SRD:360 Degree Resourcefulness.

Prayer Song.Where the mind is Free.08.wmv

2011-07-24T19:58:00.001+05:30

Prayer Song.Where the mind is Free.08.wmv

2011-07-24T19:58:00.000+05:30

Seeking from Within: (06.07) Guru's Grace - Varahi Virya Nandita

2011-06-25T15:38:00.000+05:30

Seeking from Within: (06.07) Guru's Grace - Varahi Virya Nandita: "Amba Devi - Amaravati Amaravati: Full of Ambrosia : This is probably the 3rd time I am hearing this name from the depths of my conscien..."

Foundation for Indian Scientific Heritage(R), Suratkal.

2010-07-08T06:59:00.002+05:30

http://groups.google.co.in/group/foundation-for-indian-scientific-heritage?hl=en?hl=en-GB

Divine Response.

2010-07-08T06:48:00.000+05:30

।। ॐ ।।
प्रणामपूर्वकन्चादौ भवते विदुषे मया । किञ्चिन्निरूप्यते चात्र मन्त्र-सूत्रविचारणे ।।
मन्त्रो नित्यो'पौरुषेयो'थवा परेशकल्पितः ।यो वै वेदेषु संख्यातो भारतात्मेव संस्थितः ।।
सूत्राणि पुनरुक्तानि महर्षिमुनिकोविदैः । वेदानुसारि तत्सर्वं संप्रदायनिबन्धनं ।।
पातञ्जलेषु सूत्रेषु प्रोक्तेषु तन्महर्षिणा । वाचकः प्रणवस्तस्य चेति सूत्रम् इहोद्धृतं ।।
पौरुषेयाणि सूत्राणि साद्यन्तानीति शास्त्रतः । वेदार्थवर्त्मगामित्वादनवद्यमिति स्फुटं ।।
मन्त्रेषु सूत्ररूपत्वम् क्वचिद्भवति वा न वा । प्रसिद्ध लक्षणान्मात्र- मनवद्यं हि शिष्यते ।।
परं शास्त्रं लोकहितं चिकित्सन्तो'मला बुधाः । वेदादिदोहनेनैव रचयन्ति विचक्षणम् ।।
मन्त्रे च सूत्रके चैव मननं दिव्यमाहितम् । सूत्रवन्मन्त्र इति वा मन्त्रवत्सूत्रमित्युत ।।
माहेश्वराणि सूत्राणि दिव्यानीति न संशयः । स्थाणोः श्मशाननिलये डमरूत्थानि तानि वै ।। शब्दव्याकरणं तस्माज्जगद्व्याकरणं यतः । प्रपन्चोपशमः शब्दे प्रपञ्चो यदि लीयते ।।
वाग्योगो'सौ चागमिनां शैवशाक्तमते तथा । सूत्राणाम् तेन मन्त्रत्वं शब्दब्रह्मावगाहिनाम् ।।
सप्रश्रयबहुमानं भवदीय एव
सुरेन्द्रः ।
The inspiration was:
नमांसि
"यो वेदादौ स्वर: प्रोक्तो " इति यो मन्त्र: सैव पातञ्जले सूत्रे सुत्ररूपेण अवतारित: तस्य वाचक: प्रणवेति । एवं प्राप्तं सुत्रत्वं मन्त्रस्य। ये खलु सूत्रा ते सर्वे मन्त्रा: इति "सूत्रवत् मन्त्र:। मन्त्रवत्सूत्रं" इति नूतनं सूत्रं समुद्घाटितं मन्ये।
यद्दृष्ट्या माहेश्वरसूत्रेषु न केवलं व्याकरणम् व्याकृतं अपि च प्रपञ्चस्य अव्याकरणम् अर्थात् प्रपञ्चलयविधानं मन्त्रशास्त्रप्रसिद्धं निगूढं निहितं इति ज्ञातुं शक्यं ।अत: माहेश्वरसूत्राणां न मन्त्रतुल्यत्वं किन्तु मन्त्रत्वमेव सिद्धं इति शं।
धन्योस्मि।

Raaga - Sarpa Suktam - Veda Vahini Vol - 3. Download Sanskrit MP3 songs

2010-06-28T06:42:00.000+05:30

Raaga - Sarpa Suktam - Veda Vahini Vol - 3. Download Sanskrit MP3 songs

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2010-06-28T05:21:00.000+05:30

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This is one of the most important procedures of Vedic Organic Agriculture–to apply the total value of Natural Law and the necessary specific values of Natural Law to uphold each stage of transformation in the life of plants and animals. In this manner, we can be sure that that total nourishing value of Natural Law will be structured in everything the farmer grows.

This perfectly orderly, eternal structure of knowledge–Veda–has been preserved over thousands of years in the Vedic Tradition of India. The complete knowledge of Veda and its profound significance for life has been revived and understood in a scientific framework by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in his Vedic Science and Technology.

Modern science has thus identified one holistic, Unified Field at the basis of all the immense diversity of Natural Law expressed in creation, and Maharishi’s Vedic Science has emperically identified this same field as the field of consciousness. The entire animate and inanimate creation is based on these natural laws and their sequential unfoldment. This Unified Field is the total potential, the total intelligence of Natural Law.

Maharishi's Vedic Science is thus the perfect complement to, and fulfillment of, modern science because Maharishi’s Vedic Science makes the Unified Field a useful, living reality through Maharishi’s programs for the development of consciousness. (See Maharishi’s Technologies of Consciousness.) The Unified Field is the Unified Field of Natural Law–the unification of all the fundamental forces and particles of nature. By mastering this field, we can apply Natural Law in a most effective and holistic manner.

Dangerous Decisions.

2010-06-24T04:48:00.000+05:30

Namaste,
Dear All,

"Our South Asian Islamists have publicly stated on more than one occasion that their objective is to turn India from being a land of happy heathens to one in which Islamism prevails."
That is an extreme stuff from one blog whereas:

Indian spirituality has become the absolute truth and facts for the western world which was wandering after the Semitic religious messages got evacuated from the western scientific mind.

Indian mantras, Upanishads, Vedas, spiritual darsanas, pranayama and customs and rituals are being accepted after systematic scientific analyses, by the developed world. The messages of Indian Rishies are also being accepted when they visit abroad for showering the messages of Lokaa: samasthaa: sukhino Bhavanthu and love and affection without religious convertion.

IISH workers are excited to see and know that world over particularly in the most developed countries like USA, Canada, European countries, Australia and so on the Indian mathematics, metallurgy, health science, ayurveda, yoga, mantras, music, vedic mathematics, New Age Therapies, vegetarian foods, family system, rituals and customs are being accepted with utmost sincerity and devotion."

