All results matching:  "human"

Many of you may not know but water tides are a result of the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun Earth and Moon are constantly attracting each other like magnetsBut as Earth s gravitational force is much greater than Moon it is able to hold on to everything except waterWater on earth is persistently moving over a vast space and Moon s slighter gravitational pull is able to create tides Therefore each day there are two high tides and two low tidesYou will be wondering why I am explaining about the effect of Moon s gravitational pull on Earth s water bodies My purpose is to bring your attention towards the fact that a human body too is made up of 70 waterAnd just like water bodies Moon s gravitational pull also has an effect on our body eventually affecting our wellbeing and moodFor women apart from PMSing sometimes it gets difficult to analyze the errant mood swings and constant parallel universe experienceSimilarly for men it s almost unexplained why you constantly feel deranged or get hurt even at slightest remarkOn a full moon night some of us may feel sleepdeprived while a few may experience a tide of emotions hitting them and the rest may get confused over the awkwardly activeness All these situations have a wellexplained theory ie the Lunar Effect Lunar effect is a correlation between the phases of moon and human behavior But how can a satellite of earth which is over 252 000 miles away from us affect usNot just tides Moon s gravitational draw also coincides with the biological rhythms of plants animals and humansDid you know that a lunar day of Moon which lasts for 29 days 12 hours and 44 minutes is apparently in accordance to an average period of menstrual cycleIt may come as a surprise to you but it s a fact that in the ancient times much before the onset of industrialization all women who slept in groups ovulated at full moon and menstruated at new moonIn a study conducted to understand the effect of natural light on women s menstrual cycle it was observed that those who were on artificial hormones slept under unnatural lighting or consumed processed food experienced hormonal imbalanceWhile those who slept in the influence of natural moon light entering their room experienced normal hormonal functionsHuman body which is made up of 70 water shows varied fluctuations caused by moon light like rise in the levels of melatonin which affected sleep by 20 minutesOften we hear in tales about the mentions of weird happenings around full moon night but never wondered how Full Moon could actually affect life on earthBut according to two studies it was found relevant that mental situations were worst affected on Full Moon nightEven today there has been no final outcome on proposition that mental disorders like Schizophrenia generally exhibit 18 of increased violent or aggressive episodes during the full Moon

Talk about bizarre temple rituals and Indian shrines would not disappoint you From walking barefoot on fire to tossing infants from roof animal sacrifices to smashing coconuts on head you will get to witness it all India is blessed with varied cultures and with it comes a few weird traditions which have been blindly followed since decadesYou may have heard about devotees offering alcohol animals hair at several places of worship across India But this Indian temple is quite different as only human blood is acceptable here According to its 500yearold traditions inside the Borodevi temple in Cooch Behar devotees continue to offer human blood to please their deityWithout fail every Ashtami night the puja is performed behind the closed doors were the tradition of human blood offering is dutifully completed by the 52yearold Shibendra Nath Ray It is believed that without the human blood the puja is never considered complete Guess who closely guards the temple door during this sacred ritual No not the temple or King s guard but two constables of the state armed police keep a close vigil throughoutLegends say Raja Biswa Singh who laid the foundation of the Cooch Behar kingdom found the original idol of the Kamrup in Assam Later the idol was set up in the Madan Mohan temple which led to the successful reign of the Cooch Behar Empire During Durga Puja the idol is brought to Borodevi temple where hundreds of devotees from Assam and Tripura swarm in to be a part of this ritualEver since its establishment the ancestors of Shibendra Nath Ray had been offering human sacrifices It was some way around 250 years back when then Duar Bakshi Rati Deb Bakshi advised then King Maharaja Naranarayan to abolish this practicePutting an end to this manslaughter practice a symbolic ritual came in to practice where Shibendra Nath Ray s ancestors started offering 3drops of blood to the ricegrain idol on the night of every Ashtami The present Duar Bakshi 82yearold Amiya Deb Bakshi descendent of Rati Deb Bakshi makes sure that this religious practice inside the temple is performed dulyThis practice which comes into existence every Durga Puja attracts thousands of devotees nationwide who throng the premises to seek sacred blessing during this period Amiya Deb Bakshi has a daughter who cannot take forward this legacy and with Shibendra Nath Ray being unmarried it is now in blur though as to who will continue this sacred ritual Speaking to TOI Bakshi says Perhaps one of my nephews will come forward The Debattor Trust has to approve it The Borodevi Puja cannot stop It is for the good of people of Cooch Behar

