Who are we to judge anyone?

Two Tough Questions 

Question 1:

If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one.

Decide on the answer now before you go to the next question.

Question 2:

It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates.

Candidate A. 

Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.! ;

Candidate B 

He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps untilnoon , used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C 

He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

Decide first... no peeking, and then scroll down for the reply.

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To find the answers. Scroll down, please.

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Answer to Question No. 1

If your answer to the abortion question Is YES . . . .. . . you just killed 

Beethoven the GREAT musician

Answer to Question No. 2

Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Candidate B is Winston Churchill.

Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

Pretty interesting, isn't it? Comes to prove that Hindsight is the best sight.

Makes a person think before judging someone !!!!

By the way, Who are we to judge anyone?

Happy reading!

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PS: Read it somewhere and sharing it.

நோக்கு வர்மம் - Nokku Varmam

Recently i saw movie called 7aam Arivu (ஏழாம் அறிவு) and the key concept of the movie is around Bodhidharma and his teachings to Chinese esp. Nokku Varmam. Nokku varmam is a branch of the martial arts where you can subdue an opponent without any contact by using the energy from your eyes. It is really sad that these arts are almost dead in the main land and is probably flourishing in places where it is adopted some time back.

Our ability to neglect our rich past is shocking and also very saddening. When you see such a powerful subject as a movie you can't escape getting inspired by it. This art is given to us by Sage Agasthiyar who lived in south India and is the head of Sidha parampara. He was married to a lady called Lopamudra and he lived in South India in Sanga Kalam. You can google to find out more about him.

This blog is about i saying that Nokku Varmam - the art of managing energy through our eyes is very much alive in Tamil Nadu and you may enjoy if you can read Tamil. I am attributing this art to his wife, that the sage has learnt this from his wife's eyes and given it to us. I am suggesting that the art which is used to kill or control an opponent is refined to fit our culture of non-violence (கொல்லாமை, இன்னா செய்யாமை) and we have preserved this in a better form. Hope you would like it.

ஆழிசூழ் அண்டத்தில் நல்லமிழ்து பொங்கும் தமிழகம்

ஊழிசூழ் அழிவிலும் நற்பெருமை நீங்கா நானிலம் 

நாழியும் சங்கமாம் நன்னிலம் தென்பொதிகையாம்

வாழவே ஞாலமும் வந்தானே அகத்தியனும்!

சாஸ்திரமும் சூத்திரமும் சித்தியும் யோகமும்

லோபமுத்ரை வழியாலே இல்லறத்தின் போகமும்

இலக்கணமும் மருத்துவமும் கரைகண்ட தாயச்சித்தன்

வர்மமென்ற உயர் கலைக்கு குருமுனியும் உயிர் கொடுத்தான்!

விந்தியனை வென்றுயர்ந்து, வாதாபியை உணவாக்கி

இராமனுக்கு நலம் சேர்த்து, சிவத்தை உணர்வாக்கி  

இல்லாளும் உடனிருக்க போகமில்லா யோகியாகி 
தீண்டாமல் தீண்டியே வளர்த்து வந்த மெய்க்கலையோ 
உன் இல்லாள் விழிவிளிம்பில் கற்றுணர்ந்த போர்கலையோ

நோக்கு வர்மமெனுமுறை, மெய்த்தீண்டா கலையன்றோ !

நீ கொடுத்த கலை இன்று  தமிழகத்தில் இல்லையென்று

மடமை பேசும் மக்கள்காள் மாநிலத்தில் இருக்கின்றார் 

விழி வழியே வரும் சக்தி இல்லாமல் போயிற்றோ

வழி வழியாய் வரும் நெறியை மறந்து பேசும் மூடர்காள்!

வள்ளுவனும் கண்டறிந்த விழி மேன்மை தொலைந்திடுமோ?

கண்ணோடு கண்ணினை நோக்கக்கின் என்றதும்

கூற்றமோ கண்ணோ பிணையோ மடவரல் என்றதும்

இன்றும் 

பளிங்குபோல் நெஞ்சம் கடுத்தது காட்டுவது கண்ணன்றோ?

விழி வழியே வரும் சக்தி இல்லாமல் போயிற்றோ

வழி வழியாய் வரும் நெறியை மறந்து பேசும் மூடர்காள்!