This is from:

http://www.iish.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=58&Itemid=112

This can eliminate dangerous decisions in a positive way.

LOVE Mother INDIA!

Vande GO-Mataram!!

Tip: 5 things you may not know you can do with attachments in Gmail - Official Gmail Blog

2010-06-17T11:46:00.000+05:30

Tip: 5 things you may not know you can do with attachments in Gmail - Official Gmail Blog

Grading and Degrading.

2010-04-02T06:30:00.002+05:30

What if Students Graded Teachers?

The top 2 concerns most Principals and Superintendents share with me are: 1) how to motivate disinterested, disconnected, disruptive, angry students to want to learn and 2) how to deal with ineffective, reactionary, "difficult" teachers (and parents) without conflict, confrontation and intense, community-wide backlash?

I'm Just Asking: What if Students Graded Teachers on Quarterly Report Cards (anonymously for safety purposes) on the following:

1. Teacher delivery.
2. Teacher knowledge of subject.
3. Teacher attitude toward me as their student.
4. Teacher's attitude toward class as a whole.
5. Teacher's willingness to teach me until I understand.
6. Teacher's willingness to provide a safe social emotional classroom for me to learn in.
7. Teacher's willingness to play well and get along with others.

What if Teachers graded Principals, and Principals graded Superintendents - anonymously? What if Parents graded Teachers, Principals and Superintendents? Scary, eh? Well, we'd certainly know specifically what we needed to improve upon within the entire educational system. In reality, everybody is being graded anyway, and the results are showing up in the students grades and personal well-being - regardless of a formal community-wide grading system being put in place - because the students' grades directly reflect the answers to the questions above.

Transontology.

2010-03-29T07:39:00.001+05:30

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Axioms of Transontlogy

The following axioms and their corollaries are derived from the Vedic Esoteric Teaching of Vedanta, as described above. For a formal mathematical presentation of these ontological axioms in the OWL notation, see our site http://transontology.org

Axiom: All energies are emanated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient spiritual source of everything.

Corollary: The qualities and quantities of the energies are a subset of the qualities and quantities of their source, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; He is infinite, but His energies are limited.
Corollary: The spiritual world is the internal energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the material world is His external energy, and the living entities are His marginal energy.
Corollary: Both the spiritual and material energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead possess form and other qualities; however, the spiritual energy is eternal, living, conscious, individual and personal, whereas the material energy is temporary, impersonal and inert.

Axiom: The spiritual energy (consciousness) is fundamental to existence; in fact it is the root substance of all other manifestations (Brahman).

Corollary: All manifestations and phenomena are simply transformations of consciousness.
Corollary: Consciousness is transcendental to the limitations of Aristotelian logic, specifically the Law of the Excluded Middle, because it is simultaneously, inconceivably one with and different from everything else.
Corollary: Conscious entities cannot be described by the categories of conventional ontology nor their behavior predicted by Aristotelian logic; this requires the transcendental ontology and logic of the Esoteric Teaching.

Axiom: The living entity is a fundamental particle of spiritual energy.

Corollary: Consciousness is the primary symptom or quality of the living entity.
Corollary: Individuality, personality, intention, mind, memory, desire, initiative, emotion, creativity, living force (prana, ki) etc. are also qualities of the living entity and thus concomitant with, and inseparable from, consciousness.
Corollary: The living entity’s potency is infinitesimal because he is subatomic in size.

Axiom: The living entity has an eternal ecstatic loving spiritual relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is his natural constitutional position of pure consciousness in the spiritual energy.

Corollary: The living entity is eternally related with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in one of five primary relationships: neutrality, servitude, friendship, parenthood or conjugal love.
Corollary: The living entity is temporarily related with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in one of seven secondary relationships: laughter, compassion, anger, chivalry, dread, astonishment and ghastliness.
Corollary: Whether in the spiritual or material energy, the consciousness and experience of the living entity are determined by the character and flavor of his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Axiom: The living entity has complete freedom, thus he may remain in his natural home, the internal spiritual energy, or may be covered by the external material energy.

Corollary: The living entity can be conscious of the spiritual energy at any time; he becomes conscious of the material energy by rebelling against the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Corollary: When the living entity rebels against his natural constitutional relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this original relationship becomes pervertedly reflected in the material energy, causing the consciousness of the living entity to become conditioned by the qualities of material nature.
Corollary: When the relationship between the living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is in a normal healthy condition, the living entity is happy; when the living entity rebels against this relationship, he becomes unhappy and suffers because he is in illusion and denial of his constitutional nature and real identity.
Corollary: When the living entity in conditioned consciousness realizes the cause of his suffering, and again accepts his constitutional relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is reinstated in his original consciousness, ends his suffering and returns to the spiritual world.

Axiom: The living entity is always accompanied by the Supersoul (Paramatma), a plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Corollary: The Supersoul is the eternal friend of the living entity, and remains always faithful and affectionate toward him, constantly maintaining him in all conditions of existence.
Corollary: The Supersoul manifests and operates the material or spiritual body, senses and environment of the living entity, in cooperation with the living entity’s desires.
Corollary: The Supersoul desires the living entity to be happy, and thus when the living entity is in the material world, always tries to invite him back to his real home in the spiritual world.

Axiom: The living entity may indirectly cause various manifestations by petitioning the Supersoul, who according to His perfect judgment, may create the desired effects with His omnipotent will because of His eternal affection for the living entity.

Corollary: The apparent creative potency of the living entity is actually the power of the Supersoul responding to the petitions of the living entity.
Corollary: Prayer, meditation, energy work, creative visualization, worship, mantras, devotional service, yoga, exercise, mental training and various other material and spiritual disciplines are simply different direct and indirect methods of petitioning the Supersoul for the manifestation of the living entity’s desires.
Corollary: The living entity’s petition is more effective and easily granted when it is consonant with the purposes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Corollary: When the living entity’s petition is against the purposes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he becomes responsible for the karma of the manifestation and has to accept an unintended but equal reaction in the same mode (ignorance, passion or goodness); this is the cause of all suffering.
Corollary: When the living entity’s petition is in harmony with the purposes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no karmic reaction.
Corollary: The living entity can literally create miracles by dovetailing his will with the purposes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; this is the actual basis of creative visualization and so-called mystic powers.

Night has the right to be dark!

2010-03-26T04:44:00.002+05:30

Earth prays:

Ye Humans, Night has the right to be dark!
And the flora and fauna on my bosom need darkness
to be and to grow drawing energy from my core.

Allow the stars to bless them; don't put a screen of your lights
Upon them for your enjoyment, madness.

As the Sun to you during the Day, is Darkness to them
in the Night.

Allow them to breathe their life for they breathe out
your life into you!

