Showing posts with label universe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label universe. Show all posts

4 June 2009

The Universe

“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore we’ve learned most of what we know. Recently, we’ve waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can’t, because the cosmos is also within us. We’re "made" of star stuff. We are a way that the cosmos can know itself. The journey for each of us begins here.”

[Carl Sagan]








"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

[Albert Einstein]

19 February 2008

Explore Vodpod

You may enjoy looking at the new 'Vodpod' at the bottom left margin of this site. The Pod, which is entitled 'Explore' invites you to explore both the inner and outer Universe. To begin with there is a very nice Shiva (who is representative of consciousness) montage. Which is rather appropriate as Mahashivaratri, the major Shiva festival celebrated both at Arunachala and throughout India, occurs (this year) at the beginning of March. The second video is a short compilation of Sri Ramana Maharshi's teachings with photographs of the sage and Arunachala. In the third video, Robert Anton Wilson, the brilliant and witty scientist, talks about perception. He explains how perception is a gamble and how we believe what we see and our interpretation of it without even realising that most of the time, we have even made an interpretation. And finally the fourth video of the 'Vodpod' is of ten extraordinary photographs of the Universe taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

1 January 2008

A HAPPY JOYOUS 2008 TO ALL

To start off 2008 nicely, have created a new video pod for this Blog which contains 4 nice videos exploring the limits of the Universe and of one of its inhabitants, man. The videos are:

Pale Blue Dot
- An exploration by Carl Sagan of our beautiful Planet Earth talking about its uniqueness and fragility

Abide as the Self
- Part 1 of an exposition by Ram Dass on the nature of Sri Ramana's Teachings and our Inner Limits.

Visiting Tiruvannamalai
- A jolly and happy video of a devotee (and his friends) experience of Tiruvannamalai and Arunachala

Voyage Through the Universe
- A wonderful video narrated by Morgan Freeman trying to describe the vastness of the Universe - the Outer Limits.

18 May 2007

Perception




A human being is a part of the whole called by by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.

11 May 2007

Our Real Size




This video is a heady and at the same time a humbling experience, because it shows how very 'small' we are, but also sublimely inspirational to realise that we are no different to that which pervades the Universe. All is I.

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I AM THAT I AM
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD