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May 30, 2009
I have many dreams….part 1
“What is your dream?” Asked one of my clients and a series of dreams rushed to my minds, which were nurtured in me for many years now. I was instantly reminded of Martin Luther King Jr. who had a dream of equal rights for both black and white. But his dreams were never achieved completely in his lifetime. It gave me an interesting insight - which convinced me that the dreams you posses need not be manifested by the dreamer himself. They can in fact become an acceptable and achievable concept for generations to come because individual life is too short to dream big and also to have the time, money and power to make it happen.
Dream 1 – Temple that brings Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva together
Human beings by birth are ‘ungrateful.’ They have this nasty habit of ignoring what they have been blessed with and to complain about that, which isn’t provided yet. And it shows. In a country that believes in Trinity – Lord Brahma - the life ‘G’iver, Lord Narayana – the life ‘O’bserver, and Lord Shiva – the life ‘D’estroyer - we have innumerable temples for Lord Narayana and Lord Shiva, but then have only two temples for Lord Brahma.
The reason is simple – we don’t want to thank Lord Brahma for having given us this beautiful life to live. We just want to complain about success, money and prosperity to Lord Narayana, and we want to butter Lord Shiva from doing permanent damage to us and close ones.
Well my dream is to construct a huge temple with three ‘Gopurams’, each dedicated to the one of the Trinity. The first ‘gopuram’ (entrance) will be of Lord Brahma, where in a worshipper thanks him for the life provided. The second ‘gopuram’ will be of Lord Narayana, where the worshipper asks for general prosperity and well being, and the third ‘gopuram’ (exit) will be of Lord Shiva, where you ask Him to prepare yourself for the inevitable death.
Dream 2 – An Indian School – ‘Atmosphere’
I am not against education I am against the prevailing system of education in India. A system that is corrupt in the name of donation, a system that dumps you with all those unnecessary shit which you might never use in life, a system that gauges children’s originality, ability and potential just by means of grades, a system that kills creativity at a tender age, and a system that boasts about 100 per cent results producing slaves and mediocres.
Atmosphere will be a system of education that will first find the purpose of the child’s existence. It will find a child’s natural skill, natural talent and natural interest, and work and concentrate only on those areas where there is a possibility of the child to excel. The rule is simple – a natural artist need not break his head to answer – when a particular train, moving at 60 kms/hour, will overtake a train moving at 50 kms/hour, which left 1 hour earlier. And a natural mathematician or logician need not know the difference between water colour painting and oil on canvas.
Atmosphere will also bring all those Indian systems under one roof – where in you can do a crash course in pottery, a crash course in astrology, a crash course in ayurveda, a crash course in meditation, daily discourses on Indian epics, religious debates, lessons on history, historical debates et al.
The children studying at Atmosphere will never compete or write their 10th or 12.th And it will be a school, which will be ‘Thankfully not recognized by the Government of India’.
Dream 3 - A weekend meditation resort
It will be a meditation resort that is completely cut off from the outside world – a primitive set up void of all the latest technology – right from electricity to mobile phones to television and internet. A resort – that will take you back to the days of our innocent existence. You can come with your family on weekends or holidays and just meditate and be silent.
It will be set up where you will be treated as equals in the eyes of God – hence you will be asked to enter wearing a robe that will be provided at the entrance, and you have to remove and deposit all that expensive stuff you have been proud to own – right from your footwear to goggles to diamond ear rings. You will have no reason to show off your prosperity and you will never know how prosperous the other family is.
Dreams to follow…..
Dream 4 - A non-religious commune
Dream 5 - Free food camps for children
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May 25, 2009
8 mns that might change your stance!
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May 24, 2009
“My samosas are quite famous”
Last Sunday I left my home to visit the Shirdi Sai Baba temple on ECR. This is one of the few temples I visit frequently. I love it because of its serenity, and also public nuisance happens to be lesser as this is a private temple. I drove down to the temple and found it unusually crowded. I didn’t stop my car, just turned back from the parking place and thought would come visit other time. With change in my lifestyle, I have started to hate crowds for sure.