We all know that a human soul goes through many transformations before it can actually get a human body as a gift thats why we are asked to treasure this body we have Heres the story behind itWhat we need to understand is that the soul never dies it only gets liberated after doing good karma and finally gets moksha According to our Puranas and Bhagavad Gita we need to undergo a lot of lives to attain a human formIt is said that Lord Krishna had told Arjuna that our soul has to pass through 84 00 00 00 species in order to get a human body to liveIt is also said that the soul sometimes can be born as cockroaches lizards or dogs before they can get a human body In fact our hatred for some creatures can stem from the fact that we could have been them in our last lifeThis is the reason that karma is considered to be so important in life the amount of good deed you will do in life will decide what form of life you will be gifted in your next birthThere is a telegu proverb which goes like this yenno neechamaina janmala tarvata manishi janma labhistundi kanuka daanini sardhakata cheskovali Loosely translated it mean that we have caught this life after a lot of struggle so we should use it by helping othersIn terms of scientific backing there are around 87 million different species on the earth which means that the Bhagavad Gita theory could really be accurateThis figure is divided between 900 000 species of aquatic 2 000 000 of plants 1 100 000 species of insects 1 000 000 species of birds 3 000 000 species of beasts and 400 000 species of humansSince we have evolved from animals only this theory is also more accurate When an animal dies he leaves the body behind thus leaving the soul to get something betterMore proof to this theory is that for the select few who remember about their past life claim that they were actually animals in their past lifeApart from this there are many granthas too that claim that we will have to go through 84 00 000 different species of creatures to get a human life which will be our lastIt is said that if a human being dies an unnatural death by murder or suicide its soul will be stuck mid way between the material and spiritual world waiting for its releaseIn Hinduism it is believed that a soul of a body never dies thats why during a funeral rite the head of a corpse is beaten so that the dead person forgets everything about his life and comes back to live in a new bodyWhat is also interesting to know that a soul after released from a body does not acquire a new body immediately it sometimes takes years for a soul to get a new bodyAccording to some sages everything right from the big bang theory is stored in our brain however we cant remember any of our past life but it is also saved in thereIt is said that after living a life as male or female for three consecutive lives we get a new gender ie from male to female or vice versa However this has not been provedThis apart it is also believed that like Shiva each human too has a third eye at the centre of the forehead which is opened when one meets its creator BrahmaIf the soul of a body has done good things it will probably have a good life after death however a bad karma means that you will have go through many sufferings before you become a good soul againEven though a human being is the souls last life a human being can be born as some thing else too if he does not do good karma in this lifeFinally a human soul might not be ever born again and he might just attain moksha Post that a soul would never get any body and will live happily after that Sometimes you need to take a lot of lives in order to attain moksha or salvation

The supernatural is that which is not subject to the laws of physics or more figuratively that which is said to exist above and beyond nature Indian mythology is also full of legends who could go invisible heal by touch fly in the air or walk on the water because of certain siddhis and boons that they had attained Sounds like a fable Let s explore to know if these powers exist even today Religious miracles are typically supernatural claims as are spells and curses divination the belief that there is an afterlife for the dead and innumerable others Supernatural beliefs have existed in many cultures throughout human history Surprisingly the ratio of the people who believe in the presence of such powers in the south Asian countries is more than the rest of the world This brief excerpt that follows in the next few slides regarding the development of supernatural powers is extracted from Yoga Sutras of Patanjali All supernatural powers are developed through the practice of concentration meditation and absorption Let s take a look Concentration consists of holding the mind fixed upon the Inner Light and the