The Hymn of Creation

Existence was not then, nor non-existence,
The world was not, the sky beyond was neither.
What covered the mist? Of whom was that?
What was in the depths of darkness thick?

Death was not then, no immortality,
The night was neither separate from day,
But motionless did That vibrate
Alone, with Its own glory one—
Beyond That nothing did exist.

At first in darkness hidden darkness lay,
Undistinguished as one mass of water,
Then That which lay in void thus covered
A glory did put forth by Tapah!

First desire rose, the primal seed of mind,
(The sages have seen all this in their hearts
Sifting existence from non-existence.)
Its rays above, below and sideways spread.

Creative then became the glory,
With self-sustaining principle below.
And Creative Energy above.

Who knew the way? Who there declared
Whence this arose? Projection whence?
For after this projection came the gods.
Who therefore knew indeed, came out this whence?

This projection whence arose,
Whether held or whether not,
He the ruler in the supreme sky, of this
He, O Sharman! knows, or know not
                                                    He perchance

Education

The first aim and function of all education should be to bring enlightenment to the students. Stuffing the student's mind with facts and formulae is not education, because it does not bring enlightenment nor confer energy. Training of the mind, and not stuffing of the brain, is what we need. Thus alone will the student be able to acquire a luminous mind and increased energy of personality. This is what our ancient Upanisads proclaim as the objective of education.

Teacher and student engaged in the pursuit of knowledge and excellence of character is education.

We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.
Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda arrived in the US on July 30, 1893. During his years as a wandering monk, he had heard of the Parliament of Religions that was to be held in the US, and had resolved to spread his message of Hinduism in the West and at the same time, enlist its help in his real work, which was to raise the status of the poor in India through education and enlightenment. Many people strove to gather the resources needed for this journey, and the contributions of the disciples who had congregated around him in Madras, various personalities including kings, and most importantly, support from the Raja of Khetri, at last enabled him to reach the shores of the US.

But both the Swami and his supporters were rather naive, and he arrived in the US without knowing even the exact time when the parliament would start and also without any letter of recognition which would enable him to represent Hinduism in the parliament. Upon arrival, he realized that there was another month before the parliament would start, and it would be nearly impossible for him to get registered there. Although the situation seemed impossible, he was still able to carry the day through the sheer force of his personality. On the train to Boston which he took almost randomly, he met an important lady, Mrs. Sanborn, who came under the spell of his personality and gave him shelter in Boston and also introduced him to Dr. Wright, a professor of Greek classics at Harvard University. This professor was deeply impressed with him and invited him to give several public talks to his select friends, and also made the necessary arrangements at the Parliament for him to appear on the podium. Returning back, he nearly had another disaster, losing his way in Chicago, but here again he was helped by Mrs. G. Hale, who saw him sitting tired out and lost on the street, and guided him.

It is a strange testimony to Vivekananda’s personality that all these people who met him, the Sanborn family, Prof. Wright, Mrs. Hale and her family, and others who met him during this one month, all came under his spell and remained lifelong admirers. They were all learned people and used to meeting people of influence and power, but here we find that upon meeting this complete stranger, this man in his strange robes and naive habits, they immediately came to recognize his wisdom and greatness.

So at last we find on the opening day of the Parliament, Swami Vivekananda sitting on the podium along with scholarly and erudite representatives from all over the world. The Parliament was held from September 11 to 27, 1893, in connection with the World’s Columbian Exposition in the city of Chicago. The sessions were held in the large Hall of Columbus, with a capacity of 7000, and numerous papers were read by the various delegates. The opening session on September 11, 1893, started at 10 am. The hall was filled to capacity on the opening day. It was presided over by Cardinal Gibbons, who sat in the center. Around him sat all the delegates including Vivekananda. He was a little intimidated, as he himself confessed, and kept passing up his chance to give his inaugural address. At last however, he could refuse no more and rose up to give his address.

