The demon appeared like a powerful grandiose creature skyscrapping itself till end of the sky, blocking the winds, rays of the Sun. Easy to catch anybody's attention even in the three lokas. He is said to have stolen the significant spiritual knowledge of Vedas and Holy Writings from the Lord Brahma when he was asleep.

Hiranyaksha - The Emperor

The Hiranyaksha in his endless greed tried to capture all the significant resources of earth, he started mining and quarrelling the earth. As nobody to stop him, the Mother Earth became weak and baseless, fell to the bottom of the universe - primeval waters.

The Fall

Lord Vishnu transformed itself as a beautiful boar Varaha. Initiated just as a miniaturous form, it carried the earth from the bottom of the primeval waters on its tusks, till it grew big until reaching upto heavens.Apart from the genuine ugliness of the boar which we look, Varaha was one of the most mastered and empathic creation of the universe with the 2 golden tusks and lustre-pearl eyes.

Arrival Of The Saviour

The reason for this type of reincaranation was the boon which Lord Brahma gave to the demon Hiranyaksha, stating that no human, beast or God would able to defeat him.Varaha fought with the demon, defeating and acquiring the gem consisting of the Vedas Knowledge and giving it back to the Lord Brahma.

Restoring The Balance Of The Earth

Varaha Avatar - Third Avatar Of Vishnu Hiranyaksha was the first and greatest demon that ever walked this earth. He wore golden anklets, a golden girdle, golden bracelets on his arms, golden armour and a crown of gold. To obtain this gold he mined the earth. He considered the earth as his property to do with as he wished, and so he mined her deeper and deeper – so deep that Mother Earth lost her inner balance and fell from her position in space. Plunging to the depths she came to rest in the primeval waters which lie at the very bottom of the universe. There she lay, lost and helpless in the darkness. Varaha had a boon from Lord Brahma that no beast, nor man, nor god could kill him. Vishnu saw the distress of the earth planet as she was lying in the dark ocean. So, Vishnu took the form of a gigantic boar, Varaha, and entered the universe to rescue the earth from the deep. It is said that he first appeared in a tiny form no larger than a thumb, and steadily grew until he seemed to fill the heavens. Although a boar is normally considered to be an ugly animal, Varaha was most beautiful. All the demigods and sages sung his glories as he dived into the ocean to rescue Earth. Meanwhile Hiranyaksha, not caring for the earth’s predicament, roamed about restlessly looking for someone with whom to do battle. As Varaha was picking up the earth on his tusks, the angry demon came upon him and eagerly challenged him to fight. He pushed the Earth to the Pataal loka, or the under of the sea. He stole the Vedas, the holy scriptures from the Lord Brahma, while he was asleep and performed huge atrocities. There was a great battle, fought for the sake of the Earth, in which the demon finally lost his life. Varaha picked up the earth with his two tusks and carefully restored her to her proper position in space and retrieved the Vedas from the asura and brought it back to the safe custody of the Lord Brahma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Please Like, Share and Subscribe our videos.*** Press the bell button to stay notified about our new videos! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: 1. Some parts from this video like music, pictures and videos are sourced from the web. The Hindu Saga does not declare any ownership and is ready to give the rights to whoever it is due. 2. Multiple sources have been referred to create the content and story for the videos and we try our best to produce good content that seems authentic to our knowledge, however, we do not confirm the authenticity of the content and stories shared on channel. 3. Some of the links are affiliate links, which means if you use that link to buy something, I get a small kickback at no extra cost to you. :) #TheHinduSaga #IndianHistory #HinduHistory #Hinduism #IndianMythology #HinduMythology #HinduGods #ReligionExplained

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Hiranyaksha was the first and greatest demon that ever walked this earth. He wore golden anklets, a golden girdle, golden bracelets on his arms, golden armour and a crown of gold. To obtain this gold he mined the earth. He considered the earth as his property to do with as he wished, and so he mined her deeper and deeper – so deep that Mother Earth lost her inner balance and fell from her position in space. Plunging to the depths she came to rest in the primeval waters which lie at the very bottom of the universe. There she lay, lost and helpless in the darkness.

Varaha had a boon from Lord Brahma that no beast, nor man, nor god could kill him. Vishnu saw the distress of the earth planet as she was lying in the dark ocean. So, Vishnu took the form of a gigantic boar, Varaha, and entered the universe to rescue the earth from the deep. It is said that he first appeared in a tiny form no larger than a thumb, and steadily grew until he seemed to fill the heavens. Although a boar is normally considered to be an ugly animal, Varaha was most beautiful. All the demigods and sages sung his glories as he dived into the ocean to rescue Earth. Meanwhile Hiranyaksha, not caring for the earth’s predicament, roamed about restlessly looking for someone with whom to do battle. As Varaha was picking up the earth on his tusks, the angry demon came upon him and eagerly challenged him to fight. He pushed the Earth to the Pataal loka, or the under of the sea. He stole the Vedas, the holy scriptures from the Lord Brahma, while he was asleep and performed huge atrocities. There was a great battle, fought for the sake of the Earth, in which the demon finally lost his life. Varaha picked up the earth with his two tusks and carefully restored her to her proper position in space and retrieved the Vedas from the asura and brought it back to the safe custody of the Lord Brahma.

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This king lived with the power & philosophy of saving every single living creation on earth. The king once alongside a river got a tiny fish, which urged him to not send him back to river for the fear of being eaten by the predators.

King Satyavrata (Manu)

The king agreed and took it to the palace, but he didn't know that it was Lord Vishnu in the form of a fish. As they reached the palace the fish's size grew to the astonishment of the king. The more bigger the vessel the more is its grandiose size.