powerability you desire to attain To do this you can imagine yourself standing in the center of the sphere of dazzling brilliant white Light allowing everything else to fade from your awareness After your mind has been focused on a single thought through meditation for some time youll reach the stage of absorption At this point youll feel that you have completely merged with the object of your focus that there is no longer separation between you and what you are contemplating but instead that you have become the very idea you have been focused on Concentration meditation and absorption together form selfcontrol Selfcontrol on specific supernatural power brings that power into expression Supernatural powers may appear by birth through the use of psychoactive drugs through incantations chanting mantras through inner purification and through concentrated thought Transformation into another state occurs by direction the flow of creative energy Creative energy is moved into action by removal of inner obstacles The obstacles to appearance of supernatural powers are scattered mind scattered emotions and dissipation of energy through sensual pursuits Some people are born with some special supernatural abilities like Remembering the previous birth Xray Vision Foretell and other extra super powers Enthusiastic researchers have been doing lots to reveal their secrets and found amazing facts Mantra is nothing but a set of words of truth in any particular language We use it in our daily life too If we say I can do it again and again yes then we can do it Scientists called it creating positive attitude by autosuggestion that influences our subconscious mind to believe that we can do it and it creates the surroundings to do it Research on meditation and parapsychology proved that a repetition of particular word does affect you and your surroundings Aerona An Aerona is a person with the ability to see and understand all forms of illness whether it is physical or mental If someone is sensitive to the pain of those around them then they have this power The other side of this power is that of biokinesis which allows them to control organic tissue This gives them the ability to heal themselves as well as others They heal people by flushing out the illness and replacing it with a healing energyAligist Aligist is the term for someone who can understand all languages This isnt as common as it seems like it should be Some people are born with this gift while others work their entire lives to learn it It is one of the few gifts that can be learned Others can learn it with a little training from a true Aligist There is no language an Aligist cannot know Breathe Underwater The ability to Breathe Underwater is a fairly uncommon power Especially considering not many people actually have the need to do it or are willing to try and see if they have it This power is usually discovered by people who are drowning They accidentally inhale water and discover they can breathe normally Afterwords it is chalked up as a miracle but they decide to try it again and thats when they truly discover what they can do Clairvoyance The power of Clairvoyance is the ability to see the unknown These people can sit in a room and know what is happening all around them in the world at that point in time They do not see the past or the future merely the present They usually only recognize feelings because the image is gone before they can concentrate on it long enough Empath An Empath is someone who feels the emotions of another This power is common in children who are already very perceptive of the world and people around them Sometimes this power fades with age but there are some people who manage to keep it their entire life Enhanced Hearing Enhanced Hearing is a fairly uncommon power It allows a person to be able to hear things from very far away as though they are very close The peculiar part about this power is that it doesnt affect the volume of the noise The noises are merely heard as though they are very close instead of very far awayEnhanced Memory Some people have the power of Enhanced Memory This power is not a common one but there are more people with this power now than there have been in the past This is like an advanced form of a photographic memory People with this power can read a book and will be able to recall that information whenever they want and they could quote it word for word if they felt the need They can also remember events in great detailEnhanced Vision The power of Enhanced Vision allows a person to be able to see things that are extremely small or extremely far away This is helpful for those who make very small objects and need to do extremely fine work It also helps if they must keep a lookout for something that is coming their wayFire The power of Fire is very self explanatory A person is able to create fire using their mind Sometimes they must have the flame already there to work with and some can create the flame itself There are two main forms of this power that have been encountered Heat and Illumination Heat Fire is when a person can create balls of actual fire Illumination Fire