Monday, July 20, 2009

astronomy domine: Triple eclipse of 2009 -- disaster portents

jul 19th, 2009

'astronomy domine' (astronomy is lord) is an early pink floyd track.

extraordinary celestial events have often been correlated with wordly events, eg. the events in 3102 bce that mark the beginning of the kali yuga; halley's comet and the subsequent invasion of limey-land as recorded by early limeys in the bayeux tapestry (amazing they noticed this, considered the pretty primitive sky-watchers they were circa 1000 ce); the supernova in the crab nebula noticed by hans in 1054 ce; the eclipse (or comet?) after julius ceasar's death.

so none of you 'rational' non-believers in astrology need to pipe up. i have long argued that those with 'rational' faith in science are equally dogmatic about their own blind faith.

well, i can tell you what this celestial event means for india: it is dismemberment, thanks to the stolen 2009 election. manmohan singh and sonia nehru jai ho!

among other things, this means we will not mine our borders, and 250 million bangladeshis will simply walk in (that, is those few who haven't already moved in to india, thank you, thank you, kkkangress and communists) as their benighted land goes underwater with climate change.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: S. Kalyanaraman


Triple Eclipse Series to frequent again starting July '09

-         What does this mean for the world?

DK Hari and DK Hema Hari should be complimented for a splendid contribution to making everyone aware of a remarkable celestial event, triple eclipse of 2009. Veda Vyasa had remarked that triple eclipse within a span of 13 tithis in sequence is an unusual sequence of cosmic events. Veda Vyasa had recorded the sequence in the great epic Mahabharata which helped scholars like Prof. Narahari Achar to provide dates for the Mahabharata events using planetarium software.

Congratulations to Hari and Hema, again.

kalyanaraman

Synopsis of the Book - "Will History Repeat Itself? Triple Eclipse of 2009 - Ominous? Promising?" http://www.bharathgyan.com/latest.htm

This book – "Will History Repeat Itself ? Triple Eclipse of 2009 - Ominous? or Promising?", looks at the interplay among human beings, societies and civilizations of this world and the interplay between this world and the astronomical events in the cosmos, from a rational, logical, holistic, inter-disciplinary perspective.

To understand these various levels of interplay, the authors of the book, DK.Hari and DK.Hema Hari of Bharath Gyan, have used the Indian civilization and its global relationships as the backdrop in this book and the Triple Eclipse of 7th July 2009, 22nd July 2009 and 6th Aug 2009, as the trigger, to pause, look around and take stock of the current situations enveloping the world today.

What does this celestial phenomenon mean for the world? Does this astronomical event portend anything for us at all?   These were the questions the husband and wife team of DK Hari and DK Hema Hari have discussed in their book using a holistic and inter-disciplinary approach that marries traditional knowledge of India with the developments in modern science.

His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, humanitarian whose Art of Living foundation has published this book says, "Everything in this world is connected.  Everything affects everything else. The microcosm and the macrocosm are all interconnected. An analysis of this principle of cause and effect will open a new dimension in life."

So what is likely to happen as the frequency of occurrence of triple eclipses increases between July 2009 and 2020? The adage "History repeats itself" seems to be ominously true.

Elucidating on his research on triple eclipses, DK Hari said, "The first recorded triple eclipse in 3067 BCE (Before Common Era) coincided with the Kurukshetra war.  The destruction of the city of Dwaraka coincided with another set of triple eclipse in 3031 BCE.  More recently, the first half of the 20th century, with World Wars I & II, the Holocaust and the nuclear bombings in Japan, coincided with a higher frequency of triple Eclipses between 1910 and 1945!"

"The important concern for India today is that it is surrounded by many nations which are under the duress of internal political strife – such as Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.  The potential for this strife overflowing into India is high and we are again at the threshold of a period that coincides with frequent Triple Eclipses to occur starting July 2009 to 2020" say DK Hari & DK Hema Hari.

In the face of imminent wars and strife, this book discusses how ancient Indian society conducted their politics and drew out the essence for such situations.

Discussing about the disaster management capabilities of the world at large today, the authors have raised a provocative thought as to whether the nations today are prepared, flexible and open enough in heart, mind, politics and religion to accept refuge seekers - the way the ancient societies had in the face of large-scale migrations resulting from large man-made or natural calamities?

The authors further brought out how each of these tumultuous periods had also ushered in a ring of hope, and opened up for thought, the possible positive effect the triple eclipse season starting 2009 could usher in.

If we look at the same events of the past, we find that, along with each of these calamitous event, the world has received a new message or order. This book also examines what could be the message that the triple eclipse season starting 2009 could usher in.

Once we realize the interplay between the microcosm and the macrocosm, we will see that it is the cycles of nature which dominate our relationships, the evolution of civilizations and as to how this earth progresses.