Lord Vishnu As Matya

The fish was transferred from a pot to vessel to pond. The fish seems to have no end with its figure. Finally the king then essenced the divine spirit and apologised to the Matysa. Then the Matsya revealed itself as Lord Vishnu.

Revelation

Matsya announced that after 7 days the world will collapse under the ocean, so Satyavrata was told to gather the Seven Rishis along with all forms of life present in the atmosphere.

Order Of Destruction

Gigantic Clouds begin to appear, started to shower with all of its enemity. Vasuki (the Snake) towed the boat along with the king, Seven Rishis and Lord Vishnu. The whole world entered a stage of complete silence and doom state for countless days.

Wrath Of Chaos

Peace started to restore and balance awakened itself to heal the planet. This was also the golden period when Lord Vishnu gave the gemifying spiritual knowledge of Vedas to the Seven Rishis, which gave a different adherence of divine spirituality to the world. Hence the Satyavrata and the Seven Rishis became the first humans to define the new era.

Dawn Of Revolution 

Matsya Avatar - The First Avatar Of Vishnu Matsya, the first avatar of Vishnu, is in the form of a fish. Vishnu took the form of Matysa to rescue the Manu, the first man as per the Hindu epics from a huge destruction. Once King Satyavrata (the real name of ‘Manu’) was performing a sacred ceremony besides a river. While scooping in some water from the river to offer to Surya, the Sun God, he accidentally caught a tiny fish in the palm of his hand. Satyavrata was ready to release the fish back into the water, but the fish requested otherwise. The tiny fish begged him not to throw it back into the river as the river had bigger fishes that would prey upon it. To save itself from other predators of the sea, the fish requested the King to take it along with him to his palace, convincing him that his palace would be safe and big enough to accommodate a small fish. King Satyavrata took pity on the little fish and took it with himself to his palace. Upon reaching there, he put the fish in a small bowl. The King was happy and satisfied that he was able to save the life of this little being. The next morning Satyavrata came to check on the fish and was surprised to see that the tiny fish he had brought with him had grown large enough to fill the entire pot. This time the King transferred the fish to the largest lake of his Kingdom, but in no time the fish outgrew the lake too. The King had no other option but to drop the fish into the ocean from where he originally rescued it. He apologized to the fish that despite being a King he could not save her or provide enough to ensure her survival. As the fish was dropped into the ocean, its size knew no bounds. It grew beyond what Satyavrata eyes could see. At this point, Satyavrata concluded that this was no ordinary animal, but it had to be a divine appearance of God. After seven days, as Matsya had predicted, huge clouds appeared in all directions and began pouring on land and sea. The huge waves from the ocean flowed into the land, becoming one with it. Soon there was no land in sight and the entire earth was flooded with water. Then Satyavrata with all his companions saw a large mysterious boat floating towards them across the waves. Remembering the words of Matsya, Satyavrata onboarded the Seven Rishis, animals, all his belongings and himself on the boat, finding some safety. Soon Matsya appeared there with the snakkue Vasuki. Vasuki tied itself to the boat on side and held on to the horns of Matsya on the other side. Matsya with the help of Vasuki towed the boat across the waters of devastation. For countless days, darkness covered the world and they wandered across the stormy ocean waiting for the water to subside. During their journey and days of patience, Vishnu in the form of Matsya preached King Satyavrata and the seven sages the spiritual knowledge of the Vedas. Thus, Vishnu – The Preserver from the holy Trinity, was able to save mankind and brought them into the new era, the beginning of Satya Yuga. Satyavrata came to be known as ‘Manu’, the first man and the seven sages who accompanied became the Saptarishis going on to repopulate the earth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Please Like, Share and Subscribe our videos.*** Press the bell button to stay notified about our new videos! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: 1. Some parts from this video like music, pictures and videos are sourced from the web. The Hindu Saga does not declare any ownership and is ready to give the rights to whoever it is due. 2. Multiple sources have been referred to create the content and story for the videos and we try our best to produce good content that seems authentic to our knowledge, however, we do not confirm the authenticity of the content and stories shared on channel. 3. Some of the links are affiliate links, which means if you use that link to buy something, I get a small kickback at no extra cost to you. :) #TheHinduSaga #IndianHistory #HinduHistory #Hinduism #IndianMythology #HinduMythology #HinduGods #ReligionExplained

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Matsya, the first avatar of Vishnu, is in the form of a fish. Vishnu took the form of Matysa to rescue the Manu, the first man as per the Hindu epics from a huge destruction.

 Once King Satyavrata (the real name of ‘Manu’) was performing a sacred ceremony besides a river. While scooping in some water from the river to offer to Surya, the Sun God, he accidentally caught a tiny fish in the palm of his hand. Satyavrata was ready to release the fish back into the water, but the fish requested otherwise. The tiny fish begged him not to throw it back into the river as the river had bigger fishes that would prey upon it. To save itself from other predators of the sea, the fish requested the King to take it along with him to his palace, convincing him that his palace would be safe and big enough to accommodate a small fish. King Satyavrata took pity on the little fish and took it with himself to his palace. Upon reaching there, he put the fish in a small bowl. The King was happy and satisfied that he was able to save the life of this little being. The next morning Satyavrata came to check on the fish and was surprised to see that the tiny fish he had brought with him had grown large enough to fill the entire pot. This time the King transferred the fish to the largest lake of his Kingdom, but in no time the fish outgrew the lake too. The King had no other option but to drop the fish into the ocean from where he originally rescued it. He apologized to the fish that despite being a King he could not save her or provide enough to ensure her survival. As the fish was dropped into the ocean, its size knew no bounds. It grew beyond what Satyavrata eyes could see. At this point, Satyavrata concluded that this was no ordinary animal, but it had to be a divine appearance of God.