is when a person creates a ball of light energy instead of heat energy Illusionist An Illusionist is a person who can change the structure of molecules to make a location or person appear different Some Illusionists can create these illusions using their mind while others choose to use a more concrete method such as drawing or writing These types of Illusionists are more stable and less likely to get caught up in their illusions All Illusionists have very vivid imaginations and their dreams feel very real to them Indestructible There is a power that allows the user to render their body Indestructible It is a very uncommon power that is similar to the power of Regeneration These people find that they cannot be hurt by any external forces but if they wish to hurt themselves they can It is a power that is dependent entirely on mental state Invisibility People with the power of Invisibility are able to make the molecules of their body transparent just by thinking about it but more often than not it is triggered by emotions such as fear or anger Sometimes people with this power can extend their power to objects touching them such as their clothes and if they concentrate very hard they can even extend it to other people or objects Levitation Levitation is a fairly uncommon power that allows a person to raise their body above the ground similar to flying but requiring much more concentration Mind Control Persuasion Mind Control is also called the power of Persuasion It is the ability to influence the minds of those around you Mind controllers cannot read the minds of those they influence they can merely insert the thought and hope it is strong enough to be recognized and take hold Precognition Precognition is the ability to see the future Their visions are called premonitions Many people have a small amount of this power and dont realize it It is becoming more common in this changing world These people are here to warn us of events to come so that our future will not be so quickly destroyed These people sometimes believe themselves to be crazy when the things they see or dream end up coming true Read Memories The ability to Read Memories is a form of telepathy that only allows them to see the past of another They can clearly see any event or series of events that the person experienced This is a power that is commonly seen in police and therapists who are trying to figure out exactly what happened in a situation Remote Viewing The power of Remote Viewing is unique because it requires a well developed memory It is essentially the same as a photographic memory but the brain can track the items or people as they move throughout a room or area This works until new elements are introduced and the viewer must take a second look to be able to see everything clearly It only takes one glance for the brain to register everything that is happening around them Retrocognition Retrocognition is the ability to see things that happened in the past It is believed that objects hold onto the energy around them and that energy remains until it is cleansed away by special ceremonies These people are able to sense that energy and see what happened in a room or around certain objects This is one of the easiest powers to control and it can also be learned by someone who is sensitive to energy fields See Spirits The gift of Seeing Spirits is a power that is more common than is realized Many people have a tendency toward seeing those who have passed over Sometimes these spirits are good and sometimes they are not nearly as good as we expect them to be Some Mediums as they tend to be called have such a strong connection that they are often able to physically interact with these spirits the results of which may be good or bad See Through Walls The ability to see through walls can also be considered XRay vision and it is a very difficult gift to master Many people with this ability go through their lives never fully understanding the potential of what they can do This power allows them to see through anything from walls to boxes to clothing Everything around them is still physically solid but their molecules are rendered clear to the viewer only Speed Speed is the power to move really fast It is a rare power that is growing more and more common as those with power must run from those who wish to harm them This power allows a person to run much faster than normal while not appearing to run that much faster It is actually a bending of time that is created slowing down everyone else and making it appear as though you are moving much faster than everyone else Stop Time The ability to stop time is a complicated one It is unclear exactly how many people have this power because they are unwilling to register themselves These people are extremely paranoid and afraid of getting caught They are able to stop time and move about while it is stopped These people are often confused with teleporters because they will disappear in one place and appear in another Telekinesis Telekinesis is the ability to move things with your mind This power is a fairly common one and one that can be learned though it is very