Why is a South-facing house bad?

Why is a South-facing house bad?

It is not always bad. That is why you see some people terribly suffering in a S-facing flat and others seem quite ok with it. Ancient texts have given specific divions of all the directions in which the main entry could be taken.
But this is possible only if one has the liberty and space to design such a house. We hardly have that today.
The cure: We can use certain pyramids and metals to solve this problem. I am not going into the details because they won't help a layman. It would only confuse one on how these things work.
Now, South-facing entry: As I said above, only the morning Sunrays are beneficial to us, what is ultraviolet to the body is the same thing we need for the Agya Chakra which when activated takes us to the higher planes of consciousness. It is the same bluish colour, the colour of Saturn, the deity governing spiritual growth.
The Sun has all the colours with all their positive and negative aspects. What is positive can become negative depending on the coordinates of time and space. And I am not speaking physics here, I am still sticking to metaphysics which is physics and beyond.
So, the Sun which is Pran in the East becomes the Yama when it comes to the South. Our scriptures have given 12 names to the Sun one of which is also Yama or the messenger of death. The Sun stream coming from the South, and as I said above, it is in the south at and after the noon, the radiation is very harmful.
In Yoga Shastra, the South stream is called Yama Pravah, the Pingala or Surya Nadi or which is the right side breath in Pranayam. It is considered bad because it will heat up the house like a furnace when your all your French windows are in the South or a huge entry is in the South.

And these are merely thermodynamical reasons. The cosmic and esoteric reasons are many and for the moment are not part of this discussion. These reasons will explain why certain S-facing houses bring in death, decay, destruction, defamation and distress for the dwellers

Shorting speculative stocks and 1 month Graph

1. An interesting observation. To understand when the speculative buying end and when the selling starts, the 1 month graph with 30 day moving average is a good indicator. In case of ROYL which moved up from 3 dollars to 8, by speculative buying, the moving average on 1 month graph was always above the 30 day moving average. This can show that it is not the time to short the stock.

2. A plateau or stage 3 is also formed just like any other stocks in rally which form a plateau before moving down to stage 4. In case of speculative stocks the time frame is shorter. Hence the 1 month graph gives an excellent understanding of when the selling starts. When the stock goes down the 30 day moving average on the 1 month graph one can expect the selling to begin. Shorting at time or maybe wait for 1 or 2 days to confirm the
selling, and then shorting is also a good idea.

How much India spends on Health care and education

http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2010-11/echap-12.pdf

Around 2.8 percent of GDP. It ranks 119 in the index of 168 countries for these provisions. United states spends around 20-25 percent of GDP.

Other countries spend more than 8 % of GDP on health expenditure apart from education. India needs to go a long way.

Government of India spends 1.8 % of GDP on education. 

Shorting speculative stocks

If volume of put options is in one digit value or even 2 digits do not buy puts. I bought NPSP and I correctly expected it to fall from 10 to 7 but the put volume is very low. Hence I got stuck with the puts. If I rather shorted the stock itself I would have 25% profit.

It is better always to short stocks below 30 day moving average. NPSP was above, but I felt since the pharmaceutical company did not yet make a successful 4 th stage product, the peak was speculative with the 3rd stage success. Most of the time when ever a 3 rd stage news and speculation leads to a 30 or more % gain in stock price, one can look for oppurtunities for shorting.

Contrary to this example, the drug company CLDA made a product that was FDA approved. Shorting this stock would be dangerous because the news of 4 th stage is definite and not a speculation anymore.

Otherwise as a general rule short stocks below their 30 day average only.

Correction with new understanding to the subject of shorting stocks: (3/14/2011). I found out that the rule of 30 day average applies well even to shorting speculative stocks. The only difference is using the 1 month graph instead of using the 1 year graph. Using the 30 day moving average on 1 month graph shows a good picture of when the selling has started. The rule of shorting the stock below  the 30 moving average still applies here but using the 1 month graph as our model. The one month graph is a good model for speculative stocks using the 30 day moving average.

Examples are ROYL and BDCO.

Shorting is a specialized still and one needs to have experience and understanding of the stock movements well before getting into it. If the stock moves against us, one can get severe losses.

But the understanding and shorting stocks, I think the 1 month model, gives a good understanding of
buying and selling pressures.

Soul Call

Om Namo Narayana
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Om Namo Narayanaya
Om Namo Narayana
Narayana
Narayanaya
Narayana
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Om Namo Narayana
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Namo Narayana, Narayana, Narayana
Om Namo

What is meditation and how to do it

What is meditation?

Meditation means to concentrate on particular subjective idea to further understand or experience the truth behind the idea. People do it all the time. Like a painter wants to meditate on the theme of his painting.

In spiritual discipline one learns to concentrate on oneself rather than on the energies of the mind (visualize or thought process). What I mean on oneself is the consciousness or the person who wills or the invisible entity who chooses which thoughts or decisions to make. There is some entity within us which makes the decisions and we want to know who it is and want to know the real properties of that entity.