After seven days, as Matsya had predicted, huge clouds appeared in all directions and began pouring on land and sea. The huge waves from the ocean flowed into the land, becoming one with it. Soon there was no land in sight and the entire earth was flooded with water. Then Satyavrata with all his companions saw a large mysterious boat floating towards them across the waves. Remembering the words of Matsya, Satyavrata onboarded the Seven Rishis, animals, all his belongings and himself on the boat, finding some safety. Soon Matsya appeared there with the snakkue Vasuki. Vasuki tied itself to the boat on side and held on to the horns of Matsya on the other side. Matsya with the help of Vasuki towed the boat across the waters of devastation. For countless days, darkness covered the world and they wandered across the stormy ocean waiting for the water to subside. During their journey and days of patience, Vishnu in the form of Matsya preached King Satyavrata and the seven sages the spiritual knowledge of the Vedas. 

Thus, Vishnu – The Preserver from the holy Trinity, was able to save mankind and brought them into the new era, the beginning of Satya Yuga. Satyavrata came to be known as ‘Manu’, the first man and the seven sages who accompanied became the Saptarishis going on to repopulate the earth.


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The Seven Spiritual Laws are filled with timeless wisdom and practical steps that shatters several myths and changes the perception towards looking at LIFE<ol><li>The Law of Pure Potentiality</li><li>The Law of Giving and Receiving </li><li>The Law of Karma (Cause & Effect)</li><li>The Law of Lease Effort</li><li>The Law of Intention & Desire</li><li>The Law of Detachment</li><li>The Law of Dharma (Purpose in Life)</li></ol>

Simple yet Practical Timeless Spiritual Laws

<ul><li>Take time each day to be silent, connect with your spirit, to just Be</li><li>Practice non-judgment, judge nothing, remind yourself throughout the day, catch yourself when you are judging</li><li>Commune with nature by silently observing the intelligence within everything</li></ul>

1. The Law of Pure Potentiality

<ul><li>Circulate the joy and affluence of giving, in your life and the lives of others - compliment, give a gift, offer a flower, prayer</li><li>Gratefully receive every gift the life offers, be open to receiving - be it a material gift, a compliment, or a flower</li><li>Silently wish everyone you encounter the happiness, joy, and laughter</li><li>By giving and receiving the gifts of caring, affection, appreciation, and love, you will keep wealth circulating in your life</li></ul>

2. The Law of Giving & Receiving

<ul><li>Witness the choices you make in each moment, be fully conscious of the present</li><li>Ask these two questions whenever you make a choice: "What are the consequences of this choice?" and "Will this choice bring happiness to me and those who are affected by this choice?"</li><li>Ask your heart for guidance, be guided by its message of comfort or discomfort - if the choice feels discomfort, then better don't make that choice</li></ul>

3. The Law of Karma (Cause & Effect)

<ul><li>Accept people, circumstances, and events as they are in this moment</li><li>Take responsibility for your situation without blaming anything or anyone including yourself</li><li>Every problem is an opportunity in disguise - transform it into a greater benefit</li><li>Don't rigidly get attached to anything or anyone</li></ul>

4. The Law of Least Effort

<ul><li>List out your Intentions and Desires, look at these just before you go to bed, when you wake up or when you go into silence</li><li>Release your desires to the field of pure potentiality trusting it to handle all details for you</li><li>When things not going the right way, there is a reason</li><li>Practice mindfulness in all your actions, and refuse to allow obstacles to consume your attention in the present moment</li></ul>

5. The Law of Intention and Desire

<ul><li>Practice detached involvement, by letting go but staying alert to the opportunity within every problem</li><li>Accept uncertainty as an essential part of your experience, in your willingness to accept the uncertainty the solutions will spontaneously appear</li><li>Remain open to all the possibilities and enjoy every moment in the journey of your life - all the fun, mystery, and magic in the pure potentiality</li></ul>

6. The Law of Detachment

<ul><li>Nature is the divinity within you, the spirit animating your body and mind by carrying the consciousness of timeless Being in the midst of the time-bound experience</li><li>List out your unique talents, and things that you love to do by expressing these talents</li><li>Ask yourself daily, "How can I help?", "How can I serve?"</li></ul>

7. The Law of Dharma (Purpose in Life)

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In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra distills the essence of his teachings into seven simple, yet powerful principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life. Based on natural laws that govern all of creation, this book shatters the myth that success is the result of hard work, exacting plans, or driving ambition. Instead, Chopra offers a life-altering perspective on the attainment of success: Once we understand our true nature and learn to live in harmony with natural law, a sense of well-being, good health, fulfilling relationships, energy and enthusiasm for life, and material abundance will spring forth easily and effortlessly. Filled with timeless wisdom and practical steps you can apply right away, this is a book you will cherish for a lifetime, for within its pages are the secrets to making all your dreams come true. ___________________ &quot;A must-read for anyone who missed The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran.&quot; — The New York Times “Of all Deepak’s books, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success gives a profound outline for conducting one’s life at the highest and most integrated level. It is magnificent.” — Anthony Robbins, Author, Unlimited Power “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success make wonderful guiding principles for anyone attempting to create a productive and satisfying life or human organization.” — Ken Blanchard, Co-author, The One Minute Manager ___________________ About the Author Deepak Chopra is a world-renowned leader in the fields of holistic health and human potential. He is The New York Times bestselling author of numerous books and audio programs that cover every aspect of mind, body, and spirit. His books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and he travels widely throughout the world promoting peace, health, and well-being.

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The suffering the Buddha spoke of included people’s longing for pleasure and the knowledge that one day everyone will be parted from their loved ones. It included the fact that the wonders of life end in death.The Buddha called this suffering dukkha. Human beings are like a dog, he said, tied to a post and unable to escape, forever pulling at the rope. He called this trap of suffering the wheel of samsara, or the cycle of life and death.

<ol><li>Ardency-In the Satipatthana Sutta, he told his followers that they would need the quality of ardency on their journey, meaning the ability to sustain their efforts over the long haul.</li><li>Impermanence-In Buddhism, all things change except for nibbana – that highest form of happiness. Emotions and thoughts come and go, and the world we live in is one of birth, growth, decay, and death. </li><li>When you accept that suffering comes from the self, you realize renouncing the self not only ends your suffering, but also the suffering you cause others. The Buddha called this sense of purpose clear comprehension.</li></ol>

In the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha takes joy in telling his students how the body can lead the way to enlightenment. Begin, he advises, by sitting on the floor with your back straight and your legs crossed. Focus on your breath. Start by simply noting what is happening: I am breathing in. I am breathing out. Then take note of whether the breath is short or long. Eventually, you’ll become aware of where you are in the breath – the beginning, middle, end. As you go on, you’ll notice that you don’t just breathe with your nose and your mouth, or even lungs. Breath occurs through the whole body

Mindfulness

The first is impermanence. Feel your nerves spark with micro-sensations, and note that these always pass. Second, witness the driving force of suffering. See how you shift positions to counter an ache in your tailbone or stretch to ease a cramp. Third and last, see how mindfulness of the body reveals the absence of the self. You are skin, bone, sinew, organs, bile, snot, and tears. You are an interdependent system of things. There is no bigger you behind it. In this context, “you” – as the entity directing the system – are a fiction.

The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening—seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fruits of a life lived consciously. With Mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein shares the wisdom of his four decades of teaching and practice in a book that will serve as a lifelong companion for anyone committed to mindful living and the realization of inner freedom. Goldstein's source teaching is the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha's legendary discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness that became the basis for the many types of Vipassana (or insight meditation) found today. Exquisite in detail yet wholly accessible and relevant for the modern student, Mindfulness takes us through a profound study of: Ardency, clear knowing, mindfulness, and concentration—how to develop these four qualities of mind essential for walking the path wisely The Satipatthana refrain—how deeply contemplating the four foundations of mindfulness opens us to bare knowing and continuity of mindfulness Mindfulness of the body, including the breath, postures, activities, and physical characteristics Mindfulness of feelings—how the experience of our sense perceptions influences our inner and outer worlds Mindfulness of mind—learning to recognize skillful and unskillful states of mind and thought Mindfulness of dhammas (or categories of experience), including the Five Hindrances, the Six Sense Spheres, the Seven Factors of Awakening, and much more "There is a wealth of meaning and nuance in the experience of mindfulness that can enrich our lives in unimagined ways," writes Goldstein. In Mindfulness you have the tools to mine these riches for yourself.

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The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening—seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fruits of a life lived consciously. With Mindfulness, Joseph Goldstein shares the wisdom of his four decades of teaching and practice in a book that will serve as a lifelong companion for anyone committed to mindful living and the realization of inner freedom.Goldstein's source teaching is the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha's legendary discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness that became the basis for the many types of Vipassana (or insight meditation) found today. Exquisite in detail yet wholly accessible and relevant for the modern student, Mindfulness takes us through a profound study of:<ul><li>Ardency, clear knowing, mindfulness, and concentration—how to develop these four qualities of mind essential for walking the path wisely</li><li>The Satipatthana refrain—how deeply contemplating the four foundations of mindfulness opens us to bare knowing and continuity of mindfulness</li><li>Mindfulness of the body, including the breath, postures, activities, and physical characteristics</li><li>Mindfulness of feelings—how the experience of our sense perceptions influences our inner and outer worlds</li><li>Mindfulness of mind—learning to recognize skillful and unskillful states of mind and thought</li><li>Mindfulness of dhammas (or categories of experience), including the Five Hindrances, the Six Sense Spheres, the Seven Factors of Awakening, and much more</li></ul> "There is a wealth of meaning and nuance in the experience of mindfulness that can enrich our lives in unimagined ways," writes Goldstein. In Mindfulness you have the tools to mine these riches for yourself.

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Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time-sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down?

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

It is a Western disease to make time finite, and then impose speed on all aspects of life.Despite what people think, the discussion about speed is never really about the current state of technology. It goes much deeper than that, it goes back to the human desire for transcendence … It’s hard to think about the fact that we’re going to die; it’s unpleasant, so we constantly seek ways to distract ourselves from the awareness of our own mortality. Speed, with the sensory rush it gives, is one strategy for distraction.

The Problem With Speed

Reading implies time for reflection, a slowing-down that destroys the mass’s dynamic efficiency.

The world is still straining to do everything faster—and paying a heavy price for it. The toll taken by the hurry-up culture is well documented. We are driving the planet and ourselves towards burnout. We are so time-poor and time-sick that we neglect our friends, families and partners. We barely know how to enjoy things any more because we are always looking ahead to the next thing. Much of the food we eat is bland and unhealthy. With our children caught up in the same hailstorm of hurry, the future looks bleak.

The World Is Speeding Up

All the things that bind us together and make life worth living—community, family, friendship—thrive on the one thing we never have enough of: Time.Time is getting away, that there isn’t enough of it, and you must pedal faster and faster to keep up. These days, the whole world is time-sick. We all belong to the same cult of speed.Time-sickness can also be a symptom of a deeper, existential malaise. In the final stages before burnout, people often speed up to avoid confronting their unhappiness.

