however is “as great a mystery as the origin of life itself”.
Further observations which could only have taken place around 4000 BC have also been recorded. These included the constellation Hydra, the god of darkness. The only time Hydra was fully visible to the people of northern India was in mid-winter, when the sun shone the fewest hours, hence the allusion to the god of darkness. More importantly, however, was the fact that the rains came when Hydra ceased to be completely visible. This was very important to the farmers of North India, for they needed to know when the rains would come, so as to know when to prepare their fields and plant their crops.” ( Astronomy of Vedic India )
Astronomical Mysticism in the Rig Veda
The five fundamental circles, the Celestial Equator ( Vishuvat Vritta) , the Celestial Meridien ( Khagoleeya Dhruva Rekha ), the Ecliptic ( Kranti Vritta ), the Nodal Circle ( Vikshepa Vritta ) and the Celestial Horizon ( Kshithija ) were called by the Seers as Shahasra Seersha, Sahasra Purusha, Sahasra Kha, Sahasra Path & Sahasra Bhoomi. This is given in the Hymn, the Purusha Sooktha, that the Zodiacal Man or Time Eternal lies coiled as the mighty Zodiac !
Yogic or Philosophical Piece
The Downward Pull of the Mind
The Downward Pull of the Mind is when the negative elements in the collective mind or the social mind triumph. Socrates is poisoned. Rimbau flees to the Abyssinian desert. History is replete with such incidents, when ” the adverse forces ” or ” the hostile forces ” triumph over the positive forces in the collective or social mind.
The Upward Pull of the Mind
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