difficult to do It requires an understanding of energy that not many people care to learn People with this power merely have to concentrate on an object and it will move without them touching it Telepathy The power of Telepathy is a very common one though not many people have it to its full extent It is the power to read peoples minds and know their thoughts and feelings Many people have only a little bit of this power and are able to get the general feeling of what another is thinking Some people with this power must be touching another whom they are trying to read in order for their power to work some merely have to be near the person Time Travel The ability to Time Travel is not very common These people are a form of Teleporter who have learned to move themselves through time instead of space This is a dangerous power because they are always in danger of changing something and causing themselves to cease to exist or to trap themselves in an alternate time line that they cannot fix Walk Through Walls The ability to Walk Through Walls an interesting one The bearer of this power must move their molecules apart to fit through the cracks between the molecules of the wall or whatever object they are trying to walk through There are very few solids these people cannot move through Weather Control Weather control is a power that allows one to influence weather patterns It is a power that is very closely tied with the emotions If a person with this power becomes angry the weather will usually reflect this causing violent storms whether they want to or not This power is difficult to control and it is hard for these people to ever learn to control their emotions well Aura Reading In parapsychology and many forms of spiritual practice an aura is a field of subtle luminous radiation surrounding a person or object The depiction of such an aura often connotes a person of particular power or holiness Sometimes however it is said that all living things including humans and all objects manifest such an aura Often it is held to be perceptible whether spontaneously or with practice such perception is at times linked with the third eye of Indian spirituality Bilocation Bilocation is the alleged ability to be in two places at the same time St Pio of Pietrelcina the famous stigmatic was said to have this ability It is said to be a physical rather than spiritual ability which makes it different from astral projection Friends of Aliester Crowley the occultist claimed that he had this ability though in situations were he was meant to have bilocated he was unaware of it Although it is uncommon bilocation is an ancient phenomenon It is claimed to have been experienced and even practiced by will by mystics ecstatics saints monks holy persons and magical adepts This is also normally the explanation given for the tales of people appearing to loved ones just prior to their deathPyrokinesis Pyrokinesis is the ability to ignite or extinguish fires with the mind There is no scientific evidence to suggest that this ability is real though many people involved in the field of parapsychology believe it exists There may be a connection between this alleged ability and the various reports of spontaneous human combustion

Cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a living being by reproduction of cells and tissue The possibility of human cloning has raised controversies Many ethical concerns have prompted several nations to pass laws regarding human cloning and its legality But if I say cloning was known to man even in the Pauranic era does it sound absurd Perhaps not There are lots of indications in various Hindu Puranas and Shastras Let s explore Although the possibility of cloning humans had been the subject of speculation for much of the twentieth century scientists and policy makers began to take the prospect seriously in the 1960s With the cloning of a sheep known as Dolly in 1996 by somatic cell nuclear transfer SCNT the idea of human cloning became a hot debate topic In Vedic age cloning of animals was done by sages to clone the species of powerful horses and productive cows under the order of kingadministration In the next few slides I will narrate some mindblowing stories on cloning from Vedic age Note that each story has its own symbolism and necessarily does not reflect real life events Rubhus were three brothers Rubhu Vajra and Vibhu created from the cell of their father Their father was old but they were cloned young to bring back the youth of aging parents Additionally they also created a cloned horse and cow Cloning of Rubhus is mentioned by seven different sages in seven different verses of Rigveda All of these sages were from different generations thus depicting that such a technology existed over a long period of human life These seven sages along with the hymns they composed on Rubhas are as follows Kanva Medhatithi Rigveda Book 1 Hymns 20 Angirasa Kutsa Rigveda Book 1 Hymns 110 111 Deerghatamas Rigveda Book 1 Hymns 161 Vishvamitra Rigveda Book 3 Hymns 60 Vamadeva Rigveda Book 4 Hymns 33 Vasistha Maitravaruni Rigveda Book 7 Hymns 48 and Shrunu Arbhava Rigveda Book 10 Hymns 