Pollution, you have brought with your dictionary and meaning
Whereas none of them know its meaning.

And to make your Dictionary meaningful,
You practice it meticulously.

Ye Humans, perfectly imperfect you want to be!
Let the Night follow the Day.

Let me have my Delight in Darkness
and you have your dalliance in my bosom.

Let me Be, let it be.

When to celebrate New Year?

2010-03-16T11:00:00.004+05:30

Shame....!! Shame....!!

What do you want to be?

A follower or a Leader?

Slaves of the west!

question yourself:

Indian lions!

spread this message:

Day-change

How does the change of day occur at 12'o clock midnight, without any change in the external atmosphere?

Is there any significance?

Why do we still blindly follow the calendar of the Britishers?

Day-change occurs with sunrise, which is marked by a change from darkness to light, from night to dawn..

an ushering in of a new day.

(Quite evident to even a toddler)

Year-Change

There is no way to differentiate between Dec 31^st and Jan 1^st in terms of nature, atmosphere, the movement of the Earth, or the position of planets, but the blind and slavish followers of the west believe that year-change occurs at midnight of Dec 31^st.

On Ugadi or Gudi Padva we observe a Natural Change in the atmosphere with the growth of new leaves on trees and a refreshing energy in the atmosphere, and also a change in planetary positions. Indians believe this as the New Year because of it's clear natural, atmospheric and planetary significance.

Calendar

In a gregorian calendar we only see the month, the date and the day. There is no defined plan for each day with details of sunrise, sunset and moon position.

The gregorian calender is just a printed piece of paper on the wall.

The Indian calender popularly known as PANCHANGA tells the time of sunrise, sunset, the movement of the moon, and also recommends an indicative planning for each day according to variations in nature.

This is a time tested and established guidance sheet to lead a purposeful Life, not merely a list of numbers.

Why still foolishly recognize Jan 1^st as the New Year?

Let us give a thought before celebrating the meaningless Jan 1^st as the New Year :

Scientifically, naturally and from the perspective of Human development,

UGADI/GUDI PADVA is the best day to celebrate as New Year

Let us boycott Jan 1^st Celebrations henceforth

“Let us rekindle our Raashtriya Swaabhimaan

and not be the blind followers of the west”

more info: http://tinyurl.com/panchangam

From Fire to Consciousness.

2010-02-12T08:27:00.003+05:30

Namaste.

"Agnim ElE Purohitam" is the opening Mantra of the Rg-Veda.

Its manifestation is the Universal Form, the Vishva Rupa.

From Fire to Consciousness, from without towards within one can move through the Fire Pit. The Agnihotra is the means there of.

The Project.

2009-09-28T06:59:00.006+05:30

Foundation for Indian Scientific Heritage(FISH),
An online initiative of CSRD(Centre for Spiritual Resource Development)
CSRD, Daya,19-16/3, Aranthabettu,Srinivasnagar P.O
Mangalore :575025
INDIA
_________________________________________________________________________________

PREAMBLE.

The humanity is witnessing seemingly unprecedented fast track progress in the field of science and spirituality in the 21st century. ICT (information and communication technology) has accelerated this progress in manifold ways. A few sensible brains across the planet globe earth have got seriously and serially connected to derive the maximum positive benefits of the most ancient global scientific heritage, rightly identified as the Vedic/Sanskrit Sciences. A project is being initiated to establish a Foundation for Indian Scientific Heritage (FISH) in Bhavnagar, Gujarat under the patronage of a few enlightened citizens.
The available Vedic/Sanskrit resources explicitly hint at the amazing and unimaginable scientific data of a variety of disciplines which are relevant even today. This unerringly points at a unique traditional research methodology involving less or nil external physical technology. Its links are not totally lost to the posterity. The Vedic research and development least affected the cosmic harmony and global peace. “Om Shantih, Shantih, Shantih” is the warp and woof of ancient scientific innovations and initiatives.
The Common man’s Participation.
The proposed project envisions common man’s all round progress in and through daily life and active participation in this project. India has a very vast ethno-botanical knowledge base in the villages. Only the common man has access to it. Many valuable traditional disciplines are embedded in the village life. These are to be gathered and decoded without the negative interventions of civilization. This project endeavours to appraise the prevailing modes of culture and heritage transfer (if at all it is taking place) to the younger generation.
This project discerns the need for the revival of intergenerational transfer of culture and heritage. The ever living culture of Bharat is richly resourceful to accommodate and adjust to modern requirements. It effectively responds to the challenges raised by the negativities of modern civilization.
Our Action Plan.
• Tracing out Indian traditional research methodology.
• Creating Vedic Sciences database.
• Developing Sanskrit as a Research Tool.
• Survey, updating and application of local ethno-botanical resources in daily life.
• Identification, documentation and verification of traditional methods of health management.
• Organizing Indian scientific heritage awareness campaign, online and
offline.
• Implementing NFSE (Non Formal Sanskrit Education) Programme.

Our Sources of Inspiration.
This project is Consciousness Computer (human brain) generated whose ‘brain-child’ is the modern computer. And traditionally available consciousness software is the main source of our inspiration. This software is in the living memory of a very few and rare resource persons by whose blessings the project is taking shape and gaining ground.
The timely, innovative initiative of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) under MHRD, Govt. of India has given birth to NFSE which provides a cutting edge to prepare the ground and field for the unfailing transfer of our culture and scientific heritage to the elder and younger generations.
The present project adds to it the NFSE as a plug in programme.
IISH, Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage, Trivandrum, Kerala is a unique NGO which serves the cause of spreading scientific and spiritual heritage awareness among the people of India. IISH is an inspiration to every heritage citizen of Bharat. The present project draws abundant material from IISH.

Earth Hour 28-03-2009

2009-03-28T20:36:00.001+05:30

Dear All,

To vote for Earth Hour is to switch off the lights at 8.30pm for an hour. Of course it is symbolic. Do we stop here? To become aware of the darkness is to become aware of the greater and more true LIGHT of CONSCIOUSNESS.

Add the following to invoke divine harmony symbolized by rain.

Let the rain come and wash away
the ancient grudges, the bitter hatreds
held and nurtured over generations.
Let the rain wash away the memory
of the hurt, the neglect.
Then let the sun come out and
fill the sky with rainbows.
Let the warmth of the sun heal us
wherever we are broken.
Let it burn away the fog so that
we can see each other clearly.
So that we can see beyond labels,
beyond accents, gender or skin color.
Let the warmth and brightness
of the sun melt our selfishness.
So that we can share the joys,
And feel the sorrows of our neighbors.
And let the light of the sun
be so strong that we will see all
people as our neighbors.
Let the earth, nourished by rain,
bring forth flowers
to surround us with beauty.
And let the mountains teach our hearts
to reach upward to heaven.