An ISKCON temple is under construction on ECR, and I had been there a couple of years back. On my way back, I thought I would rather visit ISKCON for a change.
The bhajans were on and I joined the ecstatic dance. All this while, I have been noticing a person – slightly bald, a bit tall, medium built, in this 50s, and wearing a very simple dress. I could gauge his sincerity towards God and religiousness through his outlook.
The prayers were over, the prasad were distributed and it was time to go home. Most of devotees had come by their own vehicles - because reaching this temple is not easy otherwise. On my way back, I noticed the same person again. He was walking back. I stopped my car, and asked him whether he needed a lift. Taking a right was easier and shorter for me, but then I don’t know why I agreed to drop him at a place, which was a lot far for me – I had to take bigger route to be precise.
With his accent I understood that he was an NRI, hence asked him where he was from. He said, “yes I live in New Zealand.” And later he added, “in fact I cycled to New Zealand from Chennai.” I was completely awestruck!
He wasn’t an ordinary guy, and I stopped having regrets about taking the longer route.
He was a sportsman and he possessed a dream to come around the world on his bicycle. In 1980, he took permission from all the people who had to give him a go ahead - right from local MLA to the External Affairs minister. Leaving his parents behind in Chennai, he started his journey along with his friend in 1980 and it took him 4 years to reach New Zealand. He had to cut down his world tour for an interesting reason.
On his journey he met a European girl with whom he fell in love and also got married too. Our guy was a vegetarian, and could not believe that his European girl had quit eating non-vegetarian a couple of years back before meeting him. He calls her his soulmate. They reached New Zealand just to find that his wife was pregnant. And he had to stop his journey for his family’s sake, and he eventually got settled in New Zealand.
I asked him, so what do you do for a living in New Zealand, and he said, “I teach vegetarian cooking in one of the universities and my samosas are quite famous there.”
For now I don’t know why the Sai Baba temple was unusually crowded, why I went to ISKCON instead, and why I had to meet this particular person. There should be some divine reason that will unfold in future and my blog will know it sooner or later.
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May 21, 2009
If V Prabhakaran was wrong, Mahatma Gandhi was wrong too!
Death of the LTTE founder and leader V Prabhakaran was good news for many and bad news for few. It is good news for people who are ignorant about the past and who have limited vision about the future. Prabhakaran was of course born in Tamil Nadu, and a lot of Tamils had migrated to Sri Lanka, but then NOT all Tamils were migrants. There isn’t any history that all Tamils who lived and existed in Sri Lanka were from Tamil Nadu. In fact there isn’t any history about who are the natives of Sri Lanka – the Tamils or the Sinhalese. The truth is - they always existed together. Hence the language or the dialect the Sri Lankan Tamils use is different and far more superiors than Tamil spoken in Tamil Nadu.
I went through few forums on the Internet and spoke to few people, and most of them had similar views. “One who migrates to another country should not ask for separate nation.”Point taken. But who said – Tamils in Sri Lanka belonged to another country on the first place? Just because Sri Lanka is 13 kms away from Tamil Nadu, doesn’t mean all the Tamils living there swam to Sri Lanka.
Most believed that – the minority should go by what the majority says. And the natives have all the rights to form rules to which the minority should abide. Then why the hell did Mahatma Gandhi refuse to carry identity cards in South Africa? And also Mahatma Gandhi should have kept his mouth shut when he was thrown out of the 1st class compartment saying he was a coolie. And there surely is history that Indians were transported to South Africa predominantly to do the work of coolie. In the given scenario Gandhi had no rights to instigate unrest in a foreign land – which incidentally made him famous, a leader and father of the nation!
Another argument – LTTE was violent, and violence doesn’t win wars. I really wish Lord Krishna had gone on a hunger strike to win over Kauravas. And I really wish Lord Rama had gone on a hunger strike too to get Sita back from Ravana. If the world believes in non-violence, then was Saddam Hussein hanged? He should have sent to some psychologists or a rehabilitation center.
