Total Eclipe of the Sun

Tourists, astronomers and residents across a large swath of Asia turned their eyes to the heavens today as the longest eclipse of the 21st century arrived.
The phenomenon began at dawn over the western coast of India, passing over Surat, Indore, Bhopal, Varanasi and Patna, Nasa said. It moved east across Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh and Bhutan and then along China's Yangtze river valley, home to 300 million.
For those who have witnessed this natural phenomenon, there must have been a million or more thoughts rushing through their minds. Depending on your culture, background, eductation etc. you may have thought that this was simply a fascinating experience or a prophecy of impending devastation

Indian astrologers are predicting violence and turmoil across the world as a result of this week’s total solar eclipse, which the superstitious and religious view as a sign of potential doom.
But astronomers, scientists and secularists are trying to play down claims of evil portent in connection with today's natural spectacle, when the moon will come between the Earth and the sun, completely obscuring the sun.

In Hindu mythology, the two demons Rahu and Ketu are said to “swallow” the sun during eclipses, snuffing out its life-giving light and causing food to become inedible and water undrinkable.
Mumbai astrologer Raj Kumar Sharma predicted “some sort of attack by (Kashmiri separatists) Jaish-e-Mohammad or Al-Qaeda on Indian soil” and a devastating natural disaster in Southeast Asia.
An Indian political leader could be killed, he said, and tension between the West and Iran is likely to increase, escalating into possible US military action after September 9, when fiery Saturn moves from Leo into Virgo.
“The last 200 years, whenever Saturn has gone into Virgo there has been either a world war or a mini world war,” he told AFP.
In ancient China this natural phenomenon was often associated with disasters, the death of an emperor or other dark events, and similar superstitions persist.
“The probability for unrest or war to take place in years when a solar eclipse happens is 95 percent,” announced an article that attracted a lot of hits on the popular Chinese web portal Baidu.com.

The total eclipse of the sun is found to be the underlying principle of the ancient Egyptian creation myths

Vedic astrologer Siva Prasad Tata, who runs the Astro Jyoti website, tells us there is nothing to fear!

Who are we to believe?

What do you think this phenomena means to the immediate future of our lives?

For those of you who would like to check out how this eclipse will affect your life go to
Total Solar Eclipse July 22, 2009: Predictions for all 12 zodiac signs

View the NASA Eclipse website if you're interested

Testing the Heavens

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Science V Religion or belief - the debate goes on and on and on.........

The Guardian's Mark Lawson writes

"Religious believers, when mentioning heaven, have traditionally cast their eyes skywards, but the possibility of an afterlife may now be proved by looking down towards the ground. Doctors at Southampton University are placing pictures in resuscitation areas that can only be seen from the ceiling. These will test the stories of defibrillated patients, who claim they have looked down on the crash teams attending to their lifeless bodies".

Read on................. and post your comments or theories on why some of us believe in life after death and some of us clearly don't!

Yet more UFO sightings. What's happening?

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Another of the "growing" incidents of UFO sightings reported!This time courtesy of the Fenland Citizen
REPORTS of strange lights in the skies over Wisbech have sparked interest from across Fenland and even further afield.
In fact one woman from Barnstaple, North Devon, contacted the Citizen after spotting the stories of the 'UFO'sightings on our website: www.fenlandcitizen.co.uk

She was interested in the story where Alison Hunt, of Cherry Road, Wisbech, reported seeing a very bright glowing orange light the size of a 'full moon' over her garden on January 30.

The woman, who didn't want to be named, said her daughter and her husband actually saw two of these objects, which she described as "huge, massive, orange orbs very bright. Both were the size of a full moon."
Read on for further details

A MUM was left baffled after she filmed a bright pink orb in the night sky, fuelling the UK's UFO frenzy.
South east London mum Keely, who would only give her first name, took the mysterious footage with her camera phone after seeing the strange lights out of her kitchen window in Anerley.
Keely said: "I've got no answers. I've never seen anything like it."

Read the full article if your interested

THE number of UFO sightings soared by 40 per cent last year.
The MoD logged 135 reports – including one of two objects a MILE wide.
Two airline pilots spotted them over Guernsey, giving the sighting credibility.
One, Ray Bowyer, 50, said: “I’m not saying it was from another world, but I’ve never seen anything like it in all my years of flying.”
Nick Pope, who headed the Ministry of Defence’s UFO investigation team from 1991-1994, said: “This sighting is dynamite. The UFO was over a mile long and it was tracked on radar.

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Source at U.N. tells of secret UFO meeting February 12, 2008 by Michael Salla, Ph.D.
I received the following email from two trusted colleagues (Clay and Shawn Pickering) regarding a reliable source informing them that a secret meeting occurred yesterday morning (Feb 12) at the New York office of the United Nations concerning the recent spate of UFO sightings. It appears that a number of nation states are concerned about the impact of increased UFO sightings and wish to be briefed about what is happening. Their source, who currently works in the diplomatic corps, had to travel for an early morning off the record meeting at the UN. Their source revealed that a secret UFO working group exists that is authorizing the release of such information to the public, in an effort to acclimate others to what is about to unfold. A date of 2013 was given as the time for official disclosure and/or when extraterrestrials show up in an unambiguous way. In the interim there will be acclimation related releases of information. Importantly, the source revealed that the events leading up to official disclosure will involve more ethically oriented extraterrestrials, and they will not pose a military threat to the world.
Read the article if you wish

What's all this about?Alien communication, a generalised human awakening or merely the politicians keeping the idiots interested whilst their master plan continues unnoticed?
Hey perhaps the traditional religions and their ancient prophetical texts were right all along. ARMAGEDDON IS NIGH!! I thought I overheard someone say only this week that dooms day is now scheduled for the year of our lord 2013

Spiritual Phrases

"Freedom from desire leads to inward peace"
Lao-Tzu

When the wise man Laotze was halted on his travels by a customs official who demanded he declare his items of value, Laotze replied that he had only one thing of value- his wisdom.