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December 15, 2009

I go completely ‘virtual!’

I have had this thought in my mind for a couple of months now that I should stop meeting people face to face and go completely ‘virtual’. I surely can’t think about any justifying reason behind my decision. May be I am doing this because I always loved to exist as a mere ‘nobody’ in this world. And by God’s grace now I have an opportunity to exist ‘ONLY’ on the Internet. From now I will be doing astrological consultations only through the Internet i.e., through online chats, e-mails, voice chats, webcam chat and may be sometimes over the phone.

I have left Chennai, and moved to a beautiful place where I always wanted to settle. And in the coming months I am planning to travel as much as possible, and also concentrate on writing the book I have been contemplating about for a while.

It might sound like a highly egoistic statement but then it is very true that I happen to be a ‘blessed’ child – this is not because I love God, but then time and time and again I have witnessed that God has been too loving to me and always helped me at the right time with his divine intervention.

There is this general perception that if you want to realize God, you need to throw away all your luxuries. And whenever I have tried to throw away all the luxuries of my life to meet up with God, God has come running to save me and shower me with double the luxuries I already had.

Astrologically, I knew this particular Saturn transit (the period between September 2009 and November 2011) would lead to change in place of residence and also improvement on career front for me. Hence was just waiting patiently for the change to happen, and the planets did rest of the work for me. I have moved into a better and a bigger house – in fact a huge gated community in the heart of the city with all the latest amenities!

The change of residence has happened, now I will wait patiently for the career to improve – I am sure planets will take care of my career too…..

God Bless All

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November 21, 2009

For childless couples….

One thing I desperately wait the whole year is my visit to Lord Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala. There isn’t any particular reason that I get attracted to Him, but then I love the process of complete abstinence. I don’t want to count the number of times I have visited Sabarimala, but then the only prayer I have ever had was – “I need to quit the corporate world,” and it got manifested the very next year. Before that year or any year after that - I never had any prayers as such for my family members or me!

Logics get a heavy beating when faith creeps into your life. If I exchange sides with someone who can disprove the presence of God or disproves astrology, I surely can argue better than him. But then it needs a lot of guts and balls to be on the side – where you don’t have any logical explanation to prove your belief systems.

A coconut filled with ghee (muthirai) is carried along with rice and other puja items in a bag called Irumudi. And this ‘Irumudi’ is carried on the devotee’s head all through 72 kms of thick jungles of Sabarimala. The number of muthirais symbolizes the prayer or the wish a devotee has that particular year. It could be a – job change, or a better house, or a better relationship.

All my wishes are already granted, and hence I carry muthirais for others. And I have seen my prayers being answered almost immediately – God is just being good to me.

I personally feel that you can live life happily without anything else under the sun, but then life without a child can really be miserable. I normally carry three mutirais, and if any married childless couple wants me to pray for a child, it would be my pleasure. Just drop me a mail at kennedig@yahoo.com

You can mail me ONLY if –

*you are MARRIED already

*you are naturally childless for at least 3 or more years (meaning never tried artificial ways to block pregnancy or performed abortion)

*you are biologically normal (meaning good semen count, and your womb is still in place)

*your sexual life is good

*your ages are between 20 and 40

*you believe in the presence of God

PS: Gay couples can ignore this post!

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July 28, 2009

Auroville Horrible!

My social life has become zero. And after becoming an astrologer, I don’t have any friends either. All my friends have become my clients with time. And to be honest I love it that way. A life of a loner is what I have always dreamt of, and by God’s grace it has been blessed. Of course I have a wife, two beautiful daughters, and a supporting family, but then still – being alone gives me the most pleasure - god knows for what reason!

Monotony struck me a couple of months back, and I thought I should start traveling alone to places that interests me. I traveled to Thiruvannamalai last month, and this time I traveled to Auroville, Pondicherry and stayed there for 4 days.

Pondicherry has always been a depressing place for me. The truth is there is nothing in Pondicherry – not even a beach that has a shore. May be it is good for booze lovers, but then the long tiring drive for a couple of beers lesser by 10 bucks isn’t worth the effort.

I have heard and read few interesting facts about the commune that exists in Auroville. And my sister’s recent experience in Auroville made me decide that I should spend some days in Auroville. And I should say it wasn’t worth it.

I sometimes wonder why people get so constipated in the process of spiritual growth. They talk, walk, think, preach loving kindness, and when approached behave as if they have a pin poked in their butts!

Everyone I interacted at Auroville had a common streak. They talk as if they are not bothered, they behave as if they are superior souls, and they unanimously make you feel that you are not welcome! With whatever kindness I have gathered living in a materialistic world I found a room, and also a TVS 50 moped to ride inside the Auroville.

The roads are muddy, they don’t have a decent place to dine, there is no one to tell you what is happening around, and you can never guess why and where are people plying so fast on their bikes! Probably I was the only guy riding the moped at a decent speed, all else were moving as if there was no tomorrow.

I slept for 4 days. And if I had extended the stay by one day I am sure I would be pushing the grass by now – out of mere boredom to be precise.

I wouldn’t say it was a complete waste trip – at least I cannot afford to say that after the money being spent. I realized something very important during the 4-day stay. I realized that - I am not a spiritual person but I am more of a religious person. So in future will choose place accordingly.

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June 22, 2009

Few days of seclusion…part 2!

I am neither a fan of Ramana Maharishi nor his disciple. He was destined to get enlightened and he did. And his way of negation doesn’t and will not suit everyone on the path of spirituality. “you are not your senses, you are not your body, you are not your thoughts, then who are you?” The statements sound exciting and easy but do not help you much in the longer run. You will keep asking “Who am I?” And the answer will remain the same, ‘You’ are ‘You’!

There is a beautiful Shiva Linga inside the Ramana ashram, where pujas are performed through out the day. Mantras are chanted, Vedic shlokas are read, and divine songs are sung. The energy and vibration indeed make you feel elated, but then I didn’t understand one thing. If Ramana believed in the philosophy of Advaita – meaning ‘seek God inside you’ – why is this Shiva Linga – an external factor - worshipped here with so much of religiousness?

Thankfully there ain’t any meditation classes or group therapies. You are just provided the place to live and are provided food on time. You are just left alone to do whatever you want to. You can meditate, you can read, you can move around, or just exist for the sake of it. The place is full of silence, and environment is serene.

There are two beautiful caves on the mountain just behind the ashram – named Skandasramam cave and Virupaksha cave, where Ramana Maharishi happened to spend many years in tranquility. I have had fantasized about meditating in a cave through out my life, and this was the first time I had an opportunity to really meditate sitting inside a cave. The experience was awesome – and God spoke to me! (Will blog about that some other day).

There is always a fear of getting attached in the process of detachment. The first day, you feel all are strangers hence feel better to be alone, the second day you keep bumping into the same people again and again and start exchanging smiles, and the third day you start to communicate with them. You are at square one again. New relationships and new friendships start developing – and you start to miss your ‘aloneness’ again. I need not reiterate the story of the saint who left everything to become a real ascetic, and had to start with having a pet cat to take care of the rats, which ate his loincloth.

I guess I stayed for the right period of time and three days were apt. I left before aloneness starts turning into boredom. And I left before I became ‘myself’ again in the new environment.

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June 14, 2009

Few days of seclusion…part 1!

I am back, and I should admit that I had an awesome time in seclusion. I think there is nothing like being ‘alone’ once in a while or when you really want to. And I am glad that I did this, when I was happy about how life is treating me. I read somewhere – only a happy mind can meditate, and I cannot disagree to that statement.

I would have never come to know about a place called ‘Thiruvannamalai’, if I had not married to my wife. Well she was born in this beautiful, serene and divine place. Thiruvannamalai is one of the Pancha Bootha Sthalangal representing the fire element along with Chidambaram, Sri Kalahasti, Thiruvanaikoil and Kanchipuram representing sky, air, water and earth respectively. They are all Lord Shiva’s temples. Read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvannamalai

On top of that Sri Ramana Maharishi had spent most of his life in this graceful place. Sri Ramana Maharishi, had formed an ashram at the foothills of Annamalai hills, and there is where I spent three of my life’s most beautiful days.

The accommodation is free, the food is free, and if you want you can donate something to the ashram. Donation is not compulsory though. Here is the URL http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/ that will guide you through the place and also the process involved if you want to spend some days there – alone.

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June 09, 2009

Far from the maddening crowd…

This is the first time I am doing this alone. I am cutting myself off from all communication and communication devices for 3 days and I am going far away from the maddening crowd. I will be roaming around as ‘nobody’ in an unknown place. I am already excited about the value time I will be spending with myself and of course God! Inshallah – I would love to spend these 3 days in complete silence. Will blog about the experience when I am back!

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June 03, 2009

My spiritual journey so far – part 9!

This particular blog is the last in this series as 9 happens to be my lucky number!

Thrilled with the divine skill of seeing things and the psychic ability to crack human life patterns, I very ‘badly’ wanted to help people in a major way. Thankfully I didn’t run nude like Archimedes did after the revelation. But I at least ran till Mayajaal – a multi-plex on ECR - where they were conducting special programmes for Pongal. The deal wasn’t good, but then money wasn’t that I was looking for. All I wanted to do was to help some sincere seekers.

The crowd was good and my stall was named – ‘Tarot Reading by G Kennedi.’ Most of the people were completely clueless about what Tarot reading actually meant. Few came and asked where is the parrot? I said there is no parrot – I am the one who will be picking up the cards. Few were excited about the colourful Rider Waite Tarot cards, and debated – why don’t you allow us to pick the cards. And I had to tell them – we aren’t playing strip poker here!

The response was good and I did reading for close to 150 people in 2 days. Except for a couple of readings where I got screwed rest were excellent. And I loved the way people looked at me with awe, when I could tell them their past just by looking at them. I could say their educational qualification, the colour of the car, the area where they live, and the countries they have already traveled. It was major fun – at least for me.

I was naive and could not handle the new toy. Just like kids, who exhaust themselves with a new toy, I exhausted myself too. I never knew the repercussion of psychic reading. After those 2 days I fell ill for 15 days. Had I talked to my teacher before I accepted the deal, I am sure he would have helped me - for he knew and also had good experience in psychic reading.

These 15 days of illness were days of contemplation. The first question I asked myself was – was it worth it? And I got an answer. It wasn’t. The people who consulted me basically thought that I was a magician. And I am sure the reading and the predictions weren’t taken seriously. They probably were thinking hard about how I did it than what I told them.

There were many who just came, sat, and threw their attitudes. If it had been my house, I would have asked them to get out, or rather looking at their attitudes I would never let them inside. But I was bound to do the reading. An incident that made me decide that – I will never travel to the client’s place for a reading. If the client wants – he should visit me. That holds true to the PM too ;).

Few were testing my skills and few were testing my patience. The worst thing I could remember is that a rich drunk bastard sat near me and asked me to do a reading. It was reason enough for me to say fuck it. I reduced the days to 2 from 4, and regretted my decision of accepting the deal.

Morals of the story 1) help only selected people. 2) If you keep your ass open, none would mind fucking it.

After dealing with 150 people, I understood one truth that even if Lord Narayana comes in flesh and blood, there still will be people who will be ready to debate about whether he is the real Lord Narayana or the fake one.

I stopped using my psychic energy, and started concentrating just on horoscopes. It is simpler any day. These days I try seeing things only for those special people I like. And my liking towards them completely depends upon their behaviour and respect towards astrology and astrologers.

On my spiritual journey – through long hours of meditation, and after reading 7000 and odd horoscopes – I have realized only one truth. And the truth is ‘God Exists.’ There wasn’t any flowering of 1000 lotus petals in my bloody head and I never went to a no-mind stage people cheat about and aspire for.

I still am possessive about few people, I still feel jealous about few things, I haven’t forgotten my past, I have not dropped my ego and identity, I haven’t changed my name to fool myself, I still have desires, I don’t carry a fake smile as if I have unearthed the tool for permanent happiness, and I still get a hard on looking at a woman wearing a bikini or G-string. But still the truth remains – ‘I have realized the presence of God!’

And the saddest part of life is - once you realize the presence of God you are back to square one – as in life goes as per destiny!

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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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April 27, 2009

My spiritual journey so far – part 5!

Understanding my urge towards spirituality, my teacher called me over the phone to ask whether I was interested to meet a real saint. I had read a lot about miracles and ESPs, but then never thought it was possible in real life. You indeed get transformed, when few things hit you hard personally. The saint’s name was Shantananda, and I left my office without anyone’s knowledge to join my teacher to meet the saint.

Those days, in spite of being married for 5 years, I was getting attracted to other females in the office. It wasn’t just attraction but it was something more than that. I was kind of convinced that that ‘monogamy’ wasn’t my cup of tea. And on the spiritual plane – I thought that this fatal attraction was the only thing that was keeping me off from reaching what I am supposed to reach.

The question I wanted to ask the saint was – how to ignore women, and concentrate on God? And I wasn’t shy, and also I wasn’t short of courage.

Accompanied with my teacher I entered a small house in Chennai, where the saint was seated on a platform, and only two elderly women were sitting on the floor. It was a jolt for me. What kind of saint is he? He has only 2 disciples? And why is the house so small? I still was under the impression that any enlightened master will be as rich as Satya Sai Baba or Osho Rajneesh.

My teacher introduced me to the saint, the saint looked at me for not more than a second, and started to say – “if you think women distract you, consider them as Goddess Lakshmi or Goddess Saraswathi or Goddessl Kali. It will be easier for you to handle things that way.” I was zapped completely. He answered my question without me even asking it.

My relationship with my teacher was becoming stronger, and now I was behaving like a baby who would cry for anything and everything. I wanted to learn astrology, I wanted to learn meditation, I wanted to learn mantra shastra, and I wanted to see God. And I was already sick and tired of the manipulative corporate world.

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April 04, 2009

My spiritual journey so far – part 4!

My girl friend asked me, “you really want to attend Osho’s meditation camp? Or would you prefer a weekend with me?” And thankfully I chose the former - for deep inside I always knew that the path to godliness was far better than choosing girl friends or women. With the limited pocket money I was given by my father I saved some to attend a 3-day Osho meditation camp at Salem. And of course the meditation camp never had any group therapies – as most people could presume.

I am too small to comment on Osho’s caliber, but then somehow in my personal experience – I found that you could never escape your inner voice, which Osho essentially calls your ‘ego’ or the ‘mind’ that has to be dropped for spiritual growth. The truth according to me is - how much ever deep you go into meditation – your mind will keep functioning and will refuse to calm down – and that precisely is ‘YOU’ - your inner being. And the more you try to escape it, the more you will be unable to meditate. Hence the best thing is to accept your mind and let it do the talking…

I stopped reading Osho as it was creating duality in my mind, and I knew for sure that I was going astray – by reading more and not meditating at all. I put a deliberate full stop to my spiritual journey, and started adjusting to the corporate world. I handled Sify Astrology, pooled in good astrologers, and started making good money for the company. But I surely could guess that it wasn’t what I was born for.

I had read this somewhere that – when the disciple is ready, the master appears. And it did happen to me. Destiny made me meet K Gopalakrishnan, who till then existed just as one of the panel astrologers on Sify. Acquaintance with him made me understand that looks could be completely deceptive, and that the first impression need not be the best impression.

From outside his hair will be full of oil, will be wearing un-ironed clothes and a pair of dirty footwear. In fact he was one of the very few people whom I met who was so intelligent and knowledgeable that it will take a lifetime for many to decipher him completely. Even I have misjudged him for couple of years.

Through few conversation, I made him understand how interested I was in religiousness and spirituality, and how badly I would want to know the ultimate truth about life. He asked me a simple question, what kind of sadhanas do you do? And I replied – I have read Osho’s books. And he bluntly said – spiritual romanticism! With that comment I immediately realized that I have embarked on a spiritual journey once again…

To be continued…

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March 24, 2009

My spiritual journey so far – part 3!

Someone told me that you could improve your English language skills and also your vocabulary if you read a lot of novels. I wanted to start reading but was completely clueless about where to start. Unfortunately I started off with Mills and Boons series, and till date I could not find anything more useless than them under the sun.

I shifted to Sydney Sheldon in no time, took some 1 month to complete the Doomsday Conspiracy, another 2 months to read half of Nothing Lasts Forever, and I never touched his books again. The truth was - these novels weren’t providing me anything. And I never wanted to spend my time on something that isn’t useful forever.

I had heard about Osho Rajneesh, when I was very young, and someone who spoke about him had commented that all his disciples walk around nude in his ashram. I wasn’t bothered to do a research on him then. I think I also remember the time, when he died (1990).

He never had any influence on me, and I never cared about Osho till a close friend of mine handed me a book that was published by his commune. She (my friend) had already ignited the spark! And the spark spread like a wild fire.

I became a voracious reader in a day, and could complete reading Osho’s books in no time. Sometimes 2-3 books in a day. And I think now I have read almost all his books. Reading was slowly becoming a hobby. And to whichever book exhibition I went, I would cast my eyes on Osho’s books, and buy them immediately, and complete them in a day. My library started flourishing. And all my spiritual questions were getting answered one by one.

My inclination towards spirituality was getting a new hope, and I had to wait till the age of 21, to find my first calling. Osho’s book inspired and influenced me a lot. But then without my knowledge, I was on a trip, where in I started imitating him. I forgot to understand that after learning there is a process of unlearning too. And unlearning Osho was another journey I had yet to start.

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March 09, 2009

My spiritual journey so far – part 2!

I studied well, scored average marks, and thankfully never failed in any of subjects in my life. I was happy with my education, my father was happy too. But then there was always a vacuum lingering in my mind – and I never could understand what this vacuum was. The world was too fast and the world was too materialistic for me to understand what I really wanted in my life.

When people around me asked me about what kind of girl would I want to marry in life - I would always say – I will never get married, I want to be a sanyasi instead. Well I think most people when young answer the same - but then I was a lot serious about it.

I admired lives of Jesus Christ and also Shirdi Sai Baba and wanted a life like theirs, but on the other side I was getting attracted to girls. Since long, I don’t know when exactly, I had decided that – whomsoever I like – I will be the first to propose or at least create an situation where I become irresistible. I proposed to the first girl when I was just 16 and I think she was 14. She refused to accept me then, and recently I came to know that girl has become a prostitute due to family circumstances. Well a story that can be made into a movie I am sure.

The episodes of attraction, and love, and relationships continued and still continues… In fact I have never fallen in love with anyone at first site - rather I fall in love with every girl the first time I talk to them. And this still continues. But after a while my head convinces my heart to keep a safe distance - thankfully.

Education was happening, life was going on well when suddenly I happened to meet someone who triggered what was lying dead in my heart for long. It was our college Hindi professor (V Suresh) who gave me the first dose of ‘philosophy’, which eventually gave me the first kick of ‘spirituality.’ Most of the students hated him hence I refused to accept that I liked him. I secretly admired him, and always looked forward for his class – and never missed a single class of his.

My professor’s presence had prompted me to ask a lot of ‘questions,’ and now I had to find someone who would answer all my questions….and it happened too…

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March 06, 2009

My spiritual journey so far – part 1!

Being born to a Hindu father and a Christian mother I always had a choice to select my own religion. My father had a separate puja room – with photos of Ganapthy, Lord Shiva et al and my mom had a separate one – which had photos of Jesus, Mother Mary and St Antony. Well for me – the different colorful photos mattered only during my exam times. I always had one prayer on mind – “let me not forget whatever I have studied” – and thankfully I never did.

After their marriage - neither my dad insisted my mom to change her belief system, nor my mother wanted my father to change his religion for the sake of love. There were 1000 other reasons but religion was never a cause for fight between them. They existed in harmony as far as religion was concerned.

My father never spoke about religion to me, he never made me fold my hands in front of the God, and never forced temples upon me. But my mom being a staunch Christian baptized me without my father’s knowledge and I was named ‘John G Kennedi.’ So according to Church’s records my name is John G Kennedi, which was never used for legal reasons. And I am always referred to as a Hindu in all the certificates and documents I possess.

When I rewind my life – I don’t remember whether it was sex or religion that hit my mind first. May be they both hit me at the same time. I was a lot into self-talking, and self-analysis from the day I remember myself. But till then never knew or understood the presence of God.

I was wearing Shirdi Sai Baba’s ring for few years after I visited Shirdi when young, and later was wearing Mother Mary’s ring after visiting Velankanni. And sometime they were both in my hands together. In fact I felt a lot comfortable with those rings in my hand.

My father was a terror, and in my life – I have been never been scared to anyone or anything more than my dear father. I remember when I used to pee my pants when he yelled at me. But then those were the days – when fathers were respected more than being loved. I never had any hobby, never was into any extra-curricular activities, and never played much either. I was an obedient son – studied nothing else than those useless subjects.

At schools when we were asked about hobbies and our likings, a lot of guys would say reading was their hobby. But till I completed my 12th – I had never read any book apart from my subject books. I could not imagine how reading could become a possible hobby!

To be continued….

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February 28, 2009

Can we bank on them?

My sister had opened a current account in Axis bank, and the minimum balance to be maintained was 10 k. She religiously maintained the minimum balance, but there was no transaction as such from the day it was started. Once she wanted to withdraw some cash and she was shocked to see the balance - the amount was automatically reduced to 6 k from 10 k.

On enquiry she came to know that they had charged her Rs 150 as some debit card charges, for which there wasn’t any intimation sent, and from then on they kept charging Rs 400 each month for not maintaining minimum balance. Funny accounting I should say. My sister brought the roof down, blasted the managers, and went forward to the consumer court to file a case. After a month of making calls to and fro – she got her money back - 10 k credited to her account. Of course too much of energy was spent in the process.

My mom isn’t literate much and still carries this conventional notion that banks are the one who give us interest on the deposit made and not vice versa. She is a pensioner, and had an account in ICICI just for the heck of it. Even she religiously maintained a minimum balance, and thought ICICI would pay her interest for maintaining the same.

Last month when I visited my mom, she had received a letter from ICICI, which carried the account details and the account summary. ICICI had done its job perfectly. They deducted some Rs 250 as debit card charges in the month of October 2008, deducted Rs 800 for the months of November 2008 and December 2008 as fine for not maintaining the minimum balance, and they sent the October-2008-dated letter in the month of January 2009 - so Rs 1000 had already gone before we could think or react.

We didn’t have much energy to fight this time. I asked my mom to rush to the ATM and withdraw all the money, and stick to nationalized bank where Rs 500 is the minimum balance.

My mom innocently asked me, “instead of giving us the ‘interest’ for the money we deposit why are they taking the interest from our money?” I could not answer her.

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September 27, 2008

Nothingness!

These days there is nothing to think about and nothing to write about. Not that life has become perfect, but still - nothing bothers me. Life is still, and at the same time moving ahead. I don’t desire, and I don’t aspire. I don’t seek, and I don’t ask. I don’t pray, and I don’t complain. I am just flowing and just doing things, which I am asked to. I don’t have any thoughts, and I don’t have any worries. Life has moved to stillness, and I think it has halted at ‘nothingness’ – temporarily. Will blog soon…..

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June 16, 2008

My visit to the Golden Temple – Vellore!

I came to know about this 300-crore Golden temple through media, and also through 2 of my friends who had already visited the shrine. More than the temple, I was curious to know about the person behind the whole project. I gooogled and found the answer. It is Sri Shakti Amma - a man who is an ardent devotee of Lord Narayanee. (Google - Narayanee Peedam - for results).

We drove down to the temple, and the temple was crowded as expected. I am sure it will attract more people in days to come, and would fetch more money than Tirupathi for sure. The initial experience of shutting people in cages reminded me of Tirupathi. But then I think there isn’t any better way to handle animalistic Indian crowd.

After some decent waiting the doors were opened. The walk towards the main shrine was interesting. It is a star shaped pathway, which is surrounded by lush green gardens, where the sayings of this 32-year-saint are displayed. They are good to read. The main shrine is made completely of Gold, with the main deity as lord Narayani.

The darshan was good, and after the darshan I realized that anything is surplus is ugly. Gold looks beautiful only when there is a contrast or it just looks like a yellow metal. May be that is what the saint intended to convey.

One of my clients had told me that you could meet the saint, who performs puja in a normal temple, which is located opposite to this Golden temple. Very few knew about this fact. Hence out of 10,000 and odd people who came to see the Golden Temple, only 100 and odd people came to the opposite temple to meet the saint.

We waited for some 2 hours, and witnessed the saint performing puja. The puja went for an hour or so. And it was part of the schedule that after the puja was over he would sprinkle some holy water on the people who attended.

He called 2 people on to the stage and gave them blessed lemons. And came down to sprinkle the holy water. On his way, he looked at me, stopped near me, gave me a cosmic smile, and asked - so where are you from. I said from Chennai. He smiled again, sprinkled water and moved on.

In fact I was a lot flattered. Out of 200 and odd people, he spoke to only 1 person and that was me. More than the temple, I liked his cosmic smile – may it will have some bigger meaning, which will manifest in the near future!

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June 10, 2008

The mysterious 14th Century saint – part 2!

Days passed, and I had stopped thinking about this particular issue. One fine day, my sister asked me to drop and pick her up from a particular place. And I had 1 hour in between. I thought I would visit the Sai Baba temple on ECR, Chennai in the meantime. Thankfully I was carrying one of Osho’s books – Krishna – which I could read there.

I reached the temple in 30 minutes, and was now standing in front of Lord Dattatreya’s idol. Neither did I come to see Lord Dattatreya, nor was I thinking about my friend’s case on that particular day. I kept staring at the idol, and something told me to open the book. I opened the book, and noted the page number – it was 3&%

I picked up my sister, hurried to my house, put 13&% as year of birth, put the time at which I was at the temple as time of birth. Date, and month I put according to the placement of Sun and Moon. And I got a different chart altogether. Now I matched the events I had already confirmed with my friend with the earlier chart about the saint, and it matched with this particular chart too.

I knew, that I could be a bit subjective and also partial in this particular case. Hence to double confirm I asked my friend to consult some other good astrologer about the chart I had chalked now. I asked her to ask the astrologer only about the saint’s past using this new chart. If they match with what I had told about his past – then we can confirm that we have broken the code!

And as expected looking at the new chart the other astrologer told exactly what I had told about the saint’s past looking at the previous chart. And I confirmed to my friend his date & time of birth. Thanks to Lord Dattatreya!

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June 07, 2008

The mysterious 14th Century saint – part 1!

“I will give you the chart details and the planetary positions. Will you be able to tell me the person’s date and time of birth?” One of my Express days friends asked me over Yahoo Messenger. I said very much possible. She gave me 3 other clues – one that the person was a saint, secondly that he was born in the 14th Century, and third that he was born in Maharashtra!

I drew the horoscope on a white paper and looking at the planetary placements she had given I said few events of his past, and my friend agreed to most of them. So I presumed that the chart was right, and now I just need to find his date and time of birth. But things weren’t as easy as it looked initially.

My friend’s mother has zero knowledge about astrology. And she hasn’t read a single book about astrology but then the chart details and the planetary positions were given to my friend by her mother. She needed the birth details for a thesis she was doing on the Marathi saint. And how did the mother get to know about the chart details? Here is the mystery…

My friend’s mom has a unique power to connect with any saint – dead or alive. She speaks to literally every saint – right from Ramakrishna Paramahansa to Swami Vivekananda. And one of her closest was this 14th Century Marathi saint. It was this saint who gave her his birth chart when she asked for it. The saint for some peculiar reason just gave her the chart details, but then never revealed his date and time of birth.

Now the case was passed on to me, and I felt like a Tom Cruise of Mission Impossible! I broke my head over the chart. And I also spoke to another experienced astrologers I knew. The conclusion was – the details of the chart and the planetary placements were an impossible planetary combination. I tried to find the combination right from 10th Century to 15th Century – and I could not find it out.

After good amount of effort I understood that logical approach wouldn’t help me much now. I decided to take some major divine help to crack this cryptic code. I told my friend that I will have to meditate on the case, and asked her 2 important things again. I asked her to confirm the Century and also I asked her to let me know the saint’s personal deity. She said it surely was 14th Century, and his deity was Lord Dattatreya. I said fine, and told her – if God helps me, I will get in touch with you. Or else think I have failed in the mission.

To be continued....

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May 15, 2008

I am not anyone’s ‘Guru’!

I get few mails where people address me as Guruji. There are people who call me Guruji. And there are few who think I am a real Guru, who can help them, achieve salvation. This kind of treatment makes me feel awkward and at times funny. Of course there was a time when I wanted to be a replica of Osho Rajneesh and wanted to create a weekend meditation resort. That way sometime back I also wanted to be like Krishnamachari Shhrikanth, who could smash the ball all across the ground.

When a doctor cures a patient, he doesn’t become God. Same way when an astrologer’s prediction comes true – he doesn’t become any Guru or God. It is just that their techniques have worked and they have kind of mastered it – with experience. Of course failures are part of any profession.

People are very vulnerable that way. The moment your prediction comes true, they assign a Godly title to you. They think your words have power, and they forget to analyze that it was their own destiny that was told looking into their horoscope. The progression goes this way –

First - once the prediction comes true, they think an astrologer is always right
Second - they think that all that an astrologer would say will come true
Third – they would want an astrologer to say what they want to hear
Fourth - they would stop asking predictions, and ask only for the blessings

After the 4th stage, the astrologer is so overwhelmed with people’s reaction that he loses his focus and also his path. He stops predicting, and enjoys his Guruhood. Now he keeps blessing people, and people start taking blessings for anything and everything – to make a killing at the stock market, to win the elections, to get cleared of court cases, to get saved from corruption charges, to escape murder charges and what not.

In my personal experience with spirituality and meeting with saintly people and Gurus - I have discovered one important thing that – none can be anyone’s Guru. Your life is your individual journey, and you have to travel through it all alone.

Making someone a Guru is the easiest escape route. You can pour all your worries and psychic garbage on Satya Sai Baba or Sri Sri Ravi Shankar or Juggi Vasudev, and sit at home watching TV thinking your Guru will clean all the shit you splattered in your bathroom. Remember - it is your bathroom and you have to clean it - and there is no escape!

In my case if my prediction has come true for you – it simply means that God has helped you through me. And if my prediction has not come true – it simply means that God has fucked you through me.

Here is an interesting incident. After consulting me once, one of my lady clients wanted me to be her Guru. I said, no. And she insisted. I said fine - reluctantly. On her visit the US she caught me online on Yahoo Messenger . She asked me, Guruji you want something from the US? And I said, get me some sex toys. And that was the last day she called me a Guru.

Most people think that saints are ones who never think or talk about sex. If that were the case all the impotent men, eunuchs and men with erectile dysfunction would have been spiritual Gurus.

I drink and I watch porn - it is just that I prefer God to all those things. So henceforth address me just as Kennedi or Kenni, because I am not anyone’s Guru.

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May 13, 2008

Refer me but don’t promote me!

I had a Delhi-based chat friend a couple of years back. We used to chat online literally everyday, and she used to openly talk about all her problems of life with me. Thankfully I wasn’t an astrologer that time. Those were the days when I used to think being a good listener is a boon. It was much later I realized that to listen to someone woes or ‘dukh bhari’ story is to invite troubles – both on personal and spiritual front.

I knew a very good astrologer then, who eventually became my Astro & spiritual teacher. I honestly thought that a girl with so many problems should consult someone who has all the answers. I thought it will help the girl, and could transform her too.

I insisted that she should consult my teacher for some predictions and fruitful advice. She finally agreed. I think I was trying to be too good too. I said I will pay him today, you consult him today, and you can pay me later. She agreed to this too (now I wonder who would disagree to this offer?). I made the payment, she consulted, and she stopped chatting with me. And I lost few bucks in the process.

I was traveling a couple of weeks back by train, and I noticed a teenager (guy) struggling to handle his luggage. I offered my help, and in a furious tone he replied, “uncle don’t bother, I will manage.” Something flashed in my mind immediately - you should not help people until and unless they ask for. I would stick to it from now…

I have many clients for whom my predictions have worked on dot. And for few, it has gone completely haywire – it is all in the divine plan. God has his own way to deal with astrologers and also people who seek astrologer’s guidance.

It is an automatic process that people who get benefited by me try to help others. The problem arises when they promote and don’t refer – and there is a mild difference.

All have problems in lives and all want to share it with someone close. Also all want to find the reasons and solution for their problems. And here is the irony - not all who have problems in life believe in astrology, and not all who believe in astrology consult astrologers, and not all who consult astrologers wants to pay. The last one is the dangerous most. You can lose money in dealing with them - like I did a couple of years back.

So what am I asking you to do? Try not to talk about me to anyone, and don’t tell anyone I exist. If you think I am a good astrologer, keep it yourself. If you think I am a bad astrologer – I can’t hold you back from damaging my name – you have the full freedom to do so. If you think someone really needs some serious consultation – ask him or her to directly get in touch with me – either by mail or phone. Don’t take too many steps to help him/her. For I have seen a funny pattern that people who have found me with their own effort have benefited more from me than people who have been referred to me.

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April 24, 2008

Sex, Semen and Saints!

“If people think that I am a celibate, then I think they are fools.” Well that isn’t my statement. It was one of Osho’s statements, which he told a reported during his hay days.

On to my blog now…

The more you think about God, the more you want to reach God, and the more you think about reaching enlightenment – the more will you become sexual in nature. And this happens to all saints or people who dream about becoming a saint!

I participated in one of the Internet surveys, and was astonished to find the fact that that most people who browse porn sites regularly are very religious in nature! It is a ratio that is directly proportional to each other – the more the sexual you are, more the religious you will be, and more the religious you are, more the sexual you will become!

I always had this doubt about the possibility of total ‘celibacy’. And also will total celibacy really lead you to enlightenment? I have tried all the possible techniques - from mantras to tantras. And the revelation was – if you are a normal human being with normal erection, with normal semen counts, and with normal dietary discipline – you cannot live without sex, or without letting the semen out for more than 3 months at a stretch! After that you either will have sex, or you would masturbate or it will flow out automatically in your wet dreams!

I have come across a lot of content where they speak about transforming sexual energy to spiritual energy. It surely is possible – but nothing can be done about the physical form of semen. It will come out – either you wish or you don’t wish. May be you can transform your sexual thoughts into divine – possible. But nothing can be done to evaporate the liquid – it will keep flowing down. Not only me – I have spoken about this to many saints – and they agreed to what I said.

Recently I happened to meet a saint in Chennai. He isn’t that famous as of now, but will become big soon. Hence mentioning his name won’t help much. He is one of those saints who speak to Shirdi Sai Baba everyday. Also he is one of those saints who has seen, touched and spoken to God in physical form. After my 3-hour long chat with this unmarried saint, I asked him, so what do you do for sex? He replied coolly – like we eat when we are hungry, so is our sexual needs. It flows out when it wants.

I read about another incident where our own Swami Vivekananda put his penis on a burning hot rod to get rid of his erection. But his teacher said, you need not do that. Sex is both a psychological need and a bodily need. So don’t worry too much. Just think more about God and less about women & sex– your problem will be solved.

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April 18, 2008

God isn’t cruel to us!

Our aspiration of an ideal life is to be born perfectly with an extraordinary IQ, to study from premier schools and score the maximum marks, to get into number one institute for higher studies, to do our post graduation from foreign universities, to work in branded firms directly at managerial cadres, to get married to the first person we fall in love who is good looking, knowledgeable, sensuous and non-egoistic, to be blessed with kids at the time we want them, to have kids who are normal, to have kids who study well and to make them study from good institutes, to make them get the best of the jobs, and to pray for our kids to have a happy married life ever after….. We as human beings never want anything lesser than the above list. And if by chance there is any discrepancy in any of the aforesaid areas – we ask - why is God so cruel and that too why only me?

Stop for a moment, and rewind your life, and play it from the day you remember. You will notice that none of the event in your life happened as you had planned it or had thought about it, and none of the event was a wrong event as such. They were all needed for the personality you are today. And similarly no events in future will happen as you plan it, but they will all happen for your own good. And that is how God functions. In fact it is our myopic vision that refuses to see the good in bad and the bad in good.