Here is how he described this own feelings in a letter on November 2 to his disciple in Madras, Alasinga Perumal:

“On the morning of the opening of the Parliament, we all assembled in a building called the Art Palace, where one huge, and other smaller temporary halls were erected for the sittings of the Parliament, Men from all nations were there. From India were Mazoomdar of the Brahmo Samaj and Nagarkar of Bombay, Mr. Gandhi representing the Jains, and Mr. Chakravarti representing Theosophy with Mrs. Annie Besant. Of these men, Mazoomdar and I were of course old friends,and Chakravarti knew me by name. There was a grand procession, and we were all marshaled on to the platform. Imagine a hall below and a huge gallery above packed with six or seven thousand men and women representing the best culture of the country, and on the platform learned men of all nations on the earth. And I who never spoke in public in my life to address this august assemblage!! It was opened in great form with music and ceremony and speeches; then the delegated were introduced one by one and they stepped up and spoke! Of course my heart was fluttering and my tongue nearly dried up; I was so nervous, and could not venture to speak in the morning. Mazoomdar made a nice speech – Chakravarti a nicer one, and they were much applauded. They were all prepared and came with ready – made speeches. I was a fool and had none, but bowed down to Devi Saraswati and stepped up, and Dr. Barrows introduced me. I made a short speech,...and when it was finished, I sat down almost exhausted with emotion.”

It may have been a short speech, but it was a momentous one, and its importance reverberates even today. That short speech was much applauded, and when Vivekananda sat down, he was no more the stranger who had wandered about bumping into problems everywhere for the past month but a hero who was lionized in both the US and the UK thereafter.

As soon as he uttered his first words, ‘Sisters and brothers of America’, the whole crowd rose to its feet and cheered him wildly. The previous speakers had all spoken in formalized scholarly language, and had failed to gauge the mood of the crowd. But when Vivekananda spoke his simple words, it struck a chord in its heart, and the people all responded to the graciousness and brotherhood of his message. His speech when it was concluded was greatly applauded, and thereafter Vivekananda became the well recognized hero of the Parliament.

Rev. John Henry Barrows, the President of the Parliament, wrote in his official history, “The World’s Parliament of Religions”, “When Mr. Vivekananda addressed the audience as ‘Sisters and Brothers of America’, there arose a peal of applause that lasted for several minutes.”

He also wrote in his records, “This speaker is a high–caste Hindu and representative of orthodox Hinduism. He was one of the principal personalities in the Parliament as well as one of the most popular of guests in the Chicago drawing rooms.”

Another eyewitness, Mrs. S.K. Blodgett, later recalled: “When that young man got up and said, ‘Sisters and Brothers of America’, seven thousand people rose to their feet as a tribute to something they knew not what. When it was over I saw scores of women walking over the benches to get near him...”

Thus with a few simple words, words that resonated with the deep message that Vivekananda had carried with him from India, the Swami was able to capture the heart of America.

The full text of the speech is given below:

“Sisters and brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome that you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions; and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

My thanks also to some of speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both toleration and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true.

I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom, the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to South India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which ahs sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation.

I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is everyday repeated by millions of human beings: ‘As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.’

The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita: ‘Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end all lead to me.’

Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilizations and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now.

But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.”

Conquer Death

This body is the city of Brahman.
In the heart of this city,
There is a little space shaped like a lotus,
Within which he lives.
Find him and realize him.

What is there to find? For what reason?

That little space within the heart is as large as the
Infinite universe outside; the heaven and the earth.
Fire and wind, the sun and the moon,
Lightning and the stars all are contained in it.

If you say, "What happens to all beings, all desires,
All that exists in it, when old age comes, decay begins
And the body dissolves in death?"

When old age comes and body decays, this reality
Within the body does not decay.
When the body dies This does not die.
This space inside the body is in truth the city of Brahman.
Brahman lives here as the inner Self of all beings.
He is beyond sin
And sorrow, old age and death,
Beyond all hunger and thirst. All selfless desires are
Contained in him and he fulfills all desires that are right.
Here on earth people do what they are told to do by others
Or are led by the customs, traditions and law of the land
Or they do what they want to do, be it ruling a country
Or owning a piece of land.
Earthly pleasures are finite, after reaching a point
They come to an end, so are the pleasures of heaven.
Those who die without realizing their real Self,
The divinity within, have no freedom and no peace
In life or death. But those who have realized the Self,
Are ever free both here and hereafter,
They get what they truly desire.

