Paganism and Hinduism
If Nazi Aryan discourse and racially orientated forms of modern Paganism represent a xenophobic and racist response to scholarly research into ancient Into-European commonalities, other Pagans have been inspired in a quite different manner. Conscious of the linkages that scholars have made between pre-Christian Pagan Europeans and ancient Hindu Indians, some modern Pagans have come to view modern Indians as their long-lost cousins and to regard the religion of Hinduism as their oldest spiritual relative. This thinking is based on the dating of the earliest Hindu texts, the Vedas, to somewhere in the range of 1500-1200 BCE by most scholars.
The Vedas were written in a language, Vedic, that is an early form of Sanskrit, with
identifiable linguistic parallels to Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, and other European tongues.
Many scholars of the Vedas believe that the authors of the texts were migrants or invaders who went to India from the Indo-European homeland between 2000 and 1500 BCE, following the collapse of the native Harappan/Indus Valley civilization in an area that straddles what today is northwest India and eastern Pakistan.
Because Hinduism has never been supplanted by any other religion in India, despite the efforts of Muslim conquerors and Christian colonizers, and has thereby remained the religious tradition of more than 800 million Indians, it is of special interest to European and North American Pagans.
They look on Hinduism as the only Indo-European, Pagan religion to survive into modern times as the majority faith of an entire nation, despite the geographic and cultural distance that divides India from Europe and North America.
For this reason, a number of modern Pagan movements pay a great deal of attention to parallels between Hindu myths, practices, and beliefs and those of their own particular regional traditions.
To give one example, The Pagan Path, a 1995 book giving an overview of Pagan religious movements in the United States and beyond, contains a section comparing healing practices in various Pagan traditions;
the authors compare the Hindu chakra system of a hierarchical series of energy centres in the human body to the Norse notion of a World Tree with nine levels.
Anticipating that some may object to the identification of Hindu and Norse religious concepts, the authors commented, “There is a common saying among occultists that you should not mix traditions, particularly the Western and Eastern mystery traditions. We would like to point out to people who feel that this system does not belong in Western Pagan practice, that if they look closely they will find that most of our traditions are of common Indo-European heritage” (Farrar, Farrar, and Bone 1995, 78).
To give another example, one of the international organizations dedicated to modern Paganism, the aforementioned World Congress of Ethnic Religions, has had increasing contact with representatives of Hindu sects in India.
In February 2003, members of the Lithuanian organization Romuva and other WCER-affiliated groups attended the First International Conference and Gathering of the Elders in Mumbai (Bombay), India, which was followed by an “Indo-Romuva” conference in New Jersey in the autumn of 2003, further solidifying the links established between Romuva and Hindu organizations during the earlier meetings. Such interactions indicate that cooperation and mutual support between modern Hindus and Pagans seem likely to continue, bringing Indo-European religion out of the realm of purely scholarly investigation and into the domain of modern experience and activity.
- Michael F. Strmiska, Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Religion in Contemporary Cultures), p. 27-29. 2005.
Transcribed by Nikarev Leshy.
Michael F. Strmiska holds an MA in Religions of India from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in Religious Studies from Boston University in the United States.
If Nazi Aryan discourse and racially orientated forms of modern Paganism represent a xenophobic and racist response to scholarly research into ancient Into-European commonalities, other Pagans have been inspired in a quite different manner. Conscious of the linkages that scholars have made between pre-Christian Pagan Europeans and ancient Hindu Indians, some modern Pagans have come to view modern Indians as their long-lost cousins and to regard the religion of Hinduism as their oldest spiritual relative. This thinking is based on the dating of the earliest Hindu texts, the Vedas, to somewhere in the range of 1500-1200 BCE by most scholars.
The Vedas were written in a language, Vedic, that is an early form of Sanskrit, with
identifiable linguistic parallels to Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, and other European tongues.
Many scholars of the Vedas believe that the authors of the texts were migrants or invaders who went to India from the Indo-European homeland between 2000 and 1500 BCE, following the collapse of the native Harappan/Indus Valley civilization in an area that straddles what today is northwest India and eastern Pakistan.
Because Hinduism has never been supplanted by any other religion in India, despite the efforts of Muslim conquerors and Christian colonizers, and has thereby remained the religious tradition of more than 800 million Indians, it is of special interest to European and North American Pagans.