Recently I was expecting a cheque from a particular website. The manager had sent it on April 4th through Jetex courier and it didn’t reach me even on April 11th. I never in life thought that a courier within India could take that much time. As we all know, if something goes wrong in India, to get back life on track you will have to take another birth to solve the problem.

I got the Airway Bill Number, but Jetex didn’t have their services in Chennai, hence they deliver through another courier, which doesn’t have a website! After some 30 calls to Mumbai and Chennai – we were able to track our courier after 2 days, and it was lying in Chennai. The cover had my phone number on the cover, but those mother-fucking bastards never bothered to call me, instead they sat on it for a week!

I finally went to the courier office and collected the cheque, and in the process I should have spent some 200-300 Rupees. The only thing I could do to find a vent to my feelings was to write this particular blog, and also tell that manager to STOP using Jetex courier. The manager was good to me, and said – give me your ICICI account number, and from now we will deposit the amount directly into your account instead of wasting time and money in sending cheques through courier.

Thankfully the whole event turned out to be good for me. If only the courier had reached me on time, this particular decision of direct credit would have never been taken!

Moral of the story – God isn’t cruel to us, but it is His style of functioning, which disturbs us sometimes!

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March 28, 2008

You get ‘Timed Out!’

I remember an interview of Bollywood comedian Johny Walker, which was shown on TV a couple of years back when he wasn’t doing much on the silver screen. The interviewer posted an interesting question to him. And the question was – how do you feel about not being in the limelight now, which you were there just a decade back? Johny Walker replied, “I have reached the top of Mount Everest, have placed my flag there and come back. I need not go there again and again to prove my worth.”

The irony of life is most people and predominantly most successful people fail to understand the impermanence of life. They forget to understand that they are saleable only in a particular period, and with time even currencies change and the older one becomes useless. In fact blessed are those who understand life and its pattern better.

K Balachander is considered to be the king of Tamil Cinema, who ruled it for almost 2 decades. He has given more hits than any other directors of Tamil Nadu. But if we ask him to direct a movie now - I am sure it will be a major flop. The simple truth is - life has timed him out. So is the case with most successful directors of movie industry. Even Hrishikesh Mukherjee could not give a hit, after his golden era.

Of course there are many exceptions. People like Amitabh Bacchan or Rajini Kanth have eternal success because they are not normal human beings. God is too good to them. But remember exceptions cannot be taken as role models or examples to lead our lives.

This phenomenon is not only true with movie industry, but also true with every career we take up. One day you have to stop working and prepare for death. And this is what we hate to do - we think we can restart our lives anytime, and in the process we fail miserably.

I have seen many people who retire from jobs, and invest their hard earned savings in some business thinking they will be great businessmen from now. It can never happen that way. How much ever good time you are running astrologically - you will only lose money – because life is getting ready to time you out. Hence you better accept it. Of course there are cases where people who have made it big post 58 years of age, but 99.99 per cent people aren’t exceptions, and as said previously exceptions cannot be taken as examples.

A strange phase comes in everyone life, wherein you have to stop doing what you enjoyed the most - Martina should quit tennis, Sachin should quit cricket, and Rajini should quit acting. Whether you are happy or unhappy about the same isn’t anybody’s botheration - but the event is bound to happen. And when you quit, sometimes you have an option to do something that is an extension of your past, and sometimes you are left with no option at all. It doesn’t make any difference though – the extension also dies with time! And you get timed out alone!

Will wait for the time when life wants me to stop astrology!

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March 04, 2008

I am back!

I am back. In fact I was back from the pilgrimage on 20th January itself. But then it takes a bit of time to adjust to the materialistic life after few months of abstinence. Thanks to my wife – she dragged me to all the eat outs, shopping malls, and movie halls, which she had avoid during my abstinence. Now she is tired, and I got some time to reestablish my focus in life.

This year my trip to Sabarimala was awesome. It was specifically good for 2 reasons. One - because this was the first time I went to see Makara Jothi, and secondly 2 new guys with excellent sense of humour had joined our group. The secret of happyness was understood the best during this pilgrimage. Walking barefooted on those mountains with 3-4 kgs of Irumudi on head, some 10 kgs on the back bag, sitting under scorching sun, with little water to drink, no proper food to eat, and no enough place to sleep – we still had smiles on our faces, and laughter with every joke cracked. This was the best example to prove that – happiness doesn’t depend on external factors but it is an internal phenomenon!

Just a week before we left there were news that some 23 people died in stampede. The fear was too much for us, but when we reached there the crowd was manageable. People were patient, helpful, and intelligent. Looking at the crowd it was quite obvious that the number 23 was indeed a meager number.

The event goes this way – every year from Pamba, Lord Ayyappa’s jewellery box is taken to the Sanctum Sanctorum through Periyanavattam. At Periyanavattam a special puja is done, and also dance is performed by the bhaktas. When the jewellery box is taken from Periyanavattam to Pamba, a distance of 8 kms or so, 2 bald neck eagles will be spotted in the sky, which is supposed to guard the jewellery box. And it happened!

When the jewellery box was taken from Pamba, and when the puja was performed at Periyanavattam – I spotted 2 eagles beautifully flying in the vast sky, where there were NO signs of OTHER birds or other eagles flying!! Logic was defied. In fact these eagles kept flying till the jewellery box reached the Sanctum Sanctorum, and was seen no more after 6.30 pm.

One of my friends also spotted actor Naseeruddin Shah with the team carrying the jewellery box! Surely a pilgrimage, which breaks religious barriers!

My teammate had told me that the best place to witness the Makara Jothi was Periyanavattam, and to have the best darshan you need to stand in the river for hours together. They were right.

We reserved our place at 2 pm, and stood in the river. At 6.30 pm, when the place was getting darker, there were at least a lakh people already standing in the river. At around 6.35 pm we could spot the lonely star, and it was said just near to that you will see the Makara Jothi. And at around 6.45 pm we could see Makara Jothi flashing 3 times with all its glory! An experience to cherish forever! And seeing is always believing!

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January 09, 2008

On a pilgrimage..

Inshallah (God Willing) I will be going on a pilgrimage tomorrow, and will be back around 20th of January 2008. By God’s grace this will be my 5th visit to Sabarimala, and this time we have planned to be there to witness the infamous Makara Jyoti, which will be seen on January 14th.

Of course there are many controversies related to it. For the believers it is Lord Ayyappa giving darshan from the astral to all his disciples. And for the non-believers it is fire lit by some tribal living in the opposite mountain. And some even say it is camphor balls lit from the opposite mountain, which is well planned by the temple Nambodaries themselves. But who cares - the believers alone know the truth!

You can read about ‘Lord Ayyappa’ by clicking here

And You can watch the video of ‘Makara Jyoti’ by clicking here

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December 29, 2007

Askenni wishes one and all a very Happy New Year!

The year 2007 was good, and I wish and pray that the coming year should be better for one and all. I have already put up 2008 yearly predictions based on your Ascendant. And here I have made few predictions for few important people in the coming year. If you want to know about someone else too – just drop a mail at kennedig@yahoo.com

2008 predictions for….

1) Sachin Tendulkar will struggle to perform, and retire from International cricket. Will take up new responsibilities in Cricket related field

2) There is a strong possibility of India winning at least one Gold medal at Olympics 2008, Beijing.

3) Sanjay Dutt will continue to have a bad period, which will restrict him from getting busy in films

4) There won’t be any major shoot up on Stock Market front. It will go down, and stabilize. Industries related to computers, automobiles, written communication, travels, and media will do well

5) The BJP will have a new leader, and L K Advani will refuse to take up the lead role

6) Deepika Padukone will give few major hits in Bollywood, and will start to rule the Hindi filmdom

7) Ashutosh Gowarikar’s ‘Jodha Akbar’ will be a hit, and will win international acclaim

8) A major scam in the medical field is possible in the year 2008

9) Sania Mirza will have some minor health issues, and the year 2008 will be just an average year for her

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December 21, 2007

Pray for me brother!

I am reminded of a joke where a millionaire wanted to get married. He had called upon women applicants who in turn had to pass through several competitions to top the list of the probable brides. The competitions included – marathon (42 kms), high jump, long jump, cooking, stitching, oratory competitions, gymnastics, intellectual debates, spiritual inclination et al. After all the competitions were over ….

the rich man decided to marry the woman who had the biggest pair of boobs!

A publisher offered me to write a book, and asked me to come up with few topics. And a couple of days back I had asked my readers to suggest me few topics to write a book on. They came up with beautiful topics, which included – life after death, astral projection, timing events through astrology, Tarot for daily use, Indian astrology and sexual fantasies and few more. I extend my gratitude to each one of them – those who took the effort to mail me, and also who read the blog and kept silent for various reasons.

I personally wanted to a write a book on Indian Astrology and love, marriage and sex, which I thought could be interesting. But the publishers thought a book on Numerology will do well - I am sure they are right for they know the industry better. We as writers can claim all our shitty thoughts could sell, which need not true at all. So it is always better to keep our mouth shut and listen to someone who has wider experience in this particular field.

I am finally writing a book on Numerology and the topic of book is ‘Secrets of Numerology’ for now, which might change depending on market study!

So I would want each one of you to pray for me…..

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December 09, 2007

Bad Events? Keep flowing with a smile! - part 2!

The great singer S P Balasubramanian, music director Ilaiyaraja, and his brother Gangai Amaran were traveling in their Fiat car a couple of decades back. They were not very famous then, and were still struggling to make their names in the film industry. They were on a long drive on business purpose and all of a sudden their car toppled and fell into the nearby lake. The car was upside down and there were no signs of all the three!

After 2-3 minutes of struggle under water all the 3 came out unscathed. They looked at each other with immense fear in their eyes, and all of a sudden Ilaiyaraja said – I think our period of struggle is over – we will make it big in out lives. And from that particular day there was no looking back in their lives. All the three still hold a special place in the Tamil filmdom.

“Saturn transit will give you immense lift in your career and Jupiter transit will lead to minor health problems for you.” I told this to one of my clients, and with in 3 weeks the same person came to me saying he met with a bad accident. I said, “good.” He was kinda shocked. I said, “Jupiter has shown its results, now wait for the effect of Saturn.” I am sure this client of mine will rock in the year 2008 and 2009 – astrologically.

Our own Arun Pourie - the editor of India Today - had an interesting story to tell once. He was doing just ok in his life, when suddenly he fell into a manhole on a rainy day. He was about to drown and for seconds he thought his life is all over. But he came out with minor injuries and this particular incident brought plenty of insights and changes into his life. In fact he claims he succeeded more after that major fall.

These incidents do not mean that you should start falling into a lake, or dive into a manhole, or fall headfirst jumping from a lamppost to make it big in your life. They are just living examples of how God always keeps blessing and how good and bad are just passing clouds in our lives.

In fact we can say that -

Good and bad events in our lives seem so only because they clash with our general perception of good and bad. On a whole nothing is this world is good or bad – all events are somewhere in between - they are all neutral.

Another rule of life is - good leads to bad and bad leads to good, and you cannot escape both.

When you are running a good period you are afraid of the bad time, and when you are running a bad time you hope for a good period. And the moment you start flowing – both good and bad merge into harmony.

So try to exists somewhere in between…God Bless All!

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December 06, 2007

Bad events? Keep flowing with a smile! – Part 1!

The year was 1996. We had to complete an internship at any of the newspaper organizations as part of our Mass Communication curriculum. Out of 17 students, 15 had already started their internships 20 days back. And the only people left out were my friend Chandru and me. No firm accepted us in Coimbatore & Chennai, hence we moved to Bangalore searching. The secular newspapers of India - The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, and The Times of India – all of them said they prefer Kannadigas to Tamil students for internship and rejected our requests. Hence we had to move to New Delhi to find Internship for ourselves!

We never reserved our tickets and had to travel by unreserved compartments. I don’t understand for what reason the unreserved compartments don’t have cushions to sit. Does it imply that the poor people’s bums have more resistance to wear and tear? Or the poor people have cushions attached to their butts? The 2 days journey was acute pain in the ass – literally! We neither could stand nor could sit properly. But we somehow reached New Delhi in proper format.

A senior of ours was trying to get us into some newspaper organization in Delhi, and nothing seemed to work out. He was trying hard for us in The Statesman too, but the chances looked meager. Personally both my friend and me were least disturbed by the event. We had enough money to splurge, and we carried a let go attitude.

We were called on the 5th for a meeting with the editor of the Statesman, and it was 3rd today. We had 2 days on hand, so we thought we could watch a movie in the meantime. Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman had just released, and we were just reaching the theatre. Chandru was a 6-footer, and I am just 5 feet 6 inches in height. We either had to take a round about road of 2 kms to reach the theatre or could simply jump over a divider and reach the theatre immediately. Chandru didn’t have a problem jumping it with ease, but when I tried a stunt like Jackie Chan – I fell from a height of 5 feet and landed on my hands and knees first, with my lips just kissing the roads.

I had got some 10-15 sprains in my hand, of which 1 or 2 is still persisting in my left hand till date. I can only thank God for saving my bones. I got up, held my left hand tight, and the first thing I told Chandru was – “Chandru don’t worry we will get the Internship on the 5th.” He was a bit taken back – why on earth am I talking about internship after a free fall?

On 5th we were on time for the meeting. The editor was in, and the secretary to the editor came out with a bad news. She said, we are sorry to tell you that we could not take you. We never lost the smile on our face. We thanked her and started to walk away. When we reached the out gate, the security’s phone rang. I asked Chandru to wait, and Chandru insisted we should to. I said wait, I think this call is for us. The security was clueless about the content of the call, and his eyes were searching for someone. We waited there patiently and the security asked – are you the guys who met the editor just now? We said yes. “The editor wants to meet you”, he said. And we were offered the internship.

I still don’t know what events took place in that 60 seconds – the time which took us to reach the out gate from the editor’s office.

Will be continued….

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November 27, 2007

I am in a strange situation!

I happened to spot my ex-boss recently. In fact he is one of the 7 important people who were the main reasons for all the trouble I faced at Sify.com 3 years back. My sister asked me immediately, “Are you going to say a hello?” I said of course I would for I hate just the sin and not the sinner. And who am I to judge people based on their ignorant action? In fact I need to be utterly thankful to each one of them for I feel I am more successful than before, or else I would have still been rotting at the same place.

Out of the 7 (it sounds like a list of villains in some old Hindi movie) two of them are my clients now, two of them faced major problems on their career front (of course I didn’t do any black magic on them ;)), one of them is a very close friend, and the last one I will keep a secret.

The meeting was good, we shared few jokes, and the conversation was healthy. But I could spot a concern for me in his eyes. I don’t know if it was out of guilt or it was out of his urge to sympathize for me to make himself feel elated and better.

I was asking myself - why would anyone feel sympathetic towards me? May be because he felt I was not doing well monetarily, and that I should be struggling with my career as a full time astrologer. This is what most people around me think – and that is exactly the strange situation I am facing now.

The other day my wife was invited to a newly moved neighbour’s house. They asked her about my profession, and my wife replied that I am an astrologer. And the next question was – does he make enough income?

There is a general misconception among people that – the family of astrologers is doomed, and that they always are under acute poverty. This isn’t true. It is just that most astrologers preferred to keep themselves away from money for the fear of karmic repercussions. If they had wanted they could have minted money more than the Kings.

I can bet that I would be making triple the money that my neighbour makes – but then making it clear in front of them was unnecessary. Hence both my wife and me just shared a smile.

People judge others success only by external factors - like what brand clothes he/she is wearing, what brand watch is he wearing, what perfume is he / she wearing, what brand shoe he is wearing, and how much gold or ornament he/she is wearing. On that context I prefer to exist as a beggar – I have stopped wearing branded clothes long back (all that I have is 2 pair of black pants and 4 kurtas bought from Khadi Gramyudyog), I stopped wearing watches 10 years ago (if at all I wear a watch again in my life – it will be Rolex and nothing else), I have stopped wearing footwear, I don’t use perfume or any other cosmetic, and I don’t wear much ornaments just for my 2 tiny ear rings. My looks will surely deceive you!

On the other hand it would be literally impossible for me to carry my pay cheques and bank statement to make people stop sympathizing with me. And I cannot stand on the top of the roof to yell how much money I make every month – which is 3 times more than what I used to make at Sify.com.

One of the 7 important people once mailed me a Lakshmi Mantra, and the mail also said – chant this mantra to come out of your financial problem, which I was not in. And the mail reached me exactly a week after I received a 80 k cheque from one of the websites!

The truth is people in fact are unhappy to find happy and successful people around and they wait for an opportunity to sympathize with them, and in the process try to make themselves feel more humane. And I would be the last person on earth to expect or accept any fucking help from any fucking mortal.

This particular blog is specially dedicated to those 7 important people for I know they all read my blogs regularly J.

May God bless all and may peace prevail!

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November 23, 2007

‘Your’ inputs will be greatly appreciated!

Now this is what I call God’s miracle! A publishing house after going through my blog, wants me to author a book. They have suggested me some interesting topics like – Tarot Cards, Numerology. And I want my readers to suggest me a topic that is closely related to astrology, religiousness, spirituality and sex (my strong area of course). Kindly mail me your suggestion to kennedig@yahoo.com or buzz me your inputs on Yahoo messenger at the same ID.

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November 18, 2007

Bus itna sa khwaab hai!

I had very less desires in life. My desires were to own a bike, a Walkman, a handycam with a rug sack behind me and go cruising on long roads without any destination to reach. They all came true at the right time. Once it was all over, I was left out with no desires to seek, and life became a bit dull and boring. Hence I had to literally sit down and chalk out my other set of desires to escape life’s boredom, and this time I wanted to have a car, with a good music system and again go on long drives with no destination to reach.

I knew no bank would give me loans for a car (as I am self employed and haven’t filed my tax returns yet), neither would I have ready cash to buy one soon. These desires looked unachievable at least for the next 2 to 3 years – and I was happy. At least now I can escape the boredom of ‘desirelessness.’

This desire got manifested too – much early than I could perceive. My elder sister left her car with me, and asked me to use it as I want, and just yesterday God blessed me with some good amount of money to fix a decent music system in it. Now the highways are open - and I will soon be on a journey of no fixed destination.

Now I really want to desire for something that is really unachievable, which includes – some acres of land, a weekend meditation resort, and world’s biggest temple. I really wish I don’t reach a point of desirelessnes again!

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October 16, 2007

Converts are more fundamentalists!

The most irritating thing in life is to hear someone telling you something you have been telling him or her for ages. I have a friend – a very logical person, who would give less importance to the concept of God, and who would keep talking about how only personal efforts would take you places. I wouldn’t argue, but would only say – for me it is all about destiny. I don’t put any effort. I go where God takes me and do what God wants me to do.

We have spoken about many topics, and one of them was how a real teacher could transform your life, and how important a teacher is for spiritual growth. And he would say, “I can’t bow to any human form. I am my own Guru!”

As predicted the transformation happened, and he found a teacher. And these days he talks nothing but about his teacher. He has become a believer and talks more about God than me. And sometimes - even tries to make me a believer! Excuse me - who said I am not a believer?

People who have kept arguing with me about how destiny can be overcome by free will, these days try to convince me about the power of destiny. And they even send me stories, links and tell me incidents of their lives – about how destiny always ruled them. To mein kya bol raha tha itna din?

And people who have made mockery of astrology, and who have commented on me about being an astrologer, talk to me about astrological rules and have started reading books on astrology. Of course I am happy about the development. In fact to accept and to understand bigger truths of life like - the working of astrology, and to accept the presence of God – you need more than average intelligence, and I am glad people who are in contact with me are becoming more intelligent these days.

But the annoying part is when they start behaving like instant teachers or Gurus and try to be a step ahead of being intelligent - or trying to act smart. They immediately would try to put you down. It is good that the transformation has happened, that simply doesn’t mean that all the people who existed around turned into ‘chutiyas’ overnight. If the change has happened just thank God and keep your mouth shut.

I was discussing this vague behaviour of human race with one of my mentors. I asked him, why non-believers become evangelists the very day they realize His presence? He said a beautiful point, which cleared all my confusions – he said - Converts are always more fundamentalists! A true Muslim would remain calm, but then the convert will act as if he was sent by messiah himself. A real Christian will mind his business, but a convert will yell on top his voice saying – Jesus Never Fails! And a true Hindu will pray for world peace everyday, and a convert will join RSS or BJP!

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August 31, 2007

Want to learn astrology?

I have met only 3 kinds of people – the one who don’t know any thing about astrology, and doesn’t believe in it, the one who knows a bit of astrology and believes in it, and third who doesn’t know anything about astrology but still believes in it. I am yet to find someone who knows astrology and then doesn’t believe in it.

In the last 5-7 years I have met many astrologers – they are of different kinds too. People who don’t know any thing about astrology – but then still are famous astrologers, the people who are technically sound but bad at predictions, the people who are very good astrologers with excellent predictive capability but who underplay their talents, and few who are good astrologers and who demand their part of credit, fame and money. End of the day it depends on your destiny - whom you will consult, and what kind of prediction you will get in the process.

These days few of my clients ask me whether I can teach them astrology. And ironically most of my clients and people around me talk more astrology than me these days. Recently I had visited my native place, and the topic of astrology came up. And some 4-5 people surrounding me kept bombarding me with astrological rules, astrological principles, gems, the remedial measures and what not. The best bet for me was to keep my mouth shut, which I always do. Well it is good in a way that the divine science of astrology is getting a facelift in the 21st Century, and this kind of incidents assures me that astrology is here to stay forever. No matter how far human technological developments go, our Holy Saints, Rishis, and Ancestors can outsmart any educated and literate nut of today’s world. And the trust is with our materialistic outlook we can only discover truths about life, but can never invent them!

From the list of astrologers I have met, I prefer the one which say – “the people who are very good astrologers with excellent predictive capability but who underplay their talents.” And I would strongly suggest my clients to learn astrology from – my teacher K Gopalakrishnan (http://www.sathyaprema.com ) or Dr Prajarao (http://www.sify.com/astrology). I can assure you that they are the best astrologers in India as on date. And you will understand once you learn astrology from them.

As far as I am concerned, I am in my batting stage and will teach only when I retire as a batsman and become a coach. There is still lots to learn, lots to know, and lot many years to go before I handover this beautiful divine science to the right candidate. And in my case – I will be selecting the student to whom I will be teaching astrology.

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August 27, 2007

A difficult client!

I had read a Zen story long back. A seeker reaches a master and asks him - if he can help him get enlightened. The master quietly reaches out for a jug and a glass full of water. He pours water into the already full glass. The glass kept overflowing. The seeker, a bit confused, asks the master, why are you trying to fill the already filled glass. And the master replies, you are already full with your own ideologies, dogmas and scriptures, how can I help you get enlightened? Now the master empties the glass and then pours water into it - and says, first go and empty yourself, only then I will be able to help you in the process of getting enlightenment!

I did a honest astrological reading for a person recently referred by another client of mine, and unfortunately the person knew a bit of astrology. It is always easy to deal with people who don’t know astrology than people who have half-baked knowledge about the same. The truth about life is everyone can do anything. If you have a camera, you can shoot. If you have pencil, you can draw. If you have a hammer, you can drill a nail. But then there are specific nuances that only the expert knows and that which come only through experience. I know many people who claim to know astrology after reading Linda Goodman’s sun sign book, and to know Vaasthu Shastra after reading one or two books on the same subject.

I personally base my prediction on factors like – God’s voice, technique and intuition – in the given order. And also I never get into any astrological debate with clients, when it comes to techniques. The rule is simple - if you know astrology then there is no need for you to consult any astrologer. If you seek guidance from any astrologer, then it is always better to keep your mouth shut.

In my experience – I have seen many a rules given in modern books not working at all. Have met many divorced couple, whose chart were matched for marriage. Have come across many childless couples, when the horoscope doesn’t have any affliction from bookish principles.

A client recently started to debate on a rule, which didn’t work in her chart – and I was right about the analysis. And I replied clearly that I don’t get into any astrological debates on techniques, and here is what I got as reply –

“Mr. Kennedi.... do u adhere to the principle of people blindly believing you and that too for a hefty sum like the one you have charged us???

Of course, the fact that you do not want to or maybe not competent enough to answer my questions seem more of an explanation rather than you saying that you do not get into astrological debates. For there was no debate on the issue, on the contrary it was just a clarification on a
point.

However one thing has become clear that you do not have any answers to my questions. I believe that the knowledge of astrology is a gift and to equate everything in terms of money is pure insult to this divine science.

Regards,
Ms X

My reply -

Hi Ms X,

Thanks for your mail. I did a reading for you only because Smitha wanted me to do it for you. Or else I do readings only when people get in touch with me directly.

Also you had told me -

For instance, true... Saturn and Ketu placed in the 4th house is considered ill luck in the birth country but is it not true that Guru in the 12th house aspects the 4th house completely and therefore nullifies the ill effects of Saturn??? Then, in that situation, where do we stand?

This is right according to the principles of astrology. Now tell me one thing, if Jupiter nullifies the bad luck you have in your birth country, then why the F*** are you living in Belgium now and not in your birthplace? Give me the astrological reason.

PS – Ms Y - kindly send me your bank account info. I would want to refund the complete amount you had deposited for Ms X and her husband. Don't consider this to be a request - I just want the details. Also if you don't take the money back, I would never do a reading for you.

And Ms X, you need not tell me about how I am working for money. God knows the truth - he will punish me accordingly. So you bother only about your money.

God Bless You

G. Kennedi

And I never got a reply from her. May be her half-baked knowledge was not good enough to defend her argument. She didn’t even send her bank info, till I sent her a reminder just yesterday, for which she replied –

Hello!

Do gift the money to some poor and needy if you please, that would be good enough. We do not wish to continue dialogue on this aspect anymore.

Thanks.
Ms X

If someone is not happy with my reading, I can only return the fees I charge them. I don’t want anyone to make losses who invest on me – and I want to stick to that principle always.

Well I am not going to donate Ms X’s 'HEFTY' fees to any poor or needy. But will donate it to some temple, and get a bill in Ms X’s name. So that the reading remains free for her - always.

May God bless her with some civility to deal with people who want to help her.

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June 09, 2007

Manifestation through visualization!

I believe only in destiny, and I with authenticity can say that we are just puppets in the hands of the almighty – where the world is a stage, and we are enacting the role predetermined to us. Few would agree, and few won’t. It again depends upon your destiny – whether you will surrender to fate and flow with the existence, or keep struggling thinking you could change your life the way you want.

If free will is true then astrology becomes a fake. Astrology gets into your past, talks about the present, and predicts about your future. And for a synchronized flow about your past, present & future – the pattern of destiny has to be broken. Of course it is not possible to break destiny patterns every time with 100 percent precision. There are human factors involved, and God doesn’t want anyone to be more powerful than Him.

I was chatting with one of my friends yesterday, for whom I had told a year back looking at her horoscope about how her inclination towards spiritual subjects will increase in days to come. She was too busy with her job/career when I told her this. And yesterday she was talking about the meditation classes she had attended recently, and how it has helped her in many ways. In fact she was talking more spirituality than me.

During the chat the conversation shifted to manifestation through visualization. Most spiritual masters and meditation Gurus talk a lot about how to manifest things through meditation. It is true, and I accept it that you can manifest things through visualization. If you can manifest things through visualization then how come destiny cannot be win over?

Here is an example. From today try visualizing yourself as becoming the Prime Minister of India. The moment I say this, you would say – you aren’t interested in politics! Now what makes you say that you are not interested in politics? It is your planets. You can visualize only those things, which the planets allow you to. Start visualizing yourself to become the next Dhirubhai Ambani, and take my word you will never become one!

I never wanted to get married. But then when the event was destined, my thoughts changed automatically. For instance if you want to buy a new car or a new house or a new gadget you can start visualizing, but then you will be able to visualize only when you are destined to get them. Hence manifestation of visualization will happen only when the planets allow you to visualize.

Thoughts lead to action, and action leads to result. That is how we have been trained, but then only the reverse is true. The end result prompts you to act, and you act because you are made to think, and you think because planets want you to think.

Take this example. On the superficial level - you start having problems at your present company, and you decide to quit the job and find another one. And in another 3-6 months you get another job and you move on. And you think you got a new job, because you visualized it.

Here is the astrological angle – you were destined for a job change in the next 6 months, this will create problems in your present office place, so that you start acting on it. You start acting by sending your resume across, and you get a new job – for which you were destined to!

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May 30, 2007

God’s grace to possess a vehicle!

I have been saving money to buy a car, and astrologically before August 2007 I should be getting a car. I invested in a bicycle recently, and have been saving most of my income to invest in a liability - car. I had sold my motorbike n 2004 to have some liquid cash on hand, and I had to hand over the money to my bother in law (BIL 1) – for his condition was worse than me on the financial front then.

Literally I was without a bike – hence no mobility. Suddenly my other brother in law (BIL2) got an opportunity to fly abroad. He went on a short-term project, and gave me his bike (Splendor) to handle for few months. Few months project extended to 2 years, and for 2 complete years I was using my BIL2’s bike.

BIL2 had come on a 1-month leave to India a year back. And I was immobile again. Just in a couple of days, one of my closest friends left to the US on a 3-months project. And he gave me his Pulsar to handle! When my friend came back after 3 months my BIL2 had to leave to Belgium once again, and Splendor came back to me once again. (To be honest I never asked for their bikes, they gave it to me on their own).

My friend is in India now and my BIL2’s project is over in Belgium. So I was left out with no motorbikes from April 2007. On top of that I had taken a vow that I won’t use autos in Chennai until they use meters. I used call taxis for commutation for few days, and for rest of the purposes – I went by bicycles.

My eldest sister who lives in Tiruppur had a car, but they have been using it very rarely. Just a week back, the house owner created a hungama asking all the inmates to park their car outside the building. They thought they might as well give the car to me so that I can use it, and also park it safely in my apartment. (And I never asked them to give me their car).

Astrologically your luck in matters related to house and vehicles is related to your 4th lord in your horoscope. And by God’s grace I have a strongly placed 4th lord – hence things related to vehicles & house will come to me automatically– even I refuse to take them. This is how destiny works.

(And on top of it – one of my clients living in the US spoke about gifting me a Car, if what I had predicted for him comes true. Well an offer too good to resist I guess :D)

And can you guess the colour of the car? It is black again!!! (Tata Indica)

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May 27, 2007

I appraise myself!

On the scale of A to E, where A is excellent and E is bad I gave myself B, and my boss gave me C. In the next appraisal I gave myself D and my boss gave me B. But ironically when I was given C my salary hike was better than when I was given B!!! I never understood the logic, and neither did my boss.

It took me at least a couple of years to understand what those fucking KRAs and KPIs actually mean. The one pattern I came to know after undergoing some 8-10 phony appraisal stunt was that – if you want to make more money, quit your present company and bargain a better deal in another company. These appraisal episodes run by Corporate every 6 months will always give you shit loads of hope and make you feel dejected and disappointed end of the day!

Thankfully I don’t have a human boss these days. I report directly to God – Lord Narayana that is. And I judge my astrological performance based on the number of predictions that come true, the number of friends/clients who are happy with my astrological skills, and the less number of times the divine slaps me hard to know my human limitations. Hence I thought it is the right time for me to appraise myself, and give myself some extra money.

My consultations charges that are put up on my site and other sites like astrolife, rediff, Yahoo India, MSN India, astroyogi, indiainfo and oneindia were framed in the year 2004, and before that from 2002 to 2004 – I was doing astrology for free – rather none paid me. So after three years of professional astrology I thought I would give myself a 30 per cent hike – 10 per cent per year! Sounds cool to me.

I am happy and am sure my immediate boss is happy too!

(The new service charges comes to practice from 27th May, 2007)

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May 04, 2007

The power of Tirupathi!

I predicted a job change for one of my clients in the month of November 2006, and he was jobless till January 2007. And another client for whom I had predicted a job change in the month of February 2007 was jobless till April 2007. I could see a similar pattern in both their charts – though the planets were placed strongly for an interesting job change - the event was getting postponed for God knows what reason.

Thankfully both of them had enough patience and continued to trust in astrology and also me. I knew astrologically that it was just a matter of months, but for the clients it is a time when they lose all their hopes and trust. And after a point it becomes impossible to bring their trust back.

I had visited Tirupathi for my second daughter’s tonsure recently. Of course we had to wait in the queue for some 10 hours, but then the darshan is worth all the upheavals you face. After coming back from Tirupathi I could see an interesting lift in my career, and also my monetary positions improved a lot.

Just after a week’s time both these clients met me in a gap of 4-5 days. There was an inner voice prompting me to tell them to visit Tirupathi at the earliest. It was not about changing destiny, but then the destined event was getting postponed for some divine reasons.

I asked both of them to visit Tirupathi at the earliest, and both of them did exactly what I said. I asked them to give me a call after they come back, and they called me up after the visit too. I was impressed by the trust they had on my words.

Within a week’s time after the visit to Tirupathi the first client got an awesome job offer with an impressive pay pack. On top of it he got back some money he had lent out. And the second client also got an offer, and he is joining the new firm on May 7th, 2007.

Well this is not a chain mail where in you are asked to send the same to 11 friends, and expect miracles in 3 days. But these are real incidents, which zapped me the most than anyone else!

Om Namo Narayanaya - God Bless All With Prosperity!

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May 02, 2007

Is astrology far ahead of medical science!

They met me a year ago. They were completely content & satisfied about how life was treating them. They had a son, a new car, and a handsome paying job for the husband. Yeah - as any body else – they had many debts, and they needed some more finances to lead a luxurious life. They consulted me the very next day after they had a major fight, and they wanted to go in for a divorce!

In their horoscopes – I could not see any astrological combinations for a divorce. And I told them – divorce is completely ruled out for you guys. You better think about new techniques to patch up and live rest of your lives together. I could see a sigh of relief on their face – even they didn’t wanted to get divorced.

They asked me - so what else do you see in our charts. I said a major lift in career for the hubby in the year 2007 – it either will be in a MNC or a foreign nation, and there will be substantial increase in the income too. The wife was happy to head this positive news, but then the hubby was least interested in a job change for at least 2 years. And what about her, he asked. And I said, she would have a baby in the year 2007 astrologically. And when I had told this I never knew that she was wearing a Copper-T (a birth control device).

Major hierarchy changes happened at the office for the guy, and eventually he was made to report to a dumb boss. This prompted the hubby to look for a new job, and he got it just last month – and by God’s grace in a MNC! (This is how God sends you blessing in disguise. Had I not got a dumb boss at Sify.com – I would have never become a professional astrologer).

The wife wanted to remove the Copper-T in March 2007, and start trying for a baby. According to her if they start trying, it could at least take 2-3 months for her to get pregnant, and by the initial months of year 2008 she will have a baby for sure.

For her surprise in the very first week after removing the Copper-T she found herself pregnant. And according to me – astrologically she would have got pregnant in the month of February 2007 – which was a month ‘before’ Copper T was removed!

She rushed to the doctor to consult, and the doctor asked her to go in for an immediate scan - and the baby was already 4 weeks old – meaning she got conceived in the month of February 2007, which was one month before the birth control device was removed!

So astrologically she should be delivering the baby around November 2007, which is in sync with what planets have to offer her!

Looking at some medical chart the gynecologist has told her that it will be a baby boy. And looking at the ‘planets’ I have told her that it will be a baby girl.

Will keep you updated about the gender of the child!

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April 25, 2007

A special ‘astro’ product for people who want to test my ability!