Time Sickness

Inevitably, a life of hurry can become superficial. When we rush, we skim the surface, and fail to make real connections with the world or other people.We have forgotten how to look forward to things, and how to enjoy the moment when they arrive.In this social media-drenched, data-rich, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of slowing down and simply being alone with our thoughts.

A Superficial Life

If we are ever going to slow down, we must understand why we accelerated in the first place, why the world got so revved up, so tightly scheduled. And to do that, we need to start at the very beginning, by looking at our relationship with time itself. Ancient civilizations used calendars to work out when to plant and harvest crops. Right from the start, though, timekeeping proved to be a double-edged sword. On the upside, scheduling can make anyone, from peasant farmer to software engineer, more efficient. Soon enough, the tables turn, and time takes over. We become slaves to the schedule.

Our Relationship With Time

As the clock tightened its grip and technology made it possible to do everything more quickly, hurry and haste seeped into every corner of life. People were expected to think faster, work faster, talk faster, read faster, write faster, eat faster, and move faster.The result is a gnawing disconnect between what we want from life and what we can realistically have, which feeds the sense that there is never enough time.

The Clock

Part of the problem may lie in the way we think about time itself. In Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist traditions, time is cyclical. On Canada’s Baffin Island, the Inuit use the same word—uvatiarru—to mean both ‘in the distant past’ and ‘in the distant future.’ The Hindu word kal means both yesterday and tomorrow.Time, in such cultures, is always coming as well as going. It is constantly around us, renewing itself, like the air we breathe.In the Western tradition, time is linear, an arrow flying remorselessly from A to B. It is a finite, and therefore precious, resource.

Time Is Actually Cyclical

Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of change.  Fast is busy, controlling, aggressive, hurried, analytical, stressed, superficial, impatient and jumpy.Slow is the opposite: calm, careful, receptive, still, intuitive, unhurried, patient, reflective, quality-over-quantity. It is about making real and meaningful connections—with people, culture, work, food, everything. The paradox is that Slow does not always mean slow. As we shall see, performing a task in a Slow manner often yields faster results. It is also possible to do things quickly while maintaining a Slow frame of mind.

The Two Different Frame Rates Of Life

Speed has helped to remake our world in ways that are wonderful and liberating. Who wants to live without the Internet or jet travel? The problem is that our love of speed, our obsession with doing more and more in less and less time, has gone too far; it has turned into an addiction, a kind of idolatry.  Falling behind at work? Get a quicker Internet connection. No time for that novel you got at Christmas? Learn to speed-read. Diet not working? Try liposuction. Too busy to cook? Buy a microwave. And yet some things cannot, should not, be sped up. They take time; they need slowness.

The Addiction Of Speed

When you accelerate things that should not be accelerated, when you forget how to slow down, there is a price to pay.

Instead of doing everything faster, many people are decelerating, and finding that Slowness helps them to live, work, think and play better. But is the Slow movement really a movement? It certainly has all the ingredients that academics look for—popular sympathy, a blueprint for a new way of life, grassroots action. True, the Slow movement has no formal structure and still suffers from low brand recognition. Many people slow down—working fewer hours, say, or finding time to cook—without feeling part of a global crusade. Yet every act of deceleration is grist to the mill.

Put Your Feet Off The Gas

Many recommend doing fewer things in order to do them better, a core tenet of the Slow philosophy … The twenty-four-hour society is not intrinsically evil. If we approach it in a Slow spirit—doing fewer things, with less hurry—it can give us the flexibility we need to decelerate … Slower, it turns out, often means better—better health, better work, better business, better family life, better exercise, better cuisine and better sex.

Less But Better

The Slow movement is still taking shape. It has no central headquarters or website, no single leader, and no political party to carry its message. Many people decide to slow down without ever feeling part of a cultural trend, let alone a global crusade. What matters, though, is that a growing minority is choosing slowness over speed. Every act of deceleration gives another push to the Slow movement.

The Invisible Movement

To roll back the fast-food tsunami sweeping across the planet, Carlo Petrini, a charismatic culinary writer, launched Slow Food. As the name suggests, the movement stands for everything that McDonald’s does not: fresh, local, seasonal produce; recipes handed down through the generations; sustainable farming; artisanal production; leisurely dining with family and friends. Slow Food also preaches ‘eco-gastronomy’—the notion that eating well can, and should, go hand in hand with protecting the environment.

No To McDonalds: Slow Food

Many find that slowing down has a spiritual dimension. But many others do not. The Slow movement is broad enough to accommodate both. In any case, the gap between the two may not be as wide as it seems. The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections—with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds. Some call that living better. Others would describe it as spiritual.

The Spiritual Side Of Slowing Down

In the war against the cult of speed, the front line is inside our heads. Acceleration will remain our default setting until attitudes change. But changing what we think is just the beginning. If the Slow movement is really to take root, we have to go deeper. We have to change the way we think.

Changing The Way We Think

For the Slow movement, the workplace is a key battlefront. When the job gobbles up so many hours, the time left over for everything else gets squeezed. Even the simple things—taking the kids to school, eating supper, chatting to friends—become a race against the clock. A surefire way to slow down is to work less.These days, we exist to serve the economy, rather than the other way round. Long hours on the job are making us unproductive, error-prone, unhappy and ill.

Work Less And Avoid Burnout At The Office

People who cut their work hours often take a smaller hit financially than they expect. That is because spending less time on the job means spending less money on the things that allow us to work: transport, parking, eating out, coffee, convenience food, childcare, laundry, retail therapy. A smaller income also translates into a smaller tax bill.