Our selfless desires are covered by selfish ones
And for this we do not have this power: therefore, when
Our loved ones die we cannot see them again.
All desires, whether to see our loved ones who are alive
Or dead or to acquire objects hard to get, are fulfilled
When we realize the Self in meditation, entering the lotus
Of the heart where the Lord lives.
(The objects of all desires are given by the Lord
Who dwells within, being concealed by our vain desires
And selfish preoccupations.)

Like a person who walks on the ground but does not
Know the gold that lies underneath, day after day
We come in touch with the Lord in deep sleep,
But we do not know him.

The Self dwells in the lotus of the heart and for this
He is known as the Lord of the heart. A sage knows this
And in meditation he visits this temple in the heart,
Day after day he enjoys the kingdom of heaven inside.

India and Israel destined for true friendship

There is perhaps no other pair of nations on earth, which share such similar dangers, concerns, hopes and aspirations for the future of their people, as do India and Israel. There is an incredible amount that these two countries have in common, when one goes beyond the superficial differences. Just as today, the Hindus of India are fighting for their survival in the very land of their origin and forefathers, so too are the Jews of Israel confronting the very same threats to the nation that is theirs by historical and religious birthright. Hindus and Jews both face exactly the same danger; Islam. And it is at this very point where so many of the similarities between the Indian nation and the Israeli nation converge in an incredibly reflective manner.

Islam is not a new threat to either the Hindus or the Jews. The most amazing aspect of all is that it was these very two religions that were sought to be exterminated by the founder of Islam; Prophet Mohammed, over 1300 years ago. The history of Arabia is littered with the blood of the Jews and Pagan Pre-Islamic Arabs, who were none other than Hindus. For every Jewish Medinah, there was a Hindu Mecca, and both of them in their own turns were decimated and desecrated by Mohammed's followers. These were the two belief systems that Mohammed stole all his religious concepts from, and then proceeded to distort so thoroughly, that all elements became entirely unrecognizable. It is his legacy that the Muslims of the present day plan to live out in its minutest bloody details. The millennia old legacy of hatred and violence against Jews and Hindus, is very much alive and kicking in the heart of thousands of committed Mujahideen, willing to martyr themselves any day, with a suicide bomb or two.

The similarities between the present and past situations of these two countries in reference to Islam, is too striking to overlook or dismiss as mere coincidence. Let us look at a few examples.

It has become increasingly evident over the years, that the Pre-Islamic Pagans who were massacred by Mohammed were none other than Hindus. Islam began with the genocide of these Hindus. They were exterminated thoroughly along with every possible trace of Vedic culture in Arabia. The "Idolaters" , "Unbelievers", or "Kafirs" as Muslims fondly refer to Hindus, had to bear the brunt of the vociferous amounts of violence unleashed by the prophet Mohammed in his bid to attain complete power over Arabia and beyond. If there is one word that spells Anathema to the devout Muslim, it is the word "Hindu". The incomparable hatred and hostility that Allah's followers bear for Hindus, find their source in the wellspring of intolerance the Quran.

The Islamic viewpoint of the Jewish faith is just as sharply antagonistic and decisively hostile. Prophet Mohammed originally was inspired by many of the concepts of the Jewish faith. However, being an illiterate person, he completely distorted the meaning of those concepts and presented them in a twisted way that suited his own needs at the time. When it became clear to him that the Jews of Arabia were wealthy, he tried extortion and persuasion to win influence over them; but when it became obvious that Jews are incredibly committed to their faith and willing to protect it with their lives, the Prophet was enraged. The Jews were apparently a rather large thorn in the flesh, in view of Mohammed's imperialistic ambitions of bringing Arabia to his feet through religion. Thus, Quranic injunctions that directly exhorted Muslims to kill Jews and treat them as born enemies, became the order of the day. Every Jewish settlement in Arabia was raided, and thousands of Jews massacred in cold blood.