{By Rabbi Harold Kushner}

Consciousness Technology.

2009-02-22T05:13:00.000+05:30

Human brain is rightly called the "consciousness computer."
It is best depicted and represented through Sri Chakram. Tapas is the highly sophisticated technique of activating "Accelerated Thought" within the brain. This would inaugurate the new era of future Biology as Consciousness Science.

More about breakthrough insights on this fascinating area of research will be blogged later.

2012

2009-01-26T05:19:00.000+05:30

Much discussed "2012" is not very far away. Having gone through a bulk of blogs, vlogs and books on the matter and spirit of the topic I feel that it is better to give up reading to prevent over anxiety and consequent victimization.

Is it required to shell out money to get DNA activation?

If the Nature, nay, Mother Nature has placed us to be present during the period of transition and transformation and if(!) she has been efficient before the advent of the dollar($)I am sure it is enough to give in with conscious surrender to her ways of preparation and transformation.

Let good sense prevail.

" In dwelling, live close to the ground.

In thinking, keep to the simple.

In conflict, be fair and generous.

In governing, don't try to control.

In work, do what you enjoy.

In family life, be completely present."

Lao Tzu sounds true, pleasant and simple.

But it is difficult to be simple!!!!!!!!

Long Live Teachers Movement.

2008-09-07T12:59:00.000+05:30

WikiEducator Promotional Video

It is available at:

http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Director

Cheers

Teachers Day : 2008

2008-09-02T06:44:00.000+05:30

Long Live Teachers Movement.

The WikiEducators/India/Karnataka welcome all teachers to add voice to the Joint Statement published in WikiEducator India Page.

Please go to:

www.wikieducator.org/India

and find L4C launch Joint Statement.

With warm regards,

WikiEducators/India/Karnataka.

Teachers Day, 2008

2008-07-29T04:40:00.000+05:30

"A computer literate, internet enabled teacher is better equipped to create nation building generation."

With this inspiration the WikiEducator Ambassadors for India have launched a programme on the Teachers Day this year to educate the teachers about open education resource and free networks.

The Teachers of Karnataka are urged to create their E-Mail Id to begin with.

This would herald a new era in the Teachers Movement.

On Gandhi Jayanti Day a national level campaign will be launched with the release of a Joint Statement by the WikiEducators India Team.

Cheers.

Project Mind Foundation Discussion Board: Welcome to our Discussion Board

2008-04-27T07:44:00.000+05:30

Project Mind Foundation <br>Discussion Board: Welcome to our Discussion Board

Let me join to say, " adieu " to a Dynamic Person...

2008-04-19T13:19:00.000+05:30

Just now I saw the photo of Mr.Eric Case with a face aglow with friendliness.

To love and to be loved is life is all about.

To help ever and hurt never,

To wish good health to oneself and all,

To take care of hygiene about and around oneself,

To have a sense of humour expressed whenever and wherever common

sense permits,

To honour a human being whose goodness should not be doubted unless

otherwise proved,

To hope for Peace to prevail across the globe,

Let these be the candles you hold along your life-journey.

This post I publish to say "adieu" to that dynamic person whom I

saw in the photo.

Towards Global Citizenship.

2008-04-14T14:53:00.000+05:30

" Reach more, research more, travel less; navigate across the world wide web towards enlightened Global Citizenship "

What is GC?

Our consciousness is self-empowered to expand in any direction into any domain.

It is capable of designing and structuring suitable means and medium to accomplish

what is clearly chartered by its innate wisdom.

The Commonwealth of Learning has its targetted task of Wikieducator 2015 across the
globe.

Politically defined citizenship is limited to a given geographical area.

Global Citizenship transends such limitations and requires to be defined differently.

Culture-centric approach which focuses on being human globally unerringly aims at

globally acceptable Global Citizenship. This is precisely attempted by me at

http://learnhub.com/courses/201-learn-without-language/

The Eye of the Rshi.

2008-03-21T06:33:00.000+05:30

Rshi, a Vedic term, means the seer.

A seer is a Sage. A Sage is a seer, a person of cosmic vision.

Vedic Astrology is called the Eye of the Vedas.

Each Vedic discipline, like Astrology, has a configuration of Cosmic Consciousness.

It is this configuration which is the eye-opener of the learner.

A Rishi is called Guru because the Eye of the Rishi opens the inner eye of the learner.

A Rishi is called an Acharya because of the conduct in keeping with the Vedic discipline.

Towards the Third Eye.

2008-03-19T18:36:00.000+05:30

Eating for survival, Sleep, fear and act of propagation are common features of all living beings.

Viveka, the ability to distinguish right and wrong,good and bad,true and false,real and unreal,pairs of opposites,contrasts,the freedom and ability of choice, is exclusively the human characteristic which makes the difference between animal and human.

The Vedic System of Education gives prime importance to cultivation of Viveka through various programmes.

Living with the teacher is the first step after getting accepted as a disciple.

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The Third Eye of 360degree.

2008-03-18T20:37:00.000+05:30

Seeing the world the way the Lord sees is the way of Third Eye.

The Lord is all eyes. Our eyes are lit in the light of His eyes.

The Lord is all ears. Our ears are sounded in the silence of His ears.

His unseen Hands lead us from darkness to light.

Our hearts ever abide in His Heart.

Here the image mode of the active memory matters much to the Spirit.

Live amidst The Spiritually Resourceful.

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It is a matter of Grace that one is able to get the company of those who have reached the centre of 360degree resourcefulness.

Like the spring season such Masters make their presence evident to the spiritually receptive aspirants through the inner harmony experienced while being with them.

Then the intellectual impediments are arrested and the soul experiences sweetness and light within.

Wherever they be, the Maters are at zero distance and ever available to the devoted seekers. Not even a click away.

As they know that God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere, the Masters ever abide by that centre.

Register your soul at the nearest centre of SRD(your own heart),
and wait for the password. Pray.

Sign up. Hasten slowly.

Interconnectivity and Interdependence.

2008-03-16T13:18:00.000+05:30

No Man is an Island.

Yes. It is an eternal and universal truth.

But it is necessary to choose enduring and sacred connections.

What is pleasant need not be always good. What is really good need not be popular.

It is the heart supported by enlightened conscience which identifies the good.

Seek company of the good. Pray for it. It will click.

Inter connectivity and interdependence are two sides of the same coin.

The subtler, the more pervasive.

2008-03-15T17:27:00.000+05:30

One inside the other is not the same as one interior to the other.

Water inside the bottle is not the same as ice cube inside water. The Vedic fivefold personality of the human being can be comprehended with the help of Vedic definition of subtlety and pervasiveness.