Benefits Of Working Less And Staying Home

We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car, a typical business executive now loses sixty-eight hours a year to being put on hold, and American adults currently devote on average a mere half hour per week to making love. Living on the edge of exhaustion, we are constantly reminded by our bodies and minds that the pace of life is spinning out of control. In Praise of Slowness traces the history of our increasingly breathless relationship with time and tackles the consequences of living in this accelerated culture of our own creation. Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down? Realizing the price we pay for unrelenting speed, people all over the world are reclaiming their time and slowing down the pace -- and living happier, healthier, and more productive lives as a result. A Slow revolution is taking place. Here you will find no Luddite calls to overthrow technology and seek a preindustrial utopia. This is a modern revolution, championed by cell-phone using, e-mailing lovers of sanity. The Slow philosophy can be summed up in a single word -- balance. People are discovering energy and efficiency where they may have been least expected -- in slowing down. In this engaging and entertaining exploration, award-winning journalist and rehabilitated speedaholic Carl Honoré details our perennial love affair with efficiency and speed in a perfect blend of anecdotal reportage, history, and intellectual inquiry. In Praise of Slowness is the first comprehensive look at the worldwide Slow movements making their way into the mainstream -- in offices, factories, neighborhoods, kitchens, hospitals, concert halls, bedrooms, gyms, and schools. Defining a movement that is here to stay, this spirited manifesto will make you completely rethink your relationship with time.

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We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car, a typical business executive now loses sixty-eight hours a year to being put on hold, and American adults currently devote on average a mere half hour per week to making love.Living on the edge of exhaustion, we are constantly reminded by our bodies and minds that the pace of life is spinning out of control. In Praise of Slowness traces the history of our increasingly breathless relationship with time and tackles the consequences of living in this accelerated culture of our own creation. Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down? Realizing the price we pay for unrelenting speed, people all over the world are reclaiming their time and slowing down the pace -- and living happier, healthier, and more productive lives as a result. A Slow revolution is taking place.Here you will find no Luddite calls to overthrow technology and seek a preindustrial utopia. This is a modern revolution, championed by cell-phone using, e-mailing lovers of sanity. The Slow philosophy can be summed up in a single word -- balance. People are discovering energy and efficiency where they may have been least expected -- in slowing down.In this engaging and entertaining exploration, award-winning journalist and rehabilitated speedaholic Carl Honoré details our perennial love affair with efficiency and speed in a perfect blend of anecdotal reportage, history, and intellectual inquiry. In Praise of Slowness is the first comprehensive look at the worldwide Slow movements making their way into the mainstream -- in offices, factories, neighborhoods, kitchens, hospitals, concert halls, bedrooms, gyms, and schools. Defining a movement that is here to stay, this spirited manifesto will make you completely rethink your relationship with time.

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In Praise of Slowness

In history, people have attempted to explain the earth and humans’ position in it. A lot of people from various eras, religions, and races have uttered tales to describe, with magnificence and wonder, the roots and presence of human beings, Earth, animals, the universe, and the stars.Globalization, as well as our extremely dynamic present knowledge economy, has disintegrated belief in conventional root tales. However, the fact is that the present scientific understanding entails that people could not describe our roots and growth.

The Premise

What we understand has been that this huge explosion formed this universe 13.8 billion years previously – the initial of the range of important occurrences in the human chronicle. Also, we can tell what occurred after a fragment of a nanosecond following that instant.At that moment, our universe had even been tinier compared to an atom. It is difficult for our minds to understand some things, such as atoms, sizes; however, you could put millions of atoms in the point of an “i” with ease.Everything, from time, space and matter, started from that point.

The Big Bang

To start with, we had energy only, which immediately divided into various forces, like electromagnetism and gravity. In a split second, the simple matter appeared, and after it was complicated formations, while neutrons and protons – very tiny particles – combine to form nuclei. Anything occurred within minutes; however, with the cooling of this universe, everything impeded further.  The universe started out as something unthinkably small, with every matter and energy that is in our universe presently gathered to that, and it has been increasing since then.

The Formation Of Everything From The Unthinkable

Stars just came into existence 100000000 years following the huge explosion, at the time matter and gravity offered the goldilocks circumstances for any star to create.After a big star disappears, gravity crushes a star's essence with great strength, and a star shatters with immense energy.

The Emergence of Stars

This world was created by the buildup of debris-roughly 4,500,000,000 years previouslyWe are owed to the Sun for three things: energy, light, and heatThe creation of the globe has been a chaotic outcome of star formation, which happens in parts of space full of plumes of chemical substances.Near to the rays, where the creation of rocky planets such as Mars, Venus, and Earth took place, was a part filled with chemical substances such as iron, oxygen, and aluminium.

Our Solar System

<ul><li>Mild temperatures are important to existence, and the World possesses in-built systems that sustain them.</li><li>Rain comprises carbon, which ultimately finds its path to this World's cloak, the place it is kept for a long time.</li><li>Decreased carbon signifies less CO2 and this signifies colder temperatures.</li><li>During the cold period, less rain pours, this signifies that the kept carbon is less. CO2 degrees accumulate and things become warmer.</li><li>And when it gets really hot, more rain happens and everything cooled back down.</li></ul>

The Bedrock Of Life

<ul><li>Photosynthesis had been a powerful blessing for the initial, one-celled existence that assisted to trigger a biological innovation.</li><li>The progressive revolution of photosynthesis indicated the initial energy success in life history.</li><li>Unexpectedly, the energy was nearly infinite, and prokaryotes could multiply and spread. - 3000000000 years ago, oxygen levels in the atmosphere increased intensely, and the quantity of life in the oceans rose to nearly 10% of present grades.</li></ul>

Photosynthesis

<ul><li>Development and the annihilation of dinosaurs assisted the large structures of existence to grow that would ultimately produce mankind</li><li>Fungi, plants, and animals evolved and moved to land from oceans.</li><li>The appearance of existence on land caused expansion.</li><li>Life developed to be more clever due to advancement.</li><li>Adaptation increased information processing since information increased information.</li></ul>