I have been right on many occasions, and wrong on few occasions. For all my right predictions I love to forward the whole credit to my teacher and the almighty, and for the wrong I would love to take sole responsibility. Astrology as an art has taught me a lot about human lives, and astrology as a profession has also made me understand my limitations as a human being. There were days I used to remain depressed for days, when my predictions went wrong, and used to get excited when predictions done by me came true. But these days nothing matters much. I just concentrate on my performance, and bother only about my consistency. Rest everything is destined…

I have consulted many astrologers in my life, and have met many people who have consulted other astrologers. One common thing I learnt in the process was – most astrologers, with time, start becoming very money minded, and under the pressure of their favourite clients say something just to soothe them. They aren’t bad astrologers, but then many lose focus midway. And on the clientele side, I have met many who tell me that they spent a fortune on astro consultations, changing names, wearing gems, and performing pujas – and nothing worked. What remains in the minds of a client at the end of day is a feeling of being fooled by astrologers. We get fooled by the government day in and day out, we get fooled by doctors everyday, we get fooled by 1st world countries, we get fooled by auto guys everyday, we get fooled by friends, relatives and women – but still we make it a point that astrologers and saintly people fooled us the most!

When I started my career as a professional astrologer after leaving behind my 8 years of IT experience, I had only one thing on my mind – that I will not do astrology ‘ONLY’ for money. Of course I need money to survive, to watch movies in multiplexes, and to dine in star restaurants. Hence I made it a point that the fees I charge should be affordable by a common man, and I should always give out more than what I get in return. It works out perfectly for me. And also I try my best to avoid instances where in people might talk bad behind my back – saying they got fooled by me. So I always return the fees taken from people for whom my predictions have not worked. This way – none of my clients are at loss!

I have had incidents where in people buzz me on yahoo messenger and say – they are sick and tired of astrologers, and that they would want me to tell something about their past before they place their trust on me. I love these kinds of challenges, and by habit I have always gone into the future only after confirming the past by looking at the chart. But these days this practice irritates me a bit. It is like biting an apple before buying it – you can always return the apple if it is rotten inside, you surely will get your money back, but you cannot buy by tasting it.

In this scenario I had to think about a way wherein I continue taking up challenges, and at the same time don’t give up myself for cheap. I am always ready to prove my abilities as an astrologer at any given forum, but then I should get some massive returns. Hence took up this new resolution.

As a rule I return the fees, when my client wants it back – so no gain, no loss for anyone. But for people who want to test my astrological abilities before investing their ‘fortune’ for a reading, here is my new product.

I won’t charge to tell few incidents about their past – with time range. It will be completely free of cost. This is to gain his/her trust. And if I am on dot about the past, and you want your future to be predicted by me then my charges will be 10 times more than my usual charges. My normal charges are Rs 500, and after I have passed your test it is Rs 5000!

Just today morning I got someone who wanted me to tell – whether he is married or not – looking at his chart. I mailed him ‘you are not married.’ And he said, I was right!

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December 22, 2006

I am not here to tell what you want to listen!

In a horoscope 90 per cent of the times things are very clear for which you can get an answer in a direct yes or no. But there are few things, which are not seen very clearly where in an astrologer would give you a diplomatic answer, where in his statement will hold true in the longer run, which the client will understand with time or when the event will really happen. End of the day all the astrologers want his/her every prediction to come true…of course he/she will fail many a times, depending on the strength of his/her own chart.

With few predictions coming right, people tend to start believing the astrologer & his words more than astrology itself. And that is not a good trend. The basic fundamentals of astrology is to make everyone (including the astrologer) understand that lives are driven by the influence of planets, and ‘ALL’ the events of each and every, believer or a non-believer, are destined and if at all if we have any free will– it is about being able to be happy in a given situation or to remain sad in a given environment!

One of my friends came down from Mumbai to settle in Chennai a year back. I knew his life pattern astrologically and knew in what kind of houses he will stay. Thankfully most of my predictions in his case have come true, so there exist a special bond between us.

He took me to a house very near to his office where he was planning to stay. I said astrologically you would not stay here. Later I kept myself mum and listened to all the positive points he was making me understand about the house and the comforts he will get living so close to the office. I nodded YES for all his points. But later in the evening when I reached home, I was a bit confused. My only worry was - my friend should not think that I approved the house astrologically. I came home, and instead of calling him, I sent him a mail saying – I still stick to what I said in the morning that you would not stay in that house. If at all you stay – you will change your house within 2 months. He called me to say – why didn’t you tell me that before? I have already given the advance!

I had told him in the morning that I didn’t approve the house astrologically, but then nodded YES to all his talks for being his friend, but by sending him a mail I again stuck to what I said in the morning astrologically.

A week later his wife came down to stay with him for a week, and the first thing she did was made him vacate the house, and found him another house. My friend lost some 8 k in the whole process!

And this is not the only incident….

When I predict a love marriage for some looking at their horoscope, they say, “I don’t think so.” So what am I supposed to do? Say what you think in your mind? That is not my job. I, as an astrologer, cannot or should not try to make you happy just because you have paid me or just because I don’t want to hurt you. In fact I am least bothered about others emotions when it comes to predicting. If divorce is visible in your chart, I cannot say anything else but a divorce…counseling you or giving you advice about a possible reunion is not my job - it is your life and it is your destiny.

So what is the moral of the story?

You either listen to what the astrologer says astrologically, or you listen to yourself. Or you can very well consult an astrologer, and still do your own thing. But then never try to make astrologer tell what you want to listen!

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December 19, 2006

When my friend’s mom called me to sleep with her!

Dear readers kindly don’t consider this particular blog as a porn story!
I was 21 then and my friend’s mom was 42. I was very close to my friend, and had interacted with his/her mother many a times. Of course I was very comfortable with his/her mother, but sex was the last thing I had on my mind.

My friend was out of town, and also his/her father. Late in the evening I got a call from his/her mother asking me to come to their house the next day morning. I had read a lot of porn stories about how elderly women love to sleep with younger boys, and have watched many porn movies where there is a major age difference between the women and the guys. But then after talking to her on the phone, I had the least idea about the purpose of the phone call.

Of course on back of my mind I had this hunch that she might have called me to have sex with her? But at the same time I didn’t wanted to rule out other possibilities.

I reached her house, and there was no one in the house except her. To all my knowledge, she was a very spiritual person & religiously inclined person who would pray for hours together everyday.

We spoke about general topics for a while, and then she asked me to come to her bedroom. We were seated on her bed now, and my intuition was getting stronger – that this call was just to have sex and nothing else. She told me about how her husband was impotent now, and how badly she needs sex now!

Her request didn’t come to me a shock as this possibility was already thought about me. I should honestly say that, it was more of a compliment for me, than thinking bad about her. Woman selecting a man to have sex with her is the biggest achievement for a man I suppose.

I had never had sex with another person till that age. Hence there was an anxiety issue of performance involved. Also the thought of my good friend kept rushing into my mind. And I had never seen his/her mother as a sex object so far in my life – though it changed after this particular episode.

I told her that I wasn’t comfortable doing it with her, and that I never saw her from that angle. We slept on the same bed – and thankfully nothing happened. We were lying there for about 4-5 hours, and midway I fell asleep too.

I packed my bag, and left her house.

After few years, I happened to meet an astrologer, with whom I had to discuss this particular issue. And he immediately said, “bad karma”. I said, “yeah bad karma for her.” And the astrologer replied, “I said bad karma for you!!” I was a bit taken aback, how can avoiding to sleep with friend’s married mother be bad karma from my side. And he had an excellent explanation for it.

He said the last thing a woman would ask under the planet is for sex. A woman’s self respect is connected with accepting to have sex or asking for sex, though they love sex, they won’t ask it openly. They would make men to ask and men to perform most of the times. So he added, by hurting her self-respect you have gained bad karma. His argument was right from one angle…

I met another astrologer to ask whether I have gained bad karma through this particular incident. And he said, your bad karma led you to her house! OK, agreed. I never knew the fundamentals of Karma concept till the age of 25. I agreed my bad karma led me to her house. But was not sleeping with her a bad karma on my part? And he replied – NO. In fact you did a good karma by not sleeping with her.

So one thing I understood by talking to these two people was – they both were human beings and had no mastery over the concept of karma.

Ten years after this particular incident now I strongly feel – what was it I would have lost by making a soul happy – momentarily though! I think I should have slept with her!

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December 16, 2006

So when will you die, & how?!

What Prompted Me To Provide This Service…

A lady with marital problems had come to meet me recently. Her problems were normal ones, but from her angle she thought they were the biggest problems on the planet. As the conversation went on, she asked me when she will die? I normally don’t answer that question astrologically – as two important things – ‘time of birth and time of death’ cannot be predicted exactly through astrology as these two events are decided by God alone. But then looking at the horoscope – the overall life span of a person can be figured out and the probable years that will be 90 per cent fatal to that particular person can be told.

I replied that she will live till the age of 60-65. And the next question she asked me was - when will her husband die, and I said – in another 15 to 20 years. So precisely by 2025 – your husband won’t be alive. And I added that her husband would die before her. Her face changed completely. She was least bothered about her death, but when she came to know about her husband’s death range – she reached a consciousness level where in she was able to forgive all his mistakes, for he is going to be alive only for the next 15 years!

That is exactly what Maha Bharata says – though people know that all are going to die one day, none wants to accept that he or she will be the next to go!

Well with this particular experience, I realized that if people come to know when they will die or when their near ones are going to die – they might exist as a better human beings to all, and their hatred towards anyone will be less. And these religious fanatics might come to understand that when all are going to die one day, then why hurry! Let death come when it has to come!

My Hit Rate So Far

During my school days I had just read few books on astrology and I used to read palms just for the heck of it. Anirudh Kamalrav Walia was a new student who joined our school in the 8th standard. I looked into his palm, and said you have a very short life, and he rejoiced. I asked him what happened? And he replied jovially – he need not take the stress of writing the 10th Board Exam. We had a good laugh, but then he died when we were in our 9th standard!! He got drowned in a pool – where our guys went for an outing!! I stopped reading palms from then….it scared the shit out of me!

I hate to predict deaths. Honestly it is a sick feeling, but then if someone asks specifically I try to reveal – depending on the person’s mental frame. And I should say after becoming a professional astrologer – my hit rate for predicting deaths so far has been 8 out of 10 – of course by God’s grace, which includes my father’s death too!

Will Knowing Your Death Time Make A Difference To You?

I had a friend named Sandeep Rathi in my teenage - we were 15 or 16 years old that time. He was a very sexually active person and would watch a blue film literally everyday. I asked him once, if you are so interested, why don’t you just hire a prostitute and get over with it. And he coolly replied that he will have sex only after his marriage. I said – good boy, good principle, good morality, and good karma.

He got a seat in BDS, and was doing his 2nd year. I met him after 3 years, and I could see his face swollen out of proportion! I asked him what happened? And he said – both his kidneys failed, and now he was surviving on a transplanted kidney (his mother donated one kidney to him). That kidney failed too and he died at the age of 20! (I had not predicted his death).

Just because the government wants people to get married at the age of 21 – which is 7-8 years away from when nature wants people to have sex - people dying even without tasting a drop of sexual relationship, which is believed to give the glimpse of Nirvana, is mere nonsense!

Not that by knowing your death you can go ahead and have sex like wild animals. But then – it can help you to focus on your life better, to resolve problems faster, to take better decisions, and to transform yourself in to a better human being! No wonder the cancer patients are most the loved human beings – who knows who will die first – the patient or the celebrity who visited them!

Answer To A Million Dollar Question – When Will I Die?!

The age of 52-54 will be fatal for me – that is 20-22 years from now, which precisely is in and around 2028!

I am neither showcasing this particular product under the list of products I offer, nor will I reveal your death time until and unless you specifically ask for it…if you happen to read this particular blog…you can go for it, if you want….

God Bless All With a Healthy Life!

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December 09, 2006

Astrology and the art of playing Cricket!

Out of few hundred horoscope-readings I did in the last 6 months, I failed miserably in 4 instances where in I had to face embarrassment, and had to return their fees. This is how God makes astrologers understand their human limitations. And this in a way helps astrologers to keep their ego under control. As I always felt – to limit human achievements God makes him prone to commit mistakes.

In those 4 readings I did – I was completely ‘out of track’ in confirming their past based on their horoscopes. I asked them many questions looking at their natal charts, and they said clear a ‘No’ to all of them. Huh..what a dejection it was. What else can I do? I said your chart is not opening for me, and I had to return their fees telling them to find another astrologer. And as a principle I hate to get into the future without confirming the past based on anyone’s horoscope.

For an astrologer any new reading is like a one day Cricket match - the tension is the same, the expectation is the same, and the nervousness is the same. Of course what gives them a little more confidence is the experience they have gained with years and the technique they have mastered under a good coach or a teacher.

Fully padded up with techniques and divine blessings, an astrologer gets into the field for predicting human lives. And before getting into any reading the astrologer checks whether his own stars help him that day for a good reading. No wonder Kapil Dev and Krish Shrikanth always looked at the sun once they entered the ground.

The match begins, and the player faces the first ball of the match. The expectations of the audience (clients) are really high from any opening batsman in the first over. Though the batsman looks very confident, his technique may fail any time. He might get clean bowled in the very first ball or he might hit a boundary.

Hence the first over becomes the most crucial over for any cricketer to set himself on the field, and to make the audience trust his cricketing skill. Same way the first few questions an astrologers asks about the past of any clients gives the astrologer the necessary impetus to gain his/her confidence. If it flops – an astrologer is destined to eat the dust or to accept brickbats.
And once the confidence is gained and when the cricketer realizes that it is ‘his’ day then even a reverse shot goes for a four.

It could be a day that helped the cricketer to have hit a century, or it could be a day that got him clean-bowled in the very first ball. But what matters in the long run is the consistency in performance. And this holds true for all professionals and in all professions – a bridge may collapse for an engineer, a patient may die for a doctor, music may flop for a musician, a movie may flop for an Oscar winner, a holy saint can fall for a sexy woman, predictions might go wrong for an astrologer, and God might fail in giving out blessings….it all happens…and it all depends upon how the planets are placed for anybody at a particular time!

Always remember - cricketers fail but cricket never fails, lovers fail but love never fails, astrologers fail but astrology never fails, and religion fails but God never fails!

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November 24, 2006

Is Michael Jackson God?!!

All that I knew about him was – that he was a black American who changed himself white through some plastic surgery, that he was a king of pop, that he could moon walk the best, that he got into pedophilic controversies, and later he got into bankruptcy too. The other things I heard about him was he had a chimp as a friend & lives mostly in an Oxygen chamber. I thought this information was good enough for me to build an opinion about the pop star Michael Jackson (MJ).

A decade back or so when MJ had visited India, one of my friends who was a ardent fan of his bought a Rs 1500 ticket to see his live show in Chennai. That was when Balasaheb Thackeray had proudly announced to the press that MJ used his bathroom!

I was a bit anti-pop those days, and was on the sides of people who argued – why waste so much of money on a 5-hour show. I had listened to his songs, but I never understood the lyrics. I had watched his video, but never found his dance steps above average. Then what was it that made him so big in his industry and famous through out the world? Why were people so crazy about him? And why was he always in the news?

While traveling to Tiruppur by train, I bought one of MJ’s DVDs (pirated one), which supposedly had all the videos of him with songs. It lied at my home for few months, before I got a DVD player to watch it. And when I watched it, I could read the ‘lyrics’ of the song as subtitles and it was then I realized what made him the King.

MJ is not just a singer he is a subtle philosopher too. He had a mission, which was anti-racism. He is pro-blacks, and his thoughts are anti US mentality. He is an environmentalist, and on top of it he is an original thinker! And all his songs had a thought-provoking message, which no wonder made him one among the most liked personalities of the world.

We tend to form opinions about people and concepts based on the information we gather from various sources rather than personal experiences. We take a decision – whether we support or we don’t support. Both ways – the person or the concept remains on top of the mind. An atheist would think and talk more about the non-existence of God, than a theist who believes in His presence – both ways the concept of God lingers on the minds of both!

To make your mark from among the crores of people who exist on the planet is not an easy task. Whether you do good or you do bad but it ain’t easy to stand out! And whoever has made it big in their lives never had a cakewalk!

The effort needed to make one person, as your loving fan is equal to the effort needed to materialize Re 1 coin from thin air!

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November 17, 2006

Ego!

“You have got a BIG ego”- a lot of people have told me this. Since years I have been reading about understanding what ego is all about, and what are the steps to be followed to lose it. I have been meditating on losing my ego, and also have tried many other ways to get rid of it - but eventually I have failed miserably. It was my conversation with my alter ego, which gave me some insight into the concept of my ego!

After getting a ‘bit’ affected by people’s comment my alter ego told to me once, “Kennedi you have a big ego.” I replied, “so?”. My alter ego said, “you should not be having so much of ego”. I replied, “why?” The alter ego said, “it might affect your spiritual growth”. I said, “so?” My alter ego said, “all those who have grown spiritually never had ego”. I said, “wow..that gives me a good topic for blogging today”.

If Jesus never had an ego he probably would have accepted the accusation made on him, apologized for his folly, escaped crucifixion, and would have continued healing people. He had so much of ego that he could let himself die at the hands of those who thought he was wrong.

The same is true with Galileo & Socrates. They never compromised on their egos, even when they were sentenced to death by the people who never though they were right. They very easily could have crushed their own self, compromised on their ego, apologized and continued living a normal life! But they never did so.

And Osho for that matter, though he spoke about losing oneself, or dropping the ego for spiritual growth, or trying to go to a no-mind state – I have seen videos of him where he got utterly mad and angry at press reporters and his disciples. Did the ego die, or it was suppressed in the name of spiritual growth?

I have attended Osho meditation camps, few other meditation camps, and have personally meditated for hours together – but still the inner voice has always been there. And am sure with my limited experience in spirituality that this last inner voice is the sound of SELF that could possibly feel the experience of realization and that it can never be put an end to. It will die only when the body dies. So the whole effort of trying to lose ones ego or ones self becomes a useless journey altogether.

End of the day you continue to have a ego of yourself - it could be an IT ego, it can be a doctor ego, it can be an astrologer ego, it can be a teacher ego, it can be a spiritual ego, or it can be an ego of not having an ego!

The best way to lose yourself in the process of spiritual growth is to take ZERO credit for your actions and achievements. If something goes wrong say, it is God’s wish and if something good happens say it is God’s grace. Practice this for years to come, and you will see that you have grown spiritually automatically, without any efforts.

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November 13, 2006

My relationship with my teachers – part 2 - final!

Destiny followed me to the Indian Express, Mumbai too. I loved the work, and things were going smooth till I got a nasty mail from my boss. This mail accused me of ‘Dereliction of Duty,’ that too of no fault of mine. I got that mail in spite of me doing 12-hours of night shifts for 3 months continuously without taking a single day off. We were left out with only 3 people, who had to handle 24/7 online updation of news on the Latest News section of expressindia.com. This was the time when I realized that effort never leads to success - it is always your destiny that decides what should be given to you and what not. With the feeling of utter dejection I thought it was time to move on, and I landed up in Sify.com!

It was like Aasman se gira, khajur pe atka kind of experience. For me at least working for Sify wasn’t a good experience at all. But few things I am always grateful to Sify for are - they allowed me to handle Sify Astrology single handedly for almost 4 years & second that I could meet my Astro-spiritual teacher. Things were smooth at Sify before someone walked in with a MBA degree to screw up the whole thing in the name of Marketing. Well none to be blamed – it was my destiny pattern, which never allowed to have a good relationship with my bosses.

And then came the episode of blogging at Sify, where in I had to literally fight with every senior to justify my point of freedom of expression. Neither did they understand nor did they bother. And I finally had to sway a final bye to take up astrology & blogging as my new profession.

It didn’t stop there. As my career at Sify was coming to an end, I was even misunderstood by my Astro teacher. He accused me of many things, which I hardly could think about. No amount of talks, no amount of mails, no amount of meetings, and no amount of meditation helped me to show the correct picture of myself to my teacher - till today. The relationship went through a rough patch, and it went into a silence for months together.

Even till date, we have bitterness persisting in our relationship. And we haven’t stopped trying to put it right. This was when I understood the power of destiny – it is simple truth that no amount of personal effort can ever change your destiny patterns.

There is no doubt that I am ‘nobody’ in the field of astrology, without the grace of my teacher. And also I am ‘nobody’ as an individual without meeting all those teachers, bosses & superiors I interacted with. There was always something to learn and something to unlearn. They were all God sent people who helped me to move on with life. Today I report to God directly. And thank God, God doesn’t have a physical form hence we rarely have any misunderstandings

With time I also realized that, the times and moments I have taken decisions against my father or bosses or teachers willingly or unwillingly, knowingly or unknowingly – I have done better in my life. If I have had listened to my father, I would have done my Msc Chemistry, and then Phd, and would have become a professor in some college, if I have had a good relationship with my Express boss, I would have moved to India.com and then would have become jobless, if I have had a good relationship with my Sify boss, I would have never learnt astrology, and never would have blogged, and if I had listened to my Astro teacher – I would have never quit Sify, and never would have taken up astrology full time!

And this concept of life patterns is true with every individual, not necessarily with bosses alone. Most will have one or two grey areas in their lives, which cannot be solved with human efforts. Few will have bad luck in love and marriage, few will have bad luck in areas connected to children, few will have bad luck with vehicles, and few will have bad luck with health…so on so forth. And once you get to understand your life pattern, life becomes easier, and you tend to move towards effortless living….

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November 08, 2006

My relationship with teachers – part 1!

In one of my first classes of astrology in 2002 my Astro & Spiritual teacher K Gopalakrishnan told me something that worried me a lot. He said, “you will learn astrology from me, and also you will do well in astrology, but then you will have major problems with me later.” I said, “how can I ever go against you or rather how can I ever fight with you. Whatever be the problem I will put all my efforts to put it right.” He added that, “I am not your only teacher, you will meet many others and learn many things from others too”. I asked, “on what basis are you confirming that?” And he coolly said, “you have Rahu debilitated in your 9th house of teachers, and your 9th lord goes into your 12th house of loss”! Astrologically it is a bad combination for a good relationship with – father, teachers, bosses, superiors, & seniors!

My teacher’s house was 1-hour ride from my house, and the class started at 6 am everyday. Thanks to God, I could reach their on time most of the times. And after the class it was office from 10 am to 6 pm. This 2-hour bike ride was the most important thing that happened to me while learning astrology. In the morning while going, I would have many questions in my mind, which my teacher will answer one by one – WITHOUT EVEN ME ASKING HIM! And while coming back I will relate whatever he said to my personal life, and others lives whom I know. And the patterns used to work out perfectly.

While riding back once, I was rewinding my life……

Right from my childhood my father had been a terror to me. He looked scary (at least to me), his voice was scary, and he hardly expressed his love to me. I am not blaming him, just that I didn’t belong to the generation, where fathers expressed love to their children. They were more bothered about discipline, strictness and in providing support & security to the family. In fact I used to pee in my pants till the age of 10, whenever he shouted at me.

Later in schools, though I was ok at studies, I never got attached to any of the teachers. I would find many getting very close to teachers, and having a ball of a time. May be I never knew how to behave with elderly people. Or probably elders or teachers could not accept my outlook or attitude. I am not sure….

And this continued in college too…I was asked to get out from the first Chemistry practical class.. and the reason was - I forgot to carry a pen. In mere frustrations – I stepped out, and walked some 12 kms to reach the bus stand to catch a bus back home. That incident lingered in my mind for 3-4 days, and I took 2 days off too. And this was one of the menial things that hit me like a rock. And that was not over.

One of my Chemistry professors told me that – you will never pass out your degree, and it is a challenge, and another professor told me to concentrate more on studies than dressing – those were the days, when I would not go to college if my shirt was not ironed. Out of 42, I was among the 15 students who passed out Bsc without a single arrear. And out of some 800 students who attended campus interview organized by Titan Industry (considered to be one of the biggest those days), I was among the 5 students who were selected from whole of PSG Arts College, Coimbatore.

This continued …..while doing my MA my HOD wasn’t happy with my relationship with girls. With 12 girls, and 5 boys in the class, I was always spotted with girls - sometimes with one, and sometimes with many. My HOD had commented a lot of times – asking me concentrate more on studies, and not on girls, and that these girls will leave you very soon. To be honest, I preferred the company of women over men. And even today – 80 per cent of my clients are women!

The last thing I remember about my HOD is that he threw my project report on my face saying, “what kind of project is this?” I stood there with tears in my eyes, and thank God my girl friend was there to console me. (a year back when my interview was published in Business World magazine, I got a mail from the same HOD saying – we are happy that you are doing well in your life)

To be continued…..

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October 10, 2006

Kashi Yatra – Part 3 - The End!

I know that my updates on Kashi Yatra are getting dragged like Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan. But then too many things to write, and also too many pending orders to be taken care of. Hence the delay…here goes the update…

Sitting on the footsteps of Kedar Ghat my mom and me were introduced to a South Indian purohit – a Brahmin - to perform my father’s death ritual. He was a young guy, and I am sure he was well versed in all the South Indian languages like – Tamil. Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam along with North Indian languages like Bhojpuri, Hindi & Sanskrit. He could not talk in one single language properly & continuously. He had a Telugu accent, and used many Kannada and Malayalam words while speaking Tamil to us. End of the day we understood what he implied.

He was giving us a huge built up and was throwing many Sanskrit jargons, which we hardly understood. But we at once knew that he is going to charge a bomb soon. He marketed his services for at least 15 minutes, in spite of me asking him the rates for the same at least 5 times in between. And finally he said Rs 10,000! If he had not taken so much effort in marketing his services we probably would have taken his word. But then we tried our luck bargaining, and on top of that our budget wasn’t that much.

We started off with Rs 1000, then to Rs 1500, and both finally agreed on Rs 2116. I told him good that this ritual stuff has come down to the level of bargaining brinjals and tomatoes on the roads. And he smiled. We handed over Rs 500 as advance for him to buy stuff he would need for the ritual.

I am neither against money nor against people who love money. Money is good, money gives you luxuries, many comforts, loads of happiness and on top of it money gives power and confidence. But there are few areas where money should not be the ‘prime’ focus. If you have desires to become a millionaire there are many other professions, you need not take up social service to become a millionaire. If being in social service you become a millionaire that is fine, but your soul aim should not be making money. In that case you are not doing justice to yourself, the profession or the client for that matter.

The ritual was dated on 23rd September, and the purohit came on time. He of course did a satisfactory job. He chanted good number of mantras, and offered pindams (rice balls) to my father, and all those who died in my lineage. And I finally offered the pindams to the river Ganges. The feeling was good, and connecting to my father was an elating feeling. After the pooja was over the purohit handed over 2 bananas to us - one for my mom and one for me. We settled his bill, and he pushed off for another ritual. That probably was the costliest banana I ate in my life.

I am not against religious rituals but I am a bit against who performs it. Rituals have their reasons & powers. The mantras chanted help us to connect to the astral plane, and clears a lot of blocked energies and karmic connections.

I have many friends who are Brahmins, whose favourite diet is chicken tikka with chilled beer - non-veg is not bad, beer is not bad. But then beer and cross threads don’t gel. You either have chicken tikka and beer and remove the cross thread or wear a cross thread and follow what you promised to follow - Brahminism - when you wore the thread.
“God - may the soul of the dead rest in peace, and may the soul of all those died in my lineage rest in peace” This is the crux of the matter. What if a person just prays this to his favourite lord, and donates food to the poor? I guess the purpose is solved. I am sure that God will not have any problems understanding English or your mother tongue. He won’t be specific about Sanskrit.

When the system started ages back Brahmins were believed to be people who were never interested in money, who were mostly poor, and who always remained on strict abstinence most of the times. But these days things have changed. They are huge money-spinners, and watch new movies first day first show. They fly abroad to perform pujas and homams. I don’t know whether they are aware of the fact that – if you are a Brahmin you are not supposed to cross the sea or go abroad. You are supposed to live in India/Bharat alone!

I was under the impression that you should have done a lot of punyas (good karma) to be born in a Brahmin family and or to become a temple priest. But something was revealed to me sitting on the bank of the Ganges.

Why would God make someone to clean His idol, decorate Him, chant His name all through the day and then ask him to go with the plate for money from the worshippers if he has done loads of good karma? Also if you see - temple priests mostly dwell in poverty, and crave for money. Why is that? Here is what flashed in my mind – temple priest are not people who did a lot of good karma in their past lives to become one, but they were rich atheist buggers in their past life. So what did God do? Created them in such a way that they cannot escape to do service for the God day in and day out, and for money they have to extent their plates. Think and you will understand the logic….

The rule of life is if someone has done good Karma in his/her past life – comforts, luxury, money, fame & power will come automatically to them with least effort. If someone has done a bit less good karma – he/she has to pray and get things for them, and if someone has been really bad, no amount of prayers will help!

Not to be continued…..

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October 07, 2006

Kashi Yatra – part 2

The auto squeezed into the narrow roads of Varanasi. The roads were wet, dirty, and people could hardly walk confidently – there was always a fear of slipping. They aren’t tar roads - just rectangular stones etched on the paths, and you get a funny feeling traveling by auto on these roads. There are buffaloes and cows all over the place, and obviously the dung everywhere your eyes can reach.

It seems there are some 2000 temples in Varanasi alone – many tiny and few prominent. Except for the town region rest of the places still is lurking in bad economic conditions. Most roads have small shops hardly showcasing 4-5 soap bars and 3-5 jilebis to sell. I wonder how they manage to run their family with the money they would probably make selling them.

I was barefooted and so was my mom. We got down from the auto and kept our head straight. It wasn’t time to feel yuck about what was lying on the way – dung, stray dogs, rotten food, and banana skins. We followed the auto guy through a dark lane, and I could see some bright sun light on the other side of the tunnel. As we stepped further I could finally see her – quite wild and too beautiful to take your eyes off – the river Ganges!

We were standing on the footsteps of Kedar ghat, where there is a prominent temple of Lord Shiva. This particular ghat is well known among the South Indians - as you can find South Indian purohits, South Indian mutts and also South Indian food here. And there is no need for you to know Hindi to communicate.

Few guys approached us to ask if we needed boats to see the ghats! I was a bit taken aback. Why would I need boat to see them? I thought that ghats were far from each other and would need some driving and walking to reach each one. But it wasn’t so. All the ghats are on the single stretch on the bank of river Ganges. And each ghat is just 50 metres away from each other. Hence if you take a boat you can cover the whole of ghats in not more than 30 minutes.

Few of the prominent ghats are –

Harishchandra Ghat – where dead bodies are burnt day in and day out. This ghat is also considered to be the place where Raja Harishchandra worked

Dusasmedha Ghat – where Raja Dasrath is believed to have performed yagna with 10 horses

Manikarnika Ghat – again a ghat where dead bodies are burnt

Kedar Ghat – known for its Shiva temple

Vishwanath Ghat – where the famous temple of Kashi Vishwanath, Goddess Annapoorni, and Kala Bhairav are constructed – these temples happen to be highlights of Varanasi

I wasn’t happy with the rates the boatmen were quoting hence avoided dealing with them. As I stood there staring at the river Ganges I could spot something floating - someone who was wearing a normal pant shirt and kind of bloated. My god – it was a dead body! I was a bit shocked and asked these boatmen what is that? And they casually said – you know people living in the nearby villages are very poor and they don’t have money to do the last rites. Hence they throw the body of their close ones into the river.

Not that I wasn’t aware of this phenomenon of dead bodies floating on river Ganges but then to seeing for yourself is quite a scary experience. I was taking time to digest it, and was wondering about the story behind that person who was dead – did he have a normal death? Or someone killed him and threw him? Or he died accidentally? As I was occupied in my thoughts the boatman continued – sir we will charge Rs 500 for both of you for the boat ride (he had come down from Rs 1400 to Rs 500). Is that ok? As if nothing happened!

To be continued….

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October 03, 2006

Kashi Yatra – Part 1

September 23rd, 2006 - it was my dad’s first death anniversary. A year back it was a day when an important living entity moved from his physical form to a mere thought form. That holds true to all of us. It is just a matter of time and we won’t exist any more - we are ashes in no time. Hinduism demands many rituals to be completed after a person’s death, and we thought for my dad we could carry out them in Kashi – which is considered to be one of the most important pilgrimages according to the Hindus.

This was the first time for both of us - my mother and me. We didn’t know anything about the place, we didn’t know what exactly has to be done, and also we had the slightest idea about how to go around places after getting down from the train. The only thing we knew was to communicate in Hindi.

We got down from the train completely confused about what to do next. Two auto rickshaw guys approached us to ask if we needed autos. It is always said in new places never trust auto guys, and always be aware of touts. Unlike the auto guys in Chennai, these guys had something called honesty written on their face. Not that they were not interested in making quick money, but they were not greedy to the extent of Chennai auto guys. I asked them - we need a hotel to stay, and he said he would charge Rs 20 to take us there - quite a nominal charge.

They dropped us in a decent hotel, and the auto guys asked if we wanted them to take us around the place. I said give us some time, and call us in the evening. These guys get good amount of commissions from hotels and the places they take you – that is what the hotel receptionist had to say. What is the harm? Who doesn’t want to make money? And it is about the difference between charging nominal fees and charging exorbitant fees. And these guys never seemed to be on a cheating spree…

It was decided that - in the evening we would be taken to the river Ganges and all the ghats! I never knew what these ghats meant. I thought probably they are points – like which these hill stations have. But it was something else….

The auto guys who introduced themselves as Sanjay and Raju were very prompt in their service. They reached the hotel on time, and took us around the city and showed few important places on the way. They promised to show us the Ganga aarthi, which happens at 6.45 pm everyday, all the important ghats and also few important temples. I was all excited about seeing the river Ganges for the first time in my life, and was also curious to know what exactly these Ghats meant….

To be continued…..

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September 18, 2006

No updates till 30th September, 2006

I am taking a loooooong break hence there won’t be any updates on my site till month end. Will see you guys after the break. Till then Happy Blogging & may God Bless All!

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September 12, 2006

My visit to Tirupathi – part 2!

After abandoning the queue….quite perturbed I stood there thinking what to do next? My mom called me over the phone. I told her that I am not taking the Lord Balaji’s darshan this time, and will rather attend my friend’s marriage and come back. She said it is not a good idea to not to take darshan after being in Tirupathi. I said it is fine, will check next time. I had my lunch, and called my friend who was getting married to guide me to the room he had booked for me. Through all the possible contacts he had, he was trying his best to get a darshan for me – but nothing seemed to be materializing.

In the room I was resting and contemplating what went wrong? Why can’t I see any chance of darshan? Was there any flaw in my prayers? Or was it because Lord Narayana didn’t wanted me to meet him? I recollected something that my Guruswami had told me once - that whenever you plan to go to any temple or to meet any deity, you should not club it with other events (like I had clubbed it with friend’s marriage). Also you should not plan pilgrimages as picnics or trips – at least while going (like going to Ooty before visiting Tirupathi). And – you should not go to relatives’ house or friends’ house on your way back, you should come back directly to your house after the pilgrimage is over.

I was wrong in one context that I had clubbed my Tirupathi’s visit with my friend’s marriage - which was wrong and I had apologize.

The marriage reception was in the evening, and it got over by 10.15 pm. It was already time for me to go back to the room and take rest as the marriage was scheduled the next day morning at 6 am.

As I was getting ready to leave, another client of mine (my friend’s uncle) met me, and we were having a casual chat. He asked me is the darshan over? I said no. And he asked me when was the last time you visited Tirupathi, I said 15 years back. Then another friend of his joined us. He said he wanted to consult me for astrology when I am in Chennai. I said fine, give me a call before coming. He asked me the same question, did you have the darshan – I said no. He said let me try. He took his mobile phone, spoke to someone, and told us – let us go! I said where? He said we could have a darshan tonight! I was surprised completely.

It was 11 pm, and he took us (7 of us) to a cop, who supposedly was his relative. The cop put us into a cabin, where people were waiting since 12 noon. And they belonged to the next slot to be allowed for the darshan. We waited till 11.30 pm in the cabin, and the queue started moving. Of course it was a huge queue. And the rush was immense, as it happened to be a 2nd Saturday. The queue moved fast, and at 1.30 am I could see my favourite deity Lord Narayana in all his glory! It was an awesome feeling, and I felt my prayers were answered – directly.

