From: akkiraju@ee.tamu.edu (Siva Kumar Akkiraju)
Subject: The Occult Anatomy--Part 5 (The Concluding Part)
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 04:38:37 GMT

Hi Netters,
In part 4, we have seen one aspect of our study of Chakras, the 
 controlling mechanisms of human activity. There exist other aspects that
 are highly metaphysical and are beyond the description here(If any body
 is interested further, they can contact me through email and I can send 
 personnel mails to them).

This is going to be the final article of this series of articles. I wish 
 to discuss little bit about the purpose of these articles. We have studied 
 the knowledge of ancients about the `anatomy' in a very brief fashion. A keen 
 observer would have noticed a profound knowledge existing in this science. If 
 I remember well, the articles started, basically, to show the lofty-ness of 
 Vedic Science as compared to Modern Science. I think it is high time that we 
 realize this ``Ancient Wisdom'' and study about it. We have wasted more
 than two decades(I hope readers of these articles are more than 20 yrs old)
 of our life without even knowing that such a science exists in our midst.
 We, Indians have the very bad habit of not appreciating what is ours, until
 westerners steal it/ show its importance. Greek Mythology is corrupted
 by as much as 50%, the great Egyptian Mythology is pitiably and miserably
 buried deep down in the earth or washed away in the waters of Nile.
 Only Vedas remained, due to the writers intelligence in making them cryptic 
 and highly in-accessible.
  
Sir John Woodroff says(In ``Power as Mother'', a book based on `Tantra satra'
 of `Atharva Veda'):
 ``If we succeed in destroying the Hindu Scriptures, we will have no other
 key to re-store the other glorious mythologies.''
 
Such is the glory of Vedas and other, so called, Hindu Scriptures. (I used 
 ``so called'' because, Vedas contain Universal Principles, though they are
 owned by ``Hindus''). We need not wear Orange robes, we need not become 
 Sadhus, leaving away everything (For us, I consider this a defeatist 
 psychology as per present stance), but we can definitely devote some time to 
 evaluate what is that ``Ancient Wisdom''. 

We gossip, we chat over phones/on computer for hours, we waste
 time watching stupid movies on TV again and again, we party(of which we
 may derive nothing more than head-aches) and we pass comments over others,
 we discuss on matters that are completely irrelevant, useless and baseless.
  Can't we stop doing this and devote that time to do reading, learning and
 understanding these Scripture, which are beyond doubt highly sophisticated.
 

Forget about being philosophical and philanthropic, we want some gain, 
 obviously. But believe me, from this reading, we gain knowledge, we 
 will understand what we are, what is our source and sink ! We are acting as 
 animals some times in our behavior, like a lifeless machine sometimes
 and like in many other forms, let us try to live as a man, A REAL MAN, 
 every day, at least some part of our time and see how fascinating it will be.
 It may be difficult initially, but it is not impossible ! Is it ? For the 
 price we pay and for the Knowledge we gain, it is definitely a better deal 
 (No one can be an intelligent materialist than we are ! we cannot deny this 
 fact).
 
If we remember the apothegm of Naarada, the ancient philosopher:
 ``Never utter these words:`I do not know this - therefore it is false' ''
 ``One must study to know, Know to Meditate, Meditate to Understand,
 Understand to Judge, Judge to Practice''

Sincerely,
 we gain knowledge in all the fields. Author of `` Christina et le Christ'',
 gloriously mentions the knowledge of our ancients in all most all the fields:
 Philosophy, Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacology,
 Surgery, Grammar, Music, Architecture and Medicine etc..

I would like to quote his words regarding Medicine, since it is relevant here:
 (Pgs 372-375 of the above book)
 ``Medicine-Their knowledge was truly astonishing. In chakra and susruta, the
 two princess of Hindu Medicine, is laid down the system which Hippocrates
 appropriated later. Susruta notably enunciates the principles of preventive
 medicine or hygiene, which he places much above curative medicine - too often
 according to him, empirical. Are we more advanced today ? It is not without 
 interest to remark that the Arab physicians, who enjoyed a merited celebrity
 in the middle ages - Averroes among others- Constantly spoke of the Hindu
 Physicians, and regarded them as the initiators of the Greeks and themselves''.