Who can meditate?

All those who have a desire to find peace of mind and enjoy the self ( purusha) properties and one who has a desire to become independent and find permanent happiness within oneself. Only some have a sincere desire to meditate and find permanent happiness, most do not find the need to do so. They rather try to find happiness in the external world by using mind and body energies.

What is the aim and reason to meditate?

There are many reasons why one wants to meditate. One can

1. Calm the mind from confusion in the mind. Give rest to the mind.
2. One wants to know the real person( purusha) behind the mind.
3. To experience the properties of Sat-chit-ananda of the purusha

What is the mind?

Mind like the body is a product of Nature. The energies of the mind like visualization and thoughts are made by nature in the evolution. They are the powers of Nature that man can use.

Why cannot man meditate naturally?

Man is the switching point in the evolution, a transitional being,  where nature has developed reason and analytical skill in the mind to understand himself. Now man has to switch the attention locus from the mind and body to the purusha or consciousness and that is hard because we identify with the mind and body very strongly. The purusha identifies with the body and mind and forgot his own nature.

What is identity?

When we say, I am this. That is called Identity. Right now most of us say, I am this body or the mind. But if some one asks us who is making the decisions inside the mind, we say, we don't know. So meditation is an inquiry to find answers to this question which will radically change our identity.

Why is identity important?

All our actions are based on identity on who we think we are. If we think we are the body, then we do all things to satisfy our body. Like eat good food, exercise, etc which is not bad in itself. If we think we are the mind we read good books to develop intellectual skills. And if we think we are the purusha or consciousness then we learn to enjoy our own self instead of running for happiness or desires. For example, try to please people for our personal happiness.

What are the impediments to meditation on the self or purusha?

The thoughts in the mind are the impediments. Since our identity is very strong with the mind we identify ourselves with the thoughts which are in reality energies of nature. We identify with the energies of nature (body and mind).

What are the tools used in mediation to get around this problem?

Sacred words or sounds are used by some to change our attention on the usual thought process about our usual self or identity( mind and body) , to calm the repetitive thoughts and calm the mind.
Also some meditation methods ask use to concentrate on the breath. Even that is for the same purpose to change our attention from thoughts to the regular breathing and bring some silence to the agitated mind. There could be other tools used too to bring some silence to the mind. Without this initial process of bringing silence to the mind, we cannot turn our attention to the even more silent purusha within us.

Why is regular practice important?

Because to change one's identity from the mind to a silent, happy self needs time and effort. Setting regular times in the morning or evening is a good habit. The more one can sit silently the more one benefits and feels the calm and happiness of the purusha.

What are the advantages of meditation?

The experience of the purusha whose properties are consciousness, truth and bliss and when our identity with it increases one becomes it. It takes time. One has more control on the energies of nature like the mind and body. One does not run after desires of the body or mind for happiness. New powers in nature also come into experience as the purusha power increases or as one's identity becomes one with the purusha.

Where is the purusha?

The purusha is always there. Just like the sun is always there. The more we meditate on our true self
the more this properties come into our experience. Just like it takes time for the observer on earth who starts in the morning to observe the properties of the sun,   to experience the afternoon intense sun, it takes time in meditation to experience the intense bliss, light and truth of the purusha. The more on can meditate, the more the purusha reveals himself.

What is the role of grace in meditation?

As one feels the happiness of purusha, ones nature becomes more compassionate and one feels more love toward others and towards the creator. One starts to love the purusha for giving this happy experience. That purusha we call God because it bring happiness to us.
The more we surrender to the purusha the more the purusha reveals himself to us. One does not have to push to hard in meditation. The purusha is the Lord, he wants us to be happy. We just have to be silent and receive his grace and be silent observers of the self.

The more one loves this inner truth the more one loves the creator the creatures. One's nature mellows. Sorrow is replaced by happiness. Confusion in the mind is replaced by clarity. One learns to use the powers and energies of nature in a proper way. One can see all creation as the work of nature even our own mind and body. New powers of nature can also manifest in us.


Is it a difficult exercise?

Yes, it is difficult but it is worth it. It takes time and determination to find the truth of oneself. One becomes independent. One loves creatures and the creator. One becomes more efficient in using nature (mind and body). At advanced levels one gets more powers of nature. One becomes compassionate.
One does not run after anything because happiness is within oneself. One meditates and feels happy. One uses all his energies for the good of mankind and for the will of the creator who keeps us happy.

Prarthana

Prarthana

Twameva mata cha pita twameva
Twameva bandhushcha sakha twameva
Twameva vidya dravinam twameva
Twameva sarvam mama deva deva

You are my mother and my father
You are my relative and friend
You are my knowledge and my wealth
You are my all O Lord of Lords.