The marriage went on well in the morning, and to my astonishment my friend had arranged a car for me to go back to Chennai. As if he was completely aware that I puke like a pregnant woman in buses, especially while traveling in hill stations. My visit to Tirupathi was a memorable one - good stay, good darshan, good food, good marriage, and good travel too.

Om Namo Narayanaya!

May God Bless All – with prosperity, peace and happiness!

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September 11, 2006

My visit to Tirupathi – part 1!

I had a prayer pending. I had prayed to come walking to Tirupathi (hill top) from Alipiri (down hill). Incidentally one of my clients was getting married on 10th, and I thought I could club both – marriage as well as Lord Balaji’s darshan. The last time I visited Tirupathi was in the year 1990 – a fully sponsored trip - with my father, mother and sisters. The thought of Tirupathi always gave me jitters especially the huge crowd and the long queues. Formerly it used to take 4-6 hours for God’s darshan and these days it takes 2-3 days!!!

I went alone, so that I can think only about God while completing my prayer or else it could become a family picnic – which I wasn’t interested in. The 4 hours walk up hill was interesting and sweating too. There were many who were walking and the most common prayers by people were applying sandal paste and kum kum to each and every step - I think there were some 3000 and odd steps totally - quite a difficult task. And another married couple – walked the hill on their knees!!! I don’t think prayers can get tougher than this.

My teacher (Ayyappa Guruswamy) always used to say when you climb religious mountains, never climb them in a hurry. It is not about proving your stamina it is about how comfortably you make it to the top, and also the air in mountains are pure and are full of medicinal values. Inhaling them will improve your health, and cure some diseases too - hence take as much rest as possible while climbing.

I reached the top in about 4 hours, and with my menial Telugu speaking skills I managed to find the token counter. You either can go in for free darshan, which might take at least 12 hours, or go in for Rs 50 darsha, where in they will give you a token about when exactly you need to come for the darshan. The difference between free and paid are – in free you are entitled to get only one laddu and in Rs 50 token – you are entitled to get 2 laddus. Also in free, you will never know when you will get the darshan, while in the paid – you know exactly when you are supposed to reach the shrine.

I was panicky about the free darshan, hence thought will go in for Rs 50 wala darshan. On 9th, the notice board said – darshan on 11th, 2 pm. I thought they have done some kind of error in putting up the dates. I confirmed with two others, and they said yes, this token would entitle you to take darshan on 11th (day after tomorrow) at 2 pm. I asked him, what am I supposed to do till then? He said – your wish. You can book a room, or go to Chennai and come back on 11th! I abandoned the queue.

I got damn pissed off. I found it crazy. I lost my temper too. I had a verbal fight with my favourite deity – Lord Narayana - ‘THE’ God for good astrological skills. I told him, I have come to see you, and I am not taking this shit of waiting for 2 days. I have done my duty of climbing the mountain to see you, now you decide when you want to have the meeting. I said, anyways I am going back after the marriage – that is tomorrow morning (10th) after 10 am, even if we don’t meet.

To be continued……

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September 07, 2006

Understanding Islam better!

Just because few Muslims happen to be terrorists, it doesn’t mean we need to get biased towards all of them. All my friends who are Muslims are peaceful & peace loving people and they hardly talk about violence. But in recent times the West and the media have succeeded in creating a fear in minds of people against Muslims, that which happened against Sikhs a couple of decades back. Thanks to our own fundamentalist parties like BJP & RSS to have added more venom to the otherwise brotherly relationship.

Here is the pocast interview with Dr M P Aboobakar, an expert in Islam, who throws light on few misunderstood and misinterpreted concepts about Islam….

Click here to download the conversation

The Questions that were asked were…..

Q1) How does Islam define God?

Q2) What makes a person an ideal Muslim?

Q3) What is the real meaning of Jehad?

Q4) With so many terrorist attacks predominantly by Muslims, where do you think Islam as a global religion stands at present?

Q5) What would Muslims want to be referred as? An Indian first or a Muslim first?

Q6) Agreed Islam is the only right religion. Then what about other religions? Are they all fake?

Q7) Do you think by sticking too much to the Kuran as a gospel, Muslims have closed themselves from reality and also to the modern lifestyle? (Why Burkha)

Q8) What is your stand on Hindu fundamentalists parties? Do you think it is right to project India as a Hindu nation in the global scenario?

Q9) About the latest Vande Mataram controversy. What is your stand on it? What is so anti-Islam about reciting Vande Mataram?

Q10) Your insight into polygamy?

If you have any further queries you can write to Dr M P Abubakar at aboobakarthwahir@yahoo.com

Inshallah!

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September 06, 2006

10 Questions with Dr M P Aboobakar!

In context with the latest controversies connected to Muslims and Islam, I thought having a conversation with a Muslim expert would throw some light on few interpretations and few misinterpretations related to Islam. Hence planned a podcast interview with Mr Dr M P Aboobakr…..

Dr. M P Aboobakar Thwahir, MA (Political Science and International Law), ND (Doctor of Naturopathy), Ph.D (Medicina Alternativa), D.Sc (Dietetics), Dip in Arabic (Cairo) is the founder of All India Letter Writers Association (Both electronic and print media).

He is presently working with The Tata Power Co. Ltd., as Assistant Manager. He is the President of Muballigh (Messenger for Universal brotherhood and living life as per Islamic guidelines and Humanism). He is also the Founder President of Wish Welfare and Charitable Trust. He has been writing columns, articles, letters, reviews, on contemporary topics and Islam for over 35 years.

His articles and letters appeared in Arab News, Times of India, Indian Express, Free Press Journal, Milli Gazette, Radiance, Islamic Voice, Asian Age, Malabar Herald etc. His name features in the Limca Book of Records. He was honoured Doctorate of Public Journalism by World Development Parliament. He is a Doctor of Alternative Medicine from Colombo and he has addressed World Congress of Alt. Medicine in 1997. He is a social activist and crusader for good governance and clean administration. He had addressed several seminars and workshops. Recently he was awarded “Knight of Conscience” from AILWA for his struggle against communalization of politics. His interview had appeared in Times of India, Asian Age, Indian Express, Mid-day etc. He also teaches Arabic grammar and Islam at his leisure time.

Check out the podcast interview tomorrow….and wish me All the Best….Inshallah!

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August 24, 2006

An important note….

(I had started typing this blog, and I got a call from ‘Times Now’ – yes the news channel. They were doing a news story on the Pluto episode, and they carried Professor Yashpal (scientist), Piyush (Nehru Planetarium), and G. Kennedi (astrologer)’s views on scientist’s new discovery – that the planet Pluto will no longer be a planet but will remain as a dwarf planet. It was a live show, hence could not keep you posted about it. Thankfully I had a handycam to record the same at my home, will post the video once I get it on to the CD! Will blog about Times Now and Pluto episode later).

Here goes the blog…

I am an astrologer for all those who trust me, meet me, buzz me, call me and visit my blogs regularly. My predictions won’t suit all the 100 crore people living in India or few trillion people living in the world. My predictions will suit only those who get connected to me by various means. This is similar to a situation where in you have hundreds of good doctors around you, and also you are aware about who is the most famous among them, but still you prefer someone in particular – because he suits you the best! Which is described as Rhanu Bandana in Sanskrit – and can also be called as karmic connections. Here is what I wanted to tell to all my clients, friends, well-wishers & readers….

One of the major celestial events that affect human life is Saturn Transit, and it is about to happen in November 2006. Astrologically Saturn will move from Kataka (Cancer) into Simha (Leo). And this will bring major changes in people’s life….

The bad part –

Few clients of mine will have – suicidal tendencies, problems in marital life, problems in career, thoughts about quitting jobs, health problems for him/her as well as family members, loss of money, depression, and a feeling of stagnancy.

As a remedy you can go to temples on all Saturdays, and light diya to Shani Bhagwan. Or you can chant Om Namo Shivaya 108 times every morning before 7 am. This will lead to peace of mind.

The good part –

Few clients will have – unexpected increase in income and salary, job interviews in MNCs & bigger companies, good news on the marriage & children front, foreign prospects, and fulfillment of material desires

Both bad and good part will get triggered, and events will move at a very fast pace. Hence the people who are running the bad phase are advised to postpone important decisions about work and relationships, and wait peacefully till end of November 2006.

And people who come under good part are advised to keep all their options open, and to avoid blocking any processes. Donate to the needy, and pray for others.

(In one day I got 6 calls of my existing clients, complaining about similar problems. Hence I thought I would leave an important note for you, so that you understand what really is going on in the cosmos).

I surely will pray for you, and you guys don’t forget to pray for me ;)

May God Bless All :)

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August 19, 2006

If I had listened to…..

One of my friends called me to say that my latest blog on ‘Yantra’ was better than rest of my posts. I said thanks. He continued saying, your other posts are bad, amateurish, and your English sucks! I asked, “were there typos or errors in my grammar?” He said, “no, but you don’t know what you should write.” He was also humble enough to tell me, “take the criticism as a positive remark, and work towards it.” The incident is similar to an instance, where someone stands in front and tells me – you are dark, your nose is big, your eyes look like frogs’, you have a ugly beard, and you look like a fucking beggar, but kindly take the criticism in the positive sense! The simple question is, why should I?

The truth is I don’t blog to brand myself as a great writer or a great blogger. I am aware of my limitations. I don’t blog to convince people about astrology, and make them come to me as my clients. If I am a good astrologer, God will send me good clients – I need not advertise myself as a good astrologer in newspapers, TV or the Internet. And also I don’t blog to project myself as a holier than though character – I have beer at times, I have sex, and I also watch pornography. I am just a normal human being, with normal senses, and normal feelings, who by God’s grace learnt astrology, and practices astrology for a living.

I just write about my thoughts, my experiences – both sane and insane. And I feel my blog gives a vent to my feelings. And I feel better after writing a blog. It is like puking after a long distance travel – you feel better. And whom do I write my blogs for? I write just for my personal happiness. Whether the reader agrees with what I write, or disagrees with me – to be honest I don’t care.

Of course people advice me out of good will, and love towards me. But then the first rule of life is- ‘do not advice others before someone asks for it.’

Here is a list of things I would have never done in my life if I had listened to others –

*If I had listened to my father – I would have never done my Masters in Mass Communication. Instead I would have done M.Sc., then PhD, and then would have been a Chemistry professor in some Arts college

*If I had listened to my mother – I would have never gone to Mumbai for my first job, and would have never started my career from a Internet industry

*If I had listened to my sisters – I would have never married my wife

*If I had listened to my wife – I would have never learnt astrology. She used to block me everyday asking me not to go

*If I had listened to both my wife and mother – I would never be growing my hair and beard, which I love the most in myself

*If I had listened to my boss, colleagues, superiors, seniors and well wishers – I would have stopped blogging in the year 2004 itself, and would have continued getting exploited in Sify

*If I had listened to my close friends – I would have never quit Sify, and I would have never become a full time astrologer

You can call it arrogance. It is fine. Me not listening to others does not mean I am completely closed. I am open. I am open only when I ask for advice. Or else I hate free advice or counseling.

Most of the decisions I have taken in my life is either told to me by God or told to me by my inner being. Whether right or wrong – I just follow my inner voice. If I want to do a mistake, it should be my own personal decision, not anyone else’s decision.

The basic lesson, which I learnt very early in my life was – ‘whether you take the right decision or wrong decision it doesn’t matter. What matters is who takes the decision – you or someone else takes the decision for you.’

Make mistakes, and make mistakes deliberately. Life becomes more exciting.

Not always does life go in a straight pattern– study well till 22, get a job, work till 27, get a girl, get married, have kids, buy house, buy car, then work till 58, get diseases and die, it has many other twists and turns, and you should be personally responsible and ready to face them all!

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August 11, 2006

Self torture – one of the ways to reach God! – Part 2

Different people have different goals and all the different goals culminate into 5 major ambitions, as symbolized by our five fingers. The small finger indicates – power, the ring finger indicates – wealth, the middle finger indicates – sex, the index finger indicates – self search/personal dreams & passion, and the thumb finger indicates – search for God. None can have any other purpose for life, which doesn’t fall in these categories.

Life treats different people differently hence none can argue which is the right goal or the right path for an individual. The money lover is happy making money, the power seeker enjoys his power, and the womanizer has no complaints about his life. A person on self-search or a person in the search of God cannot necessarily win the argument proving he is happier than the other. The problem arises only when midway a person realizes the futility of his effort – and this could happen also to a person who was searching for the almighty!

Fasting, hurting thyself to the extent of bleeding, walking to the hill top temple barefooted, tonsuring the head, piercing, tattooing et al are some of the common practices most religion recommends to appease the God. All the above have scientific and spiritual reasons associated with them, about which I will blog later. These tortures undergone by religious seekers obviously sound barbaric…but the same tortures are experienced by the rationalists too- without their knowledge though.

Fasting

Haven’t you skipped your food, just because your boss wanted a work to be done on time? Didn’t you forget eating just because you were busy with work the whole day and wanted to impress your boss with your hard work? Haven’t you skipped your meals, because you had an important meeting to attend? In this scenario you undergo fasting for money (your interest), while the religious person fasts to seek God (His interest).

Hurting thyself

It is said Hindi movie Super Star Rajesh Khanna used to get the maximum number of love letters written in blood! Lovers still do that. They tattoo themselves with their beloved’s names, they make funny marks using pins and cigarettes on them, they get drunk to forget the past, they cry in solitude, and few even commit suicide or think about committing suicide. These people do it for a woman, and the religious person does it for the God.

Walking to the hill top

I don’t know if someone enjoys standing for 2-4 hours everyday in buses or trains to reach their office on time. And I am also not sure if people love getting up in the morning to rush to their office amidst busy traffic. What if you are given the same salary and given 2 choices to select from? You either work or can have an unlimited holiday in your favorite destination. I am sure very few will select the former option. So the truth is – you hang in the train and bus for money, and a religious person walks the hilltop to know God.

In recent times many age-old religious practices were put to an end without understanding the deeper meanings and thanks to the media. Media is a rational body, and it would always want people to become non-believers, so that people would watch more TV and increase the TRPs and spend less time in meditation or religiousness.

Media and religion are two opposite extremes, and they can never meet, and it is better they don’t meet. The news channels would always poke its nose everywhere - even if they don’t understand the subject or even when they don’t have any expertise on the topic.

Well religion has become one such subject that any illiterate asshole can leave his comment. News channels dealing with religious subjects are similar to channels like Aastha and Sanskar covering barbaric sexual lives of newsreaders and journalists! They don’t mix and they don’t match!

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August 10, 2006

Self torture – one of the ways to reach God – part 1!

The rationalists say it is barbaric. And few believers say, if God is good why would he want His disciples to undergo pain? And Christians believe Jesus has died for all of us, then why should we suffer anymore? Interesting most of the religions as a common practice have self-torture as one of the ways to reach God or to become enlightened or to make God happy. What could be the possible reason?

If you apply pure logic, then what Gautam Buddha called his wife was perfectly correct. Looking at his wife he said – I could see only a bag of skeleton, blood and excreta. If that logic is right, then why does Rakhi Sawant gets paid a fortune to flash her tits in public, while a local dance bar girl get paid peanuts? Even though logically, scientifically & chemically their flesh are made of the same substance!

If logically every woman is the same then why do men fall in love with only few women they come across and not all? Of course men get sexually attracted to most women they meet in their lives, but they tend to love or admire very few. There is no rationale behind it, though science could talk about hormonal imbalance to explain the concept of love.

Religion or God is not for the rationalists. No religion has any logic, it ought to be that way, and that is a beauty of any religion.

Why does it hurt when a girl ditches you? Why do you feel elated if you know someone loves you? Why does it pain when someone close dies in front of your eyes? Science has no explanations. And science, logic and rationality are wrong tools used to understand religion as well.

Religion is more of a personal belief, and need not have any scientific credibility to it. There is no need either. Bible & Quran had referred to the planet earth as being flat, and later science proved it to be elliptical. Does that revelations reduce the number of Bible readers or reduced the number of Muslims? It didn’t and it can’t – simply because any scientific evidences cannot shatter the uncorrupt trust people have on the almighty. And it doesn’t mean that all those believers are irrational in any sense.

To be continued.....

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August 03, 2006

It’s not in the mind always!

I had been to the Shirdi Sai Baba temple on the ECR road yesterday. As I opened my eyes after a few minutes of meditation I found 3 young girls (in their early 20s) wearing tight jeans and tight tops standing in front of me, with their back facing to me, blocking the main deity. Not that I got erotic and wanted to spank their butts after looking at their protruding flesh and assets, but I got damn irritated and was curious to know - why the fuck do they want to look sexy in a temple of all the places?? Huh there of course is an argument that would say – if your heart is clean, or your mind, or your ass is clean you will focus only on God and not on people around you! All crap.

It is a proven fact that woman’s flesh attracts men, and a man’s power or money attracts women. Not all who come to temples are enlightened saints - they are average men with average sexuality. And by wearing such provocative clothes to temples, can only persuade men to look at girls more than the main deity. The truth is - it disturbs. And there are no bonus points for women to feel good about the power of their sexuality.

What if men come to temple with their fly open and their dick hanging out? Will women be able to ignore it and focus on God than man’s genitals? Or what if the pujari lifts his waisty to show his butt when he is performing the arthi or puja? Don’t bring sexuality to NORMAL temples. If you belong to the cult that says, sex is god given, and can be used to get enlightened – then it is a different story. In that case you should be ready for a gangbang with Holy Saints - it still happens in places like Varanasi!

Of course all have the right to wear what they want to wear, but try wearing for the occasion and also after knowing the purpose. You don’t shit in your kitchen and eat sitting on your commode. If you want to flaunt your sexuality disco joints is the best place. Now kindly don’t wear a saree to a discotheque. And if you want to roam around nude – there are nude beaches in Goa, don’t wear a Salwar Kameez there. And if it is temples, wear something that hides your sexuality, so that all can concentrate on God and not on your tits.

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July 13, 2006

Bomb blasts rips Mumbai apart!

Serial bomb blasts rocked Mumbai on 11th Tuesday, 2006. Eight bombs explodes and few hundreds are dead – a sad episode indeed. Someone mailed me asking, can astrology be used to predict these events, so that the real events can be avoided! And I said, it was predicted – not precisely though.

Mars in conjugation will lead to explosions and fire accidents before July 13th, 2006, in many parts of the world – was predicted on Sathyaprema.com (my teacher’s website). With more time & effort – it is very much possible also to predict in which part of the world the explosion will take place. But then the irony of life is, in spite of knowing the future you cannot change a bit about the same. It is all destined!

On the same day i.e., July 11, 2006 afternoon (may be around 2 pm) Ms Shinduja, one of the leading Feng Shui experts in Bangalore, and a good friend of mine sent me a mail, which said –

Shindhuja wrote:

why dont u try to put some light on this eruption?

u can just go thru these 2 links,

http://lillian-too.com/news_tstarfeb06.php
http://www.raymond-lo.com/ver2/aboutmasterlo/articles.asp?id=10

(These links have stories about fire mishaps as according to Chinese calendar the year of Dog will lead to Volcanic eruptions too)

Shindhu.

And I had replied to her -

Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:22:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Gopalan Kennedi" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Re: volcanic eruption in 2006
To: "Shindhuja"

Hi Shinduja,

Thanks for the mail. Will look into it. Also astrologically Mars is in conjunction with Saturn...which will lead to accident through fire or any natural event that will be related to fire -
Volcano precisely.

God Bless You

Rgds

G. Kennedi
http://www.askenni.com

After I sent the mail, few scary thoughts occupied me. I was just contemplating of writing a blog about the same, that there could be some fire accidents. But I didn’t wanted to get carried away by the recent FIFA World Cup predictions that came true. I kept silent. And in the evening I saw the TV was completely shocked. I was just wondering if the divine was trying to tell me something!

Astonishingly the Mars planet is for violence, Mars refers to Tuesday (mangal vaar), and the blasts took place on the Tuesday!

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July 11, 2006

An insight….

There are only two outcomes when the art of Indian Astrology is used to predict events or human lives. The prediction is either right or the prediction is wrong. There are no in betweens. There are no spaces for the ‘law of possibilities’ or ‘law of chances. Astrologers who take the path of possibilities are more successful monetarily – because there are no risks involved. They can escape by soothe saying - if you try, it will happen, if you don’t try, it will not happen. The blame of failures or the glory of success is transferred to the native’s laziness and efforts respectively.

Primarily one should understand what ‘prediction’ essentially means. It is not that whatever an astrologer says will happen. In fact it is the other way round – what is bound to happen can be predicted by an astrologer using astrology. And there are fair amount of chances of an astrologer failing in his prediction. But remember an astrologer can fail a 1000 times but astrology can never fail a single time!

People forget that neither astrologers are God nor they try to claim being one. It is just that he/she uses a divine technique to understand human life patterns and to predict the future. Many people have this reservations towards astrologers – huh what the bloody fuck does he think about himself? He can predict my future – all crap? And I keep meeting these kinds of people day in and day out, and it is fun to interact with them.

Apart from just being able to read the chart, a good astrologer can scan you inside out the moment he sees you. In fact an astrologer can even know – whether the client will pay, how much will he pay, whether he is a believer or nonbeliever, and whether the client is lying or taking the astrologer for granted. My teacher is well versed in this technique, and thankfully he taught me that trick too.

Once it so happened that my teacher had come for a live chat to our office. He was seated in a cabin, and was doing free readings for few people out of courtesy. One of my colleagues said, let me see what he says about me? And he got in. The cabin was closed, and none could listen what was happening inside. After a while, my colleague came out of the cabin. Though he was dark in complexion, his face had turned red when he came out. I knew something had terribly gone wrong.

I asked my colleague, and he said nothing and brisked away. And I immediately went into the cabin and asked, “what happened?” My teacher said, “I asked him to get out.” I asked, “why?” And he said, “he is already married. And just to check me he is asking when will be get married?!!

Will write more about manipulative clients soon….not that I hate them…they help astrologers to grow….unknowingly

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July 07, 2006

The more I know, the more I am unknown!

I carry an ego of being a Masters in Mass Communication with 8 years of experience in the Internet Industry. I carry an ego about being a good astrologer, a tarot reader, and also a Vaasthu and Fengshu consultant (thanks to my teacher to have taught them to me at a terrific pace). I carry an ego about knowing average English, and of handling an OK blog site. What if someone clad in a white waisty, white kurta, chewing beetle leaf and with no knowledge of English make you eat dirt in just 30 minutes? What if you are made to feel that whatever you know is nothing in comparison to what you can probably know? And what if in few minutes you think – your intelligence, knowledge and information has gone to ZERO and that you know NOTHING?!

Three weeks back I met someone called Pal Payasam (Milk Kheer in Tamizh). No, his real name is something else – but he calls himself Pal Payasam. When he lifts his phone call he wouldn’t say hello, he would say Pal Payasam. He has a reason to support it – he says always start with a sweet note.

We met in one of our common friends place. He is a temple priest of one of the most famous temples in South India, and he was introduced to me as an astrologer! When 2 astrologers meet – instead of exchanging gifts, they exchange their horoscopes. He did a reading for me, and I did a reading for him – both batted well. And we were friends already. I asked him, “apart from astrology what else does you know”? And he asked me to stand up.

I stood up. He placed his finger on my right hand shoulder region, and asked me to lift my hand. And I could not! He massaged a point behind my ear and pressed it, and asked, “do you feel a twitch in your neck region?” I said yes. Later keeping his finger there he pressed another spot in my neck, and asked me – now can you sense a jerk in your heart region? I said yes! He said, “one twist and you will die in 60 seconds due to cardiac arrest!” I was completely shocked and also a bit scared now. He knew Varma Kalai!! Yeah, the same art that which the old Kamal Hasan uses in the movie Indian/Hindustani! I was totally amazed!

In fact I have been waiting and wanting to learn this art very badly for few years now, but was under the impression that it has already died. Meeting Pal Payasam rejuvenated my hopes, and I felt a lot better. I was glad that the art is still alive, that I met Pal Payasam, and I am glad that Pal Payasam is kind of agreed to teach me the art!

Well let us see….all in the divine plan!

He also enlightened me about other interesting stuff, will blog about them later….I am doing my part of research on them.

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July 02, 2006

The Da Vinci Code!

I am through with Dan Brown’s latest work The Da Vinci Code. I never read fictions. This was only my second novel I read after Sidney Sheldon’s The Doomsday Conspiracy. I found the Da Vinci Code – quite interesting and exhilarating – may be because of the religious connotation it carried. The work is really well researched, has an awesome pace, and gives the reader some insights into things, which we normally refuse to see or accept – for instance the painting of The Last Supper - by Leonarda Da Vinci!

The painting, till I read the book, had 13 people in total, and I was under the impression that all were men in it. What would a celibate Jesus do with a woman in his team of friends? That is how we see or at least trained to see & believe. But then the book says out of the 13, the one sitting to the right to Jesus, dressed exactly opposite to Jesus’s costume was a lady. And that lady is Mary Magdalene – the wife of Jesus Christ!

It argues that Jesus Christ was married, and he also had children, which is completely against what the Vatican accepts, or believes or preaches. If the starter of Christianity - Jesus Christ himself had sex and didn’t practice celibacy, then what is the point in the Christian priests controlling their sexual urge for ages now?

For spiritual experiences and spiritual growth, the meeting of two energies the Yin & Yang, Man & Woman are completely necessary. And that is what Hindu religion has been telling for ages. The best example for meeting of 2 opposite energies for spiritual growth is our own Lord Shiva and Parwathi in ‘Ardhnarishwar’ form.

The book also mentions about an age-old sexual practice where group of men and women had sex together in a religious atmosphere for spiritual growth. This was called Tantrik Sex in India, and was taught by Osho in his Pune ashram. (The photo of the same was published in the 50th Year of Independence issue of Outlook magazine).

The next argument is Jesus was not a Son of God but a mere mortal who had immense power to cure people and influence minds. The Hindu philosophy and scriptures have spoken about all the ways and techniques with which any mortal can reach Godhood. But these people are unfortunately called fakes, frauds or Godmen by Indians.

May be the Christian Missionary is right in a way – calling Jesus the Son of God, as we in India use the word Avtars – so that people don’t start doubting their existence and powers. Ram was a mortal, and we called him Vishnu Avtar, and we have enough problems in Ayodhya, Krishna was a mortal we called him Vishnu Avtar, and now in a temple I saw Shirdi Sai Baba with a snake in his back ground!! May be we are trying to call him a Vishnu Avtar too!

If Godhood is reserved for Avtars and son of Gods and that it cannot be reached or attained by mortals, then the whole purpose of sadhanas in the form of meditation, mantra chanting, yoga or prayers become absolutely redundant!

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June 10, 2006

“If there isn’t any free will, how does the rule of karma works?”

Is it free will or is it destiny? This is an unending debate. The people who suffer in spite of hard work think life is destined. They understand their limitations sooner or later that they cannot change their life pattern. And the egoistic people who think they are responsible for all their actions think life is all about free will. And that you have the power to change your fate – how foolish they are! If the latter is true – I am sure that no auto rickshaw driver wants to live and die as an auto rickshaw driver. Even they would have thought about becoming the Prime Minister or President of a country at least a Super Star in the movie industry. What went wrong? May be they didn’t put their effort in the right direction! Well even Abdul Kalam wanted to become a pilot it seems, and later ender up becoming a scientist and now a President! What does that mean? Does that mean Abdul Kalam’s life unfolded through his free will or he was destined to become the President of India? Or was it because Abdul Kalam didn’t put the right effort to become a pilot hence became the President of India?!

Here is a situation to understand better. Imagine two Grand Masters, A and B, playing chess. Looking at the horoscopes the results of the match has already been predicted. The prediction is A will win the match. In this scenario, what does the free will of making chess moves play any role for both the players? Isn’t the whole game a cosmic joke?

I met an interesting person last week. He is part of a TV medium, and has been doing research on Bhagvat Geetha for the last 15 years. In mind I thought, if instead of researching if he had searched for God in the last 15 years - he surely would have met Lord Krishna in flesh and blood. Well that is altogether is different debate. He posted a question to me, a question few others have asked me, and a question I didn’t found answer for couple of months. He asked, “if there isn’t any scope for free will as astrology says, then how does the concept of Karma work?”

Here is the explanation about what his question means. According to astrology everything is destined, and your life will always go as your planets say. Astrologically if the actions of Osama Bin Laden killing innocent people of Twin Towers becomes destiny, in that case how can his next life depend on the past bad karma (actions), when the mere decision of killing people was not his own! That way if human beings are not responsible or not allowed to choose between the right and wrong moves through free will, then how can the concept of Karma work?

Here is the explanation (and there is no need for you to accept this explanation at all. If possible just try to assimilate it.)

Human lives are driven by impulses and personal desires. All our actions are based on the set list of perceptions and ambitions we carry within ourselves. All our moves are towards achieving these personal desires - whether we will achieve them all or not, is altogether a different question. Hence the revelation is - any action that is out of personal desires is karmic, and any action that is out of God’s desires is non karmic!

A simple example is - sex for reproduction is God’s desire, and sex just for lust is personal desire. Hence Gandhi used to have sex with Kasturba only when they planned to have children, not otherwise. Also Prophet married 11 women not for sex, but to support them in the society.

In Bhagwat Geeta, when Arjuna dropped his weapons out of his personal desire of not hurting his teacher, or brothers or friends – Lord Krishna says, why do you think it is YOU who is fighting against them. It is God who wants you to go against them and you are just being used as a tool. Surrender to Him, drop your personal desires and preferences, and fight – and your actions are non karmic!

So how do we know or understand whether our actions are karmic or non karmic? It is simple take a piece of paper, write down all your desires, and start dropping them one by one.

Remember going to school, getting educated, going to job, earning money, getting married, having children are all karmic, until you drop your desires of doing so. And also all things in life will happen on its own when you surrender yourself completely to the divine (which is called - Sharanagathi). Going to school, going to job, earning money, getting married, having children – is non karmic, if they happen after your total surrender.

Osama Bin Laden’a actions will have Karmic repercussions if he has done it out of personal desires, and if he had done it out of God’s will – then his actions won’t have Karmic repercussions. That is the reason, that in Islam, they are allowed to behead goats, after they are offered to the Gods – called Halal, which is not considered a sin. And in Hinduism there was something called bali (offering animal lives to God) – which was wrongly interpreted later.

So what is the moral of the story – human being have only 2 free will – 1) to take our personal desires to nil and 2) surrendering to the almighty completely – rest everything is karmic and destiny!

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March 08, 2006

So what’s paravertebral muscle spasm?!!

Last 20 days were really bad. It was like my (s)exciting life had come to a standstill. Whether it is about Bush’s visit to India or it was about Indian cricket series with England – nothing affected me. It is true that all the problems of the world look trivial, when you are down with ill health. After my trip to B’lore, I was completely exhausted, and was told to have low blood pressure and weakness. To be honest more than the disease it is the fear of disease that affects you the most. You can make a cancer patient live a couple of years more without telling him his problem than by honestly letting him know about his ailment is.

I spoke to couple of friends and did a google search to know what exactly this low blood pressure was all about. Some said low blood pressure is worse than high blood pressure. And some said – you can even die of cardiac arrest due to low blood pressure. Some said, eat a lot, and you will be fine. And I started eating all that was available at home. With the amount of stuff I ate, I am sure my wife has already become tired of me. I had to cure myself in 3 months maximum - through chanting or meditation or yoga or any medication, but nothing was working out. I did an astro reading for myself, and thankfully I was running a bad antara –I understood the cause of the sickness. Once you understand the cause of a problem, the solution becomes easier to be found out. I came to understand that astrologically I was running a bad time from February 12 till March 4th. And to my surprise I fell sick exactly on February 12th, hence I told my wife that I should be alright after March 4th.

After bringing a better pattern in my eating schedule I checked my Blood Pressure twice with the docs, and they said it was normal. But I still had this dizziness happening with a twitching pain in my right eye ball. I was quite clueless. What else can I do in the time of dismay – pray. My wife said let us go to Thiruvannamalai and meet our family doctor.

I had blogged about this particular doctor a couple of times before, when my daughter was suffering from primary complex. Of course Chennai is BIG, and we have the best doctors here - but I somehow didn’t find any of them able to find out the problem (my and my daughter’s) efficiently (and the feedbacks I hear about Malar hospital and Apollo hospital are scary). The physician we consult is basically an Australian born doctor, who initially was an assistant to a doctor in Thiruvannamalai. He had started practicing as a doctor even before he got enrolled himself into a medical college. He was indeed successful in curing people, but then the jealousy of the so called real doctors around forced him to enroll in medical college much later. He completed his MBBS, and has set up a hospital in Thiruvannamalai. He can very well move off to Australia, and start making monies in dollars, but then he says there are plenty of doctors in Australia, let me serve the Indians.

We met him yesterday, and I told him that I have low Blood Pressure. He said, “remove this misconception that Low Blood Pressure is a disease.’ He said it is just a condition. There are only 2 things – normal BP and high BP. Low BP happens to all in any particular condition– like too much of travel, high stress, or even when you have loose motion. So, people don’t die of low blood pressure, but they die of something that forces the blood pressure to fall – it could happen out of sun stroke or even dehydration!

He asked me to take an x-ray for the complaints I had, and he was right. I had this paravertebral muscle spasm, which lead to the eye-ball ache and invariably to giddiness. And what is the main cause for this spasm? Too much use of computers! And what is divine reason behind this ailment? It is just that God wants me to learn some Kriya Yoga!

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February 22, 2006

Darshan of His Holiness Shri Sathya Sai Baba – part 2!

Enlightened souls are like energy reservoirs. They channel divine energy, store them in their Holy presence, and give it out when there is an acute need. It is similar to how dams function. When there are heavy rains - water is stored in the dam and later the water is used for various purposes – right from rotating the turbine to extract electricity or for irrigational purposes. Similarly when a person is showered with God’s blessings, he sometimes stores the same in Him to lift his soul or tries to give it out to others depending on individual’s need.

My sister had already booked the tickets to B’lore, and on the same day she was vacating her house, as she is all set to fly off to Belgium. The Shatabdi had to leave Chennai central at 5.30 pm, and at 4.40 pm we were still at Velacherry (15 kms away from the station). Plying by any vehicle at this peak hours will at least take 45 mns and that too if there were no traffic. We had rented an Ambassador car for vacating the flat, which we eventually used to get dropped at the railway station. And you know the speed at which an Amby moves in a busy traffic.

I had lost the hope of reaching the station on time. The traffic was really getting worse, and we already got stuck a couple of times at signals. The driver said – pray that the next 3 signals should be free, or it will be difficult. My sister said, “don’t you think they are bad signs already, when we want to have a darshan of Baba?” I said, “let us wait and see.” Just then a Sumo over took us, which had a sticker behind it with the image of Satya Sai Baba blessing – Om Sri Sai Ram. Huh! Well all cars have one or the other, what is the big deal? I was just praying – “Baba will we make it?” Another vehicle over took us – this car had a rare combination – Om Sai Ram, written on the image of Lord Narayana! I immediately thought – we will reach. And to our astonishment – we didn’t get caught anywhere in between. The routes were clear right from Saidapet to Chennai Central! In fact we reached the station at 5.15 pm, 15 mns prior to the departure of the train.

We booked a hotel in Bangalore, and reached White Field the next day morning at 7.30 am. The queue was perfectly maintained, and there were separate queues for men and women. Makes immense sense – if women were made to sit near men, men would think more about women than the Godmen I am sure!

Most were clad in white, and the crowd was handled perfectly. At around 10 am, few young students filled the atmosphere with some enchanting bhajans. It was time for Baba’s arrival I guessed. At around 10.45 am Baba clad in his orange robe came on to the stage. He was accompanied by 2 of his students. Baba was very weak, feeble and could hardly walk and balance himself. He stood there in absolute silence, and asked the bhajan troup to sing a particular bhajan. After 10 minutes or so, Baba returned to his rest room.