This relationships and the nobility in their interplay has been expressed as Dharma, a traditional ethos as understood by the Indian civilization. In the future, as we look at one global world and one global family, espoused as the concept of Vasudeiva Kutumbakam or the world is one family, by our ancients many millennia ago, the factor that will be needed to govern the interplay among the peoples themselves and with nature, could well be "values and nobility", which is Dharma".

This Dharma, in turn is in sync with Rtha or the rhythm of the interplay in the universe. It is perhaps this understanding and the knowledge of our forefathers which has come down to us in the form of the oft repeated, global adage "History repeats itself".

"This earth is part of that sky" – a simple but profound statement from the authors, brings out the fact that we are all part of nature and the way going forward is to understand the role nature plays in our thought, action and lives and to shape our lives and actions to be in sync with nature.

Is this the message for the future? These and such other aspects have been interwoven in this book and brought forth as an interesting read for the common man and the thinker alike to relish, think and act appropriately.

Commenting on the relevance of DK Hari and Hema Hari's work, Sri Sri said, "While Astronomy / Astrology study the science of happenings, spirituality is the remedy.  While Astronomy / Astrology indicate the powerlessness of human beings, spirituality brings to light the power within."

 


4 comments:

arti said...

Below is an expert's opinion on the issue of triple eclipse in one month, this is not the first one after WW2-
"Dismissing myths that triple eclipse was a harbinger of catastrophe, a top official of the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore on Wednesday said such a celestial phenomenon was nothing new and had occurred on nearly 12 occasions in the recent decades.
“Three eclipses occurring continuously is not rare at all. In last few years, there have been several examples of lunar eclipse occurring between two solar eclipses and vice versa. There is nothing unusual about it. It is not right to relate the two,” planetarium Joint Director Prof C S Shukre said.

He was addressing a press conference on the arrangements being made at the planetarium for viewing the triple eclipse, starting with the solar eclipse on July 22.

There were two triple eclipses in 1989 and one each in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009, but nothing happened said Dr B S Shylaja, Senior Scientific Offier, Bangalore Association for Science Education at the planetarium.

“Pulling random statistics and connecting them to an event cannot support the catastrophe theory”, he said. “The world witnessed a catostrophe when dinosaurs were wiped out from the world, was an eclipse occuring then?” he asked.

Triple eclipses occurred even before the human race began. “Catastrophes can occur anytime. Eclipses are no indicators”, he said dismissing theories floated by some groups that sought to point out that World Wars and Kurukshetra battle in ancient mythology took place following a season of triple eclipses"

nizhal yoddha said...

i knew some 'scientist' 'expert' would pop up :-) ah, but were these eclipses seen in india? if they were out over the ocean, it's like the zen koan (if the tree falls in the woods and there is nobody to see it, did it actually fall?)

did they occur so close to each other, one after the other?

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, nothing happened? excuse me, what about the various terrorist blasts and the loss of life? the increasing certainty that india, the soft state, would genuflect before pakistani terrorism? how about the attacks on the very city where the "jawaharlal nehru planetarium" is: at the IISc where a scientist was shot to death?

what will it take for this 'expert' to say "something happened"? would a tsunami be good enough? or would they need an actual nuclear bomb being dropped?

these years 2004 onwards have seen the steady degradation of this country into a banana republic.

arti said...

I am not here to defend or subscribe to either view, nor to enter this debate, but when one presents one point of view, one can remain open to others as well. one wonders why these additional triple eclipses after WW2 have not been mentioned by astromers or correlated with the terrorist attacks and Tsunamis as you just did or is it in hindsight that this is being done. Certainly it would have provided additional weight to the argument or is it that these eclipses were not known about till the "EXPERT" commented on it.
Also like I said, I actually do not care what is true since there is not much I can do about it except to chant mantras so in your debate please dont be aggressive in order to "prove a point"

nizhal yoddha said...

ah, i have been a skeptic regarding 'scientists' for a long time, because they are so full of certainty. almost everything 'scientists' think today will be laughed at in the next 50 years. furthermore, in the cartesian world view of reductionism, they end up caught in the minutiae without knowing the big holistic picture.

i argue violently with a good friend of mine about this all the time, and i have come to the conclusion that many scientists are as blind in their faith as the semitic priesthood are. i find astrology to be pretty close to general relativity -- both are strange and bizarre animals!

anyway, i do remember that there were some solar/lunar eclipse pairs that occurred close to each other. but this year total solar eclipse is particularly visible in india, as it traverses the country, and it is also the biggest eclipse according to astronomers until 2132. the fact that there are multiple of these events so close to each other does seem unusual. no, i didn't know there were triple eclipses in all these other years. but this country has been deteriorating for the last five years for sure.