அன்பும் ஆண்டவனும் (LOVE AND GOD)

I was reading “God” by Kahlil Gibran, which was part of "The Madman", which is reproduced here.

God by Kahlil Gibran

In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips, I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto God, saying, 'Master, I am thy slave. Thy hidden will is my law and I shall obey thee for ever more.'

But God made no answer, and like a mighty tempest passed away.

And after a thousand years I ascended the holy mountain and again spoke unto God, saying, 'Creator, I am thy creation. Out of clay hast thou fashioned me and to thee I owe mine all.'

And God made no answer, but like a thousand swift wings passed away.

And after a thousand years I climbed the holy mountain and spoke unto God again, saying, 'Father, I am thy son. In pity and love thou hast given me birth, and through love and worship I shall inherit thy kingdom.'

And God made no answer, and like the mist that veils the distant hills he passed away.

And after a thousand years I climbed the sacred mountain and again spoke unto God, saying, 'My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am thy yesterday and thou art my tomorrow. I am thy root in the earth and thou art my flower in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun.'

Then God leaned over me and in my ears whispered words of sweetness, and even as the sea that enfoldeth a brook that runneth down to her, he enfolded me.

And when I descended to the valleys and the plains, God was there also.
The following attempt in Tamil poetry is a product of inspiration from Kahlil Gibran (Of course conceptually it takes a different line). While we are trying to approach god through various means - rituals, yoga and what not, the poem stresses that Love is God in simple Tamil and you may like reading this.

கடவுளை நானும் காண 

கரியவனின் கருணைப் பேண

ஆற்றிலே  நீராடல் செய்து 

நன்மலர்கள் பதமாய்க் கொய்து 

தூயாடையும் மடியாய்ச் சூடி 

மும்முறை சந்தி ஆடி 

பூஜையும் யாகமும் கண்ட

படைத்த நல்லவிர்பாகம் கொண்ட

யாகத்தின் தலைவன் நின்னை 

நாடினேன் நலம்செய் என்னை!
 

பூஜையில் மகிழ்ச்சிக் கொண்டு

பரமனும் வந்தான் முன்பு 

அக்னி பிழம்பாய் நின்ற

அண்ணலும் என்னைக் கண்டு 

காந்தமின் பார்வைக் கொண்டு 

புன்முறுவலும் பூத்தே நன்று

வார்த்தையும் மொழியாமல் ஒன்று

என்னையும் கடந்தான் சென்று! 

கடவுளை நானும் காண 

கரியவனின் கருணைப் பேண

யோகமும் நீயே என்று 

சிரசிலே நின்றேன் நன்று 

முதுகுத் தண்டினை நட்டி

மூச்சினை நன்குக் கட்டி 

நாசியில் உன்னைக் காண

வாடினேன் நின்னைப் பேண

ஆதலால் அடியேன் நின்னை 

வாசியென ஏற்றுவேனே

வாலையின் பதியே உன்னை

நாடினேன் நலம்செய் என்னை!
 

யோகத்தில் மகிழ்ச்சிக் கொண்டு

பூரணனும் வந்தான் முன்பு

நிர்மல வடிவாய் நின்ற

முதல்யோகியும்  என்னைக் கண்டு 

காந்தமின் பார்வைக் கொண்டு 

புன்முறுவலும் பூத்தே நன்று

வார்த்தையும் மொழியாமல் ஒன்று

என்னையும் கடந்தான் சென்று! 

ஓமெனும் மெய்ப்பொருளும் நீயே

ஒமுறை மறைப்பொருளும் நீயே

நான்மறை முதற்ப்பொருளும்  நீயே 

நான்மறை மேற்ப்பொருளும் நீயே

நான்மறை கருப்பொருளும் நீயே 

நான்மறை இறைப்பொருளும் நீயே 

ஆதலால் அடியேன் நின்னை 

அப்பிரணவமென ஏற்றுவேனே

நாதத்தின் நாதன் உன்னை

நாடினேன் நலம்செய் என்னை!
 