It is not always that people like Sathya Sai Baba are born on the planet who decide to dedicate their lives for the betterment of people and society – immaterial of caste, creed, nationality and gender. Of course controversies are always associated with these Godmen. And the media will always treat them as dirt. Even Jesus Christ had his set of controversies with him. But then the point is – how well we use the opportunity of their presence to make our lives better.

For me, darshan of His Holiness Shri Satya Sai Baba was an out of the world experience. And it was like one of my dreams coming true after a decade! Looking at Baba, I honestly don’t think He will survive for long now. He might kick his skeletal frame any time, so if you have any plans to see him in person – don’t wait, make it fast!

Om Sri Sai Ram!

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February 15, 2006

Darshan of His Holiness Shri Sathya Sai Baba – part 1

Few say he is a child molester. Some say he keeps small balls of vibhuti (holy ash) hidden in his hand, and breaks them using his fingers to shower vibhuti from his empty hands. And few say David Copperfield is a better illusionists than Sai Baba, when it comes to materializing Gold chain from thin air is concerned. But who cares? The number of people flocking to see Sathya Sai Baba has never reduced in spite of these controversies. One should always try to have first hand experience with these Godmen, before they form a general perception about them. I have witnessed enough miracles unfolding in my life through Sathya Sai Baba that made me believe in Him one hundred per cent. I trust in him so much so that even if Baba himself comes in front me to say that the aforesaid accusations against Him are true – I won’t believe Him. I would think may be He is just checking the amount of trust & faith I have in Him!

A decade ago, when I was studying in my college, I used to carry laminated pictures of Shirdi Sai Baba and Satya Sai Baba in my pocket. I don’t remember who gave me those pics, but it always lied in my pocket. Those were the days, when I was more bothered about college girls than God to be honest. Neither did I have any special reason to carry these pictures nor did I ever pray to them. It was lying there – just like that.

One of my PG mates was a disciple of Shri Sathya Sai Baba, and he told me something interesting which was very hard to be accepted or digested at the age of 20. I told him that I missed to see Osho Rajnessh, because he died even before I realized he existed. Now I want to meet Mother Teresa and also Sathya Sai Baba. And for this my friend said, “you can never meet Sathya Sai Baba without you becoming a disciple of his. And also it is Baba who decides whether He wants to give you a darshan or not. Till then how much ever effort you put, you cannot see Him.” It wasn’t a bet, but then I told myself – I think I will meet Him even without praying Him.

Months passes, years passed, and a decade passed. I never prayed to Baba nor did I get any chance of going to meet him. It was during Baba’s 80th birthday that the Hindu had covered a huge write up on Baba. My sister after reading it got Baba in one of her dreams. I immediately thought it was time I need to have a darshan of Him. I bought a photo of Baba, and placed it in my prayer room, and started praying to Him - that I wanted to have a darshan. I got a vision saying, “you can come in the month of February 2006”.

I never knew about Baba’s plans - whether he will stay in Puttaparthi or White Field during that month. But still I thought we won’t have to travel a lot to see him. To my astonishment out of the blue another friend of mine called me to say Baba will be available in White Field (24 Kms from Bangalore city) in the month of February 2006. We packed out bags……to be continued….

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February 02, 2006

No comments, please!

I remember playing this communication game in school days where children are asked to sit in a circle and then asked to pass on the word that was prompted to them by the first person. In most cases the word would lose its correct pronunciation, & also the meaning when it passes on to the last person. That is true with words and also with silence. Many a time even mere silence is interpreted or misinterpreted in million different ways.

I personally don’t blog to create a community of my own or to bring page views to my site or to ask my readers to give me business through Google ads. If that was the reason, I would have linked and got linked from 100s of other bloggers who blog regularly, and have some 100 links showcased from their site. In fact I blog for a selfish reason – for my own spiritual growth, and also to guide very few people who are lost in the material world and don’t know how to seek spiritual growth. And how can blogging lead to spiritual growth – will blog about that topic someday later.

I can very well make a dumb bull to drive a car. The only problem would be it would need some extra time and extra energy from my end. But if I spend the same time and same energy to teach few 1000 human beings to drive a car – I can save on time, and also recruit them as cab drivers in the Gulf countries. (Kindly don’t take the literal meaning of this example, I don’t run a car driving school).

A couple of days back I had blogged about the miracle that happened in my life, where in I found few hundreds in a post cover that was sent to me, which helped me at the last moment to pay the auto guy. I had mentioned in the blog that when I landed in Chennai, I didn’t have a single penny in my pocket. And I got a very caring comment from one my well wishers that - was my condition so bad? That is how things are misinterpreted very easily. Bill Gates is a multi millionaire, but he doesn’t carry truck loads of money when he moves around. At any given point I am sure, he has few credit cards and just few dollars in his wallet - though his worth is few millions as of today. Being penniless at a given point doesn’t mean you are bankrupt. In fact that day I had spent Rs 1000 in the train itself buying CDs, toys and books and had some 10 k in my ICICI account.

Someone buzzed me on Yahoo Messenger to say, I was wrong about Ayurveda. It seems I had typed that Ayurveda doesn’t have a cure for diabetes, which I never did. That reader in fact read one of the comments posted by some reader on my blog, and started arguing with me. Not that I am bad at arguing. I have won most of my arguments in life – right from school days to present day. But these days I keep myself away from arguments for the simple reason that – I don’t want to educate ignorant people for free. I charge Rs 300 per 15 minutes for arguments alone. Or else the best thing I do is say– YOU WIN - it cuts off arguments completely without my energy getting wasted!

With few incidents happening I have to take a decision - from now on my blog site will be one of the very few websites that doesn’t allow readers to post their views or comments on my site. Not that I am closing myself to others views, but just to help ignorant people not to be misguided by ignorant commenter. You can always send your views to my mail ID, or chat with me on yahoo messenger – but remember if it is arguments you need to pay me first!

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January 24, 2006

Pushing life to the last minute!

I was just wondering - why these terrorists and suicide bombers always carry a pill of KCN (Potassium Cyanide) when they are so damn sure that their death could come any time. It was later I realized that they don’t carry the pill just to kill themselves, but then to push themselves to the last minute before they take the BIG decision of biting the capsule. It is a simple example of living life dangerously and to push your luck to the last minute - because you never know how your life could change drastically in fraction of seconds!

After quitting my 9-5 job one and half years ago, each day has been a dangerous day. And honestly I love it that way. I enjoy the risk involved, and have started understanding & appreciating the divine link with which lives are bound.

Someday I am completely bankrupt, and some day I don’t know what I should be doing with the excess money. Of course I am not rich, but then I have enough money for a decent living, and thankfully my life style has not changed a bit after I quit my 27 k job with Rs 35 as my bank balance. Money has been flowing in from various sources - sometimes known and sometimes unknown!

This happened 3 days back when I came down from Tiruppur to Chennai with my mom, wife & 2 children. I wasn’t having a single penny in my pocket when I landed in Chennai. All that I knew was I had some money in my ICICI account, and I thought I can take it whenever I need it using the ATM card. We reached my sister’s place, and on the net I checked my ICICI account – and it had some decent money in it.

We (my wife, myself & children) took an auto to my house, and we thought on the way back we can withdraw some money from the ICICI ATM to pay up the auto guy. We stopped the auto at an ICICI ATM and to my astonishment – my ATM card didn’t work!! (The card didn’t go inside the ATM machine at all).

I got into the auto, and told my wife that my card isn’t working, and she said, she thinks she has some money at home. I asked her was she sure, and she said, “kind of”!

We reached our building, we unloaded our luggage, and my wife rushed to my flat in the first floor to check whether she had some money at home. The auto guy was waiting, and I was waiting with him. There was no reply from my wife, and I was sure there ain’t any money at home too. Now what?

Something struck me suddenly. When I was in Tiruppur, I had got a mail from a person saying he has sent me some money by post for consultation, and he had asked me whether I have received it. From Tiruppur my wife had kept confirming with her brother, who was staying in my house in our absence, whether we received any courier –and he always said no.

I just walked till the mail boxes, which are placed below flats, to check if I can get that cover – and it was lying there! I opened the cover and it had Rs 1100 in it! I paid the auto guy 80 bucks, and kept the rest in my pocket. My wife came down with heavy stress on her face – saying she had only Rs 20 at home! I said, it is fine, don’t worry we have enough for a non-veg dinner too!

Call it God’s miracle or a mere coincidence? Your call!

Posted by Kenni at 08:22 AM | Comments (0)

December 17, 2005

A long blog about a ‘kutti’ (small) miracle!

I am on abstinence for Lord Ayyappa. And there were many who said, you aren’t supposed to be because your father died recently. There is a general belief that you should not go to Sabarimala, if someone close dies that particular year. But Lord Ayyappa is so addictive that you really can’t resist yourself from seeing him. As the season (Karthikai month in Tamil calendar) was nearing, I had to call up my Guruswami (the teacher who initiates you into seeking Lord Ayyappa) and brief him about the situation. He asked me to come over, and we shall discuss.

I was just praying that the answer should not be in negative. He asked me few questions. “Is there any pending ritual you need to complete?” I said, “no. The next ritual will be the tithi (a religious ceremony conducted after completion of 1 year) next September.” So he said, you can go on abstinence, but need not come to Sabarimala this year. He said, “don’t miss the abstinence period, because if you miss it, you will keep missing it.” He made immense sense, and I agreed readily.

Now the only problem for me was to handle the people who pointed fingers at me. All were aware of this point that it is a BAD thing to worship Lord Ayyappa, when your close one dies. And the worst part was whoever commented neither had gone to the shrine nor any one of them had personally asked me to put the mala the first time I did in 2002. There are millions to block any process you individually take up in life but there are only few who can motivate you. Life will never happen to you if you listen to the millions who talk against you, but you surely win a chance of growing in your life if you can spot that ‘one’ person who motivates you.

Self doubts are always there. I needed a confirmation from the God himself, if I was on the right track, and if he had accepted my abstinence for Him. And here is how I got the answer!

I was in Tiruppur 2 weeks back, and I had decided to go to the Ayyapa temple every evening. The first day I left home at 7 pm, and told my mom that I will be back before 9 pm. My nephew accompanied me. I planned to walk down, but then my sister compelled me to take her bike – a 4-year- old Kinetic Honda. I agreed, and the bike started in one kick. I parked the vehicle outside the temple, took the token from an old man, and went into the temple. And to my incongruity the temple gates were closed. I inquire the people there, what happened? Why is the temple closed at this time? And where is the main deity Ayyappa?

One of the temple priests said that the deity has been taken for an ‘oorvalam’ (a Hindu customary where in the temple deity is taken around the city for the people to worship), and that it will reach the temple only at 9 pm. I thought it was a bad omen, which blocked me from seeing the main deity the first time I came to the temple. There was a small Ganesha temple just near the temple gate, and I closed my eyes and prayed, “Ayyappa just let me know, if I did the right thing by going on abstinence for you.” When I opened my eyes, I could see a photo of Lord Ayyappa just behind the idol of Ganesha smiling at me, which I missed to see before.

My nephew asked me what now? I said let us go home, as I had told my mother that I will be back home before 9 pm. We reached the parking place, and I tried starting the bike, and the bike didn’t start at all. I kicked some 50 times, and my nephew tried some ten times, and we remained unsuccessful. The token guy (an old man) came from nowhere, and instead of helping us out said, “why don’t you wait for the deity to come. It is 7.30 now, and the deity will be back at 9”. I said, “we need to rush home.”

We decided to leave the bike there and walk down. We thought we can go home, and send my sister and brother in law to get it back. As we were on our way, it started raining cats and dogs, and we had to take shelter in a grocery shop. The rain didn’t stop at all, and in this period not a single auto came that way. From 7.45 pm to 8.45 pm we stood there for the rains to stop. Exactly at 8.45 we got an auto, and we went home to tell my sister that we left the bike there itself. She panicked and said, “brother-in- law will come home only at 2 am, let us go back and get the bike now itself.” We took the same auto, and went back.

The rains had stopped now. When we reached the temple’s parking place, there was a huge traffic jam happening. And I could see an elephant along with a huge crowd of people entering the temple. I at once understood that the deity is back, and I need to take the darshan now. I rushed to the temple, and saw Lord Ayyappa idol placed on top of the elephant. The time was exactly 9 pm. I thanked the God for giving me the answer for the question I had asked, and left the temple. My sister asked me, “shall we go now?” I said, “fine.” And one kick the bike started.

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December 09, 2005

How death checkmates life – Part 2 - Final!

The soul always knows the life’s journey, but it is the mind that creates illusions. The soul is related to the divine, while the mind is related to the body. Mind is addicted to desires, and is always in search of better pay package, bigger house, newer car, prettier wife and better sexual life. Hence great saints say lessen your desires and you might see God. It simply means that when we are able to lessen our desires, the mind stops functioning and tries to become one with the soul. And this is the time when we start knowing the divine link in whatsoever – good or bad- is happening in our life and around us.

Here are the rest of the divine signs or events that takes place before a person dies.

Mending few relationships

We are related to many people on different levels. We love some people instantly and we hate few without any reasons. It all depends on the karmic (life after life) connections we are born with.

Just prior to death, it so happens that the person who is about to die will take some steps to mend few bad relationships, which he hated to continue subconsciously. This happens by choice or sometimes by chance.

My father hated our in laws. And he was completely against going to their house or meeting them in person. After 8 years of our marriage, when he was at my sister’s place, he was invited for lunch at my in laws place, and he could not refuse. He had an awesome lunch there, and we all knew that the years of hatred are all over.

That was the 4th step….

Manifestation of small desires

This part might sound a bit funny, but it remains true. As you grow older, your likeness towards eatables increases a lot, and you would notice that none provides you with tasty food. But when you are nearing death, you will be blessed with good food automatically. People from nowhere would come and provide you things that you always loved to eat.

A diabetic patient will get a box of sweets from his friend, and a heart patient will be able to get some hot samosas. Death doesn’t happen because you eat these stuffs, you eat these stuffs because death is near.

My dad always loved Hot Idlies, and we need to thank Murugan Idlies of Besant Nagar for providing him with some awesome idlies, with hot sambaar and chatnies. He in fact used to stop bothering about the restrictions the doctors have imposed on him on his eating habits, when he was at this particular restaurant.

That was the 5th step….

Change in functioning of prana (breathe)

Place your index finger under your nose, and watch the breathe pattern. You will notice that you tend to inhale and exhale using only one nostril at a time. The breathe through nostrils change every 3-5 minutes in a normal human being – meaning you breath using left nostril for 5 mns and then use your right nostril for another 5 mns. This keeps going on without our knowledge.

When a person is nearing death, there is a change in this particular pattern right from 6 months before his death. Mostly they breathe only through one nostril, or the change between the nostrils doesn’t happen at ease.

For my dad, I wanted to confirm this, but then I didn’t have the heart to check it!

That was the 6th step…..

Final adieu when favourite people are around

Life parts easily from the body, if the dying person has his favourite people around. Else life tends to take a lot of time to leave the body. This is the most painful process for many, especially for those whose loved once live far away from them.

Both my grandparents kept gasping till they saw my mom the last. My mom was always their favourite. In my dad’s case, he loved my elder sister more than any of us. He always had great plans for my sister, which made me a bit jealous at times.

I was with my dad till 17th of September, and had to leave. My sister was to celebrate her birthday on the 26th September. She thought she would celebrate her birthday with my parents for a change. She informed my dad about her plan, and I still remember the excitement my dad had on his face. She booked her tickets for the 22nd and reached my native on the 23rd.

All was fine till 9.30 pm of 23rd September, 2005. A sudden stroke, my sister rushed to the hospital with my dad, and he collapsed at 9.50 pm.

The final adieu ----the 7th step……

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December 07, 2005

How death checkmates life – Part 1!

It is almost 3 months my dad expired, and my sister is still trying to find the possible reason for his demise. Of course he had health problems since last 3 years, but then his sudden death could not be digested by her so soon. She tries to decipher - was it because the doctors didn’t tell us the seriousness of his health? Was it because he traveled a lot towards his death in spite of a weak heart? Was it because my mom delayed the night dosage of tablet by an hour? Was it because my dad sat in a full blast a/c car just 30 mns before his death? Or was it because my chart really had a bad combination for my father’s health? Had I not met my astro-spiritual teacher K Gopalakrishnan in the year 2002, I would have never been able to write this particular blog!

Most deaths always have a particular pattern. There are few important events that will take place before a person dies.

Travel associated with bad omens

It is said if you consciously give this final travel a miss you will become immortal - meaning you can escape death, and live forever. But destiny will force you to take this final trip, and it happens with most deaths. This final travel is different for all, but there are incidents of people going through the same trip if they are related to each other one or the other way. For instance Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi all gave their last speech in Bhubaneswar before they died.

My parents had a big fight just 20 days before the fateful event. My dad called my sister and also me, about what exactly he should be doing to solve the problems. Also the docs in Coimbatore had asked my dad to do a kidney transplant if the keratin level worsens. My sister asked my parents to come over and live with her for a couple of weeks for a change and meanwhile they can take a second opinion about the operation. All was good to hear, but my dad had taken the first step towards the journey of death!

Unusual meeting with known & favourite people

When a person nears his death he will be able to meet people he knew and people he loved the most - unusually. Like he might meet his old friend in a bus stop or may be he will get a call from his old flame.

Both my sister and I got married without the knowledge of my parents. My dad was dead against my sister’s marriage – because he didn’t like my brother in law at all. And I happen to marry my brother in law’s sister!

He never visited our houses after our marriage i.e., for 8 long years. For some 5 years, he didn’t even allow us inside his house. The last he came was the first time he decided to stay at my sister’s house for 20 days.

And this was his second step.

To be continued….

*Mending few relationships
*Manifestation of small desires
*Change in functioning of prana (breath)
*Final adieu when favourite people are around

Posted by Kenni at 05:33 PM | Comments (0)

September 22, 2005

The difference between bad time and good time!

I am a staunch believer of Karma and Destiny. And I keep reiterating to all that all our lives are predetermined that we are just a puppet in the hands of the almighty. An injury on your head, the kind of education you will get, the time at which you will get married, when will you be changing your houses or buying your own house, or what would be the colour of your new vehicle. It is all there in your natal chart.

So far my life has traversed exactly in the sequence as it is shown in my horoscope. If astrology doesn’t work for astrologers themselves, then what is the point in astrologers believing in astrology! It of course is a debatable topic - what is the thrill or fun in knowing your future beforehand? In fact it helps. To be honest it helps us in effortless living. (Will blog about effortless living in some other blog).

I was running Shani Dasha till September 2002. Shani in general teaches us the best lessons of our life, and Shani is known for creating problems, delays & postponement in anything we take up.

I was working for the Indian Express Online Media, Mumbai, and I always preferred to be on the night shifts. Less crowd, less noise, more work, more play and more porn (on the internet) were the few reasons I loved to do the nights. One particular day, my wife asked me to take an off in the middle of the week. I agreed, though I always hated to take holidays those days.

In my life I have never seen reporters doing business stories in the nights. That particular night, they wanted to do a news story about 24/7 news update on the internet, and interviewed my colleague for the story. The next day I saw a report of my colleagues with a full size picture of him in the Indian Express newspaper. In fact I had exchanged the shift with this guy - only on that particular day! I reconciled myself saying, “may be one day the media will give special coverage for me alone - with a bigger photo!”

It was during the 2002 Cricket World Cup. NDTV had come to Sify to ask few people about their views on various teams that were participating in the series. They interviewed 5 people from our office, and I was one of them. The program was to be telecast the very next day at 2 pm. I had told my wife to check NDTV in the afternoon. At office all clogged in front of the TV at 2, and except me – all the 4 guys were shown on the TV. I reconciled myself saying, “may be one day the media will give special coverage for me alone – with a longer clip!”

I started my Mercury Dasha after September 2002 that is when exactly I got inclined to astrology, spirituality and many more things in my life. Astrologically Mercury for me is an excellent period that will give me an excellent lift in career, fame, money & prosperity.

In November 2002, just 2 months after my new period started, I got a call from Vijay Star TV. They wanted to interview me about what exactly I thought about Tarot Cards. It was part of a program where my teacher was the main guest. The clip was telecast the next day, and it indeed was a bigger clip than the World Cup stuff.

And what happened last week? Business World gave me special coverage about my blog, with a bigger photo :P.

All that happened in my life has happened on its own - effortlessly. I have just been standing there watching the fun about how my life has taken interesting turns.

So what more is coming from my side? I will be hosting an astro programme on Television soon, and will be part of the movie making industry in one or the other way. This won’t happen with my effort – it will happen on its own accord with the help of the planetary placements, and God’s blessings.

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September 19, 2005

I am featured on Business World magazine!!

By the grace of God, the cosmic planetary positions and JAM Editor Rashmi Bansal – I have been featured on India’s largest selling business magazine - Business World. The interview has come out really well. If you are my friend, client or a well wisher just try buying a copy. I am not marketing the magazine here, it just that I look adorable in the print ;)

It is September 2005, and it is exactly 1 year I quit my 9-5 job from Sify. I had only two options left then. One – I compromise on my self respect and continue with Sify or take a mighty plunge and take up a new career as an astrologer throwing away 8 years of dot com experience as a content manager. Thankfully, nothing untoward happened, and life really took care of me well. My income increased gradually, cash burns reduced and most of all my debts decreased.

To be honest, in real life I am not so kind or loving as I seem in the picture that is depicted on my site. I have a king size ego, I still get attracted to many women, I am prone to anger & violence, and I am a bit revengeful. And my biggest problem is that I have a photographic memory, and I don’t forget my past easily.

I still remember the day when my boss and the marketing person discussed among themselves to remove my blog content without my knowledge (then hosted at http://blogs.sify.com/thambig). They probably thought that my views could affect the sanctity of the otherwise holy beings (mostly women) working for the company. I am still unsure what happened to their holiness on Saturdays, when they wore dresses that protrude all their femaleness!! And today, an article being published about the blog which carries the same unholy content once banned makes me really feel elated.

“Whom do you think you are”, asked my boss once, when I refused to take orders from the marketing people. I told him on his face that, “I have been recruited here to work, and not to take orders. And I will not take orders even if it is the MD of the company.”

Today I can proudly answer to his question that I am G Kennedi, an astrologer, who owns his own blog site http://www.askenni.com and is making a living out of it. BTW – “whom do you think ‘YOU’ are?”

Posted by Kenni at 07:50 AM | Comments (0)

September 12, 2005

The power of prayers & my service just for YOU!

The last 30 days were really difficult. There were many ups and downs emotionally, and I had to struggle a lot to bring my life back into a pattern. My parents are here as my father has health problems, and astrologically he is running a bad phase, and also my horoscope doesn’t support his health much. Accordingly his condition deteriorated after coming to Chennai.

I have high regards for Chennai’s Government hospital but then after few experiences, I realized that it isn’t for people who are aged or who have multiple complications. The long queues, the crowd, and the corrupt system can give you mental trauma. The doctors are really good, but the infrastructure is pathetic. Once I saw a board that said, “Emergency Ward – sponsored by Lipton Tea.” I was glad, I thought the whole emergency ward was sponsored, it was later I came to know that it was only the board!

After his health worsened, we took him to Ramachandra Hospital. I am least bothered about all the bad things Udayar, the founder (who supposedly owned liquor firms) has done in his life. But then looking at the magnanimity of the hospital, I was awestruck. The hospital is huge, and you get royal treatment at lesser fees. And as a patient you really feel better. The tests were all over, and my dad still had problems.

I was in a dilemma, whether I should start prayers for my dad’s health. Or should I wait. I am always mentally prepared for anybody’s death. I keep thinking about deaths of close people, so that I don’t get a shock when the real event happens. And what’s wrong in dying. All exist only in a time frame, and none is permanent here. If existence wants to put an end to my dad, it will. And I did not want to make the process difficult for my father by doing prayers, which could delay his death. The choice is – you live a long life suffering, sticking to your life or you die without suffering much.

After coming back from the hospital, I saw my dad losing his balance, and wasn’t able to walk properly. I stared in his eyes, and I saw a fear. It was too much for me to handle. I thought I will start the prayers at once. My only prayer was – if my dad’s time has come let him go without much suffering, and if he has more time to live then let him get better. I started chanting the mantra the next day morning, and when I reached my sister’s place in the afternoon. He was perfect! There was a luster on his face, and he was back into action - so much so that he went the beach by walk in the evening too.

If my prayers are answered and if it can cure someone’s health problems – then I am sure that is the best thing that can happen in my life. Hence I thought I would render this prayer service for others too.

You can send me your request by mail (kennedig@yahoo.com) along with the patients’ name, age, and the health problems they are having. It is a free service.

BTW I am off to Tiruppur to leave my parents there. I will be back on 17th.

Watch out this space for some inputs on Black Magic, when I am back!

Posted by Kenni at 09:31 AM | Comments (0)

July 21, 2005

Why should God be available for cheap? – Part 3 - Final

The entrance fee for Chennai’s prime multiplex Mayajaal is Rs 250. Queensland – the latest theme part charges Rs 450 per head, while you can spend the entire day at MGM Fun World for Rs 350 (refreshment extra). And surprisingly there is no religious or spiritual place in India where there is an entrance fee. No wonder the whole of religiousness & spirituality has gone down the drain in the past few centuries. We are outright ready to buy tickets that cost Rs 200 for a Rajini’s newest hit movie, at the same time we get offended if someone asks a special fee for a special darshan at Tirupathi shrine!

On one hand we train children at school that money is bad, and that they should not be greedy. On the other hand when the children grow up – we call them unsuccessful if they don’t make enough money. Money making is a trick, which has to be taught from childhood. No wonder most Gujarathis stop education, and get into their family business very early in their lives.

There is a preconceived notion that few divine profession should not be done for money - astrology, ayurveda, pujas, mantras, & meditations are considered to be very holy, and hence is told be done out of service & not for money alone. Of course this held true, when people valued these professionals and paid them good. But not when people just try these things out of curiosity & for fun and take these specialists for granted.

I have seen people coming in their Lancers to the temple, and placing a one rupee coin in the archana plates. And if someone pays the pujari Rs 10 note, he gets a royal treatment. That doesn’t mean the pujaris hanker for money. It simply means that he is giving you extra attention because you helped him solve few of his problems, and money of course has the power to solve few problems of life.

People pray for a good job and say God is the one who provides them one. When they get a job they donate few hundreds to the temple, and take the thousands home and never come back. What about the next month’s salary? May be God helped him just for the break, from now probably it will be HIS own effort! He will come back to God only after he is being sacked or when he isn’t getting the right appraisal or promotion even after 100 per cent effort.

Government takes 33 per cent of your salary every month without even asking you, and tells you – Don’t ask what the Government has done to you, ask what you have done for the government. God/Divine/Existence/Super power provides you with all the amenities, but still never asks you what have you done for Him?

God gives more to people who give out more or who donate more. Lakshmi believes in rotation hence try not to save more. If you have more money, give them to the needy, it will help few lives & help in solving few people’s problems – at least to some extent.

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July 16, 2005

Why should God be available for cheap? Part 2

There are a set of people who need scientific explanation & scientific proofs for everything. Their argument is right - when people say God exists, then why can’t all see Him/Her in flesh & blood. Hence they keep negating the presence of anything that cannot be proven scientifically. Scientifically when 2 molecules of Hydrogen combine with 1 molecule of Oxygen water is formed. In atmosphere some 70 per cent is Hydrogen, and 3 per cent is Oxygen – if they can combine according to the rules of Chemistry, then we should be able to produce water in a laboratory. We need not depend upon rain for survival! And the water that condenses outside a chilled beer is the water molecule that is already present in the atmosphere due to evaporation.

There is a process involved in all that we do & seek in life. Of course Hydrogen can be combined with Oxygen to form water molecule – but the scientific process isn’t as easy as it seems. Various conditions have to be fulfilled to create one molecule of water.

To become a doctor you need to score good marks in your 12th, then perform well in the entrance exams, and then undergo severe training for 4 ½ years before you start practising – that is the process.

Jaya Lalitha exists. For most she exists in the newspapers & televisions. What if you want to meet her personally? You need influence or probably you need to follow a system to visit her. And I am sure it isn’t an easy process. Well I guess meeting God would be much easier than meeting celebrities & politicians.

Edison spent sleepless nights for years & failed 600 times before he found a bulb. And we need to find God without putting efforts, without seeking him, and without getting his permission as if he is our jobless grandfather.

The process involved to find God is much tougher than becoming an Ambani or a Tata. You can work for hours together, but it isn’t easy to sit for 5 minutes just thinking about God. Buddha says you will get enlightened if you could keep watching your breath for just 5 minutes. Take my word it is impossible to watch your breath continuously even for 1 minute.

There are many who claim to have seen God in his mighty form. Tulsidas is one of them – if he is lying, then his epic Ramayanaya ought to be fake. The people who have seen God have mostly been termed as conmen or probably the scientist say it is the illusion mind creates about God. I wish mind could create illusions about Jennifer Lopez too. I don’t think anyone has claimed to have seen Amitabh Bacchan or Aishwarya Rai – can mind create illusions only about God & ghosts?

I have been to Taj Mahal, and I know that it is in Agra. To visit Taj Mahal I went to New Delhi first then got a bus from Delhi to Agra. That is the path. If someone asks me, where Taj Mahal is, I surely can guide him the path. If he debates he want to see Taj Mahal in Chennai, the most I can do is show him the photo of Taj Mahal. If he still debates that Taj Mahal isn’t true – I can only say that he is ignorant, who isn’t ready to take minimal effort to see what he wants, and what is available.

Personally I haven’t seen God. But I am sure he exists, and my only aim is to see him in all his glory. Of course I have had numerous glimpses of the divine, which has no scientific evidences. And I don’t mind guiding people into this wonderful journey of finding lord.

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July 15, 2005

Why should God be available for cheap? – Part 1

Sitting on the cushioned seat we wouldn’t be thinking about innovative ideas to meet our quarterly targets if we had bleeding piles. Or we wouldn’t be fighting with our wife just because she doesn’t have a good relationship with her in laws, if we had a tumour in our head. We usually take our health for granted, and ignore all those good things God has blessed us with. We crib about most things in life, and keep aspiring for more & more from God. And in return we either break few coconuts or give away our hair! What on earth would God do with our hair?!!

I had this query in my mind for long that why all rich people get to see God & Godmen easily when compared to the poor. You would notice all the millionaires lined up in the front row to have darshans of Satya Sai Baba, Shiva Shankar Baba, Melmaruvathur Amma, Mata Amrityanandamayee. And also there are special queues & special charges to see Tirupathi Balaji faster without standing in long queues for hours together. Is God more courteous to the riches? Yes, he is. And why shouldn’t he be so?

Richness & poverty is a state of mind. A person moving in an air conditioned Benz Car would have more debt than the person who drives an auto rikshaw. Richness is in what a person does with his money and how he brings changes in others’ lives - and not about how much bank balance a person has.

In my personal experience, I have seen rich people better human beings than the poor people. I am just not talking about people who have more money in their wallet I am talking about people who take out more money to spend. It is not that poor people don’t have money - they indeed have. Just that they spend them in all the wrong ways. To be honest even I wouldn’t afford to drink a quarter of brandy everyday like a mason does.

God is good to people who are richer at heart, and people who are richer at heart have all the comforts of the world, and to get all the comforts they are blessed with more money. That is what is called ‘Raj Yogas’ in astrological terms.

Hence the simple truth is – if you are good you make more money, and when you have money don’t hanker for more just spend more on good things, and you will be blessed with plenty.

Posted by Kenni at 12:27 PM | Comments (0)

July 05, 2005

Will I be able to bring rains through music?

My sister�s comp conked yesterday, and I had to rush to the nearest Reliance WebWorld to send my predictions for online clients. Incidentally I saw someone browsing my blog site � and honestly it was an ego boasting experience. I approached him to ask how he reached my site, and he was taken aback completely and could not recognise me. May be I don�t look the same as in the pic that is showcased on the site (I have much longer hair & bigger beard now). I told him, I am Kennedi, and he was more than happy to meet me � he said he knew me from the days I handled Sify Astrology. I wonder how small the world is. And I also could configure the possible reason why my sister�s computer conked. Now on to my today�s blog�..

My newest passion is music, and I am learning keyboard from one of the music teachers in Adyar. No, I am not focussing on Western music, but I am concentrating more on Indian classical, which is considered to have divine powers.

I know very little about music as of now, but then have heard a lot about few �ragas� Indians had invented that could possibly change external events. For instance, Indian music has special ragas to bring rains, cure people, generating money, changing moods, initiating evil spirits, keeping them away et al.

The modern crowd refuses to accept the divine powers of music. Music in movies & pop star albums are the only ones to get the largest number of acclaim, rest we usually ignore. The maximum we do to understand music is - we either blast them in our car stereos or dance like crazy in a discotheque.

Today very few people use music for the betterment of human beings - Ganapathy Sachitanand, a Godman from Andhra, uses music to cure people. I know doctors would hate to know that or believe that.

I also came to know about an interesting incident where in the famous violinist Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan used his troop to play the �rain� raga and could bring rains in Bangalore. There of course are debates � may be he got a weather report from the meteorological department beforehand, and fixed a date based on it. And there is another debate - what is the big deal in bringing rains in Bangalore, why not in Chennai?

That exactly is the discussion I had with my friend a couple of weeks back. And the bet is I will try to bring rain in Chennai in the month of May 2007, on a date when the meteorological department completely says �NO� to rain.

BTW I prayed for rains yesterday, and it rained! Of course I don�t have documented proof for the same � but it did rain! But what is the big deal in praying for rain in the month of July � it anyways will rain in Chennai :P.

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June 25, 2005

I am off to my BIL�s marriage. Destiny worked yet another time!

I saw a cool looking hype guy riding on his Yezdi (bike) today. He with no effort could overtake everyone � including me. I usually don�t go beyond 40 km/hr � not that I am afraid of death, but I hate speed. I met him in the next signal. Once the signal was open, he would rip again, and again I would meet him in the next signal. This is true with life too. How much ever you worry, how much ever you try hard, how much ever you put effort & struggle � you still will reach only where destiny wants to take you. You cannot even lift a stone with your effort - if the time isn�t ripe. And my brother in law�s (BIL) marriage is quite an example!

My in law�s belong to a Christian family. Usually Christians & Muslims don�t show special interest in astrology. I am told that Jesus & Mohammed were against people knowing their future. May be - they both thought people knowing their future could block them from surrendering totally to the divine.

It was the month of April 2005, when out of curiosity my mother in law approached me with her son�s horoscope. She asked me to predict about his marriage. Technically the chart showed that my BIL was ending his Venus antara by June 2005 � and ideally he should get married before June 2005. Till April 2005, they haven�t even met a single marriage broker nor had any girl on their mind.

With in 15 days after consulting me, they happened to get 2 probable alliances. One didn�t work out, and another indeed worked out. Events flew at great pace. My BIL got engaged in the month of May 2005, and both the parties decided to conduct the marriage in the month of September 2005 � which honestly was far beyond the month I had predicted. People surely were happy with my prediction, for the reason that at least engagement took place before June 2005.

Now there was a new twist to the whole story. Another BIL of mine got an offer to fly off to Belgium on a job assignment, and he might not come back for 2 years. He will have to go by July 2005, and he didn�t want to miss his brother�s marriage. Hence all the people involved in the marriage decided to prepone the event, and the date was changed to June 27, 2005.

I said, �Cool. The planet Venus (planet) indeed helped in speeding up the event.� Also it helped my prediction to come true.

I am off to Tiruppur, where the marriage is to take place. I will be back by 29th morning. You can keep in touch via mail, and if there is an emergency always call me at 98412 83292

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June 23, 2005

Finally I shifted my house � thanks to Saturn!

