The Great Eclipse of August 21, 2017.
When I was growing up in India, I remember the Eclipse was a revered happening. My grandmother covered all the windows in the house, and we stayed indoors as far as possible. I think the day was spent in prayer and loads of charitable giving. In fact, people came shouting in the streets, asking for some, which were freely given, along with rice, lentils, fruits and sometimes offerings even of milk.
In the USA, it's a rage and people are planning to drive a long time, and trips to watch the Great Eclipse have been organized months earlier. The price of Special glasses has gone up 600%, if they add even available retail. Fakes too are now being sold, and authorities advise against buying from unscrupulous sellers.
What do the other cultures feel about the Eclipse?
I think if we watch the Eclipse from a place of humility, and reverence, it can be a Spiritual experience. If during totality as some articles say, you can see the planets, it will be a breathtaking and humbling sight.
We forget that we are sharing this planet with others older and more powerful than ourselves. Even many, many trees are older than us, and will be here still after we are gone. Besides the mountains, the rivers, the oceans, and all life that is sustained within them- the marine life, and plant life and wildlife, etc. There's also the Stars and the planets in the sky, part of Creation, and we who are but barely a Speck of a speck in this Grand design, forget that and desire to control the world, succumbing to pettiness of class, creed and color and the like.
Maybe to use this time, to look inside, unite, be humble, and above be grateful that we were given the opportunity walked this beautiful Earth, where before us tread the greats, including the Son of God, and the many Masters and Saints.
Now the Great Eclipse is come and gone, and life goes on. Many astrological predictions were made, and also many made resolutions for a new start. Lets see, how the dice rolls going forward, where we roll with it, or where we take our selves with our own determination. Or will we succumb to the wonders of the next big event, or the next political news? While all that is magnificent and mighty, stands mute, tall and eternal, we human lose ourselves in our own egoistic chatter.
Veenu Banga
21st August 2017. 10:14 pm.
When I was growing up in India, I remember the Eclipse was a revered happening. My grandmother covered all the windows in the house, and we stayed indoors as far as possible. I think the day was spent in prayer and loads of charitable giving. In fact, people came shouting in the streets, asking for some, which were freely given, along with rice, lentils, fruits and sometimes offerings even of milk.
In the USA, it's a rage and people are planning to drive a long time, and trips to watch the Great Eclipse have been organized months earlier. The price of Special glasses has gone up 600%, if they add even available retail. Fakes too are now being sold, and authorities advise against buying from unscrupulous sellers.
What do the other cultures feel about the Eclipse?
I think if we watch the Eclipse from a place of humility, and reverence, it can be a Spiritual experience. If during totality as some articles say, you can see the planets, it will be a breathtaking and humbling sight.
We forget that we are sharing this planet with others older and more powerful than ourselves. Even many, many trees are older than us, and will be here still after we are gone. Besides the mountains, the rivers, the oceans, and all life that is sustained within them- the marine life, and plant life and wildlife, etc. There's also the Stars and the planets in the sky, part of Creation, and we who are but barely a Speck of a speck in this Grand design, forget that and desire to control the world, succumbing to pettiness of class, creed and color and the like.
Maybe to use this time, to look inside, unite, be humble, and above be grateful that we were given the opportunity walked this beautiful Earth, where before us tread the greats, including the Son of God, and the many Masters and Saints.
Now the Great Eclipse is come and gone, and life goes on. Many astrological predictions were made, and also many made resolutions for a new start. Lets see, how the dice rolls going forward, where we roll with it, or where we take our selves with our own determination. Or will we succumb to the wonders of the next big event, or the next political news? While all that is magnificent and mighty, stands mute, tall and eternal, we human lose ourselves in our own egoistic chatter.
Veenu Banga
21st August 2017. 10:14 pm.
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