Saturday, December 20, 2008
Ubuntu a Powerful Operating System ...
Microsoft - back wid the next endeavor ..
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Darwin's Theory of Evolution - a Crisis??
Theists say "Its all from God.. God created the Universe, the Planet, the Atmosphere, Water, Land, Bacterias, Viruses, Animals, Plants, Human". well, good in that case. Belief is always the answer for an unknown question.
And back to Darwin's theory, Sir Darwin proposed a theory.. famously called as the 'Theory of evolution'. According to him, each and every creature on this planet, is created with a factor so called, "decent with modification". The theory says, Everything is descended from its ancestors. trees, animals, human and everything {We must have been from an amoeba then, not from monkey :p}. Also adds up, when such a transition occur, the beneficial mutations still remain as in the ancestor, but the next advancement of the gene would be radical. Say, Human, as of now, is considered to have taken his evolution from a monkey. The advancement we have is the addition of one more sense, absence of tail etc. Its just a structural advancement we have, considers the Theory of Evolution. This process of advancement, was coined by a term 'natural selection', by Darwin. Say, the theory proposes, there must have been something, which existed before the butterflies, which cannot fly but had the properties of a butterfly. Say the fore-runner is X, the butterfly should have inherited a few properties from X and should have developed the capability of flying. The X should have gradually got extinct and what exists is actually the butterfly.
But the transition can not happen in a leap. It takes lotta time. It takes place slowly and very slowly. Darwin further said, if under any discussion, it is to be proved that any organ/part of a creature existed without successive building of them, from their ancestors, the theory of Evolution would obviously break down. Such an organ, if formed, would come under 'irreducibly complex system'. The Irreducibly Complex System is something which contains many complex parts, where the entire organ fails to function properly, if any one single part of the organ fails. Say, you have a two wheeler. You wont be able to run a two wheeler, which is a complex system without tyres or engine or handlebar. You need these integral parts of the complex system to run the two wheeler good. Now, in the same case discussion, there is no chance that the System of the two wheeler can be evolved part by part. Because, if the evolution is part by part and slow, the system wouldn function well.
To note a point, Darwin himself had made a confession on his theory...
"To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree."
And thus, the Darwin's theory is a crisis ... !
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sholingur Lakshmi Narahsimha Temple
Sun Dec, 14., 2008
After a plan to visit the Lakshmi Narahsimha Swami temple, Sholingur, we started from home at 6.00 am sharp. Having booked a cab from a taxi center, the travel took around two and half an hours to reach the temple. 8.30 was the time, when we stepped our foot at Sholingur. Sholingur, outwards, is located near Tirutani and Arakanom, from either sides. A 10km journey from Arakonam will land you in Sholingur. Located in Tiruvallur district. The earth near temple are mostly unplotted. Mostly covered by mountains and hills, Sholingur, is really a good place, provided there is no effect of the striking sun. A calm whether can make Sholingur LN temple trip a most memorable one.
Two major temples, located over the hills. 1. Lakshmi Narahsimha Swami, 2. Anjaneya Swami. Nevertheless located on two different hills, the altitude is more or less the same. The LN(Lakshmi Narahsimha) Swami temple contains around 1,350 steps from the down-hill. Not so very steep, except very few such places. The statue of Narahsimha, an avatar of Lord Vishnu, is placed here and called as Yoga Narahsimhar. 'Narahsimha' avatar of Lord Vishnu is derived from the two words, Narayanan (Lord Vishnu)+Simham(Lion). LN has a body of an ordinary man, as of Lord Vishnu and head of a Simham (Lion). Avatar motive was to kill Iranya kasibu, a wicked dictator and to save the world. LNr is believed to be one of the most powerful GOD.
The temple located over the hill, is full of Monkeys. One can see Family's of monkeys going here and there.. U need to be a bit careful with what you have in your hand else, within no time, you may find it snatched away by them....
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Vaarnam Ayiram
The director has seriously swiped away many hearts through his 'flawless emotional' scenes. Also with a plus of the hero, the scenes should have been more than what they expected. I also liked the camera techniques and total shoot up... Interestingly, the film doesn't have any comedy track.. but this is not a story which must be made commercial with fights, comedies etc. What should be there is there. Many places, i found the movie to touch reality. Of course a few fanatics are there, but after all its acceptable as a film. Art works are also to the mark. Backgrounds for songs, the bomb-blasted building etc shows some good piece of work.
The first half was a bit stretchy, i felt. Second was quite okay. The movie on the first half was more natural. As a dad, suriya's feelings for his son about his growth is shown vivaciously. As a son, as well. Dad's way of or should i call, skill of growing a kid worked out very well. Suriya as a kid loved his dad more than anyone. 'His dad, was his Hero'. The movie stands an example supporting to those who say, "Treat ur boy as ur friend." And Suriya - 2 (son) doesn't take advantage over the freeness given to him, instead in real terms, understands life clearly, as his dad.
Later, Suriya - 2 falls in love with a girl, 'Meghana' during his journey in train. He follows her madly, even to the US, in search of her. Though mite look aberrant, but its acceptable in some sense, because, he loved her that much; it was not lust, he had upon her; and he did not fall in love with anyother girl after seeing her. Even here, his dad was his inspiration coz his dad's marriage was a love marriage. He always knew that even at the age of later 60's his dad loves his mom as he loved in 20's. Well, but his love did not make more filmy-fantasies. He did not go in search of her disregarding his duties. He overcame his dad's debts, built an office for himself and was kinda avg-ly settled in life and only then he went to US, in search of her (this is really a good part of the story).