கம்பனும் காட்டிய விழி மேன்மை தொலைந்திடுமோ?

வரிசிலை அண்ணலும் வாட்கண் நங்கையும்

கண்ணொடு கண்இணை கவ்வி ஒன்றைஒன்று 

உண்ணவும் நிலைபெறாது உணர்வும் ஒன்றிட இல்லையேல் 

வில் முறிப்பது எங்கனம்? ராம காதை எங்கனம்?

விழி வழியே வரும் சக்தி இல்லாமல் போயிற்றோ

வழி வழியாய் வரும் நெறியை மறந்து பேசும் மூடர்காள்!


உறுதி கொண்ட நெஞ்சும், தெளிவு பெற்ற மதியும்
களி படைத்த மொழியும், ஏறு போல் நடையும் 
ஒளி படைத்த விழி வழியே விளக்ககூவிய 
பழிப்பிலா பழுதிலா பாரதி சொல் கேட்கிலையோ? 

விழி வழியே தாய்மை கண்டேன், விழி வழியே கருணை கண்டேன் 

விழி வழியே பாசம் கண்டேன், விழி வழியே அன்பும் கண்டேன் 

விழி வழியே வறுமை கண்டேன், விழி வழியே வலியும் கண்டேன் 

விழி வழியே வன்மை கண்டேன், விழி வழியே மெண்மை கண்டேன்

விழி வழியே பெண்மை கண்டேன், பெண்மையின் பெருமை கண்டேன்

பெண்மையின் பொறுமை கண்டேன், பொறாமை எனும் கருமை கண்டேன்

பன்மையிலும் மடமை கண்டேன், வன்மையிலும் நன்மை கண்டேன்   

கடைக்கண் பார்வை தன்னில் மலைப்பெயர்க்கும் சக்தி கண்டேன் 

கற்பு நெறி பார்வையிலே பேராண்மை வளர கண்டேன் 

வாள் கொண்ட கண்களினால் போராண்மை  மிளிர கண்டேன் 

குறுமுனியே, நீ கொடுத்த நோக்கு வர்மம் 

எனும் கலையை ஆண்டாண்டு வாழவைத்தோம்!
எம் ஆசான் வள்ளுவனின் வாய்மொழியில்
ஒறுத்தாரை பொறுத்து 
பிறிதின்நோய் தன் நோய்ப்போல்  போற்றி 
கொலையுணர்வைக் கொன்று, 
கொல்லாமை வளர்த்து
நீ ஈன்ற தீண்டாக் கலையில், 
வன்மை அகற்றி 
இன்னா கலையாக இனிமையைக் கூட்டி 
வாழ்வாங்கு வாழவைத்தோம்! 

மங்கையவள் மைவிழியில் நாணமாக பூட்டி வைத்தோம்

மடந்தையவள் வாள் விழியில் காதலாக தீட்டி வைத்தோம் 

அரிவையவள் கயல் விழியில் அம்பாக மாட்டி வைத்தோம் 

தெரிவையவள் வேல் விழியில் கற்பாக கட்டி வைத்தோம் 

அன்னையின் முது விழியில் தாய்மையாக போற்றி வைத்தோம்  

அன்பே சிவமென்று கருணையாக ஏற்றி வைத்தோம்! 

Happy Reading!

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PS: Some of you may not know that each stage(based on age) of a male and female has a name in Tamil and this is as follows. You may notice them above.

பெண்களின் 7 பருவங்கள் : பேதை(till 8) , பெதும்பை(9-10) , மங்கை (11-14), மடந்தை (15-18), அரிவை (19-24),தெரிவை (25-29), பேரிளம் பெண்(above 30).

ஆண்களின் 7 பருவங்கள் : பாலன் (till 7), மீளி (8-10), மறவோன் (11-14), திறவோன் (15), விடலை (16), காளை (17-30), முது மகன் (above 30).

Tongue Analysis - Part 1

No, it is not what you think. Yeah, it is not analysis with another tongue, La Leçon- a lesson with a French touchJ. I was reading a book called Ayurvedic tongue analysis by Walter Shantree Kacera – (ISBN 978-81-208-3231-2).

