A Calendar that Unifies – Questions and answers on reforming the Hindu Calendar

Q. I have before me a letter written by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1953 to the Calendar Reform Committee. He wrote, ‘Now that we have attained independence, it is obviously desirable that there should be a certain uniformity in the calendar for our civic, social and other purposes and this should be based on… Continue reading A Calendar that Unifies – Questions and answers on reforming the Hindu Calendar

The Nehrus: A Phenomenon of India’s New Cosmology

‘There is perhaps a truth in the Vedic idea that the Spirit of creation framed all the movements of the world by chandas, in certain fixed rhythms of the formative Word, and it is because they are faithful to the cosmic metres that the basic world-movements unchangingly endure. A balance harmony maintained by a system… Continue reading The Nehrus: A Phenomenon of India’s New Cosmology

The Nehrus & India’s New Cosmology – Part II

An unbiased observer of Indira Gandhi’s life, her achievements, aspirations and emphasis, can easily appreciate that she held these concepts of the new age closest to her heart. The theme that consistently permeates the entire fabric of her public and personal life is unity – and above all, the unity and integrity of India. She… Continue reading The Nehrus & India’s New Cosmology – Part II

The Nehrus & India’s New Cosmology – Part III

In her death Indira Gandhi continued to serve this cause and to fulfil her role in this cosmic vision. Briefly, it can be explained in this manner: 1984 was a year corresponding to the fourth power/orbit/planet of this decade, a decade which is to see India well on her way to achieving her role in… Continue reading The Nehrus & India’s New Cosmology – Part III

The Nehrus & India’s New Cosmology – Part IV

Another difficulty to be surmounted is the human being’s tendency to label events negative or positive, according to limited frameworks. In this regard, we may take Indira Gandhi’s assassination as an example. In a more integral vision of events transpiring in time, a vision this new cosmology offers, death is simply the result of what… Continue reading The Nehrus & India’s New Cosmology – Part IV

The Makar Sankranti

What role does the Makar Sankranti play both for the individual and the entire [Hindu] Samaj? First of all it needs to be stressed that the process is both individual and collective simultaneously; even as it is unity and diversity simultaneously. This integral approach is the very first shift that has to take place in… Continue reading The Makar Sankranti

Sri Ram’s Horoscope & the Preservation of Astrological Knowledge

An exchange between Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet (Thea), President of Aeon Trust and Director of Aeon Centre of Cosmology in southern India, and SaiSrinivasan, Executive Officer, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department of Government of Tamil Nadu [1] and Trustee of Aeon Trust. SaiSrinivasan: I have reproduced here the horoscope of Sri Ram from a book… Continue reading Sri Ram’s Horoscope & the Preservation of Astrological Knowledge

Simultaneity, Destiny and ‘The Magical Carousel’, – 4 – UNVEILING

For Vishaal Study Group, 11 February 2007 [Link to Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3] Our attention must be brought to focus on a singular aspect of our birth in this particular planetary system. Because of the development the Earth herself has experienced, spread over hundreds of thousands of years, the moment has arrived… Continue reading Simultaneity, Destiny and ‘The Magical Carousel’, – 4 – UNVEILING

Simultaneity, Destiny and ‘The Magical Carousel’, -3- COMMONALITY

For Vishaal Study Group, 10 February 2007 [Link to Part 1 or Part 2] Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of birth on planet Earth is the fact that each individual is distinct from every other. There are approximately 6 billion human beings who have experienced the same birth process I described in Parts 1 and… Continue reading Simultaneity, Destiny and ‘The Magical Carousel’, -3- COMMONALITY

Change and Stability – the heart of the “New World”

[The following article by Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet was originally published in The Vishaal Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1986] “…This fullness of the means of life might be, by its power for a release from the incessant unsatisfied stress of his economic and physical needs, an opportunity for the full pursuit of other and greater aims… Continue reading Change and Stability – the heart of the “New World”