Everyone has consciousness, a state of being that forms his belief, defines his attitude, fashions his thoughts and draws his actions. This state of consciousness is not static but dynamic in that one goes from one stage to the other in ascending or descending order depending on the mental and spiritual development one has achieved or lost as the case may be. In Arabic this state of consciousness is referred to as “Nafs”. There are seven such stages of state of consciousness or Nafs. For simplicity sake let us call this as simply as “Consciousness” as the phrase “State of Consciousness“ is too wordy. Let me explain you the cosmics of each of the seven stages of consciousness with an idea of improving your life.

1. Craving Stage: This stage of consciousness is known in Arabic as “Ammara”. In this state you continue to bring your internal and external dimensions towards the point of achieving your desires, goals and ambitions. Pride, prejudice Impulsion and desire shape your belief and attitude while your thoughts and action could be selfish, rash and of gung-ho nature. Like a pendulum you sway between good and evil. Your aura colour ranges from crimson to spot red. Crimson colour is generated when you are able to manage the basic survival mode popularised by Sigmund Freud as “Id” in a balanced manner; spot red colour is broadcast when you fail to manage the Id

2. Blaming Stage: This stage of consciousness is known in Arabic as “Lawwama”. In this stage your Ego comes into play. You are very conscious of your station of life, your importance and your role in the family, business and society at large. You question the validity of anything and try to relate to your own Ego. You observe and examine everything and everyone around you on subjective manner and take either positive or negative or neutral point of view. If you take positive point of view then you please others, educate them, engage in constructive criticism, focussed on making you and others happy. When you take negative point of view, you criticize others, blame them for the shortcomings of yours as well as theirs; bent on looking at others with contempt; always place you on high moral grounds something like “holier than thou” attitude. When you take neutral point of view you simply do not care what others doing and carry on regardless with what you have. Whatever the point of view is your aura colour is orange and orange it is

3. Inspirational Stage: This stage of consciousness is known in Arabic as “Mulhama”. In this stage your Superego takes the pride of place. While the first two stages were marked by conscious awareness, from this stage onwards you come under what we call as “cosmic awareness”. Your superego guides you to take a stand on what is right and what is wrong. Your central theme is perfection in whatever you do. You subject every person or any matter into objective analysis; you continue to strive for conformity with rules and ethics. You have the ability to handle self examination and evaluate others on even keel. You have sympathy in belief and attitude but always carry a can with you to censure others. To do all these you listen to your inner mind and the outer rims of your soul from where you get all these inspirations. Your auric colour is yellow

4. Tranquil Stage: This stage of consciousness is known in Arabic as “Muthmainna”. In this stage you are cruising on your cosmic awareness. Peace and kindness shape your belief and attitude which is reflected on your desire to be a “do good person”. Your vibrant personality brings many people close to you; you not only in peace with, you but strive to bring peace unto others. Everything looks green for you, brings the pleasant memory. You continue to re-live in hope and confidence bringing rejuvenation in its wake. This stage is where spiritual dawn is breaking out. Your aura colour is green where its ranges in shades including pale green, sea green and turquoise colour

5. Pleased State: This stage of consciousness is known in Arabic as “Raliyya”. In this stage you are cruising at fairly higher levels of cosmic awareness. Faith and hope are the defining aspects of your belief and attitude reflected equally well in your kind thoughts and benevolent actions. You have a great deal of good things such as devotion, friendship sincerity and constancy which you continue to imbibe on others. You are so broad minded that you like to see others progress as much as you have done. You auric colour ranges between sky- blue (Cyan) to spot blue colour

6. Pleasing Stage: This stage of consciousness is known in Arabic as “Marliyya”. In this stage you are soaring at higher levels of cosmic awareness. Your belief and attitude system is based on divine providence guiding you to make your living as useful to others on earth than looking after you. Philanthropy is your hallmark. You are simply wading between secularism and spiritualism. If you plug yourself into spiritualism you continue to soar higher and higher; if you start keeping your foot down on earthy items you will descend and fall like Icarus. Purple is your auric colour

7. Perfect Stage: This stage of consciousness is known in Arabic as “Safiyya”. In this stage you are soaring at very higher levels of cosmic awareness. You are a symbol of perfection, embodiment of the subtle, idol of all what is human. Your belief, attitude, thoughts and action all speak in one voice, the voice of God. To cap it all your aura colour is violet making you a person to be emulated by so many on this earth.

Muthu Ashraff

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Every now and then you come across the word Blessings and you feign that you have lot of these if not only from the God but from several others whom you consider are important and capable of giving such blessings. Who can shower you blessings and whose behalf? This vexed question is answered in this blog post.