Apart from each having suffered the shared history of Islamic genocide, Hinduism and Judaism are clearly the two ancient most religions surviving on earth today. Millennia before Christanity or Islam were born, Israel was the land of Judaism and India the land of Hinduism. In contemporary times as well, the histories of both Israel and India run closely paralell. Both were the victims of Islamic occupation for centuries together. And just as thousands of Hindu wonders such as Taj Mahal were plundered and rechristened by the Muslims in India, so too were scores of Jewish structures such as the beautiful Temple on the Mount, plundered and grabbed by the marauding hordes of Islam. What stands out about the history of these two peoples however, is the fact that all along they have stubbornly clung to their roots and painstakingly maintained their pride in their ancient languages, customs, traditions and spiritual practices. In spite of all odds, the greatest disasters have always somehow strengthened the Jewish people's faith in themselves. Hinduism, which has suffered the longest record of inhumane crimes and genocide against it, by the Muslim invaders, still brims over with the unalterable confidence of its believers. The unshakeable foundations of both of these massive spiritual traditions have braved many earthquakes and landslides, but never caved in. Trees which are entrenched as deeply in the soils of India as Hinduism and Judaism in Israel, simply cannot be uprooted.

Judea and Samaria are consistently referred to as "West Bank" in a deliberate attempt to distance the region from its Jewish past.

The Indian state of Kashmiri is presented as "the land of the Great Islamic Sufi Tradition". Not a mention is made of the fact that Kashmir has been home to Hindus for over 5000 years. The Hindu sect of Kashmir Shaivism was exerting its beneficial influence all over India, millennia before Islam was even born! Hinduism is constanly referred to as an alien religion, brought to India by the conquering hordes of "White Skinned Aryans" wheras the Muslim invaders are referred to as the "harbringers of culture, arts and peace". The Mughal rule of India was the bloodiest and most wretched period of India's history. During this period thousands of temples, idols, universities, libraries, etc were razed to the ground and millions massacred. Thousands of Hindu palaces and treasures like the Taj Mahal were captured, defaced and renamed with a Muslim name. And yet the Aryan Invasion Theory which has been thoroughly rescinded and rejected by the world, still holds hypnotic sway over the minds of India's Journalists.

However, this type of unfair portrayl has not gone unnoticed and added to both nations' experience of decades of unrest, rioting and murder by Muslim mobs . Consequently Jews and Hindus feel more and more threatened and frustrated in their own lands. As always, this direct attack on Judaism and Hinduism has only motivated their respective followers to reassert their individual and collective confidence in their ancient spiritual traditions. The desire to reassert what is their rightful pride in land, culture and religion has awakened in the heart of the common Israeli and Indian. The results are obvious, the unabashedly Jewish Likud Party was voted into power in Israel and the political party that represents the re-emergence of Hinduism; the BJP, has been voted into power in India. These developments have of course caused untold heartburn and anger in Pro-Islamic circles. Therefore the media onslaught has begun in dire earnest. European, American and Islamic media have started unleashing their tide of anti-Jewish and anti-Hindu bombardments. What has really set the alarm bells ringing internationally however, is the emerging closeness between the two nations.

As events unfold, this close relationship between India and Israel is bound to deepen. The Islamic influence which threatens to undermine the tolerance and harmony of the world, is increasingly focusing on these two nations as targets. Considering the import of shared experiences, ideas and situations that links Indians and Israelis, it is about time that solid chains of friendship were forged. Although politics may slow down the process, if the people of both countries reach out , an invaluable friendship can be created and nurtured between India and Israel.

Love Love Love Love

Love binds, love makes for that oneness. You become one, the mother with the child, families with the city, the whole world becomes one with the animals. For love is Existence, God Himself; and all this is the manifestation of that One Love, more or less expressed. The difference is only in degree, but it is the manifestation of that One Love throughout. Therefore in all our actions we have to judge whether it is making for diversity or for oneness. If for diversity we have to give it up, but if it makes for oneness we are sure it is good. So with our thoughts; we have to decide whether they make for disintegration, multiplicity, or for oneness, binding soul to soul and bringing one influence to bear. If they do this we will take them up, and if not, we will throw them off as criminal.