They look on Hinduism as the only Indo-European, Pagan religion to survive into modern times as the majority faith of an entire nation, despite the geographic and cultural distance that divides India from Europe and North America.
For this reason, a number of modern Pagan movements pay a great deal of attention to parallels between Hindu myths, practices, and beliefs and those of their own particular regional traditions.
To give one example, The Pagan Path, a 1995 book giving an overview of Pagan religious movements in the United States and beyond, contains a section comparing healing practices in various Pagan traditions;
the authors compare the Hindu chakra system of a hierarchical series of energy centres in the human body to the Norse notion of a World Tree with nine levels.
Anticipating that some may object to the identification of Hindu and Norse religious concepts, the authors commented, “There is a common saying among occultists that you should not mix traditions, particularly the Western and Eastern mystery traditions. We would like to point out to people who feel that this system does not belong in Western Pagan practice, that if they look closely they will find that most of our traditions are of common Indo-European heritage” (Farrar, Farrar, and Bone 1995, 78).
To give another example, one of the international organizations dedicated to modern Paganism, the aforementioned World Congress of Ethnic Religions, has had increasing contact with representatives of Hindu sects in India.
In February 2003, members of the Lithuanian organization Romuva and other WCER-affiliated groups attended the First International Conference and Gathering of the Elders in Mumbai (Bombay), India, which was followed by an “Indo-Romuva” conference in New Jersey in the autumn of 2003, further solidifying the links established between Romuva and Hindu organizations during the earlier meetings. Such interactions indicate that cooperation and mutual support between modern Hindus and Pagans seem likely to continue, bringing Indo-European religion out of the realm of purely scholarly investigation and into the domain of modern experience and activity.
- Michael F. Strmiska, Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Religion in Contemporary Cultures), p. 27-29. 2005.
Transcribed by Nikarev Leshy.
Michael F. Strmiska holds an MA in Religions of India from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in Religious Studies from Boston University in the United States.
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Teenager wins Google Science award for genius invention that could cheaply remove most microplastics from the ocean
Because micro-plastics are so small — some as tiny as grains of sand — scientists have had a hard time figuring out to remove them from the soil and the sea.
Now, an Irish teenager has come up with a promising solution for this seemingly impossible task — a magnetic liquid that attracts microplastics to itself.
18-year-old Fionn Ferreira was kayaking one day when he spotted a rock covered in oil from a recent spill. Clinging to the oil were a bunch of tiny pieces of plastic.
“It got me thinking,” Ferreira told Business Insider. “In chemistry, like attracts like.”
Plastic and oil are nonpolar, making them likely to stick together in nature
Ferreira wondered if the effect could be recreated using ferrofluid, a magnetic, oil-based liquid invented by NASA in 1963 to keep rocket fuel moving in zero gravity.
Today ferrofluid is used to control vibrations in speakers and to seal off electronics to keep debris out.
Ferreira makes a more environmentally friendly version of the liquid than the kind used in rocket fuel, using recycled vegetable oil and magnetite powder, a mineral found naturally on Earth’s surface.
When he first drops the liquid into a container of water contaminated with microplastics, it disperses and turns the water black.
Then he dips a magnet in the water, which pulls out all the ferrofluid, plastic and all, leaving clear water behind.
The method removed 88% of the micrplastics in his test samples.
The most difficult type of microplastic to remove was polypropylene, used to make all sorts of plastic packaging. Still, the ferrofluid removes 80% of polypropylene.
The easiest microplastics to remove were microfibers from plastic clothing such polyester, spandex and Lycra.
Washers and dryers are currently not equipped to filter these microfibers, which are a major source of ocean plastic pollution, so this is great news for that application.
Additionally, Ferreira‘s invention can be used at wastewater treatment plants as a sort of catch-all for microplastic pollution before it enters rivers, lakes and oceans.
Ferreira has won the Google Science award, $50,000 and educational funding for his invention.
Because micro-plastics are so small — some as tiny as grains of sand — scientists have had a hard time figuring out to remove them from the soil and the sea.
Now, an Irish teenager has come up with a promising solution for this seemingly impossible task — a magnetic liquid that attracts microplastics to itself.
18-year-old Fionn Ferreira was kayaking one day when he spotted a rock covered in oil from a recent spill. Clinging to the oil were a bunch of tiny pieces of plastic.
“It got me thinking,” Ferreira told Business Insider. “In chemistry, like attracts like.”