Two emotions overwhelmed me – Awe and shock. Awe because of the depth of knowledge we Indians had for ages and our ability to see interconnection between spirituality, health, taste, environment and what not. Shock because despite having such a legacy we have to read and understand this from a foreigner who dedicated his life to learn our scriptures and share it with the world. The author has done a brilliant job of integrating and correlating Ayurveda with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and modern day allopathy in many places.

·         Have you ever wondered as to why tongue tastes bitter or sweet early morning when you wake up?

·         I am sure you have wondered as to why you have bad breadth – for some it may be a way of life and for many it is triggered on few days.

·         Do you know the non-invasive visual analysis of tongue can clearly state the current physical, mental and emotional state of a person?

·         Do you know that most of the imbalances in your system, potential diseases can be detected at an early stage for corrected before disease manifests?

·         Above all you don’t need a doctor to do all the above and you standing in front of the mirror early morning for few minutes would do the trick?

Sounds too good to be true isn’t? Read on.

The key point that got reinforced to me is Ayurveda is not a medical system but a holistic science of life which is absolutely aligned with nature – a scientific way of balancing and harmonizing your unique prakruti with that of your environment.

In the current allopathic medical world most of the clinical diagnostic procedures are invasive and expensive. In this scheme of things it is important to emphasis that almost all of the diagnostic techniques in Ayurveda are non-invasive like Nadi reading, visual analysis of eyes, tongue, feces and Urine.

How do we go about this?

Step 1: Understand the basics

·         Ayurveda is a bio-energetic, bio-spiritual and bio-chemical science on how the dynamics of environment around you affects – physiologically and psychologically and how to harmonize the same.

·         Ayurveda considers that every individual has a unique prakruti. The book very nicely explains 5 elements, 3 doshas, 10 categories of prakruti, 6 tastes and its effect on the physiology and psychology of a human being, 3 qualities of food and its impact, and the physiology of the human being like 7 dhatus, 7 updhatus, 3 malas and its dynamic relation to all the above.

·         The relation between 5 elements was nicely explained like 1/10^th of ether becomes Air, 1/10^th of Air becomes Fire, 1/10^th of Fire becomes water, 1/10^th of water becomes earth. This was significant for me since for every gross form (Earth) we see the inter & intra cellular space is 10 power 4 times the size of the gross form.

I can’t help but recollect great words of a Siddhar and Lao Tzu in the Tao te Ching and correlate both with the above:

“காயமே இது பொய்யடா, வெறும் காற்றடைத்த பையடா!”

This means the body is not true and is a bag filled with air.  This means not just the body but for any form which includes the world.

‘The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used but never filled…”

“Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub; it is the center hole that makes it useful.

Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful.

Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful.

Therefore benefit comes from what is there;

Usefulness from what is not there!”

Step 2: Under your nature (Prakruti).

·         So first understand what your prakruti is and align for harmony and balance. Learn what you are and be such.

·         It is said that every individual is a unique combination of the 3 dosha (Vata, Pitta, Kapha). But one of the components is always strong and that defines your personality, emotional state, taste preferences et al.

·         Then comes the 4 important concepts:

o   Like increases like

§  This means if your constitution is strong Pitta and if your food also contains strong pitta then the pitta in the body aggravates.

o   Everything affects everything else.

§  Be it climate, food or any external environment or internal mental state everything is interconnected and there is a continuous and dynamic correlation of these factors.

o   Weakness grows out of strength.

§  The strongest element in our constitution tends to increase the most leading us to illness. And also people with good immunity tend to abuse their health and when they fall ill they find it difficult to recover quickly. Hence people with weaker and delicate constitution tend to live longer. Hence strength kills the strong. J

I am quoting my other blog where I argue that the nature favors the weak http://ragsgopalan.blogspot.com/2010/11/musings-hail-frailty.html

o   Will supersedes structure (Adaptability)

§  Ayurveda does not seem to believe that your constitution and nature are fixed and hence your personality, tastes, attitudes and behavior are predetermined. The concept of adaptability where by the sheer power of our will we can change the structure is highlighted.

Hence we need to be aware of our own constitution and these 4 important concepts.

Continuing this blog in the next part… Part 2.

Happy reading!