176 Now let s take a look at some of the Verses on cloning along with their translation Rigveda Book 1 Hymn 20 verse 3 Translation They for the two Nasatyas wrought a light car moving every way They formed a nectaryielding cow The next task of Rubhas was to create a highyielding cow that yields copious milk Puranas describes this method in details where there is a description on cells taken from back skin of cow to create a cloned cow Rigveda Book 1 Hymn 110 verse 8 Translation Out of a skin O Rubhus once ye formed a cow and brought the mother close unto her calf again Translation As for a year the Rhubus kept the Milchcow throughout a year fashioned and formed her body And through a years space still sustained her brightness through these their labors they were made immortal Elder brother wanted to make only two clones of a single cell but younger brother insisted him to make three clones Rigveda Book 4 Hymn 33 verse 5 Translation Two beakers let us make thus said the eldest Let us make three this was the youngers sentence Below verse states that after year of hardship finally a clone of a cow and horse is born Rigveda Book 1 Hymn 111 verse 1 Translation Ingenious Rubhus prepared a chariot for Indra prepared two powerful horses 2nd being cloned from 1st made their old parents youthful again and gave new mothers to orphaned calves or children King Vena was a great but cruel king He banned all Vedic practices and challenged the sacred rituals of Vedic priests This created immense fury and anger among the sages One of the sages killed him using his spiritual powers thus ending the tyranny of Vena When monarchy of vena ended anarchy took its place and the kingdom became miserable without a king Sages decided to create a new king from the dead body of vena The sages churned the thigh of the dead king wherefrom came a dwarf clone of vena who inherited the evil mind and qualities of vena What shall I do asked the cloned king Seeing the newly formed clone deficient of kingly qualities Sages asked him to Nishada sit down thereby giving him the name Nishada King Nala and Eklavya of Mahabharata were descendants of Nishada Now that all evil was removed from his thigh Sages then churned the right hand of Vena wherefrom came the healthy illustrious king Prithu who inherited all the good leadership qualities of Vena Prithu went on to become the universal guardian of entire earth and so the earth was called as Prithvi in Sanskrit Thus as depicted in the above story there is a concept of creating multiple clones from the same dead body Rakhtbija was a powerful demon who got the boon of cloning his blood cells from lord Brahma Making the wrong use of his boon each of his blood drops spilled on the ground would create a clone of him he defeated all the demigods and overtook the three worlds Earth heaven and hell His destruction across the three worlds forced all humans and gods to invoke Goddess Shakti Durga Goddess Kali born out of their sacrifices marched out to war against the demons Lifting Rakhtbija high in the air she pierced his body and swallowed each of the blood drops flowing out of his body with her enormous tongue so as to stop him from making any clone Finally when the dead body was devoid of blood drops she threw away the corpse But Demon Rakhtbija blood contaminated her mind which caused her to perform dance of destruction Lord Shiva came to the rescue by falling down under the feet of goddess Kali While Lord Rama was in the forest Agni approached him and said O lord you are going to kill Ravana and Sita is going to suffer many atrocities Therefore you should put Sita in my safe custody and I shall give you an illusion Sita an exact replica of your real wife After killing Ravana send the false sita into the fire to test her purity That would be the time when I will take my replica back and would return you your wife Rama gave his consent and a phantom sita was created by Agni and handed over to Lord Rama This incident was kept as a secret After killing Ravana when Rama moved forward to accept Sita he was stopped by bystanders who demanded Sita to prove her chastity Bowing down to public opinion Sita was requested to enter the fire to prove her purity When Sita went inside the fire Agni took back his replica and let the real Sita come out of the fire unscathed It is interesting to note that the reference of Maya Sita is available in regional version of Ramayana and not in Valmiki s version Pauranic sources like Kurma Puran Brahmabaibarta Puran and Regional Ramayana like Adhhyatmik Ramayan Ramchari Manas Orriya Balaram Ramayan Dharma Kanda Ramayan and Kashmiri Ramayan mention about Maya Sita concept Did Ancient Hindus perfect the science of cloning or were Kauravas products of a technology that modern science has not even developed yet According to the description in Mahabharata Adi ParvaSambhava Parva the Kauravas were created by splitting the single embryo into 100 parts and growing each part in a separate Kund or container Lord Ganapati was produced from the Mala ey which means the superficial layers of skin of Parvati This is possible according to the modern