Early Life On Earth

<ul><li>According to the criteria of our universe, we are really young.</li><li>In only the past 6000000 years (know that our universe is at the age of 13800000000, and initial huge living organisms came 600000000 years previously), we people have made our own means, growing independently from primates.</li><li>The language ability allowed the difficulty and accuracy of the shared info that showed to become revolutionary since it allowed training together - the buildup and transferring of one person's knowledge to another person and from one generation to another.</li></ul>

From Apes To Humans

<ul><li>The practice of agriculture developed in reaction to population densities.</li><li>Initially, humans were hesitant cultivators.</li><li>As village societies turned out to be the standard lifestyle, communities had to make novel principles and conduct, and humans started working further as one</li></ul>

Agriculture

<ul><li>With the development of agriculture, it produced surpluses that allowed the growth of more difficult agrarian communities</li><li>Surplus food from farming signified that they had an excess of humans in time at hand since not everybody had to labour the ground.</li><li>At the time individuals do not have to use their entire time for agriculture, they possess time to produce and trade pots for instance.</li></ul>

The Growth Of Trade

<ul><li>In just 100 years, people have accomplished huge advancements as data and concepts travelled across seas and were interchanged faster than any time previously</li><li>Fossil fuels' energy provided communities with further energy compared to what is offered by agriculture and transformed human life.</li></ul>

Fossil Fuels

<ul><li>Since World War II, we've seen the extreme rise of financial advancement in history, caused largely by technological advancements and fossil fuels</li><li>Economic advancement signifies that the experience of people is currently totally different from the ones our ancestors had</li><li>One disadvantage to economic growth is a huge inequality, proven most strongly by the fact that presently; 45000000 individuals are enslaved</li><li>Biodiversity is falling forever, with figures of extermination presently 100s of times quicker than that of the past millions of years</li></ul>

The Last Seventy Years

<ul><li>The following days are for us to create.</li><li>In the long term, The World would be sterile and ultimately the Sun would consume it</li><li>We are getting close to the biodiversity boundary, and we are getting nearer to the boundaries for climate change.</li><li>John Stuart Mill, the 19th-century economist, chose the notion of a tomorrow with no continuous development.</li><li>Attaining a world that could survive is an aim worth targeting, it would signify that human communities can exist for thousands, perhaps a lot of centuries to come.</li></ul>

The Future Of Earth

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This New York Times bestseller "elegantly weaves evidence and insights . . . into a single, accessible historical narrative" (Bill Gates) and presents a captivating history of the universe -- from the Big Bang to dinosaurs to mass globalization and beyond. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together -- from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, Origin Story boldly reframes our place in the cosmos.

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This New York Times bestseller "elegantly weaves evidence and insights . . . into a single, accessible historical narrative" (Bill Gates) and presents a captivating history of the universe -- from the Big Bang to dinosaurs to mass globalization and beyond. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together -- from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, Origin Story boldly reframes our place in the cosmos.

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Origin Story

Kurukshetra is not only a place in India, there is one in all of us today.The Bhagavad-Gita is considered by eastern and western researchers the same to be among the best otherworldly books the world has at any point known. In a lucid manner, the Supreme Lord Krishna depicts the study of self-acknowledgment and the specific interaction by which an individual can build up their unceasing relationship with God. As far as unadulterated, otherworldly information the Bhagavad-Gita is exceptional. Its characteristic magnificence is that its information applies to everyone, everywhere.

A Guru of Gurus:

The Chaotic life with the signets of stress, workload, rumination of the fear of losing has fuelled the mad race we all run. In the run, we the runners have forgotten to stop and reflect on our blessings and losses, like the ones depicted in “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda. We have forgotten the true meaning of being alive, the constant cacophony of the financial gurus and their long sermons of life being a race for money has shadowed our social handles and life. All group discussions are money centric, but what about investing in Mental health and wellbeing? Well, that one is never discussed.

Relevance Today:

<ol><li>Do not act upon anything with the greed of outcome as your actions have far reaching consequences that you can’t predict like a ripple in a pond.</li><li>Desires are bound to come as all, feelings and thoughts are born out of mind which leads to attachment. Desire and anger are the greatest enemies of a person</li><li>Commit an action with goodwill and duty in foresight and you will attain what you desire</li><li>Reshape yourself through the force of your sheer will. Those who enjoy vanquishing themselves live in harmony, the same in glee and gloom, recognition and failure.</li><li>Time is a human construct, soul is beyond time.</li></ol>

A Summary to get you thinking:

<ol><li>An individual’s best friend and enemy is he, himself; so a man must put efforts to be better everyday, because he is his greatest competition.</li><li>Detachment from materialistic pursuits brings attachment to spiritual pursuits like water on a lotus leaf. Ignorance of the real purpose is the root cause of attachment and with wisdom one can master detachment.</li><li>Silence is an endorsement of an action. If you stay silent when an injustice is taking place before you, you are equally to blame.</li><li>Your life might be besotted with difficulties, but it’s yours to live. It’s better to live your own unperfect version</li></ol>

Major Takeaways

As per Krishna, this life is only a fantasy of those spirits that have appended themselves to bogus things, to home, to a spouse, to the body, to the delights and to everything that means duality. When the spirit liberates itself from all shackles of connections and repugnance's, it achieves extreme liberation (moksha). Bhagavad Gita is a philosophical composition of Krishna’s life. It is an equation to freedom, information and BLISS. As I often tell all my students “I can not help you feel, everyone needs to feel the Divine for themselves”