Don't try to teach us what we are, we know that very well!

Hinduism remains a vibrant, cultural and religious force in the world today. To understand Hinduism, it is necessary that we examine its history and marvel at its sheer stamina to survive in spite of repeated attacks across India's borders, time and again, by Greeks, Shaks, Huns, Arabs, Pathans, Mongols, Portuguese, British etc. India gave shelter, acceptance, and freedom to all. But, in holy frenzy, millions of Hindus were slaughtered or proselytized. Their cities were pillaged and burnt, temples were destroyed and accumulated treasures of centuries carried off. Even under grievous persecutions from the ruling foreigners, the basics of its civilization remained undefiled and, as soon as the crises were over Hindus returned to the same old ways of searching for the perfection of the unknown.

For no other country in the world from east to west, faces the agony that the Hindus in India have to face. They are the injured party; but even today they are crucified by the 'so called' secularists—most of them themselves Hindus—at every stage. No country in the world has been so ravaged and raped by outside forces as India has been down the centuries: Not Japan, not China, not Russia, none of the European countries, neither the Arab nations and certainly not the United States of America. Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagar Empire did not send his forces to Portugal to tear down churches, use force to convert Christians to Hinduism and indulge in religious terrorism. Prithviraj Chauhan did not invade Afghanistan nor Central Asia and raise temples.

No Chola, Chera or Pandya (Indian) rulers sent a fleet to Saudi Arabia to tear down the Ka’aba and build a temple to Meenakshi on its ruins or even next to it to demonstrate Hindu might. India and Hinduism have been ravaged beyond belief. Hindu missionaries did not accompany a conquering horde to Britain and under their benign rule set to convert Scottish peasants to Hinduism—or even Buddhism. According to author Ram Gopal " A band of dacoits may loot a full busload of passengers at gunpoint but that does not make the dacoits more intelligent, cultured or superior beings."

No blood has been shed for religion in India except by its invaders. Intolerance came with Islam and Christianity; the Moslems proposed to buy Paradise with the blood of "infidels" and the Portuguese, when they captured Goa, introduced the Inquisition into India.

It is a curious fact that the hideous and bloody monster of religious intolerance was hardly known in India until, first the followers of Mohammed and secondly, the disciples of the meek and lowly Jesus, began to invade the land. India was a prosperous, peaceful and proud country, which has not only been reduced to extreme poverty and ignorance by the Muslim predators and the Islamic rule, but has also been fragmented into geographical and political units. Most Muslims think of Bharat not as their Motherland but Dar-ul-Harb = battlefield, where people murder, plunder and deceive out of hatred and greed. It is totally false to say that Islam is the ambassador of international brotherhood.

Hindu Society has been suffering a sustained attack from Islam since the 7th century, from Christianity since the 15th century, and this century also from Marxism. The avowed objective of each of these three world-conquering movements, with their massive resources, is the replacement of Hinduism by their own ideology, or in effect: the destruction of Hinduism.

But after all of this, I am certainly sure, none ever worked and will never work in future. One can destroy all the temples and scriptures, but never can they touch the "I" the Imperishable Soul, the very Soul which is a fine portion of God Himself, in the Hindu.

GAYATRI MANTRA & Its Scientific Meaning

Gayatri mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic dharma. This mantra has also been termed as Savitri and Ved-Mata, the mother of the Vedas.

Om bhur bhuvah swah

Tat savitur varenyam

Bhargo devasya dheemahi

Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat

The literal meaning of the mantra is:

O God! You are Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Almighty, You are all Light. You are all Knowledge and Bliss. You are Destroyer of fear, You are Creator of this Universe, You are the Greatest of all. We bow and meditate upon Your light. You guide our intellect in the right direction.

The mantra, however, has a great scientific importance too, which somehow got lost in the literary tradition. The modern astrophysics and astronomy tell us that our Galaxy called Milky Way or Akash-Ganga contains approximately 100,000 million of stars. Each star is like our sun having its own planet system. We know that the moon moves round the earth and the earth moves round the sun along with the moon. All planets round the sun. Each of the above bodies revolves round at its own axis as well. Our sun along with its family takes one round of the galactic center in 22.5 crore years. All galaxies including ours are moving away at a terrific velocity of 20,000 miles per second.