Blessings: Scriptures make blessings the prerogative of God and rightly so. All of us accept that it is the God who has created the universe and the beings within including every living organism. Having done that the God continues to shower his blessings. Undoubtedly, we need the blessings of the Lord for us to play our role as human beings on Earth.

Medium: Since the God does not personally appear to bless you, there has to be a medium found for this purpose. In Greek culture an Oracle was construed as a medium; in many Eastern cultures clairvoyance was resorted to receive the blessings of the Lord. In Hindu Culture, however, beings other than humans such as cobras were venerated in order to receive such blessings.

Message: All these media essentially started to give the blessings on behalf of the God , later as time passed by, developed into giving message of their own as well. Both types of blessings have come to be accepted. While the blessings of the Lord remains supreme, the blessings of those venerated do play a major role in human conduct.

Media Types: According to an old Tamil adage the level of authority in showering you blessings come in a typical scale: Mother, Father, Preceptor and Priest. Let me explain how each of them can pass the blessings of the Lord and their own upon you and in doing so help you in improving your life.

Mother: She is the first human being you come across when you are born; her milk of kindness is the first ever thing you taste as you emerge from her womb. In her you see an undaunted spirit as she goes through the motions of labour in bringing you out to this world. From this time onwards you are clung to your mother whether it is sunshine or rains. So much is said about her flowing kindness that even we call the world as “Mother Nature”. Her love to you cannot be ever priced. Like Mother Nature she lives a long life so much so that she is alive and kicking even you pass the age of 60. Throughout, she is at best a strong anchor and at worst a mild critic. She is the first person you should turn to get the blessings of the God; having done so ask her own blessings as well.

Father: Your love and affection towards your father goes in a see-saw pattern in your life. When you are up till 10 years old, your father remains your strength; he knows best, he is pretty smart. As you pass in age till 20 years you begin to see him as old fashioned and too old to remember how a teen would feel about. Thereafter till 30 years you are not much attached towards him, you feel he knows nothing and most often than not he acts in a clumsy manner. After 30 years you think maybe you speak to him, maybe he has plenty of experience, and maybe he has a winning style. By the time you reach 40 you regret you did not have many inter-actions with him, he is now in the heavens and you have to sort out all these without his presence. So whether your father is living or not it does not matter; seek the blessings of the God thru him and his own blessings too.

Preceptor: The word comes from Latin “Praeceptor” and relates to a teacher, guide or philosopher who is constantly at your side. Ranked third in the blessings hierarchy, a preceptor can never mar your life because he is wont in shaping life of his ward in perfect and alluring manner in keeping with the ideals of human nature and dictates of a civilized society. He can over-ride the negative aspects of your nature, marginalize negative cosmics within you and optimize your positive aspects to grow and glow. If you have done past wrongs to your mother or father or both he is in a position to advise you in correcting those misdeeds and guiding you towards loving them once again. Such is the power of the preceptor, that in Greek and Hindu mythology heroes go to their preceptors first before embarking on adventures, battles or acts of mundane nature. Hence, you should get the blessings of the God thru him and his own blessings very often. Remember a cardinal point: a woman cannot act as preceptor.

Priest: By training they are holy in nature; he is always with the God, serving the God or acts in manner that propagates the will of God. He is a safe person for you to confess all your peccadilloes as he is the best listening post you ever had. He is wise, learned in scriptures and in the art of persuasion of turning you towards achieving your goals and missions. He is circumspect and will preserve your secrecy. His plea to God is quickly answered. Therefore, go to the priest to get the blessings of the God thru him and seek thereafter his own blessings.

Muthu Ashraff

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(Originally written on Blogspot on Sunday December 21, 2008)

As the world awaits the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44^th President of the United Sates, the sky is trembling. Will there be peace or war? Will economy recover or nosedive further? Will climate improve or turns hotter? All these questions are in the lips of the people around the world. Media channels are discussing, newspapers are predicting and laymen are fantasizing. Surely their concerns are addressed to, by the heavens. The message is clear and loud: “It is up to you”. In this blog post I draw the sky map, and review the celestial bodies and give you the cosmic interpretation.