The subtler the principle the more pervasive it will be.

The spiritual interior of the gross physical body reveals, one after the other, the four levels with which the sense of I is identified. These levels are progressively subtle in nature and characteristics.

The human identity is the outer most and the spiritual IDENSITY is the inner most. It pervades all.

God alone can reveal God's idensity.

The Vedic Pattern of Personality.

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There are different versions of personality perspectives according to various traditions of Spiritual Science. The Vedic Vision reveals five progressively subtle domains of microcosmic existence. The fivefold domains are further classified into three bodies.

The Panchakosas, as they are named,have i)gross energy sheath ii)vital energy sheath iii)mind energy sheath iv)thought energy sheath v)bliss energy sheath.

The Sanskrit terms are translated here for the specific purpose of creating the context in which they are used here.

The three bodies are i) gross physical ii) subtle vital iii) casual bliss.

There are Vedic Chants which address these sheaths and click the ions to run the cleaners to refine them.

Sign up. Hasten slowly.

The Dynamics of Cosmic Consolidation.

2008-03-12T18:04:00.000+05:30

The DCC codes are concealed in the Vedas. The microcosm is an extension of the macrocosm. Hence the Vedic precept, what is here is that which is there.

This is neither easy nor difficult. It is simple. And yet it cannot be over simplified.

One has to live in harmony at all levels of existence and expression, which is called UPASANA, experiential learning.

It has to come from the parents and the teacher. At home and in the school there should not be any discord of any kind which disables the process of internalizing the values and meanings of culture.

The Vedic Pattern of Personality is called Panchakosha, the fivefold layers of energy resources.

The Vertical Dimensions of Sanskrit Language.

2008-03-11T17:50:00.000+05:30

The script of any language usually takes horizontal arrangement of its units. Sanskrit is an exception.

Before going to the details of Sanskrit, just take a close look at the page of any language script. Is it not true that though the lines are horizontally arranged, the movement of the reading takes top-to-bottom vertical direction! Any other movement would cause suffocation and immobility to the reader's mind.

The diagrammatic representation given on this page needs deeper meditative reading wherein the image mode of memory should be allowed to take over.

Then it is possible to comprehend the meaning of Deva Bhasha.

Iconography of Life Energy: Sanskrit.

2008-03-10T06:15:00.001+05:30

A modern Sage (Late)Sri Rangamahaguru brought out for the first time, this drawing to depict the Nature Script of AUM/OM within the human womb.

This physical posture within the womb facilitates the baby to be in touch with Cosmic Consciousness. The moment it is pushed out of the womb it loses the contact due to the alterations in the configuration of posture and psychic gesture.

The Garbhopanishat, a Vedic text contains a few details about the pre-natal preoccupations of the soul within the womb.

The first post-natal sacrament to be carefully performed by the father of the child is to re-activate the AUM/OM in the earthly memory of the baby.

This can be successfully performed only by one who is aware of its configuration.

Hari Om.

Language : A Source of Life Energy.

2008-03-09T06:35:00.000+05:30

Apart from being a social tool of communication language plays a vital role as the medium of culture transfer.

The strength of the culture depends upon the Universal Truths it contains.

The strength of Indian culture can be conveyed in three Sanskrit terms, viz., i) SAT which means that which remains changeless amidst changes, and from this the desire for living ever arises. ii) CHIT which means that which is capable of all knowledge, and from this the desire for knowledge arises. iii) ANANDA which means the fullness of essential, innate happiness, and from this the desire for happiness arises.

The Vedic Sage Patanjali is referred to in three contexts of learning Ayurveda, Yoga and Sanskrit Grammar.

All Vedic Disciplines of Learning yield the fruits only through the mode of direct experiential learning. Then alone they will link the learner to the cosmic sources of Life Energy. Sanskrit is such a medium.

Life Energy Resources.

2008-03-08T06:31:00.000+05:30

There are two modes of memory, i) image mode,
and ii) language mode.

Devotional Literature in the Indian Spiritual Tradition facilitates activation of both modes in various combinations.

The category of MANASA PUJA, mental worship is full of image mode sequences interspersed with aesthetic appreciations, spirituo-erotic insights, philosophical flights and pure devotion which is refinement of all emotions.

Manasa Puja is an integral part of UPASANA, experiential learning.

There are isolated but bold attempts to rediscover the Life Energy Resources, among which the Herbs are very vital.

The Siddha Discipline deals with the system approach of the Siddhas, the accomplished ones.

A rare link who belongs to the trail of fourteen generations of experiential learning of this discipline is given here for the benefit of sincere seekers.

http://agasthiaherbal.tripid.com
http://siddhamed.blogspot.com
http://healingfromtheroots.blogspot.com

Universal Sources of Life Energy.

2008-03-07T06:57:00.000+05:30

Mere scientific temperament is not enough in the research and applications of Spiritual Resources. Spiritual means pertaining to the SPIRIT and not the MATTER. Curiosity and enquiry in the realm of matter lead to the discovery of the Laws governing matter. But these cannot lead one to the Light of Spirit.

It takes devotion, faith and aspiration to gain proper direction and guidance towards the domain of Spirit.

Devotion, faith and aspiration towards the Higher Nature are culturally inherited spiritual values. The extrovert advancement of civilization usually tends to conceal these values or cast a veil upon the inner instrument. This prevents spiritual progress of the generation. But the evolved souls will find their way out and get recovered from the onslaughts of "modern civilization".

This does not mean that civilization is detrimental to spiritual progress. If civilization is properly oriented through cultural literacy, certainly it will subserve the spiritual goal.

The Sun and the Moon are, when spiritually perceived, universal sources of Life Energy.
The sister blog Research in Tantra Proper deals with the ways of contacting these sources.
Click on http://directorcsrd.blogspot.com or search for it.

Who protects whom?

2008-03-05T05:24:00.000+05:30

Dear reader,
Tantra means expansion and protection. In the last post we saw that. Now the question is 'who protects whom?'
Whose responsibility is it?
Sri Shankara, the Master of Advaita touches the heart of Divine Mother by telling Her that he knows only one thing. And that is to obey Her which means alleviation of all troublesome burden.
Then?
It is the Acharya who wrote the great text on Tantra titled Prapanchasaram tells this. It is a text which prescribes various disciplines to pursue what he said, "follow Her".
Divine Mother is attracted only by true devotion. True devotion manifests only in the purified heart of the refined devotee. All genuine efforts of a seeker of divine grace are protected. It is karma raksha. The Lord is not only the protector of the devotee, but also the security guard of actions, the fruits there of and enjoyment of the fruit of action.
Is it required to put extra effort for self-protection? Should a devotee use Tantra for protection?
Only the degree of maturity of one's devotion should help find the answer.
Who protects whom?
For one whose thought is always logged in to the Heart of the Lord everything is taken care of. Right action at the right time is prompted by the Lord. The Tantra of Bhagavatam confirms this with living examples.
Why not make use of the ONE THOUSAND FREE PASSWORDS to log in to the HEART of the Lord?
Interested? Come here again...