I was analyzing my own chart a year back, and was wondering what will Saturn Transit 2004-2005 have in store for me. I told my wife that, �Saturn transit clubbed with a new dasha (period) of Mercury would ideally change my career, and also by May/June 2005 we should be changing our house. We will be moving to a new place of residence.� I won�t take credit for the former prediction coming true, because may be I influenced the event. I quit Sify, and started on my own. But I cannot restrain myself from saluting this wonderful science/art of astrology to have made my 2nd prediction come true!

My wife wasn�t happy with our present house because of few unlucky omens & incidents that occurred. She was searching for a new house since February 2005, but could not find one. Either the place was too expensive or it was too far. She used to get irritated with her effort, but I never bothered and kept my cool � �cause by God�s grace I knew what was coming.

Not that I never visited a single house with her. I did. I had to keep my wife happy doing so. I sometimes need to impress my wife by looking worried or being unhappy. It gives her chance to advice me. It makes her feel better. You cannot keep behaving like Bruce Almighty always!

Nothing materialized till June 8th. My wife had lost all her hope of finding another house, and she had stopped putting effort - which I did from the very beginning.

My house owner landed on June 8th, asking us to vacate our house by June end, as she had to build another floor! I said, �Wow! Our time has come.� My wife could not understand what I was trying to say. She was more worried now � one because we had very little time, and another she could not find a decent house with her effort.

It was my turn to find a house now. I spoke to my sister, she called her friend who lives in Alacrity, we got a broker, a double bed room house was vacant, we inquired about the advance & rent and it suited us the best, we went to see the house � it was perfect but not painted, we asked the owner to paint it, and she did it immediately, we thought of shifting our furniture on 23rd June, and we already have done that! And my wife is indeed happy with the new house.

So what�s the moral of the story? When the time is right astrologically you need not struggle at all. A slight effort could bring the desired result. This is how astrology works, and this is how astrology helps!

By the way, my new address is posted here.

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June 10, 2005

If not an astrologer, I would have been a gangster � part 3 - LAST!

I spent a sleepless night. The flashes of the disgusting incident kept me furious the whole evening. I didn�t know what was destined the next morning � whether I will get more slaps & punches or will it be a giving back time � in any case I was sure that I am going to the venue no matter what may come. I had complete trust on my friends �cause I have been always blessed with good friends. But the irony was they were always too good - they never smoked, they never drank, they never went behind girls, and they never had any nexus with the underworld.

We were just 5 � Sandeep Prabhu � whose only aim was to become an Engineer & he did become one, Jatin Parmar � who had a dream like that of QSQT�s Aamir Khan, I think he still is in search of Ms Right, Sagar Prasade � who very badly wanted to be a BE but finally ended up taking a job in shipping, & Manoj Wankhede � nope he didn�t have any share in Mumbai�s Wankhede stadium, he was the most innocent & most puny among all us. (I am mentioning their full names because if they happen to search their names on Google they should be able to contact me).

I told all my friends to bring whoever they know, so that we don�t take the beating again. None turned up the next morning � except my 4 friends. Manoj kept telling me that he has asked few of his friends to come exactly at 10 am. The drama was ought to begin at 10 am as it was school�s interval time. I kept ignoring him. Butterflies started flying in our stomachs as it already was 9.55 am. And they should be some 50 guys, and we were just 5 studious people who never even knew to fist our knuckles.

Manoj suddenly started jumping saying his friends are coming. I wasn�t excited till I turned to look at them. Oops � each one was at least 6 feet in height, at least 80 kgs, hair till shoulder, they surely had a look of major gangsters - and they were 10 in numbers! The butterflies still were flying � but this time for different reasons. I started having fears about what will happen to the guy who slapped me the other day!

Manoj introduced all of them to us, and my friends had a ray of confidence in them. Each one I am sure thought - Thank God! We need not take the punches for Kennedi�s sake now.

The bells rang and it was recess time now � the judgment day has come. We started moving towards the school gate. I was in the front, my 4 friends just 1 foot behind me, and those 10 guys 1 foot behind them. It was an awesome feeling, and I felt like a God. I can now understand what power can give you � TOTAL CONFIDENCE. Except for the background score everything was happening just like Ram Gopal Varma�s stunt sequence.

We stood their unperturbed, and that bugger came with another friend of his � who was known for his underworld contacts. The other 50 guys kept themselves at a safe distance. I can see them hiding their faces, and behaving as if they didn�t have any hands in this particular incident. I was face to face with this bugger, and asked him to call the girl for whom we were fighting. I can see fear running across his face & body, and the feeling of repentance about why he even tried to get into this mess.

In fraction of seconds, our guys pounced on him, and before I could blink my eyes some 15-20 punches were showered on him and he already had started bleeding. None came to his rescue. One of my guys lifted his shirt, and said should I remove it out? I didn�t get what exactly he meant by that. It was later I came to know they were carrying swords too!!!

Another guy asked me slap him right away and to take the revenge then & there. It was so awkward for me, and I said forget it. Let�s move. And it was all over.

I happen to see the same bugger a couple of times later too, and he still puts his head down whenever he notices me. He runs an electronic shop now, and is happily settled.

Sometimes I wonder if I should have used the same technique to prove my power in the Corporate scenario. I am sure most bosses need this kind of treatment for all the bloody politics they play in screwing people�s happiness. But then people bleed only through one hole if we take the revenge, but if the honour of taking revenge is let to God the wrong doer will bleed from most of the holes!

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June 07, 2005

If not an astrologer, I would have been a gangster � part 2!

I wore the same dress for sentiment sake. I reached the venue at the same time, but she didn�t turn up. I was a bit dejected. And suddenly my friend spotted her taking another route. She was avoiding us?!! We were on a bicycle, and she had her bicycle too. We started chasing her, as if it was some kind of rape sequence happening in some old Hindi movie.

She was ripping, so were we. We were just few feet away from her, and she vanished. We could not spot her. But we could notice a cloud of dust emerging in front of us. My friend burst into laughter, I asked what happened? And he said, �she fell down�!

There she was lying on the road and her bicycle lying somewhere across the road. Thankfully she was wearing a salwar kameez and not her usual skirt & blouse. In that case it could have been a visual treat for the onlookers. Before I could get down and assist her she got up, dusted herself, and got into her school. We waited outside to know what exactly she had on her mind. A stud came out to pass her message. He said she is not interested as of now. I told him that is fine. But tell her that she could have told her right on my face, why play this chase drama?

One month had elapsed, and I had already started looking at another girl in my college. On our way to college via school, the same stud called us once again. We didn�t know what he was going to tell us. We went into the school, and there were some 50 guys who surrounded us.

This bugger caught me by my collar and said, �I told you right she wasn�t interested. Then why did you propose to her again?� I replied I never proposed to her at all. He didn�t believe me, and gave me one tight slap!! It was so humiliating. We were only 2, and we in no way could give them back. We wanted to confirm with her whether I really disturbed her again, but she had not come to school that day. I said it is fine, we will come back tomorrow, and we will confirm the same with her that is better.

I could not digest this incident at all & also the slap. Even if I had proposed to her again, who the f**k was this bugger who wanted an explanation? Later I came to know that he was her �rakhee� brother. And as my friend mentioned we never saw any sticker on her butt which said she was his rakhee sister! I had 4 friends with me & 24 hours in my hand to take the revenge.

To be continued�..

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June 06, 2005

If not an astrologer, I would have been a gangster � part 1!

Her name was Chandarani. Nope, she wasn�t someone dancing in one of Rekha�s khotas. She was my school mate, 2 years junior to me on whom I had a serious crush. I was doing my 10th and she was in her 8th standard. I saw her first when was playing �luppa chuppi� (hide & seek) with her mates. She was fair, she was fat, she had a bob cut, and an enchanting smile.

I didn�t have enough guts to tell her about my FEELINGS at that tender age. But then I did things that surely could make her understand that I liked her. I kept staring at her, I would stand near her house for hours together, and would follow her to most places she went with her younger brother. Thankfully she was my friend�s sister�s classmate, from whom I confirmed that finally she came to know that I liked her.

I moved to my junior college & still was nursing a soft corner for her. Once by God�s grace I got an opportunity to meet her alone. She was standing across the road waiting for her friend, and I was with my friend. I crossed the road some 10 times, would go near her, bite my nails and come back. But for the confidence given to me by my friend, I would have never approached her at all

Finally I came close to her, and said I would like to speak to you. She said about what? I told her that I like her a lot, and love her too, and would love to spend rest of my life with her. I was 16. I was a bit taken aback from her reply. She said I recently had to operate on my tonsils!!

I was wondering what my proposal to her could have to do with her tonsils. She had a clarification. She said that she has to concentrate on her studies, and she doesn�t have much time for romance. I said fine, but you can meet me at least once a week, right?. She was kinda ok with the idea. I handed over a 5-star chocolate to her with a promise from her that she will meet me next week, same place, same time with a final answer � whether she is ready to hold my hand or would prefer to reject me completely.

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May 25, 2005

The dream innings I never played!

I loved to play cricket since childhood - more so because unlike other team games there was no need to run much, jump, snatch, pull, push or fall. May be that was the reason why cricket was termed as the Gentleman�s game. I was the super star in my apartment. There were only 10 boys of different age groups who met in the evening to play. No match would take place in my absence. It was indeed ego boosting, but it was much later I realised that they wouldn�t start because I was the only guy to have got a good bat, stumps & also a ball!

At school the scenario was completely different. Guys were much more strong, heftier & athletic. To match their stamina was an altogether different ball game for me. But still, I don�t know for what reason, they would always select me in their team of 14. And I would be the 14th player.

Match would happen between 2 divisions after each test or exams got over. More than the match, my tension would be about asking permission from my mom to reach home late that day.

My prayers would start from early morning of my last exam. I would keep praying that only 11 people of our team should turn up for the match, and I should have a place in the team. Thankfully God never disappointed me, though I could sense a disappointment on my team mates� face. I would console myself that it isn�t because they had to take me but it is because better players didn�t turn up.

There were enough batsmen to bat, and enough bowlers to deliver in our team. And I was a bad fielder. Winning the toss was important. Fielding first could at least give me some hope that I could bat in the second innings. But batting first could be miserable, because you will have to field under the scorching heat even if you didn�t get a chance to bat.

When our team fielded � I would keep looking at my captain if he considers me for at least one important over that could change the match completely. The captain always ignored me. I was always asked to field at a place where ball rarely would come. Once in 3 years the batsman would make a folly of giving me a catch, and I would generously drop it! End result � I would be asked to change my position. This time to a place where catch would come every 5 years!

When our team batted � The moment our guys started batting, my prayers would start. All my team mates would be celebrating each run. I will be praying that all the 9 guys should get out in the first 5 overs itself, and that I should pad up to bat an inning that which Kapil Dev played against Zimbabwe in 1982 World Cup (175 not out!). God never answered me.

I would go home completely drained & tanned. My sisters would ask me so how was the match, who won? I proudly would say, �we won.� The next question would be so how many runs did you make, and how many wickets did you take, and I would reply cricket is a team game, individual performances should not be considered.

My urge for playing a dream inning started at the age of 13, and I am 31 now, and am still looking for an opportunity. So is there any team who needs a captain? I am game!

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May 18, 2005

The lessons I learnt!

I was always blessed with enough money hence I had this feeling that that money was never important for survival. And I still think the same. But now I need to accept one fact that except for happiness, money can buy you everything else. All your desires can be brought into reality using money, and also many relationships are based on the amount of cash you carry!

When I decided to learn astrology in the year 2002, I always thought that I would practise astrology as a service � meaning I wouldn�t be charging my clients. It went on fine for few months till I started attracting too many freeloaders, who seek out astrological advice just for the heck of it, or should I say for entertainment purpose. I even started getting phone calls from one of my friends (a gym owner) asking if the day was good to visit a brothel!! And another person took a 15 years housing loan, and messaged me asking, �can you predict when I will be finishing off my home loan?!� You don�t need an astrologer to answer those questions, even a roadside layman can answer if he has some common sense. Hence I decided that I need to stop being available for free - at least to filter off people who aren�t serious about this divine science.

I decided that I would start charging, but thought that the fees can be decided by the client himself. It went on for few months before I realised that even this was a bad idea. Given a choice any person takes out the least amount possible. And this I found with majority of the people. I used to spend hours together with clients to clear off their confusion & in giving them an insight into their future. They thanked & admired me, and end of the day paid me peanuts which affected my morale to a very large extent!

There is a notion well absorbed among the people that sciences like astrology & other divine sciences should not be practised for money alone. Yes, this held good when in olden days astrologers & people associated with divinity were paid really well by the Kings and the rulers, and their life was taken care well by the people surrounding them. Today, the scenario is different. Majority of the ignorant people prefer to put down the science which were valued greatly in the past.

So I thought enough is enough and that I am not free. Anyone who wants to consult me should pay me on the basis of time they spend with me. This worked. Giving a time frame didn�t allow them to argue about the science, which otherwise they did with utmost interest, and paying me first made them serious about what I was telling them.

Of course I haven�t compromised on my principles � if my predictions doesn�t come true, and if the client wants his money back I surely will return it, and people who are real seekers but could not afford me can always knock my doors for free predictions!

This blog isn�t for very few friends of mine for whom I prefer to do the reading for free ALWAYS!

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May 14, 2005

My new life & my new approach!

It is almost 7 months that I quit my 9.15 to 5.45 job (Sify.com). After 30 years of existence, for the first time I feel that I am living my life for myself. I lived my childhood for my parents, I did my Post Graduation for being accepted by the society and I worked for 7 � years thinking that is what was needed to have a good family life.

Life hasn�t been the same after my meeting with my astrology & spiritual teacher K.Gopalakrishnan in the year 2002. I always envied him for his life style, and today I am happy that by God�s grace my life has turned out to be similar to his. I have a small office in my home where I meet clients, a sexy laptop on which I complete my daily astro orders, a Sony music system right behind my back & a small library which has some 150-200 books.

I noticed that after going on my own, my social life has reduced a lot. I interact with not more than 5-6 people in day � that includes my wife, 2 kids & sister. Most of the people who want to consult me either call me or chat with me on the net.

Unlike before there are very few people who provoke me, hence you will find my blogs a bit sober these days. I don�t meet up with an unfocussed VP sitting in a transparent cabin doing nothing, I don�t have a spineless boss to whom I have to send my daily reports, I don�t have a MBA chooth stealing my ideas, & I don�t have to massage the technical teams� ego for getting a simple HTML page done.

Hence I thought from now I would start writing less about people & more about my insights, my experiences with my clients, of course sex, and my future plans about �Atmosphere � your weekend meditation resort� � a multi-crore project that already has got Rs 5 crore sanction - from whom??? That I will keep a secret for now!!

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December 16, 2004

Left for the day?

My father was always keen on giving us decent basic education. For him there was no difference between an Ooty convent & a Corporation school. He always believed that end of the day it depended on the student what he learns & what he ignores. I realized this truth very late in my life, till then I always saw students of Don Bosco schools with aweeee!

I studied in an average school (S H Johndhale Vidya Mandir, Dombivli, suburbs of Mumbai), which had 3 mediums of instruction � English, Marathi & Gujrathi. Thankfully I studied in the English medium.

None in the classroom till we completed our 10th standard ever spoke in English. They either spoke in Mumbaiya Hindi or Marathi. And honestly none had any problems relating to each other. We hardly could frame a single sentence when it came to spoken English. Yes, No, I don�t know where few things we can converse to our teachers, who took home salaries just by reading out text books in classroom. I am not blaming them for it. I had learnt that they were paid Rs 500 as monthly salary, and were asked to sign for Rs 1000!

My English was bad, and I still think it is. I completed my degree & post graduation in Coimbatore (PSG Arts College) where I picked up the language to some extent. I need to thank two important people � Nandita & Chandru � to have helped me in improving my English. Nandita was a gold medalist in English Literature from Calicut University (1995), and Chandru was my college mate. Thankfully Nandita understood Hindi but could not talk back. I kept speaking to her in Hindi as she could not understand Tamil, and she used to reply in English while her mother tongue was Malayalam, and I could not understand Malayalam!

We were a group � Nandita would speak in English to Chandru & me, I would speak in Tamil to Chandru, Chandru will speak to Nandita in English, and I would speak in Hindi to Nandita. The irony was all of us understood what each one was telling, and we spent 2 years together.
(Chandru is with �Headlines Today� as a journalist in Delhi, you might see his name as S Chandrasekhar being flashed)

It was when I was hunting for a job in Mumbai. In the morning I met Behram Contractor (editor of Afternoon � courier & dispatch � a tabloid of Mumbai) and gave him my resume. He was kind enough to accept it and asked me to come back in evening around 4 pm with 2 news stories. I said fine. I bought few fullscapes, and a pen, and under the scorching sun I sat in Marine Drive (above the parapet) and was thinking about what to write. The sea waves were wild, spraying me with water droplets once in a while. I completed writing the piece, had my lunch and it was already 4 pm.

I reached the Afternoon building on time, and told the security guy that I wanted to meet Behram Contracter. He said, �he has left for the day.� I told him that he had called me at 4. He reiterated that he has left for the day. I asked him, �will he be back in the evening?� He got a bit furious and said left for the day means he will come back only tomorrow morning. Till then I never knew what �left for the day� meant!

I am leaving for the day now till then Happy Blogging!

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November 25, 2004

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa ? part 5 ?The meaning of 18 steps!?

I am reminded of a story where an old man was repairing a bridge after crossing the bridge himself. A young man, out of curiosity, asked him, ?why do you want to waste your time & energy repairing a bridge, when you yourself have crossed it?? And the old man replied, ?so that the future generation need not find it difficult to cross the bridge, as I found it to be.? Most people, am sure, don?t find my blogs on Lord Ayyappa interesting, but I am writing it for the lost seeker who will find it useful someday in their lives.

Here comes my last blog on this series, and if you any doubt mail me on kennedig@yahoo.com, if I am aware I surely will help you out.

After the 48 days abstinence, Ayyappa bhaktas start their travel towards Sabarimala, which is 2 days long walk from Erimalai (foot hills).

They carry a bag on their head called (irumudi), which has rice, coconut filled with ghee, and few other ingredients, which in initial days were used to make food in the thick jungle. The coconut has to be broken on one of the 18 steps at the shrine (nowadays people are not allowed to break the coconut on the steps). The step is chosen based on the number of times you have been to Sabarimala. For instance, if it is your first year, you are supposed to break the coconut in the first step, and if second then in the second step so on and so forth?

The 18 steps signify control over - 5 senses, 8 ashtagrahas, 3 gunas and 2 steps, which totals to 18!

5 senses include

1) Visual - relating to the sense of sight - hence bhaktas are not supposed to watch movies
2) Auditory - relating to hearing - hence bhaktas are allowed to hear only bhajans
3) Olfactory - contributing to the sense of smell ? vibhuti, chandan, agarbathis gives a holy feeling
4) Gustatory - relating to the sense of taste ? hence control over food (especially non-veg)
5) Tactile - perceptible to the sense of touch ? hence no sex or intimate relationship

8 Ashtaraghas

Ashtaraghas are human feelings & emotions.

1) Kama -Desire
2) Krodha - Anger
3) Lobha - Greed
4) Moha - Love
5) Madha - Lust
6) Sringara kautikam - Make up
7) Asooya ? Duality
8) Nidra - Sleep

3 Gunas

1) Satv ? Satvik characteristic ? when you are in tune with nature like when observing a sunset
2) Tamas - Tamasik characteristic - when you are a bit aggressive, like waiting to board a crowded bus
3) Rajas ? Rajasik characteristic ? when you become violent enough to hit someone.

2 steps

1) Vidya - Knowledge, what you know
2) Avidya ? Ignorance, what you cannot know

Ideally each year a person is expected to have complete control over one of the above mentioned aspects. And in the 18th year he should have controlled all the 18 aspects, which will finally give him the glimpse of divinity, and makes you a Guruswami. This is what the shrine implies too ? that after you cross the 18 steps, you can see & become Lord Ayyappa yourself.

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November 23, 2004

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa � Part 4

My trip to Tiruvannamalai was a divine bliss. We met up with doctor for my kid, visited two churches, went to the Annamalai temple, meditated in Ramana ashram, and the highlight of my trip was the �old-age� home, which I visited for the first time in life! I have lots to write but then thought let me finish those, which are pending.

Meanwhile I need to thank astroyogi.com to have given me an opportunity to prove my potential as an astrologer. I am getting good number of orders from them, and to my surprise I am busier than my days at Sify! I also need to forward my sincere thanks to my astro-spiritual teacher & also the almighty to have blessed me with so much.

Here goes the answer for few whys about the abstinence for Lord Ayyappa�.

Why avoid public functions, when on abstinence?

When you control your senses and start meditating a lot your energy level in your body is bound to increase and you start moving towards a higher level of consciousness. In a public place, you are destined to meet up with people with varied energy levels - few happy (high) & few depressed (low). The energy flows from higher realm to the lower realm hence you would have noticed that after a stage performance - after giving a speech or a dance performance, you feel utterly tired. This is because the energy has moved from you to others. While on abstinence, you are supposed to have this energy you generate in your body for the Kundalini to get activated. Hence people are advised not to attend public functions during abstinence. This is one of the reasons why most saints avoid meeting people.

Why pray 2 times a day?

When you get up in the morning you pray to tune your energy for the day. You program it so that you don�t get angry or upset over events, and remember that everything happens according to the will of God.

Muslims are the best people when it comes to prayers. They pray 5 times a day, which keeps them conscious about God through out the day.

You collect a lot of psychological garbage in a day, which pollutes your mind. Any thought which disturbs your focus on God is considered garbage and is bound to keep your mind busy. Prayers before going to bed helps you to retune your energy, and get rid of all that garbage your collected.

Why stick to 48 days vrath?

The 48-days abstinence is called one mandala. You can inculcate a new habit or get rid of a bad habit in this period. Mind tends to get conditioned to new set of things in 48 days. Hence, even if you want to start going to a gym everyday first stick to this 48 days schedule and you surely will become regular at gyms. Note � if you miss a single day in between the next day becomes the first day!

Why avoid all that is man made?

List out the problems you have in your life, and most of them would be man made. You get upset because your computer conked, you get irritated because your mobile fell down, you feel yuck when your mail box is spammed, you aren�t happy with your car because new cars roll out everyday, and finally you aren�t happy with your job because you aren�t paid enough MONEY!

Abstinence expects you to avoid all material things and become as natural as possible. That is what Osho kept saying that, people are born enlightened but then we are conditioned to not remain that way.

In my knowledge Mahavira was the purest of saints, who never wore anything, and also who didn�t use scissors to cut his hair. He used to pull it out!

Article to follow �

The meaning of 18 steps of Sabarimalai!

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November 20, 2004

Rahu Kalam?!

Recently there was a lot of hue and cry about why Kanchi Jayendra Saraswathi asked the court not to pass the verdict during Rahu Kalam. The media as usual found it funny, and the Indian skeptics found it funnier. So, what does Rahu Kalam mean? And what does it really imply? I am sure very few educated nuts took an attempt to understand what exactly it meant. It is easier to make fun at things you really don?t understand. It is similar to a situation where you are trying to make South African tribes to believe that you can communicate with a person in the US using a plastic device in your hand. Gods really must be crazy!

It has become a fashion to put down everything that are ancient or at least sounds to be ancient. I myself have few clients who refuse to give me testimonials about the right predictions I made for them. The only reason being they don?t want their names in the list of believers ? they feel it very humiliating. It so happened that I met one of my sister?s friends once, who was kind of making fun about astrology. I told him to give me his chart (horoscope) and I will let him know with how many women he had affairs with and during which period. He was a bit taken aback and changed the topic of discussion. To get the real taste of astrology the only thing you can do is take your birth details to a good astrologer see for yourself if it really works. And you will find that it definitely works!

So coming back to Rahu Kalam?.according to Indian astrology there are 9 planets - Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu & Ketu. Scientifically Sun & Moon are not planets, but still are considered to be one. Rahu & Ketu are umbra & penumbra regions of the cosmos.

Different planets rule a day at different time. Majorly a day is split into three different periods ? Rahu Kalam, Yema Gandam & Kulika Kalam. Rahu Kalam & Yema Gandam are considered bad, while Kulika is considered ok. This period fall on different time on different days, and any event carried out in that period is considered to be inauspicious. So what is the scientific reasoning behind it? I would simply say that science has not yet developed enough to prove this divine things Indians have discovered few centuries back just by gazing at the open sky!

Every individual has a right to post his views, and that exactly is what the seer has done. When a CM, who cannot bring the slightest change in an individual?s life, can refuse to come to the court saying she is busy at the office, why shouldn?t a religious leader, who is responsible for bringing drastic changes in human lives, say that let his judgement not be passed during the time, which he finds inauspicious? (The CM I am talking about is J Jayalalithaa, who herself changed her name based on numerology, demolished the age-old statue of Kannagi on Marina Beach on astrologer?s advice, and also donated an elephant to a Kerala temple, keeping her enemy (M Karunanidhi) behind bars ? also on astrologer?s advice!)

M Karunanidhi, DMK chief, feels he has given the best of statements? ?people go to the Ganges to get purified what if the Ganges itself gets corrupt?. Look who is talking about purification - a person who has 3 wives living in 3 different houses, and who continues to live with them on different days of a week.

I think Indians are the only genre in the world to get sadistic pleasure by putting their own treasures down. We spend more money in investing in dangerously low jeans than donating few bucks for temples & religious services. We indeed need to grow up and start accepting what our ancestors have left behind for us. And remember life doesn?t stop at IT!

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November 18, 2004

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa part 3 ? Few more insights?.

I have always noticed that whenever I have gone on abstinence for Lord Ayyappa, my astrological skills have increased. It feels great when people call up to say that my predictions have come true in their cases. It so happened that one of my clients, for whom I had given a prediction some 3 months back about a lift in his job in the month of November 2004, started behaving funny. He kept calling me every 2 days to tell me that my predictions have not come true so far, as if it was me who had written his fate. Moreover he didn?t have the patience to wait till November end. The only thing I can do was to cut him off by returning the fees he had given me. That way I was assured that I haven?t fooled him in any sense.

He was a bit taken aback when I gave his money back, but then that was the only option left for me. I told him to keep the money. If my prediction comes true, then come back in November, and if not then find some other astrologer. There were no calls from him for 1 month, and just today morning he called me up to say that he has been given a promotion and also a decent salary hike ? and it is still November 18. He wants to meet me in person now. Thank god my prediction came true.

Here is the continuation of my previous blog about why we follow certain disciplines before going to the holy shrine of Lord Ayyappa?

Why sleep on the floor?

To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the process of losing weight, people have started jogging on metal roads, and cement roads without knowing its ill effects. The velocity with which the force bounces back while running on tar roads is much higher than the velocity that is thrown back when running on mud ground or a lawn. This leads to knee pain, and spinal chord pain during old age. The same force is good if you aren?t applying any effort from your end, hence sitting or sleeping on floor makes your body relaxed and gives you good sleep, and also absorbs body pain.

No wonder, if you notice the people who sleep in the pavement - they tend to have a more fulfilling sleep than one who invests a fortune in a bed and takes sleeping pills for getting rest.

Why be barefooted?

Reflexology is a modern natural healing art based on principle that there are reflexes in the feet and hands, which correspond to every part of the body. Massaging the corresponding points in the feet can cure most of our health problems ? both related external and internal organs.

Being barefoot during abstinence helps these points to get subjected to stones, which in turn triggers the nerve endings of various body organs helping us to cleanse our body from diseases. Also being barefoot helps in getting your feet accustomed to the pain, which will be part of the 2-day walk through the forest of Sabarimala.

Why apply vibhuti and chandan?

Tremendous amount of heat is generated inside the body when an attempt is taken to control human senses. Moreover, controlling sex can increase the energy level and vitality of body organs. To keep this heat under control, the holy ash ? ?vibhuti? mixed with water is applied at important nodes of the body from where heat is released. Forehead happens to be most important node. That is one of the reasons that when a person is suffering from fever, his forehead is the first to get heated up.

Chandan ? when energy starts moving upwards, the 3rd eye gets activated. (Third eye is an energy point just in the center of your eyebrows). Sudden increase in energy, and its movement upwards can make a person go insane, hence chandan ? a cooling agent is applied on the 3rd eye to balance the energy.

Articles to follow -

Why avoid public functions?

Why pray 2 times a day?

Why stick to 48 days vrath?

Why avoid all that is man made?

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November 17, 2004

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa 2 � External Changes & Scientific Implications

The modern man has changed with time. In the process to cope with the fast changing world � he has changed his outlook, his eating habits, his values, and also his preferences and priorities about life. The only thing he has not changed is the way he still portrays the almighty. Even in this IT ruled era he worships the same good old Indian Gods and Goddesses. Thankfully he hasn�t made Lord Shiva wear a Raymond suit and a Rebok shoes, and also hasn�t made Goddess Lakshmi dress like Urmila Mathonkar.

There is of course a change in the way people compromise on the rules mentioned in scriptures just to suit their own whims and fancies. We always have a logical reason behind why we had to compromise � it could be the kind of job we do, the kind of people we meet, and the circumstances we are subjected to in our everyday life. Today, you hardly can see a person who sticks honestly to all the rules mentioned for being on abstinence for Lord Ayyappa.

They wear Color Plus trowsers, Van Heusan�s shirt, Nike shoes, and hide the mala under their collar. If asked, if that is ok, they say that inner honesty is more important than outer drama - as if the saints who formulated those guidelines were fools.

The whole process of visiting Sabarimala has become a yearly comedy, and I have even come across incidences of people boozing during the abstinence. The truth is that there is no hard and fast rule that you should visit the holy shrine. But if you are interested TRY sticking to MOST of the disciplines, because there are reasons we hardly could come to know.

Why should a disciple stick to black attire?

This is for uniformity. Most enlightened people have stretched on the point that there is ONLY one God and that everyone is equal in his eyes (then why women are not allowed into the shrine, will answer that later). Uniformity also brings in integrity and respect for fellow human being. It is ultimately love and harmony among human beings, which will lead to a peaceful world.

Why tie waisty?

Waisty is a piece of cloth tied under the naval, which doesn�t need any button or zipper for support. The pants we normally wear come till our naval or above that. Supporting pants at that position changes our breathing pattern. Most modern man breaths through his lungs while he ideally is expected to breath through his stomach. Notice any new born baby, you can very well see its stomach coming out and going in, and not its chest region. Wearing waisty helps us breath in the right way.

Why have a towel/napkin?

Apart from waisty, Ayyappan bhakta always carry a towel with him. This towel is tied under his naval while visiting temples or while doing prayers. The towel is tied tightly so that it triggers the sex chakra and allows the energy to flow upwards.

Why chant Swamiyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Saranam Ayyappa?

I am not sure how many of you have seen Saranams being chanted. There is a unique way it is done. While saying the first word there is a long pitch that is taken followed by �saranam ayyappa.� This long pitch is taken till the stomach and lungs become empty of air, and saranam ayyapa is chanted when there is no air in the body. This technique is similar to the catharsis meditation technique formulated by Osho Rajneesh. It hits directly on the sex center and allows the energy to move upwards. Moving of energy from Muladhara (sex center) to Sahasrar (head) is the final achievement in any mediation, yoga or religious procedures.

Check out for more tomorrow -

Why sleep on floor?
Why be barefooted?
Why apply vibhuti and chandan?
Why avoid public functions?
Why pray 2 times a day?
Why stick to 48 days vrath?
Why avoid all that is man made?

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November 16, 2004

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa ? Part 1!

By God?s grace this is the 3rd time I have been blessed with an opportunity to be on abstinence for Lord Ayyappa, who resides in the holy mountains of Sabarimala, Kerala. With my meager knowledge about religion and my amateur insight into spirituality, I take this opportunity to let you guys know what exactly I came to know about the whole process, and why this abstinence is needed at the first place.

Both Ayyappa and non-Ayyappa bhaktas (who are interested in visiting the shrine) meet up with a Guruswami (Guruswami is one who has been to Sabarimala at least 18 times taking the long route) on 1st of Kartik (Karthik is Hindu month, which falls somewhere in mid-November every year), and start their abstinence by wearing malas made of Tulsi, Rudrakshas or Crystals. The 48 days period of fasting is called one mandala, and it is a temporary sanyasa a person takes up.

The strict disciplines that have to be followed during this period are ?

1) Men of all age groups can start their abstinence, but not all women. Only young girls and old women ? who don?t have their menstrual cycle are allowed to visit the shrine.
2) The attire during the abstinence period should be black, saffron or blue in colour. Only a waisty (cloth tied around the waist), and a towel are allowed during the period. And also the disciple is allowed to have only 2 pairs of cloth.
3) The disciple is supposed to sleep on the floor without any bed, bed sheets or pillows.
4) He should eat only at one place till he leaves for the pilgrimage. Eating at home should be avoided if someone at home is running her monthly periods.
5) Non-vegetarian food, smoke, booze, pan masalas and betel leaves have to be avoided completely.
6) Skipping either breakfast or lunch or dinner is advisable.
7) The disciple is not supposed to wear any footwear during the fasting period.
8) Sex, movies, TV, and any kind of entertainment related things should be avoided completely.
9) Social events like ? birthday parties, marriages, and other functions should not be attended.
10) Also a disciple is not supposed to attend any funerals. If he does, his abstinence comes to an end.
11) Ideally a disciple is not supposed to get angry or yell at people and if he does, he immediately is supposed to take bath.

Daily Schedule

1) The disciple has to get up during Brahma Muhurta (the period between 4 am and 7 am), take bath in cold water, apply vibhuti (ash) and sandal paste on this forehead and chant 108 names of Lord Ayyappa.
2) The same has to be followed in the evening too. Food has to be taken only after the puja is completed.
3) The disciple should also go to a temple everyday to light the camphor for the God.

Articles to follow ?

The external changes and their scientific implications
The real meaning of 18 steps of Sabarimala

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November 06, 2004

Should astrologers get into soothe saying?

Agreed that most people approach an astrologer in their bad times or when they are undergoing a tough patch. It is acceptable that they always expect to hear some positive news and get some hope about a better tomorrow from the astrologer, but then Indian astrology is not just about soothe saying � it is about predicting FUTURE events. For instance if a doctor is completely sure that the patient is going to die, it becomes his duty to tell the patient or his/her relative about the same. Giving false hopes when he knows the final result isn�t accepted in any profession.

I 100 percent agree that destiny can be changed and that is what the divine science astrology also says, but it cannot be changed by human efforts. It depends upon how much blessing God has to shower on you. And most of the time we don�t understand what is God�s blessing, and what is not.

A millionaire thinks God didn�t bless him with children, a happily married person thinks God has not blessed him with a good job, a healthy person thinks he has not been blessed with a beautiful wife, and a old man thinks God refused to bless him with good health. We usually take things for granted or I should say God for granted. We never thank Him once for whatever we have been provided with rather we go on aspiring for more and more everyday�

I read this story somewhere, would love to share it with you guys�.

A 1 �-year-old kid saw a scorpion on the TV. The child found the reptile very interesting and started praying to God that it wants it to play with. After 7 days of prayers, God could not resist giving His blessing to the kid, hence sent a live scorpion into the house. God has created everyone with special characteristics, which never change � and stinging is scorpions character. Seeing the scorpion moving towards the kid, the mother of the kid at once smashed it to death. The kid started hating the mom just because she restricted the stuff it wanted to play with.

Just like in the story, MOST of the times we don�t understand what we are praying for until we look back at own lives. Life seems so perfectly fit, good and bad are just human perceptions, and that God always wanted to bless us with the best He can afford.

In my experience as an astrologer, I have met few people who have started hating me for telling the truth about their future. They usually get into debates, and take it as a challenge that THEY WILL WIN OVER DESTINY. But then there is no point in challenging an astrologer � what an astrologer knows is only a technique and what he does is a plain reporting job. Rest everything is governed by who else but the Almighty!

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October 14, 2004

My meeting with saintly people ? part 1!