1. Sky Map

This month the new moon is on Saturday, December 27. It also heralds the first month of Muharram in the Islamic Calendar. At 6.00 p.m., on this day, looking out at the south-western sky from the vantage point in the holy city of Mecca, I trace the following sky map:

1. The new moon is just 0.2 days old and is in the twentieth lunar mansion of Al-Naam ( Ostriches) which activates the number 6 and tames wild beasts and anger

2. Five planets are in somewhat direct formation as:

• Mars Right Ascension 18.03 hours
• Sun do 18.45 hours
• Moon do 18.50 hours
• Mercury do 19.72 hours
• Jupiter do 19.99 hours

3. Incidentally all these five planets are in the Sagittarius constellation in that order. Mars is just entering and Jupiter is about to leave. Sagittarius constellation represents the Centaur (a figure of half –horse and half-man in Greek mythology). Ptolemy originally drew this figure and is followed ever since. This constellation is full of bright stars and a wealth of deep sky objects such as clusters and nebulae. It also marks the December solstice. According to occultism it relates to the number 6 and to the figure of “Lovers”. When Moon is in the constellation it is a double sixer. A sixer is a cricket parlance where a batsman hits the ball to fly over the fence resulting in a score of 6 runs

4. Both luminaries Sun and Moon are on North-South alignment encompassing between them, the bright star Kaus Borealis and two star clusters M 28 Globular and M 25 Open. The Moon also conjuncts the M 25 open

5. Mars enters the December solstice, which is winter in northern hemisphere and summer in southern hemisphere. Mars is in company with three star clusters; M20 Trifid, M21 Open and M8 Lagoon. The last one is the most active star forming cluster in the sky now. Please read about these 3 clusters in my blog post “Cosmic Sunbath during December Solstice”.

6. The departing Jupiter says hello to M75 Globular cluster. You can read about the M75 cluster in my blog post “Will Israel Attack Nuclear sites in Iran?

Oh Grace, I stopped with Number 6

2. Review of the Celestial Bodies

A review of the star Kaus Borealis and clusters M 25 & M28 are given below:

Kaus Borealis

This magnificent star is located in the handle of the bow where the arrow is placed. In Arabic it is “Al-Qaus-Al-Shamaliya” meaning the northern bow. Due to the location of the star somewhat away from the centre, Al Tizini the 15^th Century Arab astronomer called it as “ Rai-Al- Naaim “ meaning the keeper of ostriches. Al-Kazwini called it as “ Al-Thalimain” meaning “watchers” because the star Kaus Borealis is deemed a protector of many stars under its care. This star marks two asterisms that is a group within a constellation. These are: the Milk Dipper and the Bow. To be born under this star is considered to be very auspicious indeed.

Astronomically, the star has a great magnetic field and emits X-rays throughout. Located some 77 light years away, the star is classified as K1V Dwarf. It is about 50 times luminous than the Sun and about 3 times the size of the Sun. A supernova exploded close to this star location exploded some 2400 years ago.

M25 Open

A remarkable open cluster containing about 600 big stars out of which about five are giant stars. It also contains few variable stars as well. Located about some 2300 light years away, its hot rays are cosmically exhilarating

M28 Globular

It is small compared to many globular. Located some 18,000 light years away it must be fantastically bright to enable us to view it despite its small size. Some astronomers think it is a nebulae and not a cluster. Whatever it is, this star cluster is most active and alive. Recently pulsars that spin on their axis in milliseconds were found in this cluster making it a very lively one.

3. Cosmic Interpretation

1. Phew! It is going to be too hot in 2009. The hole in the ozone layer will be more gaping. Heat wave will be seen in many countries between the equator and the Tropical lines especially in sub-Sahara and desert nations. On average climate will be hotter by points of a degree of Celsius. Correspondingly, there shall be storms and rains lashing at the eastern China Sea and western pacific. Eastern Indian Ocean will be very much unstable. Tsunami type storms will originate from mid-pacific to travel far and wise. Earthquakes would be experienced in many fault areas.

2 More than the temporal climate, the ambience in the economy will be damning. Crisis situation will continue for the first quarter of 2009 with little abatement. I shall review this position when Jupiter conjuncts Sun on January 24, 2009.

The burden of stabilizing the world economy will be shared by USA, European Community, Japan and China. Initially a reluctant Russia would join hands later. A joint US- China co-operation should kick-start the economy, later joined by some of the laggards such as Canada and Australia. Fringe countries Brazil, India and Turkey could contribute with human and technical resources

3 Politically, peace is the most endangered species; under constant stress, it will reach breaking point. Only the intervention of the level-headed men and women advising the presidents of USA, Russia and China, will make peace prevail. All these countries will have presidents who are flexible, who reason out their arguments and exert their positions with diplomacy and force in equal measure based on sense of justice and fair-play. Although nationalistic, these presidents would be humanist in their approach.

But trigger-happy men would roam all over the world. The struggle between love and hate would continue throughout the year. They would generate heat globally and would be ready to facilitate and finance the war. Middle –east, Afghanistan, Kashmir and Palestine would continue to be flash-points whereas countries bordering East and South China Sea turn calmer. So would be the Caucasus.

