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  • Common Man’s View of Free Masons.Views and Videos.

    In the 19th century, certificates such as this...
    Image via Wikipedia

    I have been curious about the Free Masons for the past 35 Years and though I have close relatives who are Free Masons I have not been able to get any information about them.

    Normal information is given out that Free Masons believe in Universal Brotherhood and that they engage in Charitable Activities.

    This is endorsed by the Free Masons themselves.

    However there is a lot of speculation Masons, ranging from that it is a Secret Society on the lines of Illuminati,New World Order,Skull and  Bones,Rosicrucians, Ordo Templis Orienti,Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn, The Knights Templar,The Bilderberg Group,The Priory of Sion and  Opus Dei.

    “The Grand Masonic Lodge was created in 1717 when four small groups of lodges joined together. Membership levels were initially first and second degree, but in the 1750s this was expanded to create the third degree which caused a split in the group. When a person reaches the third degree, they are called a Master Mason.

    Masons conduct their regular meetings in a ritualized style. This includes many references to architectural symbols such as the compass and square. They refer to God as “The Great Architect of the Universe”. The three degrees of Masonry are: 1: Entered Apprentice, this makes you a basic member of the group. 2: Fellow Craft, this is an intermediate degree in which you are meant to develop further knowledgeof Masonry. 3: Master Mason, this degree is necessary for participating in most masonic activities. Some rites (such as the Scottish rite) list up to 33 degrees of membership.

    Masons use signs and handshakes to gain admission to their meetings, as well as to identify themselves to other people who may be Masons. The signs and handshakes often differ from one jurisdiction to another and are often changed or updated. Thisprotects the group from people finding out how to gain admission under false pretenses. Masons also wear stylized clothing based upon the clothing worn by stone masons from the middle ages. The most well known of these is the apron.”

    http://listverse.com/2007/08/27/top-10-secret-societies/

    Other references include

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    The Book by John Robison presents a compelling case on Illuminati‘s hold over world affairs.

    The Book written 1798 presents the proofs of a conspiracy against all the religions and governments of Europe carried on in the secret meetings of Freemasons, Illuminati and Reading Societies.

    John Robison (1739–1805) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. A member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society when it received its royal warrant, he was appointed as the first General Secretary to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Robison invented the siren and also worked with James Watt on an early steam car. Following the French Revolution, Robison became disenchanted with elements of the Enlightenment. He authored Proofs of a Conspiracy in 1797—a polemic accusing Freemasonry of being infiltrated by Weishaupt’s Order of the Illuminati.”

    https://ramanisblog.in/tag/proof-of-conspiracy/

    “According to some Masonic scholars, the Freemasons trace their roots to the building of King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem in 967 B.C., an event which was described in the biblical Book of Kings. In the story, the builders of the temple were the original stonemasons, and the forefathers of today’s Freemasons. The legend centers on the master builder—a man named Hiram Abiff—who claimed to know the secret of the temple. One day, three men kidnapped Abiff and threatened to kill him if he didn’t reveal that secret. When he refused to talk, Abiff was murdered. After learning of the killing, King Solomon ordered a group of Masons to search for Abiff’s body and bring back the secret of the temple. The men were unsuccessful, so the King established a new Masonic secret. His secret is believed to be the word “Mahabone,” meaning “the Grand Lodge door opened,” which is now the password used to enter the third degree of Masonry.”

    http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/awards-organizations/freemason.htm

    The information that the Free Masons were entrusted with the Secrets of the King Solomon’s Temple and they carried the secret( and are carrying) of Christ Mary Magdalene and Rosaline Line and are a force to reckon with in international Finance and Politics is gaining acceptance.This is reinforced by the fact that many world leaders and Financial giants are a part of Free Masonry and Illumianti.

    However the view that they are Satan Worshippers is difficult to digest despite videos showing Rituals.

    This information is also not verifiable.

    So we are back to square one, where we started.

    Some videos on Free masons ans and their ceremonies.

     

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  • Face of Jesus in the Mountain? Photo.

