Om = Coca Cola

Most of Sanskrit words sound magic and not evolving. Chanting "Om" sounds magic. But according to JK, even chanting Coca Cola ! Coca Cola !Coca Cola ! can results in same effect. 

The repetitive use of mantras to a subtle form of intoxication or a "drug" due to their ability to alter mental states. 

https://youtu.be/I-KvlFiY9Rs?si=xy9YK4T0HiiyzDsB

Trying to recollect a story. One person studied Sanskrit out of his interest in London. But not interested Sanskrit Mantra for his marriage in Tamilnadu. But after lot of family insistence, he agreed for a hindu priest's chanting in his marriage. He slapped the priest during the marriage ceremony because instead of marriage mantra, priest chanted funeral mantra. A similar mishap example is here (https://btg.krishna.com/from-ritual-to-spiritual/). Mishaps do happen as Sanskrit speakers are not many, and many do not understand Sanskrit. Total Sanskrit speakers can only fill the half of the cricket stadium (25,000). 

Not many speak in Latin and sounds magic. Latin is not evolving, so it makes sense to name most scientific names in Latin (Homo Sapiens, Wise (Sapiens) Human (Homo). 

Osho compared repetitive mantra use to a "subtle drug" in Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol. 10, noting that chanting, like "Aum," creates chemical changes in the body, potentially leading to dependency. He warned that excessive, mechanical chanting can induce a hypnotic, addictive state, dulling awareness and hindering the goal of pure consciousness.

Ramana Maharshi: Emphasized self-inquiry ("Who am I?") to realize the non-dual self, rejecting external rituals and authorities, much like Krishnamurti’s "truth is a pathless land" and Osho’s focus on inner awakening. "Om" can aid concentration but are secondary to self-inquiry according to Ramana Maharshi. 

Western philosopher Alan Watts, in The Way of Zen, he notes that mantras can become a "crutch" if used obsessively, dulling the mind rather than awakening it.

According to inner Engineering Sadhguru, mantras like "Aum" or "Shiva Shambho," as vibrational tools that can shift energy patterns, enhance focus and spiritual growth when use with awareness. According to Sadhguru, the risk is more about ineffectiveness than dependency. 

Buddha emphasized mindfulness, direct insight (vipassana), and liberation through understanding the Four Noble Truths, rather than reliance on rituals or repetitive practices like mantras. But 500 years after the Buddha's death, Mahayana Buddhism emerged, mantras came back into Buddhism. Vipassana, which means "to see things as they really are", is an ancient meditation.

"In Mutual Mistrust We Trust" - Bitcoin ritual modern mantra

Bitcoin ritual modern mantra - In Mutual Mistrust We Trust. 

Print in Dollar Bill  - In God We Trust

Bitcoin is both virtual and digital.

In a technical context, it is digital currency exists as a blockchain data in decentralized ledger. 

IRS classifies it as virtual currency as it lacks physical form (not tangible like gold, coins, car, cash) but as a virtual form (intangible like digital currency, intellectual property, rights)

So Bitcoin is an intangible digital asset.

Mutual mistrust is a foundational principle for Bitcoin’s trust model, A system designed to function without requiring trust in any single party ("trustlessness" in the context of Bitcoin and blockchain technology). 

Need for Guru Positioning System (GPS)

We have a GPS (Global Positioning System) to navigate the world road. Now we need a new GPS (Guru Positioning System) to navigate the world cultures. 

What are the components of the new GPS? Is it love and compassion? What do you think?

Modern and ancient human differences, war conflicts and city destructions

Indra/Purandara (पुरंदर, the breaker of forts) 

Puram/Puram/புரம் = city or fortress

Tharar/தரர் = one who breaks or destroys

Parashurama’s Cleansing of the Kshatriya Kingdoms

Shiva's Destruction of Tripura (The Three Cities of the Asuras)

Krishna's Destruction of Narakasura’s Kingdom

Rama’s Destruction of Lanka

Vishnu’s Future Destruction as Kalki 

Bitcoin and God - Innovative and imaginary creations of a human to enable the highest form of human collaboration on Earth

A man went to God to complain about Bitcoin.

“It’s invisible, and you can’t carry it like gold or a paper dollar,” he said. “Yet people are paying so much for it. I just can’t trust it.”