I always had a fascination for saintly people who have huge following of rich disciples. I am amazed at the palatial ashrams they live in, the top-class educational institutions they run, and all the free medical help they render through their hospitals. No wonder, I fell prey to this spiritual romanticism and aim at constructing a similar ashram in the near future. Somehow I am blessed to meet these Babas through the right people, and I succeed in meeting them in person even if there are thousands of people waiting for the darshan. Yesterday, I happen to meet Melmaruvathur Adi Parashakti Amma , and by divine help I was one of the only 10 people out of the crowd of 35,000 to have touched his lotus feet on the 1st days of Navrathri ? considered to be very auspicious by all means.

If I had born in the Hare Rama Hare Krishna era or Osho Rajneesh I am sure I would have joined their cult. And that is one escapism trick I try to convince myself that I am not behind material success, which otherwise I am - though I don?t openly agree.

My journey about meeting holy saints started after I met my spiritual teacher 2 years back. I was busy at my office, and I got a call from him asking me if I was ready to meet one of the saints he was close to. I was indecisive for a while, and he told me NEVER think twice when it comes to indulging in spiritual pursuits. I at once said I am coming. He was Shantananda, and as soon as we entered he said, if you find women distracting you from taking up your spiritual journey seriously ? start praying goddesses like Andal, Mahalaksmi or Saraswathi. And that exactly was the question I wanted to ask him, and he answered it even before I sat at his feet.

I was contemplating of putting mala for Lord Ayyappa for my pilgrimage to Sabarimala for 6 years, and I never got in touch with the right people till 2002. One fine morning when I was meditating, I happened to hear to one of Lord Ayyapa?s bhajan, which was playing somewhere close to the residence. I don?t know what exactly the bhajan did to me, but I thought that surely was a divine call. I didn?t have a team, and I didn?t know of any of Guru swamis with whom I can go. You ideally are supposed to go with a guruswami especially if it is the first time. We, my brother in law and me, went to the temple and asked the pujari to put us the mala, and we started looking out for a Guruswami.

Krish is one of my closest friends, and we share similar interests as far as spirituality is concerned. He took me to Shiv Shankar Baba in Chennai , and said we can see some hope of getting a good guruswami there. Shiv Shankar Baba is one of the kindest spiritual teachers I have ever met so far in life, and he introduced me to a person who took me to a guruswami. And I have been part of the same team and going to Sabarimalai with the same Guruswami since the last 2 years. All in the DIVINE plan I should say.

Articles to follow?

*My meeting with saintly people part 2 ? with Kalki Bhagwan, Ganapathy Sachitananda & Mata Amritanandamayi
*Why is it useless to meet saintly people?

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October 07, 2004

I am off to Tiruppur!

I am off to Tiruppur - the banian city, to meet my parents for a couple of days and will be back on Sunday morning. Do mail me your queries to my mail ID kennedig@yahoo.com

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October 05, 2004

Use Hinduism to become a Christian to reach Islam!

There is a general perception that all other religion except Hinduism are individual perceptions preached by Messengers of God, and that Hinduism is not a religion but is ?a way of life?. It can be considered true to some extent but then even Hinduism was formulated by a set of people - just that the number of people involved were more compared to Christianity or Islam. Hinduism never had ONE supreme preacher, and people whoever spread the religion spoke about things that were always part of the Hindu scriptures.

Groupism is an intrinsic part of all the religions created by people midway who thought everything needed a change based on people?s requirement ? for any religion or religious practice should ultimately make the follower comfortable. Christianity was grouped into ? Roman Catholic, Protestants, Penta Coastal and many more, while Islam was grouped into ? Sunni and Shite, and Hinduism was grouped into Shivaites and Vaishnavites majorly.

Hinduism is about worshipping imaginary idols, Christianity is about following set commandments of one single person, while Islam is about going beyond forms. This am sure is elementary information for anyone who knows what religion is. Here is how you can use all the three system to reach god or become attain enlightenment or attain moksha ? whatever you name it.

Human mind can only think in the form of images, and anything formless is beyond its understanding. Like for instance ? if I say Amitabh Bachchan, you can immediately find his image on your mind, if I say Sanjay your mind will search your database of people you know and find one if you had met anyone by that name or it will create a form which doesn?t have a clear face, and if I say chikalaboo ? your mind goes confused. It cannot relate to anything with that word.

When kids, our minds aren?t formed fully hence we need dolls to keep ourselves busy. And when we are grown we start playing with our minds, as we are able to think in images and sequences. We easily are able to take our mind to the past and also to project it in the future. Likewise when your spiritual level is low, or probably if you are a fresher into religion you surely need an image so that it makes the process easier. Hence Hindus introduced images and idols for humans to make the procedure easy.

Christianity preaches about BEING good to all, and that isn?t an easy thing to do. You simply cannot bless the boss who f**** your happiness all through, and you cannot bless your superior who plays a diplomatic double game behind your back. Of course it comes through immense training of mind that can be attained by prayers to the Gods who have forms. So following Hinduism honestly will convert you into a person like Jesus Christ himself. (There is an interesting book written about Jesus, which says ?Jesus lived in India?. There is an argument that Jesus came to India to learn all the meditation techniques, and got his siddhis from India. He tried preaching in India, but found Indians far ahead of him hence he went back to Jerusalem to bring his own people out of their ignorance. This is also the reason why Jesus is missing from the Bible between the age of 7 and 30)

Once a person is adept at connecting to God directly and has become a Christ himself using Hinduism, he can start to concentrate on the formless God ? which incidentally is Islam. Directly jumping into the formless God is like trying to pass out 12th std without passing out your 10th. Not that you will not succeed, just that chances of failures are very high. Now it is time to break all those images you formed in your mind to keep yourself busy. As we grow up we throw all our dolls and start being content with ourselves. Same way, once your spiritual level is high enough, you can break the forms and try going beyond?..

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October 01, 2004

People who inspired me to be jobless & happy!

I don?t remember a day in my life when my future seemed so adventurous and exciting. Right from the age of 2 ? when I was put in my Jr KG Class, I hardly remember a day when my ?tomorrow? was unplanned. I had homework in schools, assignment in colleges, and unrealistic deadlines in offices. I always wanted to do things that which is in sync with the divine plan. Efforts become struggle if you try doing something that is against your purpose of life. And the people who have known their purposes in their lives have always lived a content life. Happiness never depends on the amount of money you have says Forbes , so I need not talk about it much.

Here is a list of few incidents that inspired me to surrender to the supreme lord and, do only those things God wants you to do.

There was a disciple who stayed with his master for a couple of decades. He was 54 now, and he thought he would spend rest of his life with his master and die a peaceful life. One fine morning his master told him that you have a bigger purpose in life. Go to the US and spread the message of Krishna. He landed in the US, and he had only 1 dollar in his pocket. He started from there and moved on to build ISKCON ? International Society of Krshna Consciousness ? one of world?s biggest prayer places. And the disciple was none but A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Jiddu Krishnamoorthy was never interested in material success. His brother left him bankrupt at the age of 60 and from there he went on to build the most famous brand ? the Krishnamurthy Foundation.

Osho Rajneesh wanted to take sanyas from life, not because he wanted to be called as a failure in his life but because he wanted to take it out of choice. He was a professor of philosophy in one of the colleges in Kolkatta, and quit his job one fine morning to set up his own meditation center in a Mumbai flat ? from then there was no looking back. He had some 10 million disciples across the globe when he died in the year 1990, and even today his books are one of the largest selling works.

That list was a too much of a comparison for me. Not that I will become so big someday, but just that success is just not about making money, it is about doing something that you love to do.

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September 23, 2004

Answer to the most sought after question!

There is an interesting argument that is thrown to an astrologer many a times by both the believers and the non-believers. Even I have asked the same question to few astrologers thinking I was smart enough to put the astrologer down. Not many could give a convincing reply, until I myself learnt astrology and tried finding the answer to it. “Will 2 different people have the same future, if they are born on the same day, at the same time and in the same place?”

Before answering to that question, let me put some light on two important aspects –

1) interconnected of life
2) and that even astrologers’ have their own horoscope

Interconnected of life

Your present life is completely based on your past karma. If you don’t believe this, then you better don’t believe in astrology. Astrology was completely formulated on the basis of how past life influences our present life.

You come in contact with only those people in this life, with whom you have had a past connection. This set of people could either be your friends or your enemies - you will still continue to have a bonding. Hence we like to love few, and love to hate many without any particular reasons. There is a small possibility of escaping this cycle of karmic relationships, if you start becoming non-reacting like few those spineless Corporate bosses, who never respond.

People also tend to carry few karmic habits from the past, which can give instant results in the present life. What you sow though shall you reap, said Jesus Christ, and it is absolute truth.

Here is an interesting example – it is said that sound sleep is a blessing for people. But there are people who woke up at the slightest of disturbances. It so happened that one of my friends was complaining about how his friend wakes him up in the morning. He slaps, or kicks or pours water on the face. I immediately told him, your friend should be having problems in sleeping. And he said YES. I had seen the same pattern with my elder sister. I hated the way she woke me up, and even she had the same problem, which my friend’s friend had.

Astrologers’ Horoscope

An astrologer is also born with few unique planetary combinations, which attracts only those people to him with whom he has a karmic connection. India’s number astrologer Bejan Daruwalla would always get clients from the premium segment. And I really doubt if he has done an astrological reading for an auto-rickshaw driver. The same thing is true with Enlightened Souls too – Osho Rajneesh had an amazing combination to pull the billionaires as his disciples, while Ramakrishna Paramahansa could only attract people with average fortune.

Predictions for people born on the same day, same time and same place

Astrologers prediction for individuals are NOT just based on the planetary combination, it also depends on the level at which the client is at present. The planetary combination for buying a new house is invariably similar in all the horoscopes. If the client is a poor vegetable vendor, we won’t be predicting that he will buy a house in Mumbai’s Hiranandani Gardens. He probably will buy a house in a chawl. And if the same combination for house is visible for a person working for a MNC, the prediction is made accordingly.

For instance, if 2 people are born on the same day, time and place, but one in a Govt hospital and another in a private one…am sure you understand how their life pattern will change based on their present level. Both of them will study, just that one will study in a govt school and another in a Christian convent, both of them will do business, just that one will have a small roadside hotel and another a restaurant, both of them will have their own vehicles, just that one will have a TVS 50 and another will have a Ford Ikon, both will meet up with astrologers, just that one will consult the roadside palmist and another will come to ME :D.

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September 10, 2004

Why people call me Kennedi!

Kennedi? Was your father a JFK fan? That invariably is the first question people ask me in any interview. I know this isn?t going to bother anybody in the world why people call me Kennedi, I still thought I would throw some fascinating fact about why I was named one. I was born to a Christian mom and Hindu father, and always contemplated of marrying a Muslim woman so that whenever there is a communal clash, the rioters go confused.

I was born in a small town called Tiruppur, also known as the knitting city of India, close to Coimbatore, in a tiny Government hospital. And thankfully, when I was 8 years old, I had an opportunity to meet the nurse who attended to my mom during delivery. It was an exciting feeling to meet someone who saw you the first ? even before your mom.

My dad was away in Bombay working for MTNL, when I was born. An astrologer himself, he always felt that people who had their names that starts or ends with letters ?R? or ?I? make it BIG in their lives ? and he supported his views with examples of ? Indira Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Ronald Reagen, Rajiv Gandhi to name few.

Those were the days of ?Trunk Calls?, and you had to yell on the phone to convey your message. My mom called my dad to say she has delivered a baby boy, and to ask about what should she name the child. My dad asked her to choose a name, which ends with the letter ?I?. My mom isn?t English literate nor my grandma is. They sat and discussed. My grandfather always had few photos of great leaders hanging in his house, and John F Kennedy was one of them. My grandma looked at JFK?s photo and suggested my mom to name me Kennedy, which AT LEAST sounded like having an ?I? at the end.

My mom liked the name, and wanted to stick to it. She realized the spelling error only when she came back to Bombay to live with my father after 3 months. It was too late to change the name now. My dad came out of with an idea, let us change ?Y? to ?I?. And they registered my name as G. Kennedi in the birth certificate.

In fact my dad had to get few legal affidavit from the court to prove to the school, during admission that I belonged to a Hindu family, even while my name sounded very Christian.

I wouldn?t say there was perfect harmony at home about which religion our family should follow. We had two prayer rooms ? one with Lord Ganesha, Saraswathi & Narayana, and the other with Jesus, Mary and St Antony. We, my 2 elder sisters and me, never bothered about these forms until it was exam times. We took blessing from both the gods so that we don?t forget the essential while writing exams.

My mom wanted us all to follow Christianity hence she baptized us. I was baptized as John G Kennedi, which my father isn?t aware till date. And I am not sure if he bumps into my blog someday!

For now I use G. Kennedi ? G stands for Gopalan - my father?s name. And incidentally I came to know that Kennedy wasn?t a name at all, it is a family name ? like Indians use surnames like Iyer, Iyangar, Rao!

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August 29, 2004

All in the divine plan!

One fine morning I had two questions on my mind ? do I have a dream? And am I moving towards it? I got negative answers to both the questions. I had to pull my socks, and convince myself to take the decision. The final decision of breaking free from the job I was currently doing. At least I need to come out of the comfort zone of posh office, clean bathrooms, centralized a/cs and 24 hours of net connectivity!

For my blog readers who don?t know what my job was - I have been working for Sify Astrology, since its inception and have put my heart and soul to make it one of the premium brands of Sify properties. And now I have decided to bid a final adieu just at the time when the field is ready for harvesting ? and I have no regrets.

Astrologically the reason of me leaving my job is Shani Transit 2004. I had been telling my friends that the present Shani transit would surely decide whether I will be a full time astrologer, and the signs are already visible. I have to surrender to the divine completely and should move ahead to chase my dream and passion, for we live only once and I have only 20 years more to achieve what I want in life!

The big, small and funny things I want to do in my life?

I want to complete reading the Bible, Koran, Ramayana and Mahabharata.
I want to meditate for long hours, and guide people astrologically
I want to travel to MOST of the Indian pilgrimages
I want to set up a weekend meditation resort for people to spend their weekends
I want to write books on religion, spirituality & sex
I want to build a non-religious temple
I want to get into making TV programs
I want to set up my own Internet portal
I want to write for movies and make a movie of my own, someday.

And for all these things I have just 20 years!

What I need from you are ? your prayers, wishes and blessings?and I hope with your support I will be able to make it BIG in my life. All in the divine plan!

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August 24, 2004

How to differentiate between intuition and illusion?

Every seed has the potential to become a tree provided it gets the right environment to grow. The same way every human being is blessed with the power of intuition, and it depends upon the individual about how he/she goes about sharpening his/her power.

You would have thought about a person, and you will be zapped to receive a call from him. You would have imagined your girl friend in a particular dress, and you will see her walking wearing the same. And you would have thought about eating something, and your friend will treat you with the same. Intuition is a power of seeing things before it happens, and it should not be confused with illusion!

Human mind keeps functioning even when you are asleep. And it keeps flashing images, scenes and sequences out of which few could be intuition, and few could be illusions. It is a tricky task to differentiate between these two, and here is how it is to be done?

*Whenever you feel a particular thing is going to happen, don?t discuss it with anybody. You can write it down if you want.
*Look for more signs that support the intuition you had.
*Become a spectator don?t interfere, and don?t force things to happen.

I will give you a simple example?

I was meditating one day, and I got an intuition that one of the guys (named Nikhil) is going to leave our office. I kept it to myself, but didn?t write it down either. I messaged one of my friends saying HE SURELY WILL LEAVE, but keep it to yourself. She agreed.

I was in no mood to tell him that he is going to leave the job. I became a spectator, and was waiting for more signs that would support my intuition. I noticed something vague. He kept hovering around my table at least 4-5 times to meet someone, which he never did for the last 4 years. Then suddenly someone called me to his desk, and I could see Nikhil standing there too. I could not resist myself now. I walked over to him and said you will quit the job within 3 months. And he did. He quit the job in a week, and flew to Australia for further studies.

Of course I have failed a lot of times trusting my intuition, because I never used to wait for signs to support my intuition. Once I did, I could differentiate between intuition and illusion.

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August 17, 2004

Mantras that work ? part 1

I need to thank the divine and my spiritual teacher to have bestowed upon me this wonderful science of mantra shastra. The topic I am going to blog isn't new. It was always been there - but the one who knew never shared the knowledge, and kept it as a community affair. Hope my blog helps and guides people who are in search of the ultimate truth - God!

There are many websites that talks about various mantras, and that explains what it does to your mind scientifically. Let me not get into the esoteric aspects about mantras. I am a user, I have experimented with mantras, and my work is to give it you in the most ready-to-use format.

People are bound to have desires, and these desires change with time and age. What made you happy yesterday need not make you happy today, and what makes you happy today need not make any sense in future. For instance ? if you give a 4-year-old kid a choice to select from a 100- rupee bundle and a dairy milk chocolate, it will surely select the dairy milk and the not the money. The result will be vice versa if you gave the same choice to the kid when it is 24 years old.

Indian saints have formulated various mantras to make life processes easier. Of course there is an argument about why should anyone try to change his/her destiny, why can?t he/she take life as it comes? The answer is - even chanting mantras to get desires manifested is part of individual?s destiny. Not all who know mantras are able to chant them, and not all who chant them get good results.

Mantras are chanted for basic purposes ? 1) to get enlightened and 2) to manifest material gains.

Enlightenment is a vague concept, and even Swami Parathasarthy could not answer my question in simple language. Let me get into manifestation of material desires first.

HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING MANTRAS

*Get a clear perspective about what exactly you want to acquire by doing mantra, and try using it for achieve BIGGER things. Don?t waste your mantras or prayers to get first day first show movie tickets of Munnabhai MBBS or Mein Hoon Na.

*Every individual has a favourite movie star likewise every individual has his own favourite God. Try finding him- and make him your deity. Find out his mul mantra and keep it ready ? like for Lord Shiva it is Om Namo Shivaya, for Vishnu it is Om Namo Narayana..it goes on.

*Get a picture of your favourite God, and all puja materials, and set up a small prayer room in your house. Write your desire in a small piece of paper and keep it behind the foto.

*Take a 48-days vow, and stop all those things you are addicted to like?

Smoking
Drinking
Watching TV
Lies
Cheating
Politics
Backbiting
Talking ill
Foul languages
Non-veg
Porn
Sex

*Freeze on the number of time you are going to chant the mantra on an everyday basis. It could be 108 times or 1008 times or 10008 times.

*Fix a time at which you are going to chant your mantra. It should be between 4 am and 7 am, which according to Hindu scriptures is called Brahma Muhurta ? the best time for prayers and meditation.

*Stick to one time frame. If it is 4-5 am the first let it remain the same for all the 48 days.

*Remember if you miss one day the next day becomes the first day again. Hence, try to plan it perfectly..so that you don?t have any ceremony to attend like a marriage or a birthday party.

Check out more about Mantra Shastra in my next blog soon!

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August 13, 2004

When I became a believer!

I always found life useless. In fact I feel there is no need a person should be alive. The lift pattern is more or less the same for all. People are born, few get formal education few don?t, few study well few don?t, few get a good job few don?t, few get married few don?t, few become rich few don?t. There are few things that remain common for all ? all need food to survive, everyone has only 5 taste buds, the ratio of time a person stays happy and sad are similar for both - a beggar in Varanasi and the Microsoft head Bill Gates. What is different? Nothing. The chunks of people who feel that life is beyond these material successes become sanyasis ? but what next? Even they are incapable of escaping the cycle of birth, rebirths and death!

When in college, I belonged to the latter group and I had no interest in material things ? not even girls! Looking back I wonder how could I have missed those lovely creations of God! I was too much into Osho, Swami Vivekananda, and other religious Gurus. My mom was worried a bit about me. Anybody would be ? seeing a young guy with long beard, long hair, with no passion for life. I always had the thought of becoming a sanyasi - that worried most of the people who know me.

My dad was always cool ? because he knew what was coming. He is a staunch believer of astrology, and he had checked our natal charts with most good astrologers to know our future. One fine morning, he asked me to dress up. He took my horoscope, and we went to meet an astrologer. He wasn?t curious about my life, because he already knew, but he wanted to make me understand. I was a skeptic then. Now I realize skepticism is the easiest weapon used by the ignorant.

We didn?t ask the astrologer anything. He checked my chart, and said this person will get married before his 24th age, will do his PG, and will get jobs immediately after studies. He also said that there could be some problem with the father relating to the person he is going to get married. I said IMPOSSIBLE ? not to the astrologer but to myself. And also how can my father have problems in my marriage, when he has given all the freedom to select my partner.

I completed my degree, and got admitted for my PG without much hassle. I got a job my first job in the first 2 months after I completed my PG in one of India?s esteemed organizations ? The Indian Express, Mumbai, and I got married in 1998 when I was just 22-23 just before 24!

And what was the problem I had with my dad? Incidentally I married my brother in law?s sister, and my dad hated my brother in law to the core. This lead to 3 years of ZERO communication between my dad and me!

For skeptics these incidents could be easy guesses by the astrologer or probably mere coincidences...but for me they were miracles?miracles that changed me FOREVER!

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August 11, 2004

What I understood about Osho Rajneesh!

I got introduced to Osho Rajneesh?s work in my 1st MA by one of my close classmates. I found his work very interesting, and his arguments fabulous. Osho somehow seemed to clear all the doubts I had about sanyas, religion and spirituality in the most lucid language. I was addicted to him and read no other books than his. And it took me 5 years for me to realize how dumb I was!

Who was Osho?
Osho was born Rajneesh in Madhya Pradesh in 1932 in a Jain family, and grew at his grandparents? place. He was a rebel by birth, and had the guts to question everything and anything around him since childhood. He never wanted to get into his family business and live life like yet another businessman. He wanted to be successful in his life before he CHOSE to be a wanderer. He completed his formal education ? a MA in philosophy, worked as a college professor till 30, and later quit his job to start a meditation centre in Mumbai ? rest is history.

Osho?s meditation techniques
Osho Rajneesh formulated few fantastic meditational techniques to help people to go to a transcendental stage where MIND becomes still and reaches ZERO. Dynamic meditation was one of the famous techniques introduced by him followed by Natabrahma, Whirling & Kundalini meditation. Few years back Osho?s meditation methods were prescribed to the Indian cricket team to enhance their performance.

Osho?s Uniqueness
Osho Rajneesh was the first enlightened soul to explain that spirituality is not reserved for those who practice celibacy, leave their family and go on an exile to meditate. You could reach God even by living in the present fast paced society ? that remained his argument.

*He was the one of first to use modern music to help transcendental meditation.
*He was the first to sell meditation in packages.
*He was the first to activate his commune in Oregon and also in Pune.

Osho Rajneesh had an amazing Vaak Sidhi (blessing for good speech) and he could mesmerize 1000s with his words and logic.

Also he was the first spiritual guru to bring humour in his discourses and even sex jokes.

Any guru born after Osho ? like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, or Isha Yoga Juggi Vasudev are just carbon copies.

The Controversy
No spiritual person ever spoke about sex so openly as Osho did..that too in the time when India was unaware about movies like Fire, Julie and Murder. He even argued that there was nothing wrong if parents stayed nude in front of their children.

Osho started to be known a as sex Guru, and also people started believing that people moved around nude in his ashram. This wasn?t true.

Osho believed that to meditate with a still mind you should get over with things, which blocks you from the process. If the blockade is due to sex, then go ahead, have as much you can and come back. Minds are cunning ? people started having enough sex and never came back to meditate. This in fact put Osho into one of the controversies.

Sex Therapy was one of the meditations that Osho used to help people who were sexually active. It wasn?t anything new. He just tried selling old wine in the new bottle - Tantrik Sex Indians was part of Indian civilization.

Osho also got into controversy because of his elite lifestyle. Oregon was a community completely created, and managed by his rich disciples. It included a five star hotel, huge recreational centers, and also an aerodrome. Osho had some 99 Rolls Royce and an aircraft of his own. Once a BBC reported asked him, why do you cater only to the riches? And Osho replied you have your Christian missionary to help the poor and the deprived. The rich need me more, and hence I am with them.

He also got into controversy by calling Pope a homosexual, Jesus an unfertilized egg. Gandhi a desperado..and also managed to release a book in America that said ?Dedicated to all human beings except Ronald Reagen? - when Reagen was the American President!

What Osho did & what people understood
Osho?s discourses were tailor made. His argument was applicable only to those who had those questions in their mind. Hence you could find him negating himself in many incidences. In one book he is all ga ga about Jesus?s love, and in another he would be abusing him to the core. But people thought whatever he spoke were his philosophies and that it is for everyone.

Secondly, he was against creation of all kinds of identities. He was called Rajneesh, then Bhagwan Rajneesh, then Osho Rajneesh, and finally just Osho ? that was because he wanted to lose his own identity. Hence he would change names of all those people who wanted to take sanyas under him. Men were prefixed with Swami and women were prefixed with Ma ? just to make them lose their identity first. Why do you need to lose your identity - it is again debatable.

He tried is level best to help people to get over things, and start meditating. But then people stopped meditation and started following him, enacting him and imitating him.

Like any other enlightened souls Osho Rajneesh also has failed miserably in his experiment - to change people.

God bless all!

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August 05, 2004

Coorg � a walk in the clouds! Part 2

Rekha, one of my friends, has started her own blog which talks about movie gossips. Try visiting and don�t forget to leave a comment � it will make her feel better. Today I have discovered that writing a travelogue is more tiring than the travel itself. Check out Part 2 of my trip to Coorg!

Coorg � walk in the clouds! Part 2
We got a decent off-season discount on rooms, which most people don�t ask for. The room was just Rs 400 per day�and the only thing we could see outside the window was thick fog.

We had a decent lunch with HOT rasam as a welcome drink. After food, we started driving towards Abby�s falls, which is one of the places to be seen in Madikeri (Coorg). I have been to Courtalam (kutralam) before, and was expecting the same kinda falls here. I was carrying MAN�s best invention so far - a Sony Handycam - and wanted to record all that nature had to offer.

The falls was not visible - all we could notice was a small narrow passage. The air started filling up with the sound of the waterfall, and as we moved forward the sound started increasing. And there it was - a wild waterfall hidden in the midst of the thick forest. It was indeed a visual treat, and makes one wonder if these kinda places are still accessible in India! The best part was the absence of people, and I would pray to God that let these places remain untouched by Coke & Pepsi bottles, Haldiram�s packets, and polythene carry bags.

There was no way that we could reach the falls - it was damn rough. All you could do is stand on the wire bridge near it and feel the water droplets brushing your presence � a multiple orgasm I should say.

The weather was pleasant, and the whole of Coorg was filled with misty clouds. It wasn�t raining but we could see water molecules settling on the glasses. We stopped at a small hill � just to explore how beautiful the world could be without people, and without modern gadgets and inventions, and we agreed it would be a much better place to live in.

Silence filled the air, and we felt as if our lungs were getting a real cleaning. We inhaled as much as possible so that the freshness could last for at least a year.

From here we had to go to the natural golf course. We approached a pretty girl to guide us with the direction. She was very friendly, and she helped us out. Thank God she didn�t have the slightest idea about what kinda of animals we were from inside. To be honest she was gorgeous!

I don�t know the basics of Golfing, but then looking at the Golf court I decided to learn it someday. The court ran into acres, and all you could see is greenery. There were no signs of people, houses, and settlement for miles together. The breeze was heavy, and clouds touched every cell of our body. It was a bit ghostly too. You could become invisible in the mist if you walk for 100 metres, and there were lot of chances of getting lost in the clouds. Suraj had been to UK and US and one thing he agreed about this place was� he has never seen a place like this before � jannath hai jannath � (it is heaven, it is heaven) was what he had to say!

Thank God neither Suraj nor I were gays. Or else am sure we would have ended up making love in the cozy room. Suraj had Bacardi, and the best part was the way he asked the room boy � if we can get a Coorgi babe for an one night stay! The room boy panicked, and said you need to go to Bangalore for that. Thankfully nothing of that sort materialized.

It was only Sunday morning, and we had enough time and enough petrol in our car. Hence we thought we would also visit Bellur, Hallibed and Saravana Bellogola on the way. It was time for a spiritual trip now, which started from the Omkareshwar temple of Coorg.

Bellur is some 18 kms from Hallibed, and Hallibed is about 180 kms from Coorg. It was a long drive, and we had not seen the sun for a couple of days.

Bellur temple was built in the 13th Century and it seems it took 103 years to complete building it. We engaged a guide for Rs 75 to take us through beautiful carvings of the temple. He was OK with his explanations, but then quite boring at times. It was a Lord Narayana�s temple and the best part about the management was they didn�t charge us anything for carrying the handycam. In fact we could take the cam even to shoot the deity.

Hallibed is similar to the Bellur temple, just that the main deity here is Lord Shiva. Both of us prayed for a better tomorrow. Suraj left a message of a quick abroad trip and I asked Nandi to use me as a divine tool for the betterment of the people around me.

To be continued�..

Coorg � walk in the clouds! Part 1
One thing I have never tried my hands at is writing a travelogue. I somehow hate it. It is one thing where the writer bores his readers with all the great experiences he had during his trip. It probably is like watching James Bond having sex with Hollywood star Halle Berry in 007 movies, which in no way could provide any pleasure to the watcher � unless he goes home and helps himself fantasizing about the black beauty.

Few things in the world can only be experienced and not explained. Philosophers have failed miserably explaining about nirvana or enlightenment. You simply cannot make the person understand about love, beauty and the experience of feeling one with the nature � and the trip to Coorg was one among them.

Suraj was a bit vexed with his mundane life as any other software developer is, and I as usual had differences with everyone around me. Corporate offices, and its politics could drain you so much so that you wouldn�t mind going to the wildest jungle and start living like an ape again. We didn�t plan much, and decided to take a break and visit a place that is far from the maddening crowd, and Coorg - the Scotland of India, seemed to be the best option.

I reached Bangalore by train on July 2nd, and as usual I never had a single girl traveling in my compartment. I wonder why no girls travel with me ever. That is one of the first thing I look in the reservation chart and all I find is � Ramamurthy 47 M, Singaravelan 52 m�why don�t these buggers stay home and ask their daughters to travel for a change. Well when naseed hai g�.to kya karega pandu!

I stayed in B�lore, and we planned to leave to Coorg (some 250 kms) on Saturday morning. Thankfully Manoj (of Sify.com) advised us about the places that are a must see in Coorg, he suggested Khushalnagar and Nisargadhama.

Two people in a new Ford Ikon traveling at a speed of 120 Kms/hour, the weather outside being cloudy, no vehicle or people seen for kilometers together, clean roads surrounded by greenery till landscape meets the horizon, and the songs of Hindi singer Kishor Kumar on the background. What more can a person expect? The drive was great, and thanks to the 100s of people we inquired about the directions � elli, ekkada, rightU, leftU, hogi, gottila, maadi were few Kannada words we managed with.

Khushalnagar comes some 37 kms before Madikeri (Coorg), and I didn�t believe when Manoj explained about the place. It is a small Tibetan settlement, which has some interesting pagodas, and huge prayer/meditation room. You can watch the cheerful Tibetan monks clad in maroon robes moving around with contentment hoping to reach Buddhahood someday. It indeed is a out of the world experience..

We started moving towards Madikeri, and on the way we stopped at Nisargadhama. It was drizzling a bit now, and the air was filled with the noise of some water body nearby. We got our tickets, and got in. There was a huge wire bridge, which shook when someone crossed it - and a wild river flowing below the bridge. It was a thick jungle, and you can find cottages on top of the trees! I should say it is the best place for a newly married couple to have some great fun in the wilderness of the nature.

From here Madikeri was quite close, and we started driving. Our car moved into the misty clouds and it started raining, or should I say the clouds started condensing on our car. There were no people for miles together, and the road was surrounded by thick jungle. Suraj was enjoying the drive till he saw a board that said � Beware of wild elephants! We didn�t even have a matchbox to scare away the elephants if they walked across.

There were no curves, and no hairpin bends. We finally reached Madieri � a small town known for its beauty, coffee estates and pretty girls! (Incidentally someone told me that Miss World Aishwarya Rai is from Coorg!) I dunno about her, but we of course found few really great looking girls with sexy figures and piercing eyes. I am sure even a saint could have problem controlling his adrenaline such beautiful girls around, in such a sexy weather.

We booked a room, and thought would do some sight seeing before we took rest�

I am sure I didn�t bore you till now�.

Abby�s falls, Natural Golf Club, Bellur, & Hallibed�to be continued in the next blog�.

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July 22, 2004

People change with time!

I had already met him 2 years back, and the experience wasn?t good. He was under tremendous stress, portrayed a villain like look, didn?t look into my eyes while negotiating and seemed very cunning. The business tie up broke, and we parted ways with bitter memories. I never wanted to meet him this time, but I had to. My colleague wanted me to have a word with him, because we were tying up with him again. I crossed my table with hell lot of reservations, but what I saw was inexplicable.

The person was the same, but he had changed ? changed for the better. He was far more open now. He looked very content and had transformed into a receptive and nice person. The incident hit me hard, and made me ponder on few important questions like - what changed with time? Was it him? Was it me? Was it my judgement? Or both had changed with time?

I had read in one of Osho?s books that life changes so fast that you couldn?t even step in the same river twice. Everything changes around us with time, the latest mobile you possess today would be an antique piece tomorrow, the 800 watts Sony Music System you got in 1999 would be outdated in 2004 and the girl?s beauty that made you go against your parents? wish would fade away one day. People change, their perception change, and life change?sometimes it is easy to accept it and sometimes it is not.

1995-1997

I had a friend, who was a millionaire from Madurai. His lifestyle was a bit different compared to ours. The maximum money we used to spend in a month living in a hostel was Rs 150, and that happened to be his minimal daily expense. We used to watch those x-rated movies sitting in a claustrophobic movie hall paying Rs 3, and he used to get a new babe every fortnight who charged Rs 2000 per night. That was when he gave me some good gyaan about how to select the best among prostitutes. He used to hate my beard, and my philosophies, and I had to change my room because our energy never matched.

2002

I had been to Shiv Shankar Baba?s ashram to take his blessings for my pilgrimage to Sabarimala. And I met this person there - after a gap of 5 years. The last place I could imagine meeting him was a Godman?s ashram. He had put on weight, and I sensed a change. I asked how come you are here? And he said, his life has changed. He has a silk emporium in Delhi, and he has become a devotee of Baba. What about the millions? He said her parents have closed all their business and now live in Baba?s ashram as devotees. And what about the women? He said no more booze, and no more women ? I need to live a clean life!

1995-1997

The telephonic conversation lasted at least for 45 mns, there was enough time to whisper sweet nothings, it was a pleasure to surprise the partner with a crackle (chocolate) and few greeting cards, matinee shows seemed more important than the journalism classes, and the note ?Memories that I will cherish forever? written on one of the pics taken together carried immense meaning.

2002

Yahoo Mail gives me an alert. The mail is from my ex-girl friend. The first mail, which I received as a reply to my mail sent after 5 years. The mail explains everything - she is married, she is carrying, and she thinks about me once in a while. Not to forget the important note left at the end?bygones are bygones!!!

People indeed change with time!

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July 14, 2004

Pilgrimages, consciousness, five fingers & human rat race!

Most holy places in India are situated on mountaintops. And I could not find any person who could give me an apt answer for this trend? Is it because God doesn’t want to see you? Or is it because he wants to test your patience? It took a lot of time for me to interpret about why is it so difficult to visit a pilgrimage of your choice even when you have enough money and power!

The basic reasons

1) So that you don’t carry your materialistic possessions and burdens when you have to climb the hilly terrains
2) So that you focus only on God, and in times of difficulties you remember Him and only Him
3) And when you are aware of your destination or aim, you are least bothered about the path you take and the trivial difficulties you face to achieve your goal

When you apply the same philosophy to survive in the material world, life becomes very easy. That is one of the reasons why human beings are always asked to have an ambition in his/her life. Without having a dream to achieve, life could become a bit boring and petty things could seem like huge problems.