Most people usually confuse between non-violence and tolerance. Gandhi was not tolerant. He was violent and he was always ready to fight - the weapon he used was ‘non-violence.’ He didn’t choose non-violence out of choice though. In fact there weren’t any other choice left. If India was good at ammunition, and India was good at technology may be Gandhi would have used violence to get rid of Britishers. And if Gandhi really thought that non-violence is the only thing that can win wars, then he should have not agreed to send Indian military force to support the Britishers to fight against the Nazis.
If we agree that only natives should have the stronghold, and that natives alone have all the rights to dictate terms and suppress the minority, then Martin Luther King had no business to fight for the blacks in America. History says that the Africans were transported to America as slaves. They should have not complained about separate beaches for black, separate compartment in trains, and separate divisions in buses.
In India too – Dravidians are the native people historically. In this case Aryans should be the suppressed ones. Which is not the case today.
I was pondering about the main differences between Human beings and animals. It isn’t about the 5th sense of the 6th. It is about ‘truth’, ‘justice’ and ‘equality’. These three important factors do not exist in animal kingdom. And whenever injustice is forced upon fellow beings on the basis of caste, community, religion, and race – a new leader is born to fight injustice.
The Germans were screwed in the 1st world war and Hitler was born. The Tamils were suppressed in SL and Prabhakaran was born. People die, but truth doesn’t. Truth has to prevail for the human race to survive, so people will be born in different forms to fight - for life is eternal.
When my daughter asked me, why did the terrorists attack Hotel Taj? I didn’t tell her they are cranky. Or their religion is misinterpreted. Or they are Jehadis. I just said BJP, the political party who claim to be the representative of Hindus in India, brought down Babri Masjid based on a fictitious character. These attacks are just retaliation because not all think non-violence is the only way to win wars.
If we walk the talk, then those NRIs living in the US should stop carrying and celebrating Indian independence in foreign land for similar reason that we would never want Pakistanis to jam the roads on August 14th.
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May 19, 2009
God ‘fucks’ me royally!
A female (yahoo messenger ID - swetharaj27) buzzed me today on Yahoo messenger. She asked me to do three simple things – 1) stop calling myself an Astro expert, 2) stop cheating my clients 3) and to quit astrology. The reason was simple too – ‘my wrong predictions about Elections 2009.’ They were completely off the mark, except one. Thankfully I didn’t get angry. I coolly asked her to go home and fuck herself.
Mundane astrology is a serious game. And thank God I don’t belong to the category of astrologers who give astrological reasoning after the real event is over – this includes predictions by Nostradamus too. Ninety nine per cent of astrological magazines across the globe are full of those craps (Astro reasoning after the real event) – and they of course make good business. In the days to follow, every Tom, Dick and Harry will write about why Congress came to power, and why JJ failed miserably. These are people who play it safe, because your whole credibility is at stake when you get into predicting real events.
I don’t belong to the category of astrologers who talk in terms of possibilities or chances – like it could be BJP but then Congress have more chances. And also thankfully I don’t belong to the category of astrologers – who say two different things to two different publications at the same time. And then show off only those, which have come true.
I predicted the elections and kept it for longer period of time on the site, without writing a new one, so that all my readers read it first. I am least bothered about my credibility factor for I know if clients stop coming to me – God will open another avenue for me, which will be far better than the present. I want my clients to know about my life’s journey – and that is why I blog. And I don’t blog to advertise myself.
When mundane predictions go wrong, advises flow from various directions. Novices open their big mouths and non-believers get enough reasons to point fingers at astrology and astrologers. I only pity them for their ignorance.
Answer me this –
If Sachin Tendulkar gets out at zero, do people say he has to quit cricket? Or does the world say he doesn’t know how to play cricket?
If Mani Ratnam’s movie flops at the box office, do people say he doesn’t know to make movies? That he has to quit making movies?