And now the alternative scientific meaning of the mantra step by step:

(A). OM BHUR BHUVAH SWAH:

Bhur the earth, bhuvah the planets (solar family), swah the Galaxy. We observe that when an ordinary fan with a speed of 900 RPM (rotations Per minute) moves, it makes noise. Then, one can imagine, what great noise would be created when the galaxies move with a speed of 20,000 miles per second. This is what this portion of the mantra explains that the sound produced due to the fast-moving earth, planets and galaxies is Om. The sound was heard during meditation by Rishi Vishvamitra, who mentioned it to other colleagues. All of them, then unanimously decided to call this sound Om the name of God, because this sound is available in all the three periods of time, hence it is set (permanent). Therefore, it was the first ever revolutionary idea to identify formless God with a specific title (form) called upadhi. Until that time, everybody recognized God as formless and nobody was prepared to accept this new idea. In the Gita also, it is said, "Omiti ekaksharam brahma", meaning that the name of the Supreme is Om , which contains only one syllable (8/12). This sound Om heard during samadhi was called by all the seers nada-brahma a very great noise), but not a noise that is normally heard beyond a specific amplitude and limits of decibels suited to human hearing. Hence the rishis called this sound Udgith musical sound of the above, i.e., heaven. They also noticed that the infinite mass of galaxies moving with a velocity of 20,000 miles/second was generating a kinetic energy = 1/2 MV2 and this was balancing the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence they named it Pranavah, which means the body (vapu) or store house of energy.

(B). TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM:

Tat that (God), savitur the sun (star), varenyam worthy of bowing or respect. Once the form of a person along with the name is known to us, we may locate the specific person.Hence the two titles (upadhi) provide the solid ground to identify the formless God, Vishvamitra suggested. He told us that we could know (realize) the unknowable formless God through the known factors, viz., sound Om and light of suns (stars). A mathematician can solve an equation x2+y2=4; if x=2; then y can be known and so on. An engineer can measure the width of a river even by standing at the riverbank just by drawing a triangle. So was the scientific method suggested by Vishvamitra in the mantra in the next portion as under:-

(C). BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI:

Bhargo the light, devasya of the deity, dheemahi we should meditate. The rishi instructs us to meditate upon the available form (light of suns) to discover the formless Creator (God). Also he wants us to do japa of the word Om (this is understood in the Mantra). This is how the sage wants us to proceed, but there is a great problem to realize it, as the human mind is so shaky and restless that without the grace of the Supreme (Brahma) it cannot be controlled. Hence Vishvamitra suggests the way to pray Him as under:

(D). DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAT:

Dhiyo (intellect), yo (who), nah (we all), prachodayat (guide to right Direction). O God! Deploy our intellect on the right path. Full scientific interpretation of the Mantra: The earth (bhur), the planets (bhuvah), and the galaxies (swah) are moving at a very great velocity, the sound produced is Om , (the name of formless God.) That God (tat), who manifests Himself in the form of light of suns (savitur) is worthy of bowing/respect (varenyam). We all, therefore, should meditate (dheemahi) upon the light (bhargo) of that deity (devasya) and also do chanting of Om. May He (yo) guide in right direction (prachodayat) our(nah) intellect dhiyo.

So we notice that the important points hinted in the mantra are:-
1) The total kinetic energy generated by the movement of galaxies acts as an umbrella and balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence it was named as the Pranavah (body of energy). This is equal to 1/2 mv2 (Mass of galaxies x velocity.)

2) Realizing the great importance of the syllable OM , the other later date religions adopted this word with a slight change in accent, viz., Amen and Ameen.

One reality

As is the human body, so is the cosmic body
As is the human mind, so is the cosmic mind.
As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm.
As is the atom, so is the universe.

Lord Macaulay

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A Beautiful message from George Carlin - How True

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints.. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. An embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

If you don't send this to other people....Who cares?

George Carlin