Plastic and oil are nonpolar, making them likely to stick together in nature
Ferreira wondered if the effect could be recreated using ferrofluid, a magnetic, oil-based liquid invented by NASA in 1963 to keep rocket fuel moving in zero gravity.
Today ferrofluid is used to control vibrations in speakers and to seal off electronics to keep debris out.
Ferreira makes a more environmentally friendly version of the liquid than the kind used in rocket fuel, using recycled vegetable oil and magnetite powder, a mineral found naturally on Earth’s surface.
When he first drops the liquid into a container of water contaminated with microplastics, it disperses and turns the water black.
Then he dips a magnet in the water, which pulls out all the ferrofluid, plastic and all, leaving clear water behind.
The method removed 88% of the micrplastics in his test samples.
The most difficult type of microplastic to remove was polypropylene, used to make all sorts of plastic packaging. Still, the ferrofluid removes 80% of polypropylene.
The easiest microplastics to remove were microfibers from plastic clothing such polyester, spandex and Lycra.
Washers and dryers are currently not equipped to filter these microfibers, which are a major source of ocean plastic pollution, so this is great news for that application.
Additionally, Ferreira‘s invention can be used at wastewater treatment plants as a sort of catch-all for microplastic pollution before it enters rivers, lakes and oceans.
Ferreira has won the Google Science award, $50,000 and educational funding for his invention.
Business Insider
An 18-year-old has found a way to use 'magnetic liquid' invented by NASA to remove harmful microplastics from water
At age 18, Fionn Ferreira developed a method for removing harmful plastic particles using a liquid invented by NASA.
pink noise
Pink noise is similar to white noise in that it contains sounds across all frequencies, but it has more variation: low frequencies in pink noise are louder and more intense than high frequencies, even if we can't detect it when we hear it. A study in 2012 in Journal of Theoretical Biology found that pink noise appears to help people reach deep sleep, while another in 2017 published in Frontiers In Human Neuroscience noted that it can help memory in older adults.
Overall, white noise may be a good short-term solution for helping your sleep or allowing you to concentrate on a task, but it's not a good idea long-term. The best way to help your auditory centers, says Dr. Attarha, is to replace unstructured noises with speech and music. Doing this, she says, "can reinforce the specialized abilities of our cells, and sustain the chemical, structural, and functional health of the brain."
It's an argument in favor of listening to Music at work rather than miscellaneous background rumblings, and for turning off that white noise machine at night unless you really need it.
Pink noise is similar to white noise in that it contains sounds across all frequencies, but it has more variation: low frequencies in pink noise are louder and more intense than high frequencies, even if we can't detect it when we hear it. A study in 2012 in Journal of Theoretical Biology found that pink noise appears to help people reach deep sleep, while another in 2017 published in Frontiers In Human Neuroscience noted that it can help memory in older adults.
Overall, white noise may be a good short-term solution for helping your sleep or allowing you to concentrate on a task, but it's not a good idea long-term. The best way to help your auditory centers, says Dr. Attarha, is to replace unstructured noises with speech and music. Doing this, she says, "can reinforce the specialized abilities of our cells, and sustain the chemical, structural, and functional health of the brain."
It's an argument in favor of listening to Music at work rather than miscellaneous background rumblings, and for turning off that white noise machine at night unless you really need it.
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What Is Pink Noise?
Pink noise is a color of noise, not entirely unlike white noise.
न जगर्ति न निद्राति
नोन्मीलति न मीलति।
अहो परदशा क्वापि
वर्तते मुक्तचेतसः॥१७- १०॥
न जगता ही है और न सोता ही है, न ही आँखें खोलता या बंद करता है, अहा! उस परम अवस्था में कोई मुक्त चेतना वाला विरला ही रहता है॥१०॥
Aha! in that supreme state, where there is no wakening, no sleep, no opening or closing of eyes, rarely someone with liberated consciousness stays.॥. ( Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 17)
नोन्मीलति न मीलति।
अहो परदशा क्वापि
वर्तते मुक्तचेतसः॥१७- १०॥
न जगता ही है और न सोता ही है, न ही आँखें खोलता या बंद करता है, अहा! उस परम अवस्था में कोई मुक्त चेतना वाला विरला ही रहता है॥१०॥
Aha! in that supreme state, where there is no wakening, no sleep, no opening or closing of eyes, rarely someone with liberated consciousness stays.॥. ( Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 17)
Yarsagumba: Biological Gold or 'Himalayan Viagra'
Yarsagumba is a unique caterpillar-fungus fusion that occurs when parasitic mushroom spores (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) infect and mummify a ghost moth larva living in the soil. A spindly fungus later sprouts from the dead caterpillar host’s head. Two to six centimeters long, the fungus shoots above the soil, acting as a tiny, finger-shaped flag for harvesters to find.