When you open up to the universal consciousness, the whole world acts as a teacher and you tend to get messages, information, and guidance from anywhere and everywhere. It so happened that I was watching a Tamizh serial on Sun TV (Vishu’s Aratai Arangam), and I found a guy giving meanings to the five fingers a man possesses.

He said…

The small finger signifies power
The ring finger signifies wealth
The middle finger signifies sex
The index finger signifies U, I, ME, EGO
The thumb signifies the Almighty, God

A man in any particular time of subsistence is behind one of these things. And the whole rat race of human existence is based on these important factors.

He added that while meditating, we keep our index and thumb fingers together, and the other 3 fingers stretched out to imply that we don’t want power, wealth and sex, but want to dissolve I, ME, EGO in the Divine Almighty.

Hence, it can undoubtedly be said that even saints aren’t peaceful with themselves. Like any other human beings, they also have worries, stress and deadlines to meet - just that they don’t aspire for power, wealth or sex but all they allure is to reach God.

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June 17, 2004

Life so far - The real side of me!

I never was interested in my curriculum. I studied only because my parents wanted me to. Honestly my father was (is) a terror, and I remember I used pee in my pants when he yelled at me. Looking back there are no regrets about how life has happened to me. I should sincerely thank the co-education concept and all those girls and women in schools & colleges who kept motivating me all through my life. Even their silence meant a lot to me.

Movies were my passion I think it is for most of the people around. I always wanted to get into making movies. I would dream about wearing a hat (similar to Subhash Ghai’s), be at the set and say lights on, camera rolling ..ACTION! And you know life doesn’t treat you the way you want it.

Few other professions I wanted to take up –

A pilot - I dropped the idea when my dad said you at least need 2400 hours of flying experience and the money for that would run into lakhs. Also as there are only few Airline companies in India and you will never get a job.

A cricketer – I dropped the idea when my dad said sports wouldn’t feed you in India. Also you have to compete for 1 place in the 11-member team for which few millions are already aspiring.

A doctor – I never liked the idea of being a doctor. Probably I would have loved to be a scientist but then I dropped the idea after watching Pankaj Kapur in Ek Doctor ki Mauth!

An Engineer – My dad was an engineer, and he knew I wasn’t strong at maths and physics. He honestly accepted that his son couldn’t be an engineer. Or should I say he had checked my horoscope, and saw some other profession awaiting me

An IAS officer – Most parents live their lives through their children. They want their children to do all those things they themselves have failed doing. My dad failed in the IAS prelims thrice, and hence he wanted me to complete his task. I don’t like power, and also those white colour ambassadors hence didn’t waste my time mugging up those huge books these Brilliant Tutorials send.

A veterinary doctor – I love animals, and wanted to work at zoos looking after animals. But then someone told me the competition for Vets are more than for BDS, hence dropped the idea. I never want to compete for anything in life. If it belonged to me it would come to me – that remained my only philosophy in life!

I joined Bsc chemistry, as I was damn interested in science. I was asked to leave the lab the very first day, as I forgot to take a pen with me. I hated the new place, new people and the arrogant professor. That was the day when I decided that I would never take PG in science, if these people continue to be my professors.

I was selected for Msc, MA masscom and MA social work. My dad was insistent on me to take M.Sc. And I was a bit confused about what to select. I walked across one of the guys in our hostel and asked him in which department do you find more girls – he said MA Mass Comm. He said the ratio is 5:1 (5 girls: 1 guy), I at once made my mind that I will join MA Mass Comm and nothing else. And that was how journalism happened to me.

My girl friend left to Muscat, and I knew the relationship was all over. Accepting facts aren’t easy sometimes. My head knew, but my heart wouldn’t listen. I still was in the hope that she will return someday to India, and we will get married. She left on May 6, 1996 and that was the last day I saw her. Today I am married to another person, have a kid, and expecting one this September.

My GF had promised me that she will come back in a month and would stay in Mumbai for a day. I told my parents that I am going to find a job in Mumbai and left my native. I went to Mumbai just in the hope that I will be able to spend that one-day with her. This was how Indian Express happened to me. I worked for the Internet version of Indian Express for 3 years, and she never returned.

Being part of another Internet company, I learnt astrology, tarot reading and vaastu shastra from K Gopalakrishnan on weekends. In the coming days I will be taking up astrology as a full time profession.

As of today my plans for the future are –

I will be making my own movie soon.
I will be setting up a meditation resort and it will be called ‘Atmosphere’.
And I will be taking up sanyas when the time is ripe.

Let me wait and see how life treats me.

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June 10, 2004

When I was bribed

I am no one to judge. Neither I am against corruption nor I am for it. I believe in the law of karma, but sometimes I have failed to see the law manifesting instantly. If Karma means 'as u sow, so shall u reap' then why did the father of ahimsa Mahatma Gandhi got shot dead while Cambodian dictator Pol Pot died a peaceful and natural death even after killing 2 million people?

It happened once upon a time when I was part of a BIG company.

I was kept under the dark about the real deal we had with one of our partners. Huge amount of money was dispersed on a monthly basis, and none knew the exact deliverables the partner had to provide. The agreement came to the fore, and I found the partner was not even providing 10 per cent of what was promised.

I am addicted to honesty, God knows why ? probably because I watch too many Hindi movies. The partner was a good friend of mine, but I found the whole episode adharmic. I never wanted the company to splurge money on what was not given. I scrutinized the deal, and made it mandatory that the partner should provide what was in writing.

The partner who was used to easy money got into a defensive mode. He didn?t wanted things to change, nor he wanted to provide the deliverables. I got a call from him. He asked me to visit his home. I knew what was coming, and I was ready with my answer.

The deal was ? ?take 30 per cent of the money I get from your company, and let things stay as it is.? 30 per cent indeed was a huge deal, and of course a mouthwatering offer. I had made up my mind, but then open wallet tempts even a saint. I could see what all things I could buy with that amount, I could see how my lifestyle could change, I could see how my simple problems could get solved. I was wondering if it was God?s blessing in disguise. All said and done?I said NO! And the deal was scrapped along with the contract.

I was glad to know that money could not buy me, or was it because I am costlier? Looking back I have no regrets. But sometimes I think what if I had said OK to the deal?the money I would have made would surely have been more than what I am making today.

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June 08, 2004

Conversation between my alter ego & me: Bless your enemies!

Alter Ego – Hey, what’s wrong?

Myself – I really don’t know. May be male menses or I should say things aren’t moving at the pace I want them to.

Alter Ego – Buddy that happens to all. You cannot do a thing in this world. You can only witness events happening around you.

Myself – Yeah I know that, and have myself advised many about that fact. But then still….

Alter Ego – Probably you are bugged with your job. You might need a change…

Myself – Yeah that is true. Bugged for the last 6 months, but what difference would change bring? Same people, same hierarchy, same politics and the same system. You cannot fight the system you see. There are only three options in life - change others, change yourself or quit. I have lost all my hopes on the 1st option, and I hate the 2nd option. Nothing can be changed. I wonder how these police officers fight the corrupt system.

Alter Ego – They have gun in their hands.

Myself – True. I would stick to Dharma and Ahimsa for now. Incidentally I stumbled upon a beautiful concept to put an end to your enemies.

Alter Ego - And what is that?

Myself – Bless them, and don’t react or retaliate.

Alter Ego – But that isn’t anything new, even Jesus said the same thing.

Myself – You are right. It has immense meaning. Nature automatically keeps a balance of good and bad using the law of Karma. If you try punishing the wrong doers, the pain you inflict is very less. Let the divine take its course.

Alter Ego – What do you mean?

Myself – Yeah, none can punish better than God himself. I feel He is biggest sadist! So next time if someone hurts you, give a smile and walk off…and let God do his job!

Alter Ego - I dunno about God, but for me you sound to be a bigger sadist!

Myself - Huh!

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May 27, 2004

My interview with Yahoo!

My college hostel, where I lived for 5 years, was very close to the Coimbatore Aerodrome. Every Sunday after our lunch we friends used to go the airport to see the kind of people who used to come down. If luck favoured us we used to get blessed by the holy darshan of few celebrities. We happened to see the shooting of Ishq & Raja Hindustani fortunately. Not that I had not gone by plane before that; my father had taken us a couple of times - thanks to MTNL & their copper wires.

I had this dream of being sponsored by someone or some company for my flight trip. And it came true. I had quit Expressindia in 2000 and had moved to Chennai on a new assignment, and I got a mail from Yahoo.co.in if I would like to join them. It was only 3 months that I had joined my new company, and it wasn’t a good idea to quit even before the induction was over. But then nothing stopped me from attending the interview when they said they would be sponsoring my air tickets!!

I landed in Mumbai by Jet Airways after 1 hour of fantasy-filled thoughts, which starred those pretty airhostesses inside the flight.

The interview was at the Oberoi’s lounge, and I was there on time. I never knew an American would interview me. I always found their accent beyond my understanding, and I was not sure where a face-to-face conversation would lead me. That is one of the reasons I don’t watch English movies, which doesn’t have subtitles.

He called me and I handed over my resume and also the copies of magazine, which my sister and me had published for Spencer Plaza, number 1 shopping complex in Chennai.

He started off the interview with the same question I hate to answer – tell me something about yourself! That question makes my mind blank, and I always fail to understand where to start from - my schooling days or my PREKG days or my college days or my present job or my sexual fantasies or the girls I loved or my aim of setting up an ashram or my thoughts about uselessness of life!

To save the time I started off with my schooling days. I found the interviewer looking at few sexy babes who were wandering around while I was putting my complete effort on making him understand about my past, present and future. I was kind of pissed off. I stopped mid-way. He looked at me again, and said continue. I told him I cannot talk if you don’t look into EYES! He was taken aback and he apologized.

From then the conversation went on smoothly. He asked me to write a piece/article about the future of Internet in India, when I reach Chennai and send it across. I did the same. It is 4 years now, and I am still expecting a reply from him. Sometimes I feel I should not have bothered to disturb him when he was engrossed in an interesting bird watching episode!

Please Note – It is ok if you spend few 100s more, but try traveling by Jet Airways and not Indian Airlines. Indian Airlines is known for its largeness - the flight, the seats, and even the airhostesses?!!! Hope you got what I am trying to imply. I came back by Indian Airlines! :(

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May 26, 2004

Yaa Katchi?

I wanted to blog about my interview at yahoo, but then something else that was more interesting came up. I was getting ready for the office today, and my 1�-year daughter Tejeswini was having her dosa (breakfast). She is a matured kid for her age and has learnt a lot of things herself. She has inherited few mannerisms from me too; one of them is touching the nose using the tongue.
I dug into the rack where my wife keeps my washed kerchiefs and found one. This is one of the blessings of married life, you get to use washed clothes always!

As I was folding the kerchief, Teju started shouting ‘yaa katchi?’ ‘yaa katchi?’. I was in a hurry, and kinda ignored what she was saying. Later I realized the colour of the kerchief was somewhat new. I asked my wife, who was the kitchen, whose kerchief is this and my daughter replied ‘Tata’! I was amazed at what Teju was referring to. She at once knew that the kerchief I took was not mine and it was my Father In Law’s. Yaa Katchi – Yaar Kerchief (whose kerchief is it).

Kids make amazing companions, and I am falling in love with them already. I was not the same always. Thanks to my US chat friend Susan who made me understand about the values of children, and the amount of fun they can bring into your life. In fact, they make your life worth living.

I know few couples who decide NOT to go for kids as they find their career more important. I honestly pity them for their dumb decision. Even a roadside beggar can manage an organization well if proper training is given to him. And I find being a good parent is more challenging than running a whole setup.

Try to invest your hard earned money in children than those sick money-back or jeevan-rekha policies of LIC and ICICI! Life is nothing but a set of good memories, and try to accumulate as much good memories as possible. Bonuses, maturity of policies and fixed deposits will never equal what a kid brings to your life.

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May 20, 2004

Conversation between my alter ego & me – Is killing someone right?

Totally inspired by my friends Chota Bacchan (Abhishek) & Chota Rajan, I thought I should write my blog about an unusual conversation that usually takes place between my alter ego and myself…
Myself – Hey, is killing someone right?

Yesterday was a great day for me. A send off party for a colleague for whom I had predicted a job change, and an invitation from an ex-colleague for whom I had predicted a marriage this mid-year. It is of course an orgasmic feeling when my predictions come true. Also I try to condition myself for taking brickbats with stride when prediction goes for a toss, as always criticisms travel faster than acknowledgements.

Totally inspired by my friends Chota Bacchan (Abhishek) & Chota Rajan, I thought I should write my blog about an unusual conversation that usually takes place between my alter ego and myself…

Myself – Hey, is killing someone right?

Alter Ego – Huh! You out of your mind? Of course it is. Remember you could be jailed for life, and also it is a biggest sin as far as religions are concerned.

Myself – Then why are people conferred with Param Veer Chakra for killing Pakistanis?

Alter Ego – Yuck. That is a silly argument. That is because they are our enemies.

Myself – What if you killed Pakistanis before 1947? You still would have got Param Veer Chakra?

Alter Ego – NO! You would have been put behind bars.

Myself – So does that mean, your actions lead to different repercussions based on the year you commit a murder?

Alter Ego – Wait. See it is like this. They were our friends once upon a time. But now they are not. They are our enemies since 1947 after we got separated from them. So there is nothing wrong in killing Pakistanis at the border who try to infiltrate India.

Myself – So what if we reunite? Will the killing stop? And will the Param Veer Chakra substituted by imprisonment?

Alter Ego –May be. They are all govt set patterns. If they say Pakistan is our enemy, just aim and shoot them. If tomorrow they ask you to aim at your neighboring state - do the same. All the fights /wars in the world are for pieces of land – that belongs to none other than God.

Myself – You mean to say anyone who comes to capture my piece of land becomes my enemy? In that case I think I should aim at my relatives who barge in without notice. Sometimes of course to capture!

Alter Ego –Don’t joke. So, am sure your confusion is solved right?

Myself – Yeah..to some extent. I understood that it all depends on the circumstances and not the real action. Anything can be justified and anything can be proven wrong at any particular time. BTW I got another doubt!

Alter Ego - Oops! No, not again….ok go ahead. Let this be your last doubt for today.

Myself – OK. About the sin part you were talking about. Imagine a situation – for instance a stage play is happening, and it is a scene where Brutus has to stab Julius Caesar to death. Now tell me is that a sin?

Alter Ego – I hate you when you ask such childish questions. How can this be a sin? They are just characters enacting their roles, and am sure Brutus is using a dummy knife.

Myself – Yeah right, but then what if the knife was a REAL one?

Alter Ego – Then of course the sin goes to the character who is playing Brutus.

Myself – What if the dummy knife was deliberately exchanged with a real one by another guy before the show, and that Brutus completely unaware about the same?

Alter Ego – Then the sin goes to the person who exchanged the knife and not Brutus.

Myself – OK. What if, he was paid to exchange the knife?

Alter Ego – Then the sin goes to the person who planned the killing by paying this person.

Myself – What if the person who paid is a police officer, and the person who enacted Caesar was an ISI agent?

Alter Ego – mmm then the sin goes to the person who died.

Myself – I leave the argument here…thanks for your time. Have a great day.

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May 18, 2004

Satya Sai Baba – God or fraud?

I have always come across people who form their opinions in microseconds based on few ignorant reports published in the media. They tend to trust media more than the God himself. Recently I came across a report published in India’s foremost weekly ‘India Today’ about the charges against Puttaparthi Sai Baba. It interviewed few closest disciples of Sai Baba, and reported about the child abuse carried out by him and also about how he seem to have cheated people with his siddhis or magic (termed by few) of taking Shiva Linga from his mouth, or bringing a gold chain or the holy vibhuti (holy ash) from thin air!

These acts of siddhis of course look illogical for human minds, for our minds are trained in a particular fashion by the society so that we refuse to think beyond that. It is just like how the people of ‘Gods Must Be Crazy’ were unable to interpret what a Coke bottle is….which doesn’t mean Coke doesn’t exist.

I am blessed with a brother in law who does all the frauds to make money, and who loves to pull me in an argument about esoteric science. He keeps abusing astrologers, gemmolists, tantriks and Godmen, and I try to keep my mouth shut because there is no point teaching a 2nd std student about Derivation and Integration.

Once we had an argument about Satya Sai Baba, and he kept telling how BIG a fraud he is. I asked him on what basis are your forming your opinion? He said he knows (may be God himself whispered in his ears). Not that I had total trust on Sai Baba that time, I was just against forming opinions without trying to know what exactly he (Sai) was into.

We had a bet. I said, I accept he is a fraud. And you do the same thing now. Grow your beard, call yourself a sanyasi, and do all that magic he does and tell me how many disciples you will get in 1 year. I said, I will stop practicing astrology if you manage to get at least 10 disciples. And he shut his mouth. That was the last day he spoke about Satya Sai Baba with me.

I just wanted to convey him that you cannot fool everyone all the time, and Sai Baba is there for the last 15-20 years now and there is no way the number of people visiting him has reduced. People are not fools but of course are selfish. They won’t revere things or waste their time on people or things that doesn’t make a change in their personal lives. And also if you think he is a fraud then probably you should salute him for he is a BETTER fraud than YOU.

As far as I am concerned my admiration for Sai Baba increased when I saw a MIRACLE (not a coincidence in scientific language) in my life. Will discuss that in my next blog about Miracles in My Life someday later.

So what do you think Sai Baba is? A God or a Fraud?

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May 13, 2004

Eve teasing could get ugly beyond a point!

Though my views are anti-women most of the time, I have not ever tried to take undue advantage of them. Neither have I ever crossed my limit nor have I tried to disturb the space women enjoy. Not that I am already a saint (though I am trying to become one someday), I do stare at the erect nipples seen through the tight t-shirt women wear (the latest trend in my office place) and also I do glance at the bulging butt comfortably visible in the tight jeans women wear with a short shirt on the top. I keep my comments to my close friends and myself and see to it NONE is hurt in the process, especially the girl I am commenting on.

Though my views are anti-women most of the time, I have not ever tried to take undue advantage of them. Neither have I ever crossed my limit nor have I tried to disturb the space women enjoy. Not that I am already a saint (though I am trying to become one someday), I do stare at the erect nipples seen through the tight t-shirt women wear (the latest trend in my office place) and also I do glance at the bulging butt comfortably visible in the tight jeans women wear with a short shirt on the top. I keep my comments to my close friends and myself and see to it NONE is hurt in the process, especially the girl I am commenting on.

Eve teasing is indeed a beautiful concept, wherein a guy tries few stunts to impress the girl and gain her attention. But then the guy should know with whom he is trying his tricks on the first place. It is ok with a teenager or an unmarried woman till the age of 22 MAXIMUM. Beyond that, of course, guys can enjoy woman body in their minds but should not act childish. The scene could get really yuck and unhealthy!

It so happened that we (my brothers in-law, my wife and me) went to watch a newly released movie ‘Perazhagan’ at a multiplex called ‘Mayajaal’ this Friday, and after the movie was over at 11 pm few 5 guys teased my wife seeing her coming out of the bathroom all alone. I saw my wife walking out of the theatre upset, while we were waiting for her outside the theatre. I saw her having a verbal fight with a guy, and I approached her to ask what was wrong and she explained it to me.

I hate violence and I have never hit anyone so far in my life. I need to thank God for not providing me with such circumstances on the first place. I religiously followed what my karate teacher told me one day after my 3 years of Karate training. He said, “the best form self defense is to leave the place where you smell trouble”. But this time I could not go unperturbed.

I really don’t know where I gathered all guts from and I was already in the fighting mode. I got into the scene, started off with few abuses and dragged those guys with their shirts and made them apologize in front of my wife. If only they had refused, I am sure I would have thrashed them with my helmet ekdam Jackie Chan style. We started off on our way back to our house. It was all over for us and not for them!

ECR (East Coast Road) is a kind of deserted road especially in the nights, and that is the only road we had to take home. And as we were going 3 cars with some 20 guys blocked us midway. The scene was exactly like which happens in any movie. Now I knew logically 3 guys could never equal 20 guys physically except if it was for Bruce Lee or Jet Lee.

The only thing that has to be used here was your mental power. I got down from the bike at the same vigour, though deep inside a fear existed - my brothers in-law followed suit. I was ready for everything now. I told them in a high tone that the only option left for them is to kill us and escape. If not I will see to it is no one will live his life happily. Few guys stepped back. I asked my brothers in law to call the police and note down the car numbers, few others stepped back. I was happy my theory of crowd management was working fine. I knew I should mind my language, I should not hit anyone before they do, I should keep my cool from inside though I portray a sturdy look from outside, and I should see to it none of the guys becomes the first guy to hit me.

And we succeeded, one of them said let us go and it was all over. My aim wasn’t to hit some 20 guys and prove my strength my only aim was to make the guys, who teased my wife and make them apologize in front of her …and I did it. Am sure my wife is impressed with me after this incident though she has not said it openly as yet:D.

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Life got boring, so thought would resign!

I submitted my resignation. I know it is the dumbest thing to do on the planet when you have your pregnant wife, a 1 ? year old kid, and a beautiful dog …all depending on you for survival, and that too without another job on hand! But I could not help it. Everyone has a breaking point, and when pushed to the limit all behave cranky, and I am sure I am one among them.

I submitted my resignation. I know it is the dumbest thing to do on the planet when you have your pregnant wife, a 1 ? year old kid, and a beautiful dog …all depending on you for survival, and that too without another job on hand! But I could not help it. Everyone has a breaking point, and when pushed to the limit all behave cranky, and I am sure I am one among them.

It might sound like an impulsive decision taken in a spur of a moment, but I feel the event was destined. I siezed the problematic situation at office as a perfect opportunity to take the mighty plunge…a plunge into the unknown.

The decision wasn’t easy. I am aware of the consequences, and few of them could be…

*Relatives may look down upon me
*Few friends could ignore me
*Could have problems with wife & family
*Might have to skip food for money

I think I am ready for everything, and I surrender myself completely to the God or I should say the divine.

It would sound completely insane if I say I trust my Horoscope more than anything else. I am anyways running a good period, and I strongly feel that whatever happens, happens for the good.

The initial fear is unavoidable. It surely gives butterflies in the stomach, but to gain something you need to lose something. And from now I want to do things I am completely passionate about…and that are ASTROLOGY & MEDITATION!

In the process of decision-making I was also wondering about why was I scared so much? Why should anybody’s confidence depend on the organization he works for? Why cannot an individual exist as an individual? I probably would get answers for those questions soon…

I need money just for my survival and want to die contented. I don’t want to waste my time thinking about my promotions, my appraisals or about my position in an organization in the next 5 years….

From now my blogs would be about my real life experiences, and the failures and successes I face at every step of my life.

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step”, says Lao Tsu and I think I have taken my first step, and it is miles to go before I sleep.

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Chennai summer saves my marriage!

I didn’t start my blog to preach or to corrupt your clean thoughts with my nonsense articles. I just wanted to prove a point to few ass*** and a couple of bitches, and I think I succeeded in the same. Some 75 page-views per day for an unknown scribe like me is indeed a big deal, and that proves my point.

From Scribe’s Heart….

I didn’t start my blog to preach or to corrupt your clean thoughts with my nonsense articles. I just wanted to prove a point to few ass*** and a couple of bitches, and I think I succeeded in the same. Some 75 page-views per day for an unknown scribe like me is indeed a big deal, and that proves my point. Enough is enough, hence thought from now I would follow Jesus Christ’s words ‘Forget and Forgive’ - I forget those sick-minded guys and forgive those unsecured women and have decided to blog in full swing. Before that I would love to thank all those regular and also irregular readers of my blogs, who keep motivating me to write more. I am back to inform, educate and irritate you….

Chennai summer saves my marriage!

My mom was in town last week and she refused to visit my home. She had had a verbal fight with my wife the last time she had come home. And it lingered in their minds.

The mother-in-law (MIL) and daughter-in-law (DIL) fights are never issue-based they are relationships based. It is said, misunderstandings are bound to be there even if Mother Teresa happens to be a girl’s MIL. Fights don’t happen for petty reasons like DIL forgetting to lock the door or MIL forgetting to buy a saree for the DIL. It just happens because they hate to share the person they love the most – the guy!

It happened to me too, and I had to juggle myself between my mom and my wife and remain as diplomatic as I can be. This mental trauma of acting to remain cool eventually created few skirmishes between my wife and me. We fought overnight, slept when tired, and continued fighting in the morning. I shouted at top of my voice, and she reciprocated equally. I threw the keys and pushed off to my Vaastu Shastra class.

I got a call, and my wife said, she is leaving me forever…and will never ever come back! I said ‘ok’, and we hung up.

While coming back, I was thinking about how to plan my life again as a bachelor. Few 1000 thoughts crossed my mind in microseconds about divorce, about a new girl in my life, about kids, about sanyas …. And when I reached home, the door was open, Venus (my Labrador) greeted me with the same enthusiasm, and I could hear my daughter’s sweet voice too. I realized my wife has not left, thankfully!

I asked her so why didn’t you leave and she said, “the sun was too hot to even step out”. We giggled and patched up :). Thanks to the Chennai Summer!

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Is success for eccentrics?

We happened to have a small debate on successful people in our office, and my argument was most successful people are/were eccentrics! Of course people had their points against me, but then the discussion stopped midway. Hence thought would blog on what SUCCESS is all about!

We happened to have a small debate on successful people in our office, and my argument was most successful people are/were eccentrics! Of course people had their points against me, but then the discussion stopped midway. Hence thought would blog on what SUCCESS is all about!

Success in my opinion is a relative concept. Mother Teresa’s definition of success would be to live a happy life with 2 pairs of sarees and 1 bucket as possession. Ramana Maharishi would think why do you need a bucket? Life is great with a pair of loin clothes alone, while Mahavira would say why need loin clothes, when life can be beautiful the digambara style!

And if Bill Gates, Harward dropout, were asked about success, he would say he would term himself a successful man only when he sees beggars use Microsoft on their computers and beg online.

If you think success is all about making money, buying a Benz and becoming famous, I seriously doubt if you are on the right track. None had an aim to become rich and none had an aim to become famous. Money and fame are always peripherals of eccentricity, guts, originality, the amount of risks taken and the effort in the right direction.

Thomas Alva Edision was asked not to come to school in Grade 3, because the teacher was unable to answer his questions. He made his friend eat chemicals that produced Helium and thought when they react in his stomach the guy will start flying! Obviously, the friend never flew but fell sick, and Edison was dropped from the school. So what made Edison a successful man was his ORIGINALITY.

Archemedis and Newton were loners and eccentrics to a very large extent. No wonder Archemedis ran nude on the roads after he found the buoyancy theory, and Newton recorded his theory of gravity just by watching an apple fall on his head.

Our own Gulshan Kumar the king of music industry, who used to deliver ganne ka rus (sugarcane juice), became the NUMBER 1 taxpayer of the country in a decade! It was his guts, and the effort in the right direction, which gave him the success beyond imagination.

I remember what the filmmaker Amol Palekar had to say about life. He said, “keep doing things that give you butterflies in your stomach, or else you will never achieve anything.” Never allow your life to become mundane, and if that happens you surely are going to stagnate.

Close your eyes now and see what you want to become and what your dreams are. Check whether you are putting your efforts on the right direction to achieve your goal. If you think you have compromised on your goals for a mere 25 k pay package? Then probably you need to reset your priorities, for you live only once – live life YOUR WAY!

PS – Just today morning I happen to read a magazine and it says even Ekta Kapoor, the queen of TV serials, was a school drop. No, my argument isn’t that you should be a school drop out to be successful, but it is just that don’t look at your drawbacks – gather your guts and take the mighty plunge and you will reach the destination!

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My birthday on 9th April!

This year my birthday falls on a Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified, so thought I will not celebrate it. My misconception about Jesus Christ was completely shattered after watching 10 minutes of Passion of Jesus Christ, the latest movie released by Mel Gibson. The movie converted me into a sincere FAN of Jesus Christ, not a Christian though!

This year my birthday falls on a Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified, so thought I will not celebrate it. My misconception about Jesus Christ was completely shattered after watching 10 minutes of Passion of Jesus Christ, the latest movie released by Mel Gibson. The movie converted me into a sincere FAN of Jesus Christ, not a Christian though!

Post your wishes for me as a comment NOW!

My Life in a Nutshell!

I was born on 9th April 1975 in a small town called Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, India. Was brought up in Mumbai, previously known as Bombay, the name was changed after the serial Bomb blasts in 1992 - probably Shiv Sena supermo Bal Thackeray wasn’t happy with nameology. I completed my schooling in Dombivli, a small suburb of Mumbai, and later moved to Coimbatore to do my degree in Chemistry and Masters in Mass communication and Journalism (don’t see the connection between Chemistry and Journalism? Neither do I!).

1975 – 1981 – LKG – 2nd Std, Vidya Mandir, Vikhroli Mumbai. Heartthrob - Kalpana

1981- 1990 – 3rd – 10th SH Johndale Vidya Mandir, Dombivli, grew up here

1990 – 1992 – 11th 12th in KV Pendharkar college aka Kashinath Vada Pav Centre!

1992 – 1997 – Bsc, MA, PSG college of Arts and science, Coimbatore, 5 years of hostel life – the BEST part of my life, fell in love for the first time, got ditched too, a resurrection of a new Kennedi

1997 – 2000 – Indian Express, Mumbai, fell in love again, got married.

2000 – till date – part of a DOT com, have a daughter, expecting a son this year, taken up astrology as a profession, on the verge of launching my own site

2004 – 2020 - will have my own house, my own car, lots of lands, fame, money and power.

2020 – 2027 – will become highly spiritual, might become a saint and start my own religion.

2027 – will leave my body!

PS – I have not mentioned about my pre-marital and extra-marital affairs, ‘cause I dunno when my wifey will land up on my blog!

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My experience and experiment with SPIRITS!

I don’t remember from when I started believing in the concept of spirits, and also could not recollect who introduced me to them. But I know for sure they always scared the shit out of me. I kept myself away from getting involved in these vague paranormal entities until I watched a TV program about MEDIUMS on Raj TV’s Bio Data!

I don’t remember from when I started believing in the concept of spirits, and also could not recollect who introduced me to them. But I know for sure they always scared the shit out of me. I kept myself away from getting involved in these vague paranormal entities until I watched a TV program about MEDIUMS on Raj TV’s Bio Data!

I hunted for the word – mediums - in the dictionary, and it meant ‘A person thought to have the power to communicate with the spirits of the dead or with agents of another world or dimension, also called psychic’. I was also convinced by what Aavi Amuda, the guest, had to say about mediums and spirits. I usually don’t go by what people have to say. I accept things only after I experiment with them.

I tried calling my`aunt’s spirit (my aunt died in a fire accident in 1987) in me that night. No, I wasn’t using the Ohja Board to do this. I kept calling my aunt and…my body went numb, my heart started thumping fast, and I could hear my heart beat as if I was listening to my 800 watts music system, I was drenched with sweat, and also could not move my body an inch! These were exactly what Aavi Amuda had to say about the symptoms of spirits coming unto you if you are a medium yourself. And I think I was. I opened my eyes, and believe me I could not sleep that night.

My first experience didn’t leave any good memories that I could cherish forever. I tried forgetting the whole episode, but kept reading about ghosts, spirits, mediums and subjects, which usually is considered beyond human understanding.

Recently one of my closest persons fell ill. I took her to various doctors, and I could not see any improvements in her health. It lead to a lot of fights and misunderstanding between us, and medical science failed to give us any hope. One night when we as usual were arguing about petty things, my spiritual teacher called me to say, “I saw a vision in my meditation. A spirit haunts your house and it is a female spirit!” Believe me nothing under the sun could scare me so much.

I shifted her to a new place. And as suggested by my teacher, I started chanting MANTRAS to get rid of the spirit from my house. For first few nights, I was alone in the haunted house. Thanks to FTV. I could divert my attention after the chanting was over, and believe me I kept the TV ‘ON’ the whole night.

Her health started improving at the new place, and she had stopped taking medicines long back. The mantras worked perfectly, and I was happy I could work on the spirits too. If you ask me if I saw the spirits with my naked eyes, the answer is clear NO, but then I saw someone getting cured with a mantra where medical science failed!

So what do you think about spirits? Post a comment if you have a thought!

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Me and My psychic powers!

After my ecstatic experience with my Kundalini, I started spending more and more time meditating. Thanks for all the motivation given to me by my Guru. Few funny things started happening as days passed. I started having visions about my life. I saw my life unfolding in the form of a movie… I knew what will I be, and also when I will die! It was scary, but then I was happy I knew it.

After my ecstatic experience with my Kundalini, I started spending more and more time meditating. Thanks for all the motivation given to me by my Guru. Few funny things started happening as days passed. I started having visions about my life. I saw my life unfolding in the form of a movie… I knew what will I be, and also when I will die! It was scary, but then I was happy I knew it.

Later, I started having vision about other people in my life. My parents, my wife, my daughter, my friends and my office colleagues…

Few incidents that were foretold by me…

*I kept telling my wife to keep our baby away from my neighbour’s dog, which otherwise was harmless. In 2 days, my wife came to me saying the dog hurt the baby’s face.
*I saw one of my colleagues quitting the job in 3 months. I walked across his desk, and told him the same. He kept asking me how did I know, and I kept telling YOU WILL YOU WILL…the guy quit the office and left to Australia for further studies (his name was Nikhil Naryanan).
*My colleague’s wife was pregnant. And my colleague was walking across my table one day. I called him and told him Ladka Hoga. He commented, there are only 2 choices ladka ya ladki. I said accha I tell you 90 per cent ladka hoga, and he walked off with a smile on his face. He had a baby boy a month later. (his name was Piush Jha).
*I had told our Marketing Head that his new job in Polaris would involve a lot of foreign trips. He smiled…and his job indeed involves a lot of traveling abroad. (his name was Praveen Menon)
*Later I did Psychic Tarot Reading for some 150 people at one of Chennai’s multiplex ‘Mayajaal’…and people were flabbergasted the way I was reading their life like a book.

MY PRAYER

I Thank - all the enlightened souls of the world, the people who preach, teach and will reach enlightenment. I thank my spiritual guru K Gopalakrishnan and Osho Rajneesh to help me in astrological skill and meditation. I also thank all the good astrologers of the world to have helped me in my predictions. And I thank God for all the blessings he has bestowed on me!

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Kundalini awakening in ME!

I had read many books on Kundalini, and all kept mentioning the same thing that it is an energy pocket hidden under the urostyle, and you can initiate that by deep meditation. Theory wasn’t helping me much. I needed a miracle in my life, hence stopped seeking spiritual growth from 1995.

I had read many books on Kundalini, and all kept mentioning the same thing that it is an energy pocket hidden under the urostyle, and you can initiate that by deep meditation. Theory wasn’t helping me much. I needed a miracle in my life, hence stopped seeking spiritual growth from 1995.

I happen to meet my spiritual and astrology guru in 2002, who taught me pranayama – a yogic technique to channelise your energy. I knew this was a golden opportunity for me to achieve what I have been seeking since childhood.

I took it very seriously and started meditating for some 3-4 hours everyday. I started enjoying the time I was spending in my newly set meditation room. My head used to remain HOT, and I started becoming a storehouse of energy. I could feel that I will burst anytime. Thanks to my teacher who helped me to keep my cool.

It was November 2002, and I was meditating at my teacher’s house. My body started shaking suddenly, and I could feel something deep down near my urostyle. I opened my eyes immediately, as I was really getting tensed! My teacher came to me, asked me continue, and consoled me I AM THERE.

I continued meditating, my body started shaking faster and suddenly I felt a gush of energy flowing from my urostyle to my head! And the experience was orgasmic in the real sense.

I thought I am enlightened! And my teacher said, you have passed the Pre KG!

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