science However here a male is cloned from a female Whether it is possible or not is not conceived by the modern science Indian mythology has many examples where certain persons could not only create replica but can transform the subject into any other animate For example Marich took the shape of Golden Deer to allure Sita In another context we find when Lord Buddha was meditating Mara the Devil in order to detract Buddha s attention created many ferocious figures and beautiful females Thus we get an indication that creation of dangerous creatures and beautiful damsels was within the power of some persons So many clues can t be fluke Dr Satkari Mukhopadhayaya an expert Indologist and Pandit of various ancient scripts a Linguist having knowledge of 20 classical and regional languages said that there is no scientific proof available whether those ancient people had any knowledge of Cloning or not But we get some idea that replicas were created which has many references and much of it is related to illusions or Maya No scripture has ever directly dealt this concept but indications are many Its matter of interest whether there is any hidden knowledge available in ancient texts which can enthuse the modern Genetic Engineers Actually Genetic Engineering by the term as we know today is not decipherable in ancient texts But if one reads through the roots of creation there are some concepts available which can become a subject of scientific quest for exploring newer frontiers of human knowledge and research In ancient texts we find a lot of mind boggling concepts but no formulas of creation were passed down to us That is perhaps because ancient sages knew the human tendency of misusing their acquired powers As today we are talking about creation of human clone in thousands at the hour when population explosion is knocking at our doors misbalancing the nature in many ways and causing worldwide distress Maybe

The so called detestable and unpalatable practices observed in the aghori monks are so serious causing their legal expulsion from the regions where they live They are highly dreaded even by the believers of the Hindu religion though they are often venerated and respectedOne among those repugnant activities involves eating human flesh from the corpses thrown aside and drinking urine and consuming faecal matter from the human skull The practices they engage in stem from the ways adopted by a famed saint named Baba Kinaram who lived in the seventeenth centuryWhile most dead human bodies are cremated and the remains thrown in the Ganges river some are just discarded The aghori monks take great delight in possessing such discarded corpses They often make use of these rotten corpses in several sickening waysThey use the rotten bodies as their seats to sit and engage in meditation they tear away the flesh and consume it they peel out the bones and hang them in their dwellings they take out the skull and wear them as garland or use them as bowls to consume food and waterAghori monks are hard core renounced souls They live on bare minimum They don t even beg for food They eat only from the corpses that are strewn away They have very minimum or absolutely no clothes to cover themselves or protect themselves from the extremities of weather conditions They just do what pleases them anywhere and everywhereThey smear dirt and ash all over their bodies and appear unwelcoming and untidy They have little fear of anything in life They just weirdly move about laughing crying yelling and making weird comments Often some people keenly watch what they say and consider their comments are revealing of some future happenings or truths of lifeAghori monks are on the strict path of renunciation They have totally given up all the materials wealth and belongings of the world considering them as transient and deluding In their pursuit of escaping the clutches and bondages of the world and attaining enlightenment they have taken the path of detaching their body and mind from the deluding matter and bonds of the worldThey believe giving up the materials and comforts of the world can lift them beyond the mundane existence and transport them to a newer understanding of the absolute truth Though the path adopted by them is rather very unconventional and detestable they believe they are on a fast track to self realizationIt is the firm belief of the aghori monks that the human body is a symbol of temporariness and momentary The physical body embodies the soul and ages with time finally facing its death The soul has to find yet another body after leaving its present bodyWhile one of the prime factors that bind humans to the earthly life is the attachment to the body it can be overcome the sure way by associating it in some of the most unpalatable ways including eating the rotten flesh and living in the crematory or burial grounds