If people die at the hands of doctors, do people say he doesn’t know to cure hence he has to quit being a doctor?
Why is that only in astrology 100 per cent accuracy is expected? Like any other profession mundane astrology is about consistency. My 2008 predictions were on dot – Indian winning Gold medal at Olympics, Jodha Akbar being a Super hit, medical scam et al. People didn’t start falling on my feet for that. Did they? May be they thought it was just a fluke.
The wrong predictions didn’t shatter my ego at all. I continue to carry a king size ego, and I surely have positive feeling about the predictions that were made –
Vijay Kanth & Chiranjeevi flopped as predicted on August 29, 2008 (Visit this URL - http://www.askenni.com/archives/2008/08/will_chiranjeev.html), Congress won in AP (as predicted this time), and L K Advani isn’t the PM (may be I said that in a different context).
And the best solace for me is – none of GOOD astrologers of India got the prediction right this time.
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May 15, 2009
Elections 2009!
As a responsible citizen of India – I didn’t vote this time too. I never vote and that is one of my vows. I will write a new blog about why I don’t vote and would never want to vote. For now let me answer few questions my friend asked me over the phone today.
Q1) Who will form the government in the center?
A1) Congress won’t. It will be BJP who will be forming the government at the center, with necessary alliances.
Q2) Will L K Advani become the Prime Minister?
A2) There are two kinds of people. One - who are the real Kings and second – the King-makers. Advani belongs to the king makers’ family, where in he himself won’t like to hold the supreme power and would rather want someone who listens to him blindly to become the Prime Minister.
(Another king maker alive is Bal Thackeray and the best historical king maker was – Chanakya. Advani possesses Chanakya’s energy)
Q3) Has Narendra Modi any chances of becoming the Prime Minister?
A3) Narendra Modi is too strong a candidate for L K Advani – a person who might not listen to L K Advani at all. Hence till L K Advani is hail and healthy, he won’t allow Narendra Modi to become the PM.
Q4) What about Tamil Nadu?
A4) Well JJ and allies will sweep the elections.
Q5) And in Andhra Pradesh?
A5) TDP has very less chances in AP. Congress and allies will continue in AP.
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May 10, 2009
My spiritual journey so far – part 8!
What if sitting in Chennai, you can say the colour of the dress your friend is wearing in Mumbai or Bangalore (of course without webcams)? What if by looking at someone you can say his educational qualification? What if you can tell someone their vehicle model and also its colour, by looking into their energy fields? What if you can just read minds, tell the problem, and also predict life events without allowing the other person open his mouth? And finally what if I said – those things became possible for me?
I was a core logician till I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. I know, and I can argue better than anyone else, that it always makes sense to believe in things, which are logically proven. But your logic gets a heaving beating, when few things manifest in a way, that your logic takes a back seat.
My teacher shifted his computer from his prayer room to a different room, saying his meditation made the computer switch off without reasons. Logic says – what nonsense? I shared that news with someone close, and could only get a nasty comment with hearty laughter in return. Hence I kept mum and never shared the truth with people when my office computer behaved the same after my journey into meditation. I never wanted to become a laughing stock among people I hated the most.
I was excited about the new skill I was blessed by the divine. I would walk across to strangers, and say few things about their past and future - and they would be flabbergasted at the accuracy. And I was surely having fun. It gave a massive ego boost, and I knew I had to keep it in control. But I was too young to make the right use of it.
By this time, I had already decided to quit the corporate world, and become a full time astrologer. While going to office, instead of saying a bye, I would ask my wife to be ready because it could be my last day at my office. I resigned in March, but my resignation wasn’t accepted due to HR age old formula – “listen to them, and make them feel important.” From my side I thought – may be God wanted me to wait few more months. And I was sure God will let me know when the right time comes to quit – and move ahead.