Rituals of the Vedas constantly make us to think for a moment as why
 they are needed and they urge in ``Mystic Symbolism'' to understand them, so 
 that we will Cultivate in us the ``Ancient Wisdom''. Now-a-days we postpone 
 Thread Ceremony( UPANAYANAM) till the marriage and go through it then because 
 it is a block to marriage(as we still consider it that way. May be we will 
 soon forget about it also. We did this to some rituals! We already
 buried the Birth ritual.(A ritual where father touches his child's head,
 immediately after the birth even before umbilical chord is cut, and utter some 
 Mantrams, whose power in potency and musical symphony is beyond description, 
 meaning of which when translated into this insipid language is like this: 
 ``You are born from body to body. You are the `I am' in me in the form of my 
 child'' (Asmad Bhava, Parasur Bhava, Angadangat Sambhavati etc..) 

This ritual works to develop gradually unfolding
 mind in an orderly way. The mind of newly born babe is clear mirror and it 
 receives what ever impressions that are made during the first few hours. 
 These impressions form the basic initiation through which his
 mind grows into objectivity. A true astrologer knows that the impressions
 received during first six hours after his birth (90 degrees rotation of the 
 earth on its own axis) will progress into his behavior through 90 years
 of span. The planets in the heavens at the time of his birth will receive 
 his 12 houses of horoscope in various angles and produce a frame work of 
 individual Karma to work out of 90 Years. This can be sanctified and elevated
 into nobler terms of translation into the mundane life by performing the 
 birth ritual. This is all forms the part of ``Spiritual Astrology''.
 Now-a-days not only that we buried such a sacred and highly scientific ritual,
 but also adopted some of the corrupted Greek rituals. Such as, looking
 the child image only in the oil, if he is born in a bad-nakshatra etc.. These
 are the ``Oily-Traditions'' of Greeks, came and mixed with our traditions
 after the invasion of Alexander. I am sorry if I affected any one's feelings,
 but this is the truth. You may check this with any Greek Fellow(Of course, he
 should know about their customs!), if they have such a tradition or not.

I think I have conveyed the purpose of these articles. In the words of a 
 ``Masters of Wisdom'':

``The whole question of phenomena rests on the correct comprehension of old
 philosophies whither, then, should we turn, in our perplexity, but to the 
 ancient sages, since, on the pretext of superstition, we are refused an 
 explanation by the modern ? Let us ask them what they know of genuine Science
 and religion; not in the matter of mere details, but in all the broad
 conception of these twin-truths-So strong in their Unity, so weak when 
 divided. Besides, we may find our profit in comparing this boasted modern
 science with ancient Ignorance; this improved modern theology with the 
 ``Secret Doctrines'' of the ancient Universal religion. Perhaps we may thus
 discover a neutral ground whence we can reach and profit by both''.

Towards `correct comprehension', mentioned above, we need to work hard,
 read and meditate and follow the procedure Naarada outlined above. Professor
 Max Muller after putting so much effort to translate Vedas, writes in his
 letters to his wife (these are published and scarcely available even though
 most of them are destroyed):
 ``Twentieth Century people depend on My Vedic Translation for the Understanding
 of Vedas and the Vedas are Once for all Buried'' !!!
 Those are his own comments !
 Beware of `stupid'-orientalist's (Stupid is important because, some of the 
 highly recommendable books for the study of Hindu Scriptures are also written 
 by Orientalists Only) ``word-to-word'' translated books.

I will continue the series ``Mystic Symbolism''. And, if the purpose 
 should arise and time should permit (Tentatively, I will leave A&M in 
 the last week of August), I will start another series under the 
 heading ``Ancient Wisdom''. This series should help understand some of the 
 Ancient terms that are purposefully kept cryptic and are utterly 
 mis-understood by most of the Orientalists.

Let us end this series with this ``Saanthi Patham'' (Peace Invocation)
 of Upanishads( Those who can understand this will enjoy peace, and those who
 cannot will soon learn it! )


`` SAHANA VAVATU SAHANAU BHUNAKTU
   SAHA VEERYAM KARAVAVAHI
   TEJASWINA VADHEETA MASTU 
   MAAVID VISHAA VAHI
   OM SAANTHI SAANTHI SAANTHIHI ''

--siva a.k.

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