Awake, arise....

2008-03-03T22:11:00.000+05:30

Arise, awake or Awake, arise...which is the proper sequence?

Experience is the best teacher. Do we get up and then wake up? Never. Getting up is a physical activity, whereas waking up is at a deeper level which is directly associated with the inner instruments of life which are variously called subtle body, astral body and the like.

To witness the sun rise the minimum requirement is being present and be wide awake where viewing of sun rise is possible. Similarly to observe the process of waking up of the mind and other faculties the minimum requirement is to be wide awake just before it happens. Vow! Boggling!!

Something more.

Any idea about how does sleep occur? Sleeping is not an action. It is a state of experience which is different from waking and dreaming. To become conscious of the process of waking there is a way, and that is to become conscious of the process of sleep. The lesser the gap between waking up and getting up the greater will be the mastery over the process.

Sign up another blog and join the group to interact, to wake up. It is tagged to this blog and is titled Research in Tantra Proper.

How to act from our energy?

2008-03-02T02:27:00.000+05:30

There are three types of acts, broadly speaking. They are impulsive acts, deliberate acts and spontaneous acts. How to recognize them? The dog barking is an example of impulsive act. That it does not deliberate upon barking is evident from its behaviour as a dog, always. It does not change the pattern deliberately. It does not have the fear of being immoral because it does not have acquired code of morality. It always acts from its animal energy with fight-flight responses. It cannot become human-like spontaneously.

At a lower level the animals display spontaneity in most of their acts which do not have human intervention or participation.

The plants, birds and animals except human wake up and get up almost simultaneously. What about us?

They have direct contact with sun, the source of energy throughout during the day. What about us?

Becoming deliberate about all acts is the beginning of being human. But this demands enlightened self-conscience. Animals cannot have it as they do not have this human competancy.' What next?' be the quest. Await the next blog-post.....

Sign up... .Hasten slowly.

2008-03-01T07:02:00.000+05:30

"Today we can live a week, a month, even a year without smelling a tree, seeing the passage of moon, or meeting an animal in the wild." How true it is!

And yet we do not feel that it is UN-natural life, because we have become UN-natural almost beyond recovery. Any attempt to go 'spiritual' would be futile and fruitless without conducting a properly guided self-audit of thoughts, words and deeds.

We have to unlearn a lot and DE-civilize ourselves before we can venture to sign up to enter the domain of spiritual resources to come in contact with our Higher Nature. There are modern wise men who have declared " I am in recovery from Modern Civilization ".

We have to look for Nature-based culture, daily practices which conduce higher knowledge which strengthen confidence and reinforce faith.

We have to reawaken our senses to perceive the Pra-pancha(the world of fivefold sense life)without the interference of our ideas which are programmed by our acquired likes and dislikes and innate animal instincts.

To act from our spiritual energy it is necessary to sign up the inner net of being, world and God.

Do what is necessary and then what is possible. The seemingly impossible will manifest at its Will on its own.

Sign up, hasten slowly.

Register before log in....

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The crying baby gets its mother's milk. When the right breast is emptied, Mother Nature keeps the mother's left breast ready. A spiritually hungry person's prayer immediately gets registered in the Cosmic Mind. The burning aspiration invokes the divine response instantly. But it depends upon the intensity felt at the bottom of the heart.

At a deeper level of spiritual pursuit, seekers across the world have a common experience and that is a strong inner evidence of being taken care of. Nothing happens reduntantly. Faith is the higher instinct of the soul which is activated by and sustained through prayer. It provides the necessary tools to log into the Lord's Heart.

The songs of the birds, the whistling of the breeze, the mowing of the cows...all that is natural are recognized as the hymns of praise of the glories of the Lord by a devotee's heart into which the Lord has chosen to log in.

The Heart to heart dialogue at zero distance between the Lord and the devotee some times manifests as the words of adoration.

The Devotional Literature in the Indian Spiritual Tradition in all the Indian languages do have the common element of the dialogue mode explicitly or implicitly.

Oh! Mother,there can be a spoiled child. But, never a spoiled mother!

(- Sri Shankara, the Master of Advaita)

Equipped to disable or enable?

2008-02-28T08:09:00.000+05:30

Peace alone leads to prosperity and progress. Material progress need not always lead to peace. A progress which loses sight of peace is mere advancement and it usually opens up negative directions to proceed towards damnation unwittingly.

It is high time for those who have concern about global peace to search for the hidden icons of peace at all levels of existence.

At the micro individual level these icons can be tickled to display themselves on the dashboard of consciousness through self-discipline. Without gaining mastery over the micro system it is just impossible to get access to the cosmic net work of corresponding icons which enable activation of cosmic forces.'For what?' is to be thought of later.

Interesting is it?

Peace is not built brick by brick. Peace is not something which we arrive at as an end product or a terminal. It is the eternal domain from where we get clicked out by our errors of taste and errors of judgement. When the condusive conditions prevail the domain presents itself. That is all.

Every moment of pleasure, when other pop ups are blocked, gives a gestalt of the peace domain and it does not last long. The pop ups take the mind for a long ride of waste and exhaustion. Rarely and far between we get clicked back to momentary repose in peace. Really we do not know, how?

Are we equipped to disable or enable?

The bell for the Cat.

2008-02-27T05:19:00.000+05:30

The inherited culture of a people decides and determines what goes into the calendar and map. To clarify, the calendar ought to reveal what its younger generation should know and the elder generation should recall. The annual festivals, special days,and the like only cover the socio-political aspects of history and identity. What about the cultural elements which also include spiritually significant observations(ceremonies,sacraments and vows)?

An impartial survey of calendars in vogue would be really rewarding endeavour. The chanting of the daily calendar page as per the Vedic tradition is a spiritually healthy practice. It contains certain astronomical references and multidisciplinary information relevant to the individual's place and pursuits in daily life. This practice is called Panchanga Pathanam(chanting of five limbs).

Think globally. Act locally. This modern key to enlightened living is surpassed only by the Vedic Sage's precept, 'cosmocentric thought and geocentric action'. The no error zone of such thought and action is arrived at by the Sages through Upasana(experiential learning)and Prayoga(performance research).

Just as high technology is necessary to make tapping and refining the natural resources possible, a culture specific living methodology is required to comprehend the systems of values and meanings of a given living culture. The inner strength of a culture lies in its ability to empower the individual to resist indifference and to resolve conflicts in the wake of new challenges.