I started spending good number of hours in meditation, where in I got ample visions about my life pattern. It was like watching a movie with your eyes closed where your life unfolds in all its magnitude. And if I could focus a bit more, I could understand other’s life pattern too. I made many predictions based on these visions, and 99 per cent of them were right.
I had to stop using this new ability of ‘seeing things’ for a particular reason, that which I will blog in my next part!
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May 08, 2009
My spiritual journey so far – part 7!
I had read a 200-page volume about Kundalini awakening. I had attended those ‘VIBGYOR’ meditation camps, which ask you to think about different chakras in different colours. And after my kundalini experience, I have also attended meditation centers that claim to place your kundalini between your eyebrows on the very 2nd day of meditation. To me – they are all useless attempts and some of them are fake ways of making instant money. In fact the real thing happens in the most effortless moment.
I never was to working to raise my kundalini. I was just on abstinence, and wanted to go as deep as possible in meditation to connect with the almighty. And it happened. I had experienced the shaking of my body right from my feet to head many a times before too, but then I was shit scared. Hence I would open my eyes immediately and stop meditating. May be because I had read about incidents where people have gone insane due to kundalini awakening under improper guidance.
I was at my teacher’s house that day, and being at my teacher’s home was like a ‘new born in mother’s hands.’ I knew nothing would go wrong under his divine guidance. I was alone in the room, meditating, and my body started to shiver again. I wasn’t afraid this time, and I didn’t wanted to open my eyes either. Insanity was fine in the process of finding God. A subtle flow of energy flew from my urostyle and burst into my head - may be this is what they called the moving serpent in meditation.
Imagine – a ‘flower pot’ (cracker) we burst during Diwali. What if the same happens in your body? And when it happens – the feeling is exactly like the feeling of sexual orgasm. Just that during orgasm the silence and ecstasy remains for 2 to 3 minutes. When your kundalini raises – the feeling remains for close to 10 to 15 minutes.
My teacher coolly said – you have passed your Kinder Garten.
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May 01, 2009
My spiritual journey so far – part 6!
I visited my teacher’s house to learn few meditation techniques, and was completely impressed by his lifestyle. He didn’t have any dress code, he did not report to anyone, he never had any fake KRA/KPIs, and he never had any time frames. People would drop in, consult him, pay him and go. I admired his lifestyle, and very badly wanted a similar lifestyle - but never knew if it was part of my destiny.
On request my teacher agreed to teach me astrology and I was mentally prepared for weekend classes. One fine day he calldd me to say, “your astrology class has started. Reach my house at 6 am tomorrow.” It was a Monday, and I had to be at office at 9 am. My teacher’s house was 25 kms away from mine, so to reach his house I have to leave my house at 5 am by bike.
I was completely clueless and I told my teacher – I need to think about the timing, and my teacher said – if you ‘think’, you will never learn. I was at his place at 6 am, and this continued for 2 years from 2002 to 2004. After the class, I would reach my office only at 10 am, but then none found it out - thankfully.
The astrology classes weren’t just about planets, houses and their influence. My interaction with my teacher was like file transfer. He was so full of knowledge that, I could only keep myself empty to get filled up. And this was exactly the period, when I witnessed a lot of miracles in my personal life.
The one-hour early morning bike journey was an excellent period for me to frame questions for the day and to my surprise my teacher would answer them all – without me asking him. And the return journey would be full of retrospection.
Many truths about life were opened to me and it kept flowing non-stop. And I surely cannot put it in words. It is like – a secret dictionary is suddenly given to you, which has answers to all the questions about life.
My life had already changed completely. From a corporate guy, I was slowly turning into a sanyasi. The only things that bothered me now were - meditation and astrology. My corporate life wasn’t giving me any kick. I was in a hurry, and I knew I didn’t have much time to explore.
I went on a complete abstinence, and quit non-vegetarian food. And I knew there were many other things I should quit before if I can experience God. To speed up things, I went on to wear 48 days mala for Lord Ayyappa, and it was then – I had my first ‘kundalini’ experience and ‘out of body (astral projection) experience.’
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