It takes 72 muscles for a human to speakThe tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body relative to its sizeThe tongue is the only muscle that is attached at one end onlyThere are 9000 taste buds on the surface of the tongue in the throat and on the roof of the mouthThe average life of a taste bud is 10 daysWe cannot taste until food is dissolved by salivaTaste buds contain chemo receptors that respond to chemicals from food and other substances that are dissolved by the saliva in the mouthWe produce 100 000 gallons of saliva in a life time which helps prevent tooth decay by moving food away from teethThere are over 100 million bacteria in just one drop of saliva

Human brain is more active at night than during the dayIn general men s brains are 10 bigger than women s even after taking into account larger body sizeYour brain weighs about 3 pounds Of that the dry weight is 60 fat making your brain the fattiest organYour brain is 73 water It takes only 2 dehydration to affect your attention memory and other cognitive skills Ninety minutes of sweating can temporarily shrink the brain as much as one year of agingEyes began to develop 550 million years agoAn eye is composed of more than 2 million working parts Only 16 of the human eyeball is exposedCorneas are the only tissues that don t have bloodHumans and dogs are the only species known to seek visual cues from another individual s eyes and dogs only do this when interacting with humansEyes are the second most complex organ after the brainThe allimportant heart is constantly at work pumping blood about 2 000 gallons a day filled with essential oxygen and nutrients to your body s organs 247 The Heart Sits in the Center of the Chest Not On the Left Side When we place our hands over our hearts to pledge allegiance we actually go a tad too far to the left The heart is located in the middle of the chest snuggled between the lungs I

The term human in human evolution refers to genus Homo This genus diverged from the Australopithecines about 2 million years ago in Africa Scientists have estimated that humans deviated from their common ancestor chimpanzees about 5 to 7 million years ago Due to the morphological and anatomical similarities between the apes and humans scientists believed that the great apes were the closest biological relatives of human beings Homo is the genus which includes modern man and its close relatives It is about 25 million years old and evolved with the Homo habilis species Its appearance coincides with the evidence of stone tools and the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic Age Homo habilis Homo rudolfensis Homo antecessor Homo cepranensis Homo neanderthalensis Homo erectus Homo heidelbergensis Homo georgicus Homo ergaster Homo rhodesiensis Homo sapiens andHomo floresiensis were the species from the genus homo Except Homo sapiens all species have become extinctHomo neanderthalensis and Homo floresiensis who were the last surviving species disappeared around 12 000 to 24 000 years ago respectively Humans first evolved in Africa and much of human evolution occurred on that continent The fossils of early humans who lived between 6 and 2 million years ago come entirely from Africa Early humans first migrated out of Africa into Asia probably between 2 million and 18 million years ago They entered Europe somewhat later between 15 million and 1 million years Species of modern humans populated many parts of the world much later For instance people first came to Australia probably within the past 60 000 years and to the Americas within the past 30 000 years or so The beginnings of agriculture and the rise of the first civilizations occurred within the past 12 000 yearsEarly human fossils and archeological remains offer the most important clues about this ancient past These remains include bones tools and any other evidence such as footprints evidence of hearths or butchery marks on animal bones left by earlier people Usually the remains were buried and preserved naturally Onefossil discovery above all has transformed views of how we became human But who was Lucy and why is she so important to human evolution Lucy was discovered in 1974 by anthropologist Professor Donald Johanson and his student Tom Gray in a maze of ravines at Hadar in northern Ethiopia Johanson and Gray were out searching the scorched terrain for animal bones in the sand ash and silt when they spotted a tiny fragment of arm bone Discovery of a lifetime Johanson immediately recognised it as belonging to a hominid As they looked up the slope they saw more bone fragments ribs vertebrae thighbones and a partial jawbone They eventually unearthed 47 bones of a skeleton nearly 40 of a hominid or humanlike creature that lived around 32 million years ago Based on its small size and pelvic shape they concluded it was female and named it Lucy after Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds the Beatles song playing on the radio when Johanson and his team were celebrating the discovery back at camp The rare laughing species The humans are known to possess a rare quality that distinguishes them from the rest of the animals smile and laughter

Spirituality connects with the purpose of lifetherefore Spirituality is Fundamental Human Right BySwapnil Choure Indian Institute of Human Rights

A computer is almost human except that it does not blame its own mistakes on another computer