It is at this juncture SRD gathers immense value by initiating concept up gradation of HRD and TQM through proper and adequate Vidhanam(socio-friendly and system-effective practical manual). This is and ought to be the ongoing programme of inter generational culture transfer. Mend the cat to allow the bell!

Resourcefulness:WWWWWWW.....

2008-02-26T03:35:00.000+05:30

Being good at finding ways and means to deal with difficult situations is taken to be resourcefulness.In two words,it is practical ability.In a word,cleverness.The fables and folk stories across the world communicate this meaning very effectively.
Without resources resourcefulness cannot be.What are resources? The context determines the content.There are natural resources and human resources.In what way these are different? Human stands out distinctly because it is the only self-conscious resource capable of intervening the processes of the Nature.Human responsibility of self-management is to be given top priority for obvious reasons.
Man can not only make or mar himself but also perpetuate the effects in the surroundings in both positive and negative ways.

You cannot pluck a flower without shaking a star(in the sky)! Everything is interconnected.Life is interconnectivity indeed.Man has gone a long way to 'WWW' the world without.But what about the world within? Let us find out the 'WWWW' possibilities. In other words,the inner connectivity of man,world and God.This brings another W and that is WISDOM.Spiritual Resources Devolopment is all about the applications of this 'WWWWW',world wide web wisdom within!This is not typing made easy manual.

The KEY to this web lies in a language which is embedded in the vertical structure of the subtle body of every human being.This language has four levels of manifestation as clearly hinted in the most refined cultural record of humanity, the VEDAS.
It takes reaching the centre of thought and touching the heart of this cultural record to gather invaluable know-how to tap the life energy resources which can assure a matching grant from the Higher Nature to make life on earth heavenly.

Let us add two more 'W's to the link, the will to work to find the way.Will you?

More about 360degree.

2008-02-24T19:48:00.000+05:30

360 can be a page number referred to.It can be the number of an Article of the Constitution of a nation.It can be a technical code used in a given branch of study.In short,the context determines its value,meaning,place and content.
Has the number 360 any spiritual significance? Is number just a referential frame?
Let us begin with a circle.It has 360 degrees.Multiplied by 60 it contains 21600 units which is a very significant number in the classical texts of Yoga Discipline.
The Vedic time unit ghati equals 24 minutes.60 ghatis come to 24 hours.
1 ghati is further divided into 60 palas.
1pala contains 60 vipalas.
Hence,60X60X60=21600.A healthy human being breathes 21600 times a day.
Breath is Life.100 years of life span of a human being numerically expressed is 21600X360X100.So what?
36000 major psychic chanels conduct subtle energies to the left side of the body and 36000 major psychic chanels, to the right side.Thus 72000 chanels function day and night to keep life going.Now we come to comprehend the reason behind 72 major melodies in Indian classical music.The Vedic calculus is very intricate and sophesticated.By regular practice on can intuit the interplay of 360 and 108 in daily life at the individual micro level and at the cosmic macro level.
To coordinate the rhythm of time and space and to remain in harmony with the powers of the Higher Nature,the Vedic Sages pray as follows.
Oh!Lord,
I prostrate Thee from above,from below, from the sides, from all angles, from within and from without,and yet,I cannot do all these simultaneously.I have my limitations,whereas You are limitless.My eyes follow directions,but You are all EYES everywhere!

Being more human

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Towards the Higher Nature and Greater Truth

Living itself is a series of Sacraments. Life manifests through ceremonies like the ripping of a seed beneath the soil, cracking of the egg shell, the throbbing wings of the butterfly on the petals holding umbrella to pollination….the list endlessly goes on. Nothing takes place redundantly. But the civilized man has learnt to stand out and become an outsider to the sacraments of living initiated by Mother Nature. Centre for SRD (CSRD) initiates the unlearning so that it becomes possible to be an insider who participates in the sacramental ceremonies of living.

Man alone drinks even when not feeling thirsty, eat even when not feeling hungry. Man alone goes dating and mating for the sake of pleasure while denying the functions of cosmic laws which govern eating and mating. To eat is human, digesting is Divine. Release of forces and generation of energy follow these activities. If they are partially blocked or denied the inevitable consequences follow. One has to live in fear and exhaustion. Then how the forces are to be redirected for another purpose than for which the activities are meant? How the energy can be reinvested for achieving the goals of the Higher Nature?

The experiential learning programme of CSRD has gained a definite direction towards achieving those goals. But what are the goals?

A close observation of the behaviour of the animal kingdom would reveal the specific species behaviour pattern has inviolable certainty. What about human behaviour? Man alone is the most uncertain animal whose behaviour is not consistent. Hence, it is unpredictable. Perhaps, man alone has the freedom of choice to resist the primitive animal impulses and deliberately follow a refined pattern of behaviour dictated by the enlightened conscience. ‘I am a human being ‘ is not the complete truth. ‘ I am a human being and not merely an animal’ is the greater truth. Higher the aspirations, greater is the goal.

CSRD seeks the traditional approaches and disciplines which facilitate fulfillment of the goals of the Higher Nature in 360 degree.

Let us live a hundred years

2008-02-22T05:15:00.000+05:30

"Let us live in joy a hundred years",the Vedic Sages re-affirm as they heard from their ancestors.A hundred years mean many things to them.To begin with, one year consists of 360 days of the Vedic Calendar.A hundred years, in other words,are 36000 days and nights.A healthy human body is designed by Mother Nature in such a way to witness and withstand as many as 1000 Full Moons and more!
The biorythemic cycles of the human body are set in harmony with the cosmic phenomina which include solar and lunar astro-episodes,movements and events besides the other planetary interactions with Mother Earth.The Energy Grids which feed and sustain a living being ,as revealed to the Sages,are encoded in the plants,creepers,trees and grains which are identified by the Centre for SRD(CSRD) as EG5,EG7,EG9 and so on.
Living means living interrelated to the the things and beings around in an unimaginably intricate manner.A human being is born with the complete programme of interconnectivity to everything on the Earth and above which makes existence and survival possible and pleasurable.The human bio-affinity towards herbs,animals,birds, and so on can be identified and activated through proper and adequate means which form one of the areas of SRD performance research.
Let us live a hundred years in "thousand bonds of delight".So be it.

Taste and Tongue

2008-02-20T22:53:00.000+05:30

Slogan for the day on the classroom wall of an undergraduate college goes like this:"We want English,but not the English taste".

It is an instance of irrepressible native taste in an inevitable foreign tongue. The above demand and the denial by implication voice an identity which is at once accomodative and assertive . It is the vibrant voice of a culture which has the inner strength to sustain itself and maintain its gravity inspite of the impact of dark centuries of suffocation.

