional peeping of the bright sun, the flowering trees and accompanying it the new saplings. This is the time when most of us plant new trees, trim the outgrown branches and then wait for nature to water the terrain and make it appear heavenly. My sister and I were passionate about greenery since childhood, so saplings were bought or ‘columned’ from others’ trees and planting them in our garden where ever we resided.