This peculiar hybrid is the world’s most expensive biological resource. Yarsagumba thrives in the picturesque peaks of the Himalayas, at altitudes of between 3000 and 5000 meters, in Nepal and Bhutan, and also on the “roof of the world” — the Tibetan Plateau. In Tibet, it’s called “Yartsa gunbu,” which translates to “summer grass winter worm.”
Yarsagumba is a unique caterpillar-fungus fusion that occurs when parasitic mushroom spores (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) infect and mummify a ghost moth larva living in the soil. A spindly fungus later sprouts from the dead caterpillar host’s head. Two to six centimeters long, the fungus shoots above the soil, acting as a tiny, finger-shaped flag for harvesters to find.
This peculiar hybrid is the world’s most expensive biological resource. Yarsagumba thrives in the picturesque peaks of the Himalayas, at altitudes of between 3000 and 5000 meters, in Nepal and Bhutan, and also on the “roof of the world” — the Tibetan Plateau. In Tibet, it’s called “Yartsa gunbu,” which translates to “summer grass winter worm.”
Benefits :
▪️relieve exhaustion and fatigue
▪️decrease stress
▪️strengthen stamina
▪️strengthen kidneys
▪️strengthen lungs
▪️increase libido of men & women
▪️increase semen
▪️strengthen the immune system
▪️strengthen muscle
▪️relive phlegm congestion
▪️enhance calmness
▪️reducing arrhythmia
▪️preventing nephralgia
▪️strengthening the immune system
of tumor patients who have
received radiotherapy
▪️increasing the blood cells &
protein for producing blood plasma
▪️eliminating toxins and side effects
after certain type of therapies
▪️treatment of impotence
▪️treatment of neurasthenia,
▪️treatment of rheumatoid arthritis,
▪️treatment of cirrhosis
▪️strengthening flabby waist & knees
▪️lowering the lipoproteinemia level,
▪️preventing arteriosclerosis &
coronary heart disease
▪️stimulating sexual hormones
▪️delaying the ageing process
▪️relieve exhaustion and fatigue
▪️decrease stress
▪️strengthen stamina
▪️strengthen kidneys
▪️strengthen lungs
▪️increase libido of men & women
▪️increase semen
▪️strengthen the immune system
▪️strengthen muscle
▪️relive phlegm congestion
▪️enhance calmness
▪️reducing arrhythmia
▪️preventing nephralgia
▪️strengthening the immune system
of tumor patients who have
received radiotherapy
▪️increasing the blood cells &
protein for producing blood plasma
▪️eliminating toxins and side effects
after certain type of therapies
▪️treatment of impotence
▪️treatment of neurasthenia,
▪️treatment of rheumatoid arthritis,
▪️treatment of cirrhosis
▪️strengthening flabby waist & knees
▪️lowering the lipoproteinemia level,
▪️preventing arteriosclerosis &
coronary heart disease
▪️stimulating sexual hormones
▪️delaying the ageing process
The politicians ,businessmen and mainstream Media is tell us that Europe needs immigration due to low birth rates.
Europe lost 60% of its population in only 7 years during the Black Death in the mid 1300’s.
Our Problem‘s are not solved by a population —shift , Paradigm —shift.
Europe lost 60% of its population in only 7 years during the Black Death in the mid 1300’s.
Now think about all that Europeans have accomplished since the 1300’sOur Problem‘s are not solved by a population —shift , Paradigm —shift.
“As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man. When a man begins to grow lax, he fears a little toil and welcomes external comfort, but when he begins perfectly to conquer himself and to walk bravely in the ways of God, then he thinks those things less difficult which he thought so hard before.”
—Imitation of Christ
—Imitation of Christ
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“Do not place much confidence in weak and mortal man, helpful and friendly though he be; and do not grieve too much if he sometimes opposes and contradicts you. Those who are with us today may be against us tomorrow, and vice versa, for men change with the wind. Place all your trust in God; let Him be your fear and your love. He will answer for you; He will do what is best for you.”
—Imitation of Christ
—Imitation of Christ