What is at the core of this identity? It has to have a different density. In the twenty first century, inspite of sweaping globalization there is a culture which has the innate streangth to throw up such a thought.

The intense feeling of immense profundity of "I" which arises in the realization of the spiritual density of cosmic existence is at the core of this culture. I would name it idensity. It is an identity with a different density.

The movement of "I" from identity to idensity is the process of expansion of consciousness. It encompasses 360 degree of resourcefulness, i.e., SRD.

What is 'spiritual'?

2008-02-20T05:27:00.000+05:30

Looking and seeing are not the same.Hearing and listening are not the same.Touching and feeling are not the same.Smelling and sensing are not the same.Eating and tasting are not the same.One is physical, the other is spiritual.The ability to comprehend the difference between the two is there in every human being.
What is intangible need not be mere mathematical abstraction.Take for example,LOVE.
What is it? Some say that love is blind.Then how come love at first sight?Some say 'fallen in love'!Is it not true that "the marriage of true minds" is made in Heaven?Is it not true that love is the rising ground of true man and true woman?
Grammatically speaking,love is a noun,a verb,an adjective,an adverb,and something more...

Development
Resources
Spiritual
The above depiction reveals the direction of SRD and the process too.

Total Quality Management Oath

2008-02-17T16:51:00.000+05:30

Total Quality Management (TQM) Oath

Oh Lord! I understand that Quality
is no more an idea and that It is a Quantum.
I pray for the mature awareness of its importance
in my personal life, of its significance
in the dynamic conduct of this institution.

I assure my active participation
in the total quality management of this institution
of which I am an integral, live component.

Oh Lord! I resolve to abstain from any activity
which demands sacrifice of quality
and compromise of discipline.

Oh Lord! I understand the value of quality
and the quality of this value.
May all live up to this Oath.

Composed by: Dr. S. Ramakrishnan M.A., Ph.D., Ph.D.

Oath,Pleadge and Vow.

2008-02-13T22:33:00.000+05:30

Oath, Pledge and Vow

Oath is a ‘solemn undertaking to do something’. It is administered in a ceremony held for a specified purpose. The relevant text of oath is read aloud by an elderly person who is senior in experience and position, which is repeated by the person who swears in to the chosen field of profession and /or service. A minister or a doctor is an example. Oath taking is an important ceremony which validates a given vow to pursue the course of chosen action in the society. The Oath empowers the novice/ apprentice to sign in with responsibility and also avail the privileges.

Oath is a mode of intergenerational culture transfer. The text of Oath is traditionally inherited, be it of secular context or of spiritual content. It is perpetuated by the authentic members of the elder generation either by convention or by statutory injunction. Hence it is the collective responsibility of the torch bearers in every field of professional walk of life to emphatically assert oath taking as a mandatory ceremony. As the custom prevails, an oath is sworn in the holy name of God, upon any holy scripture preferred by faith. It makes one feel responsible, accept the morally binding undertaking, and this in effect awakens one’s conscience.

An oath registers a vow along with it. While vow is silent resolve, oath is verbally expressed resolve. Abidance to its requirements makes one an avowed person. Depending upon the intention, an avowed person can be criminal or a teetotaler. The oath acts as the key to self assertion through uncompromising observance of the vow. Therefore, every human being ought to know the significance of Oath and its place in one’s private and public life. Without an oath any personal resolution does not get registered in the mind with desired impact. No impact, no impression; no impression, no stamp of identity. To be unidentified thus denies uniqueness which is the hallmark of every human being. Each individual has to choose what ought to be one’s Oath for various occasions, based on one’s vision and mission in life, rooted in tradition and faith.

An Oath obviously begins always with ‘I’, whereas a pledge can begin with ‘I’ or ‘We’. Oath is more ceremonial and official than pledge. The former requires a platform and the latter can be taken on the ground. Oath is an undertaking to do something. Pledge is an agreement upon understanding. One demands doing mode and the other, being mode. Both are vows indeed.

Oath and pledge help man to be more and more human, an avowed human. They can provide the panacea for the modern disease of moral indifference. They can open the eyes and ears of the soul to gain the vision of life and listen to the mission of EXISTENCE. Let us resolve to live in 'thousand bonds of delight' and do it. So be it, so be it, so be it.

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Dr.S.Ramakrishnan. M.A., Ph.D. (Eng.Lit.), Ph.D. (Sanskrit.)
Director, CSRD. (Spiritual Resources Development)
director_csrd@yahoo.com

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SRD : A new priority area for national progress. Man-making and nation- building form two sides of the same coin, Abhyudaya-Nishreya and Yoga-kshema i.e., over all well being, welfare and progress. While HRD and TQM take care of nation- building, man- making ought to be given its due place. Resource enhancement for product and performance, no doubt, meets the demands of the corporate requirements. But what about making of man as a culturally refined being? What values and meanings constitute the being of man?
SRD – Spiritual Resources Development is an all inclusive concept hitherto not noticed or identified as the answer to the cultural crisis encountered by modern man. Without resolving the present cultural conflicts which are the consequences of globalization it is just impossible to achieve over all well being, welfare, and real progress. Being human is the global responsibility of every human being.
The values and meanings which constitute the being of man as unfolded in the perennial scriptural native wisdom of Bharat, India do provide the much needed material for research and development for man- making. The earliest Vedic lore contains in cryptic form highly technical practices called Vidyas meant for Upasana, experiential learning and Prayoga, performance research. Later these disciplines branched out as Tantra Shastra as available today in the mainstream of Sanatana Vaidika Dharma.
Tantra Vidya is the holistic and integrated discipline based on Tantra Shastra which facilitates expansion of consciousness and protection of the individual who pursues the discipline. It also provides the means to tap and harness the life energy resources to enhance personal effectiveness in all walks of life while pursuing the four Purusharthas, the culturally accepted goals in daily life. However it is a Herculean task to restructure and create a relevant and effective route map to meet the individual needs of modern man who has almost got de-linked from the spiritual resources within and without due to negligence and ignorance.
More than four decades of personal performance research has resulted in mapping out the route to reach the roots of spiritual resources of the inner being. Each individual has to register for performance research individually to get an entry into the cosmic reservoir of life energy resources by fulfilling the requirements of Upasana as laid down in the tradition one belongs to. To facilitate this process a detailed search sheet would be provided by our centre to those who seek guidance for SRD.
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Dr. S. Ramakrishnan M.A., Ph.D. (Eng.), Ph.D.(Sans.)
Director, CSRD, Daya, 19-16/3 (Behind NITK P.G. Hostel)
Srinivasnagar P.O.
Mangalore. 575025. Mobile.9900100230
e-mail: director_csrd@yahoo.com