But unfortunately, the lady-love dies in a bomb-blast in US. Well, after this the real artistic maestro of suriya comes up. The way he acts after conveying his love's death to his dad, really took me into the screen.. And later comes the ordinary, usual part of a commercial film of him becoming a drug addict. Again, comes his dad, to help him out from addiction. A parents love can really change a kid is clearly shown in this movie. But this lucky man gets another lady-love in the second half, where he saves a child of his friend, who stood besides him wen returning frm US, after his darling's death. Not so fanatic here, coz the gal, loves him. But she was also crazy in love at him, as he was with Meghana. Hence he accepts.
Finally dad gets a throat cancer. Though operated, he dies.. and that is where the story begins!
Friday, September 26, 2008
World in 2012 (part 1)
- The Mayan Prophecy
- The Bible Prophecy
- The Earth at present
- Insights
World in 2012 (part 2)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Soul
Soul.. as we all ve heard, is supposed to be an integral part of a living being.. In these traditions, soul is supposed to have incorporated in all living things! Souls are generally considered to be immortal! well.. I was reading the Bhagvad Gita, a few hrs back and found something abt the Soul! Lord krishna, in the Bhagvad Gita says, Soul is the most microscopic thing, which can never been seen even with the most powerful microscope. But the soul can be realized, in deep meditation state.
Hinduism has two classifications for everything. One the Dvaita(Dualistic) and the Advaita(non-dualistic).
Advaita or non-dualistic conception of the soul accords its union with Brahman, the absolute uncreated (roughly, the Godhead), in eventuality or in pre-existing fact.
Dvaita or Dualistic concepts reject this, instead identifying the soul as part and parcel of super soul (GOD), but it never lose it's identity. That is where we as an individual get an identity.
Jevan/Atma.. are the terms referred to Soul, in Sanskrit, which is supposed to be the God's Own Language. The 'Atma' is seen as the portion of Lord Bramha, who is responsible for creating lives, on this earth, according to Hinduism! And Hinduism has many beliefs, on the origin, the purpose and the fate of the soul.
"A soul is neither created nor destroyed. It jus transmigrates from one form to another, depending on the deeds, done during the last birth [Karma]. And the most ultimate end of the soul is reaching Me, which will happen wen one constantly thinks about Me, and is highly devoted to Me", says the Lord, in the Holy book of The Hindus!
The god compares our body to a cloth! Wen we get a new cloth, we wear it. Wen it gets torn, we throw it. Similarly does the soul in our body. Wen our body gets older, it leaves the body and reaches God. It is again migrated to some other body and this process continues!
"A wise man never considers death as a separating factor", says He, "since he knows, there is no death for atma!"
Christianity:
Christianity, also one of the most spread religion in the world, deals atma/soul the same way as Hinduism dealt!
The clearest and most concise inspired definition of death was written by King Solomon, “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it” (Ecclesiastes 12:7). Some christians believe on the Judgment day, where the soul of the dead person will reach the god and based on the deeds and his repenting, he enjoys eternal frienship with God, in the heaven. But, if not, he would be returned back to the Earth and a birth according to his deeds will be given.
There is an other group in christianity, which says, Soul is the essence of human Life and the soul dies with the dead body. Aristotle compared the body to a knife and the cutting action to the Soul. He remarked, "The soul is the essence of the life and it eventually dies as the body is dead. As we use the knife, if the knife is the body, then the cutting action is the soul. wen there is no knife, there is no cutting action. Hence, the essence of the knife, which was the cutting action is killed wen the knife fatigues out. And the similar things happen, when the body is dead!"
These are similar to Dvaita and Advaita in Hinduism!
Islamic:
Generally, it is believed that all living beings are comprised of two aspects during their existence: The physical (being the body) and the non-physical (being the soul). The non-physical aspect, namely the soul, is one's soul-related activities like his/her feelings and emotions, thoughts, Conscious and Sub-Conscious desires and objectives. While the body and its physical actions serve as a “reflection” of one’s soul, whether it was good or evil, and thus "confirms" the extent of such intentions.
At death, the person's soul transitions to an eternal afterlife of bliss, peace and unending spiritual growth until the day of judgment where both the body and soul are re-united for judgment at which point the person is either rewarded by going to heaven if he has followed God's commands or punished if he has disobeyed Him (Qur’an 66:8, 39:20).
Mixture to Dvaita and Advaita!
Jainism:
The soul is without taste, colour and cannot be perceived by the five senses. Consciousness is its chief attribute. Know the soul to be free of any gender and not bound by any dimensions of shape and size.
Hence the soul according to Jainism is indestructible and permanent from the point of view of substance. It is temporary and ever changing from the point of view of its modes. The soul continuously undergoes modifications as per the Karma it attracts and hence reincarnates in the following four states of existence - 1) as a Demi-God in Heaven, or 2) as a tormented soul in Hell, or 3) as a Human being on Continents , or 4) as an Animal, or a Plant, or as a Micro-organism.
As in Dvaita!As a conclusion, Soul is something, which is never destroyed! nobody can understand Brahmam, which is the ultimate of everything in this universe!
And the most better conclusion, i would like to say after all these work is, this simple message proves that God is the Same, irrespective of the religion! He is in different forms, different styles but ultimately, the One and the Only One!