4. Rise of Russia, China, Brazil and Turkey is foreshown; decline of USA, Japan and India is predicted. European Countries would be stagnant. Oil and resource exporters will go through political turmoil besides a sluggish economy

5. Globally, people would be much worried about themselves rather than others. The age of milk and honey would be replaced by work and sweat. Little charity will be forthcoming. Sports and leisure would be of less priority; health-care and shelter would receive more attention. Un-employment would lead to high crime rate

6. But there is a silver lining; more people would be attracted to walk in the path of god which is the path of glory. They will ask for transparency in their government; call for freedom; rise-up for justice and fair-play. And finally more people would pray for peace.

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser

(Originally written on Blogspot on Thursday, December 11, 2008)

Praying for peace is generally left with priests and preachers of religions. Many busy men and women never bothered to say prayers for peace. Not anymore. This decade has brought such calamities to you me and to the other guy. Right now we are all concerned with peace as the guiding mantra for prosperity in the year 2009. The litmus test is whether peace would prevail or not. A signal from the heaven indicates that peace would prevail only if humanity joins in prayer for peace.

I observed an interesting phenomenon. Looking at the evening sky from the city of Bethlehem towards the eastern direction on Friday December 12, a full moon day I observed the white and brilliant Moon is on the line of sight with the star Elnath towards the north-westerly direction. Both are pretty close in terms of degree, just about one and half. Both are brilliant white. To cap it all both are showering bright light down on the earth. Let me explain about the star, its cosmics and the way you and me can pray for peace and prosperity in the year 2009.

1. Elnath, the Star of mystery

Elnath has been steeped in mystery. Though mentioned from the Babylonian times, the position of the star as regards to astronomy has not been clear. Early Greek writers including Ptolemy and Aratus considered the star as part of the Taurus (Bull) constellation. Thereafter, Arab astronomers included it in the Auriga (Charioteer or Rein-holder) constellation, and referred it as “ Al- Kab – Dhil Inan meaning “ the heel of the rein-holder”. Al-Kazwini, the 13^th century Persian astronomer called it as “ Al- Tawabi – Al – Ayyuk” meaning “ the two in the ankles” because the star Elnath is a double star located on the ankle of the charioteer. In 17^th century, Bayer, the German astronomer agreed and gave the name gamma Aurigae.

But the star’s position in the borderline between Taurus and Auriga gave rise to debate once again. Later Arab astronomers described the star as “ Al–Karn Al–Thaur Al – Shamaliyyah” meaning “ northern horn of the bull”. In fact the name of the star is derived from Arabic Al Nath meaning “Butting with the horn”. Modern astronomers tend to agree with this stance and have included Elnath within Taurus constellation.

A double star, one brilliant white and the companion pale grey, Elnath is of 1.7 magnitude, 25^th brightest star in the known sky and a Class B 7 giant. It is about 4.5 times size of solar and about 700 times luminous than our Sun. This star has abundance of manganese compared with the rest of stars. You can trace the star at Right Ascension 5.40 hours and Declination of 28.60 North.

2. Cosmics

Like in the case of astronomy, Elnath remains as mystery in terms of cosmics as well. Its occult significance has never been explained. Though many modern writers tend to describe the star as a violent one related to blood and warfare, mainly due to its description as the butt of horn of Taurus, tradition treats the star with divinity. Hindus considered Elnath as their deity for fire called “ Agni”. Interestingly, the god Agni was often depicted to have 3 legs, a rare feature in Hindu mythology but with high cosmic relevance. Incidentally, fire is considered to be the first of five elements, the others being Ether, Air, Water and Earth. You are aware that your five fingers represent these five elements. When you curl your fist with a thumb –down manner you would see the fire element going down. You would notice that, adrenalin that runs in your system gets duller making you becalm your anger. Pictorially Auriga constellation is shown as the Charioteer flying away to the heaven, to peace and prosperity, after controlling all the five elements with a special emphasis on fire by trampling it under his right foot. So much for the cosmics.

3. Praying for Peace in 2009

Elnath, the star teaches you to do the same. You can control fire and make peace by following the prayer schedule given below. This would grant you inner peace and peace in the globe; shower you prosperity and prosperity for the world. Do the incantations 131 times daily for 131 day beginning from the date given below. To simplify and classify I have listed the prayers under Five Major Religions. Those who follow religions other than those given below should consult their religious elders for guidance.

1. Judaism – YHWH SHALOM

– begin on 25 Kislev ( December 22, 2008)

2. Christianity – OH THE LORD OF PEACE

– begin on Christmas day

3. Islam – YA SALAM

- begin on Muharram 1 ( December 29, 2008)

4. Hinduism – OHM SHANTHI OHM

- begin on Pushya 1 ( January 15, 2008)

5. Buddhism – NAMO SHANTHI JAGATH SHANTHI

– begin on Duruthu Full Moon day ( January 10, 2009)

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Muthu Ashraff

Cosmic Adviser