    Lord Balaji in a pearl coat and with a garland...
    Image via Wikipedia

    A similar instance involving Lord Balaji,Tirupati,India, where Lord Balaji’s Profile is seen on the rock face of the mountain where His temple is located.

    see Tirumala Hills side view As Lord Balajis Face-Pictures..

    An Irish-American tourist has captured photos of an apparent apparition of Jesus Christ at the Cliffs of Moher.

    Sandra Clifford, a pilot from San Francisco, captured the image on her digital camnrea when she visited the famous Co. Clare tourist attraction on November 4 last.

    Jesus face seen in a mountain.
    Jesus's Face in the face of a mountain.

    Clifford (42) and her friend Fiona Fay from Drogheda Co. Louth were spellbound by what they saw and immediately Clifford snapped the shot of what they said appeared to be the face of Jesus Christ. Fay first spotted what appeared to be an image of a man before pointing it out to Clifford.

    “To me it was Jesus Christ straight away,” added Clifford, who is a practicing Catholic.

     http://www.irishcentral.com/news/US-tourist-says-she-captured-image-of-Jesus-on-Cliffs-of-Moher-133715288.html#ixzz1dkYoZtnp

  • Faith In Baba ,To be Felt.

    Faith is verified and trusted Belief.

    A Child trusts its Mother.

    Does it rationalize?

    You can not Know God,you can only Feel Him.

    I have an instance of Bhagwan Ramana Maharishi narrated to me by my father.

    My Grand father was Ramana Maharishi’s class mate.

    On this ground my used to have child -like access to Bhagwan.

    After a tiff with my mother,my father went to Ramanasramam at Tiruvannamalai to become a Sanyasi.

    He saw Bhagwan and told him he wanted to become a Sanyasi like Him.

    Maharishi asked my father to sit with him as he was giving Darshan.

    Normally Bhagwan takes his meals around 12 noon.

    Hour reached 3 pm.

    My father could not bear the hunger and asked the Bhagwan to come to lunch.

    He came,ate with my father asked him to take rest

    At about five pm, he called my father and told him that becoming a Sanyasi is no easy task and running away from family problems is no solution.

    One who can not bear with Hunger even for three  hours can never control senses, which is the prerequisite for becoming a Sanyasin.

    He advised my father that people in family Life are the foundation on which Sanyaasrama rests.

    Better to be in the Family life and practice Spirituality.

    In another instance,my father went there to ask Ramana Maharishi to ask questions on Philosophy but returned without asking any question.

    On being asked about this, my father explained that when he sat before the Bhagwan, questions vanished from his mind and he was at peace with himself.

    Guru’s Blessings may be Sparsa Deeksha,Mouna  Deeksha or Nayana Deeksha.

    Ramana Maharishi Blessed with Nayana and Mouna Deeksha.

    I have felt this when I went to  the Prayer hall where Baba was giving Darshan.

    Baba seems to do all these.

    I was at peace with my self.

    What more does one want?

    ( I have felt the same way in Ramanan Mahrishi’s Dhyana Hall,Seshadri Swamaigal Adihshtaanam,Tiruvannamalai, Shiri Baba’s Temple Prayer Hall,Mandaveli,Chennai and Ramakrishna Asrama in Mandaveli,Chennai

    However there are instances of Baba’s Miracles.

    Some of them are:

    Baba walked into the room and his sister slipped out of a coma.

    GOD HAS NOT CREATED everyone equal. I believe that some people have superhuman powers. Sathya Sai Baba was one of them. My brother-in-law told me about him 12 years ago. When I met him, he already knew I wanted to build a cardiac hospital on the outskirts of Bengaluru — a project most were sceptical about. When I met him, he simply told me, “The city will come to you.” It really did come to me. Baba once gave me a ring that I wear all the time, except during surgery, because I feel his warm presence.

    The most beautiful miracle of Baba’s is the one my brother-in-law witnessed. He was treating Baba’s sister, who at the time, had been in a coma for days. When Baba walked into the room, she woke up, talked to him for a few minutes and slipped back. How do you explain that medically?