மோனத்தில் மகிழ்ச்சிக் கொண்டு

என் நாயகனே வந்தான் முன்பு 

நாதத்தின் வடிவாய் நின்ற

நாதனும்  என்னைக் கண்டு 

காந்தமின் பார்வைக் கொண்டு 

புன்முறுவலும் பூத்தே நன்று

வார்த்தையும் மொழியாமல் ஒன்று

என்னையும் கடந்தான் சென்று! 

அன்பிற் பிறியதொன்றில்லை

அன்பிற் பெரியதொன்றில்லை

அன்பினால் இழிவொன்றில்லை

அன்பினால் அழிவே இல்லை 

அன்பையே அம்பாய்க் கொண்டு

அன்பனை அடிமைக் கொள்வேன்  

கருணையை வாளாய்க் கொண்டு

கரியவனின் கருத்தை வெல்வேன்   

ஆதலால் அடியேன் நின்னை 

அன்பே சிவமென ஏற்றுவேனே

அன்பற்கு அடியவன் உன்னை

நாடினேன் அணைப்பாய் என்னை!
 

அன்பனும் அன்பு கொண்டு எனை

அணைக்கவே வந்தான் முன்பு 

கருணையின் வடிவாய் நின்ற

கரியவனும் என்னைக் கண்டு 

காந்தமின் பார்வைக் கொண்டு 

புன்முறுவலும் பூத்தே நன்று

அணைத்தனன் ஆவல் கொண்டு

ஆத்மனும் பகர்ந்தான் ஒன்று

அன்பென்னும் அறிவைக் கொண்டு 

எனை நீயும் அறிந்தாய் நன்று

அன்பும் உன் என்பில் தோய 

அன்பிலே உன் மனமதி ஓய

அன்பின் நான் வேறு அன்றே 

அன்பிலே நாம் கலந்தோம் இன்றே! 

Happy Reading!

BREATH, SEX AND PROGENY

Sage Thirumoolar gave a treasure of information about breath and progeny in his work Thirumantiram. I am going to quote some of these poems and give the closest interpretation that I know of, in English. Now the effort is just to present the poems and not provide a medical treatise here as proof for the same. May the qualified medical experts be interested in such studies and enlighten us on these subjects.

I came across this more than a decade back and found it extremely interesting every time I read it. I am sure you would also like them.

1. How a Male, female and twins are conceived

குழவியும் ஆணாம் வலத்தது ஆகில்
குழவியும் பெண்ணாம் இடத்தது ஆகில்
குழவியும் இரண்டாம் அபானன் எதிர்க்கில்
குழவி அலியாகும் கொண்ட கால் ஒக்கிலே” – Thirumantiram 482

If the man during sex has right / solar breath then the child then conceived would be a male. If the breath of the man during sex is from left / lunar side then the child would be a female. If the breath is balanced between both nostrils then the child so conceived would be with neuter gender. When the movement of Prana is opposed by Apana then it shall be twins. 

In my opinion it is also good in one way when people today don’t know these secrets. In a land where female feticide is very high, you would find people probably mastering the right nostril breathing before sex for a male child. 

2. Children with disabilities

“மாதா உதரம் மலமிகில் மந்தனாம்
மாத உதரம் சலமிகில் மூங்கையாம்
மாதா உதரம் இரண்டொக்கில் கண்ணில்லை.
மாதா உதரத்தில் வந்த குழவிக்கே' - Thirumantiram 481

During sex if the female’s intestine is filled with feces then the child so conceived would be a dullard, if the bladder is full of urine to be excreted then the child so conceived would be dumb (cannot speak). If the female’s body is filled with feces and urine then the child would be blind.

So what we note is the sex of the child is determined by the father’s breath and the constitution of the child like sensory organs is determined by the mother’s quality of breath. 