This article does not propagate religion in any way as Gita is a philosophical text, that centres around humanity and karma. Many of you might not have understood the subtitle, allow me to explain…

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Watts stands out among other 20th-century philosophers for several reasons. Namely because he managed to do three unique things:<ul><li>Have very differentiated points of view from contemporary Western viewpoints.</li><li>Articulate them extremely well.</li><li>Do it all in a time when you could record your own lectures—which he did, in abundance.</li></ul>

The Philosopher From The Future

Alan Watts wasn’t an expert in what he taught. Despite writing extensively about Eastern philosophies like Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Zen, he wasn’t ordained as any kind of monk or didn’t strictly follow any one system.What he was, like the ideas he dedicated his life to studying and teaching, isn’t easy to define. He was a lover of life.He was a remarkable teacher during the 50s and 60s who self-coined himself as a spiritual entertainer.He was a prolific writer, publishing over 25 books, most of which were, and continue to be, hugely successful.

A Spiritual Entertainer

Alan Watts didn’t take life, or himself, too seriously. He enjoyed a good drink or six. He left the Church partly due to an extramarital affair. He didn’t pretend he wasn’t human and wasn’t ashamed of his vices—whether they be sex, alcohol, acid, partying on his houseboat, or all the above.The main reason why Alan Watts is and will be the leading philosopher of the 21st century is that he clearly embodied everything he taught, and in doing so, wholeheartedly engaged in and enjoyed life.

Don't Be So Serious

To know that you can do nothing is the beginning. Lesson One is: “I Give Up”… What happens now? You find yourself in what is perhaps a rather unfamiliar state of mind.” Just watching. Not trying to get anything. Not expecting anything. Not seeking. Just trying to relax. Just watching, without purpose.

Lesson #1: On The Meaning of Life

Get rid of knowledge; eject wisdom, and the people will be benefited a hundred-fold

How can you understand the universe when you are a part of it? How can you discover the meaning of life through intellect alone? How can you bite your own teeth or eat your own mouth? Although seemingly obvious and even foolish, Watt’s believed such questions were key to really realizing how much we don’t know.Overlooking such points when trying to understand life leads to an endless cycle of questioning, figuring out, problem-solving, and, ultimately, the only logical conclusion there is: that the universe is meaningless.

The Paradox Of Life

If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.

You can’t make sense of the universe through problem-solving. You can’t find the meaning of life through thought alone. Problem-solving is a function of the universe. Your thoughts are one small expression of life.From the beginning, the question was flawed. But more than that, trying to discover an answer or reason for existence, life, the universe, etc., as if you, the questioner, were separate from existence, life, the universe, will only serve to get you further away from finding what you’re looking for.

Thinking Isn't Everything

One can only attempt a rational, descriptive philosophy of the universe on the assumption that one is totally separate from it. But if you and your thoughts are part of this universe, you cannot stand outside them to describe them. This is why all philosophical and theological systems must ultimately fall apart. To “know” reality you cannot stand outside it and define it; you must enter into it, be it, and feel it

You Are Part Of The Whole

To be secure means to isolate and fortify the “I”, but it is just the feeling of being an isolated “I” which makes me feel lonely and afraid. In other words, the more security I can get, the more I shall want”.The desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath.

Lesson #2: On Uncertainty & Insecurity

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

Religions are divisive and quarrelsome. They are a form of one-upmanship because they depend upon separating the “saved” from the “damned,” the true believers from the heretics, the in-group from the out-group. . . . All belief is fervent hope, and thus a cover-up for doubt and uncertainty.The problem that besets any doctrine or set of ideas that supposedly holds “The Truth” is that it is based on believing that something is true, as opposed to knowing something is true for yourself.

Lesson #3: On Religion & Faith

Believing in some other entity that has divine power or will to save you from your sins can also cause you to close off from life and avoid its harsh truths — uncertainty, impermanence, death, change.Paradoxically, embracing such realities is essential for freedom and the basis of understanding any religion.

The Harsh Truth Of Life

In the West, “nature” is something that’s equated with the countryside or the mountains — a place that is wild and out there.Nature is thus something you enjoy from the safety of your couch via a David Attenborough documentary or when you finally get out of the city on the weekend.This divide between our daily life and the natural world has grown so much that most of us don’t know where the food we eat every day comes from and feel out of place in the silence and vastness of open, cementless spaces.

Lesson #4: On Taoism & Nature

In Chinese, the word for nature is ziran, which means “self so”, or “so of itself”. Ziran doesn’t mean green pastures over yonder. There is no word to distinguish between “us” and “nature” in Chinese. It means a spontaneous process that happens in and of itself.This notion of ziran — the natural, spontaneous process of life — is the basis of the principle of “Tao”. The Chinese philosophy based around living in accordance with the Tao, and that is attributed to the person (or likely persons) Lao Tzu, is called Toaism.

Ziran: Nature Defined In Chinese

The past and the present are real illusions, that they exist only in the present, which is what there is and all that there is. From one point of view, the present is shorter than a microsecond. From another, it embraces all eternity. But there isn’t anywhere, or anywhen, else to be.<ul><li>To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening. </li><li>To understand joy or fear, you must be wholly and undividedly aware of it. So long as you are saying, “I am happy,” or “I am afraid,” you are not being aware of it.</li></ul>

Lesson #5: On the Present Moment

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The lessons of Alan Watts are key to addressing the greatest challenges of our age, from understanding the meaning of life to finding the present moment.

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British American philosopher Alan Watts was born in 1915. He is known for translating and imparting Eastern philosophy to the Western world. He popularised Buddhist and Zen principles in the West and inspired the beat and hippie movements in the United States during the 60s and 70s, causing a major cultural shift from traditional western values.

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