God asked the man, “Can you see me?”

The man replied, “No.”

“Do you trust me?” God asked.

“Yes,” the man said.

God smiled and said, “So does Bitcoin.

We are both innovative, imaginary creations of yours—meant to enable the highest form of human collaboration on Earth.”

Easter and its comparison to Lunar festivals, Death & resurrection and Trinity of other cultures

Happy Easter ! Jesus is Risen ! 

Wishing everyone a blessed Easter filled with the joy of Christ’s resurrection and the promise of eternal life. 

Lunar calendar tradition similarities with other cultures:

The Easter festival’s relationship with the lunar calendar reminds many of Hindu festivals and Jewish Passover, which are based on the lunar calendar. Easter Sunday is set as the first Sunday after the first full moon, reminiscent of ancient Hindu and Pagan (pagan means countryside) traditions. Each Hindu festival is anchored to specific lunar days (tithis) and phases. Hindu festivals tied to the lunar calendar include Diwali, Shashti Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Maha Shivaratri, Navratri, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, and Janmashtami.

Death and Resurrection tradition similarities with other cultures (rebirth in Hinduism in a different way):

Jesus’s death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven are reminiscent of the ancient Egyptian King Osiris’s death and resurrection into the underworld.

Jesus’s virgin birth is reminiscent of Isis’s virgin birth to Horus after Osiris’s death.

In Hinduism, there are many rebirths (should we call them many resurrections?) before attaining liberation/moksha (i.e., no rebirth). According to Bhagavad Gita 9:21, “When they have enjoyed the vast pleasures of heaven, their stock of merits being exhausted, they return to the earthly plane.”

Christianity Trinity similarities with other cultures:

This also is reminiscent of the Trinity in ancient traditions. Christianity describes one God in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.

The Trinity also is reminiscent of the 5000-year-old ancient Egyptian holy trinity: the Father God Osiris, the Mother Goddess Isis, and the Son Horus, whom Isis bore without defiling herself.

In Hinduism, the Trinity/Trimurti represents Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver), and Shiva (the Destroyer).

 

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists

~ Nikola Tesla

Chop wood and Carry water before and after enlightenment

Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. -- Zen Buddhism

It suggests that liberation or awakening doesn’t remove the need for ordinary work—it shifts your perspective on it. The addition of "and liberation. do it again" in your version could imply a cyclical process: finding freedom through the repetition of simple, grounded actions.

Forbidden fruits/intoxicants/things across cultures/religions. Every culture’s got that one snack you’re not supposed to touch…

Each figure is eyeing or reacting to their own "forbidden" item on the table:

• Adam (with Eve behind whispering): 🍎 “But what if it's wine though?”

• Vedic Priest: 🍶 “Soma is for the initiated only, bro.”

• Shiva (clutching his throat): ☠️ “Just a little poison, she said.”

• Asura (reaching out): ✋ “Wait… I can’t sip Amrita?”

• Sita (wide-eyed): 🦌 “But look at that glittery deer tho…”

• Jain Monk (grimacing): 🧄 “Who put garlic on the table?”

• Muslim Man: 🐖 “Is that… pork? Astaghfirullah.”

• Jewish Rabbi: 🧀🍖 “Meat and dairy? Together? Oy vey.”

• Hindu Sage: 🥩 “Tamasic food clouds the mind.”

Forbidden fruits/intoxicants/things across cultures/religions

• Apple fruit is forbidden in the Garden of Eden to Adam and Eve. It could be a life-altering fruit due to its fermentation. The Tree of Life could be a grape vine rather than the Tree of Knowledge. Some sages say that the tree was a vine. Eve pressed the grapes and gave Adam red wine to drink, as red as blood.
• Drink from the Soma tree (Soma – Aryans, Homa – Persians) is restricted to priests in the Rig Veda. It is considered intoxication and immortality.
• The poison Halahala was restricted in the throat of Shiva by Parvati while Shiva was trying to swallow it to save others.
• Amrita is prohibited to the Asuras in Hinduism.
• Rama's wife Sita desired the golden deer, which turned out to be a forbidden desire, similar to Eve asking Adam to eat the fruit.
• Priests avoided meat, garlic, or onions due to their tamasic (impure) qualities, believed to cloud spiritual clarity. The Manusmriti (e.g., 5.48–56), Chandogya Upanishad (7.26.2): "When food is pure, the mind becomes pure."
• There are forbidden foods in Islam (Haram), Judaism (Treif), Hindu vegetarianism, and Jainism.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it - Buddha

 A simplified, paraphrased and popular Buddha's quote:

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it" - Buddha

Original Source: Kalama Sutta, Anguttara Nikaya (AN 3.65) , part of the Pali Canon (Theravada Buddhist scriptures) (translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi).