3. Children’s height and quality of skeletal structure

“பாய்கின்ற வாயு குறையிற் குறளாகும்
பாய்கின்ற வாயு இளைக்கின் முடமாகும்.
பாய்கின்ற வாயு நடுப்படின் கூனாகும்
பாய்கின்ற வாயு மாத்ர்க்கில்லை பார்க்கிலே” - Thirumantiram 481

During sex if the male and female’s breath are of same measure then the child conceived would not have any deficiency. If the males breathe is shorter than the normal then the child would be short in height. If the breath is not dense enough (in tamil the word is இளைக்கின் which usually means diluted and hence I have used dense / thick) then the child conceived would be lame with poor skeletal structure. If both happens – breathe is shorter than normal and diluted then the child would have a hunch back.

Sage Thirumoolar also tells that the age of the child is also dependent on the quality of breath of the male at the time of sex. 

'பாய்ந்த பின் அஞ்சோடிய ஆயுளும் நூறாம்
பாய்ந்த பின் நாலோடி பாரினில் எண்பதாம்'

I found it difficult to understand this but yet giving you the interpretation. If the male’s breathe is 5 matras then the child would live for 100 years. Similarly if it is 4 matras then the child would live for 80 years. (One matra corresponds to about 20 years of life.)

'கொண்ட வாயு இருவருக்கும் ஒத்தொழில்
கொண்ட குழவியும் கோமளமாயிரும்

Sage also says, that if the rhythm and the measure are equal between male and female the offspring would look very beautiful. 

Now the objective of this chapter is to show the importance of breath and the extent our ancestors knew about it and mastered the techniques for healthy and long life. There isn’t enough research by modern science – at least to the extent I know, that can unravel some of the secrets which we have been having for a long time. 

Don’t you think that some of these aspects especially the types of breath and the breathing rhythm should be part of our curriculum? 

Happy reading!

BREATH, TIME, TIMINGS AND TAMIL

As you know by now that I always harp that in ancient India all things are interrelated with each other and one forms the basis for the other. Let’s look at breath management, time, timings and how Tamil as a language are interrelated.

I am tempted to quote Swami Chinmaya who stated that “Time is the period between two thoughts”. As you know:

·         A day is divided into 24 hours and each hour with 60 minutes. The fundamental unit of time today is a second for day today life.

·         In ancient India a day is divided into 60 units and not 24 hours, and each unit is called as Nazhigai which has 24 minutes. Two Nazhigai is called a Muhurtam which is 48 minutes. Both of them are very significant measures. So each hour has 2.5 Nazhigai.

I hope you noticed both of them (Nazhigai and Muhurtam) are multiples of 8 which is the fundamental resonance numeral.

·         Do you know why any yogic exercise / meditation / Pranayama are given a count that is multiple of 24 (in terms of counts or minutes or days)?

·         Do you know why in Siddha / Ayurveda medical system the treatments are generally prescribed for 24 days or 48 days?

If you don’t know the significance of 24, read on.

·         In ancient India the concept of time and its measurement are sacred, continuous for billions of years and accurate. If you have not read I would encourage you to read my eBOOK Time = Space, Chapter 12: Vedic concept of time & its measurements. (https://www.facebook.com/ThinkingHearts)

·         To my knowledge, we had measurement as small as 1.85 micro second (Tatpara) to linearly 155+ trillion years.

·         When the ancient rishis defined the fundamental period of time (and not unit of time) they wanted that it should correspond to one full cycle. Since earth is always rotating one cycle is 360 degree – it takes 24 hours to rotate around itself and 365 days to revolve around Sun. But both these measures are not fundamental for intra-day measurements. Also how do we equate a spatial measure (rotational distance) with a time value when it comes to Intra-day measurements?

·         Our rishis considered that each breath as one degree and one cycle can be considered as 360 degree or 360 breaths. If it is 15 breaths a minute than 360 breaths takes 24 minutes and hence the fundamental period (not unit of time) of measurement is Nazhigai which has 24 minutes. 60 such units make one day.

·         So the most fundamental period of time where anything completes 1 cycle in Microcosm is 24 minutes or 1 Nazhigai.

·         The other aspect I want to highlight is that the same concept is used to overcome death by stilling the breath and mind. Since you have stilled the breath, you have not moved in the time-space scale and also the breath is not wasted which means you can achieve immortality in the state of Samadhi. Again as Indians, lets us wait for someone to come and tell us this in English with a theory for us to accept it and award them noble prize. Till then let’s ignore the science in our scriptures stating that these are mythology, religious and superstition. Our ability to take pride in our ignorance is really amazing!

Breath and Tamil language:

Just go and ask someone who is fanatic about Tamil as to “Why Tamil was named as Tamil”? & not something else. If I am right, many of them would not know the answer. Because we have become emotional idiots, we are fanatic about our language / culture without understanding the science behind it. When we understand the science then we would not be fanatic but supremely confident and this confidence about the superiority in our language or culture is the contagious aspect that is required today.

As per Tamil scripture Aintiram, the initial universal evolutionary process consisted of 5 stages and they are can be imagined as movements of particles during the Big bang. They are அமிழ்தல், இமிழ்தல், குமிழ்தல், உமிழ்தல், தமிழ்தல்.

·         Withdrawl (Amizhdal)

·         Imizhdal (Overflowing)

·         Kumizhdal (clustering round in an order)

·         Umizhdal (Emitting)

·         Tamizhdal (resulting into a well defined form)

These are the first stages from the Big bang till a well defined shape is formed. Now the last level is called Tamizhdal which results in a well defined form. This state has emanated from the Pranava and was not been created by someone. Hence a language as rich with the sweetness of inherent order, originating from the luminosity of the original particle is called Tamil. Tamil is word based on the final resultant state called Tamizhdal (தமிழ்தல்).

Tamil language has 12 vowels and 18 consonants both combine to form 216 letters (உயிர் எழுத்து - Uyir Ezhuthu (Life / Energy letters – 12 letters) and மெய் எழுத்து - Mei Ezhuthu (Body / Matter letters – 18 letters)

We have already seen that “Yoga states that if you breathe through the right nostril (Solar breath), then it is effectively 12 angulas of breath length and if you breathe through the left nostril (Lunar Breath), then it is effectively 16 angulas of breath length”. I am going to highlight the correlation between this and Tamil language.

·         The 12 vowels correspond to 12 Angula breath of Solar / right breath. This also means all Vowels originate in our navel.

·         The 18 consonants correspond to 16 Angula breath of Chandra / left breath with the addition of Manas – மனஸ் (mind) and உயிர் (life). All consonants originate in our Moooladhara Chakra.

·         The combination of vowels and consonants total up to 216 alphabets in Tamil (216 =18*12) corresponds to one hundredth of 21600 breaths in day. Please note that vowels and consonants create a word with life just as much we would have a living body by the combination of left and right breath.

· This number 18 is what is reflected in பதிணென் சித்தர்கள், (18 different Siddhas) பதினெட்டுப் புராணங்கள், (18 Puranas), யோக சாதன முறைகளி ஏற்படும் தடைகள் (நிலைகளும்) (18 step process of Sidha Yoga) பதினெட்டு, அய்யப்பன் கோவில்படிகள் பதினெட்டு (18 steps in Lord Ayappa temple in Kerala), பகவத்கீதையில் பதினெட்டு அதிகாரங்களை (18 Chapters in Bhagavad Gita). There are more such significances like Mahabharatha war took place for 18 days.

So to sum up:

·         We all are endowed with a rhythmic breath count which corresponds to our life span, and health.

·         There are 2 types of breath – Solar and Lunar which has a specific rhythm and pattern to it.

·         Our whole body is very well aligned with nature – Lunar and Solar cycle based on which the breath rhythm is aligned.

·         Breath rhythm is used to define the fundamental period of time called Nazhigai and this is used for yogic exercises, Siddha medicine and meditative purposes too.

·         Breath has a significant linkage to a language like Tamil and hence Tamil with divine words and a breath like rhythm is a language throbbing with life.

Let us look at some more interesting aspects!

Happy reading!