"Come, Kalamas. Do not go by oral tradition, by lineage of teaching, by hearsay, by a collection of scriptures, by logical reasoning, by inferential reasoning, by reasoned cogitation, by acceptance of a view after pondering it, by the seeming competence of a speaker, or because you think, 'The ascetic is our teacher.' But when you know for yourselves: 'These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if undertaken and practiced, lead to welfare and happiness,' then you should engage in them."

https://suttacentral.net/an3.65/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

Ancient Astronomy, Modern Astronomy and Illusory Optical motions of Planets

 

The above astrological prediction and resolution image in Tamil language, reminds me of a practice similar to ancient priests in India. The Catholic Church once commercialized the practice of selling indulgences—documents believed to reduce the temporal punishment for sins. A few centuries ago, this practice was either stopped or became obsolete as people grew more aware. However, in certain parts of the world, similar practices may still persist.

Saturn Transit (சனி பெயர்ச்சி) and Illusory Optical motions of Planets 

Saturn's transit is currently moving towards prograde motion (forward planetary movement).
"If you look at something from an angle, it appears angled. But even those angles are just structured lines." In Tamil: கோணத்தில் பார்த்தால் கோணமாக தெரியும். அந்த கோணமும் கோலமான கோடுகள்தான். 

From space, planets follow beautiful circular motions in harmony with nature. Yet, from Earth, their paths appear as zigzag motions, an illusion caused by the difference in vantage points. Saturn, for instance, takes approximately 30 years to orbit the Sun. However, when observed from Earth, it appears to move westward (retrograde) for a few months each year instead of continuing its usual eastward motion.

Ancient astronomy was not merely a fascination for humans—it played a crucial role in helping rulers predict harvest seasons, calendars, and celestial events. This idea of prediction was so significant that it eventually led to the belief that the same celestial patterns could predict human destiny. Ancient astrologers or rishis may have conducted observational experiments thousands of years ago.

Today, with data collection and AI, we could theoretically attempt to predict the fate of 8 billion people on Earth. If the results appear random, it suggests chaotic (Kolam) patterns; if structured, it might indicate a deeper cyclical order (circular patterns).

The Illusion of Gurus and Predictive Beliefs

Despite scientific advancements, many people still fall for so-called spiritual gurus who perform tricks—such as manifesting a lingam from their mouths, something an ordinary person couldn't do. These sleight-of-hand techniques have been exposed through numerous videos, yet millions still believe in these figures as divine beings.

I observe these figures regularly, and they appear both powerful and fragile at the same time—almost like fossils of ancient thought still embedded in modern minds. But the question remains:
Are people's minds fossilized, or have these figures successfully fossilized people's thinking?

It is a highly predictable and profitable business. While scientists may not earn massive wealth by explaining how celestial bodies move in the heavens, these individuals profit greatly from exploiting weak minds. This magician-priest archetype has existed since ancient times—controlling Egyptian courts in the past and continuing their influence even today.

The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave - Vivekananda 

Inexhaustible Vessels - Dagda's Cauldron (Irish culture) & Akshaya Patra (Hindu culture/mythology)

The concept of Akshaya Patra from Hindu mythology and Dagda’s Cauldron from Irish mythology are quite similar. Both are legendary vessels that provide endless sustenance, symbolizing abundance and divine generosity

Great civilizations and its end

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within - Will Durant

Rahu (snake head) swallow moon during lunar eclipse in Hindu Mythology

Tonight, during the lunar eclipse, Rahu (snake head) will attempt to swallow the Moon, but moon will reappear after the eclipse ends. According to Hindu mythology, the Moon originally emerged from the ocean during the great churning (Samudra Manthan) and was adorned on Lord Shiva’s head.