    A Hindu woman once came to me for treatment. Someone in the Ajmer Dargah had told her it would save her life. She had aortal arteritis, a rare and serious condition. She insisted I operate. I didn’t know how to. I had to patch up her liver, her intestine and re-establish circulation to the brain. I did and she has been healthy for eight years now. Similarly, a very established doctor and friend saw his patient in a hospital levitate while meditating. I have seen people who are two yards away from death surviving and perfectly healthy people dying suddenly. How do you explain this? We do 36 heart surgeries a day in our hospital. We cut off circulation to the brain, paralyse the heart, and the patient is practically dead. Each time, I don’t know if he or she will survive it. Any doctor who thinks he does is kidding himself. You don’t want to hear this from a doctor and a scientist, but my hands are about as powerful as forceps controlled by God.

    My wife had hip cancer. Baba just said, ‘Cancer, cancelled’, and she was well and could walk

    SAI BABA saved his miracles for others. My sister suffered from a bad gastric ulcer. She was weak and the hospital doctor prescribed milk fed through the nose. A young, inexperienced nurse misunderstood the instruction and gave my sister milk intravenously — directly into the blood. She lost her consciousness and it seemed she would die. When the error was corrected, she suddenly got up and said, “Baba was here. He gave me vibhuti. I am perfectly okay.” She walked out of the hospital without an operation.

    In 1999, my wife suffered a heart attack. Four months after a bypass, she fainted during an evening walk. I rushed her to the hospital. She was in the intensive care unit and had breathing problems. They said — four months to live, operate immediately. When she heard this, my wife insisted on having Baba’s darshan before surgery. The doctor, who was also a devotee, discharged her. Bound to a wheelchair, oxygen cylinder in tow, my wife and I went to meet the Baba. It was Christmas. At Puttaparthi, we stood in the front row waiting for Baba’s darshan. On seeing me, he said, “No second surgery for her.” He produced vibhuti out of the air and told me not to worry. She was wheelchair-bound but after the darshan, she started walking and didn’t need that second surgery.

    I went back to Baba a second time for my wife, about eight years later. My wife had developed cancer in the hip. She could neither walk nor lie down and was on morphine injections. When I saw Baba, he said, “Cancer cancelled”, and produced a crystal Shivling with a wave of his hand. “Do abhishek and give her the water to drink,” he said. On the ninth day, my wife went to the market. Her cancer was gone.

    Sai Baba’s life, however, meant far more than the many miracles he performed. I used to believe only in the Vedantic philosophy. Now when I pray, I also chant Jesus, Allah and Buddha’s names. You can find all the world’s religions in Puttaparthi. I once saw an Iranian boy chant the Gayatri Mantra with perfect diction. By showing us the similarities in religions, the Baba united us. Not to mention the several cashless hospitals he ran or his colleges that took students without fees. For us, he was a living God.

    http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub070511WHY.asp


  • Sathya Sai’s Prophesy about His Demise.Wrong?

    Baba’s Life is His Message.

    As for as his prophesy in concerned, there seems to be no authentication.

    Knowing Baba by His teachings,one can assert that He would not have said what is purported to have been said.

    Or it should have been taken out of context.

    One who has been identifying Himself with Universal Soul and who treats(present tense intended) people as manifestation Of Brahman, can never utter some thing similar.

    Even Lord Rama and Krishna had to leave their mortal frames.

    Those who discuss Sai in terms of Miracles and Prophesies have not got His Message.

    May Sai forgive them.

    “There is a difference between leaving a body and leaving the earth,” a devotee says, adding, “Baba never said he would leave for good. There has never been a mention that his soul would leave us. We must have misinterpreted it. We now firmly believe that only his body has left while his soul will remain with us.”

    Another person interprets the Baba’s discourse in a similar manner.

    “He has just left his body. We know for a fact that his soul is very much present over here. His soul will remain in Puttaparthi for the next 10 years and then he will be reborn as Prema Sai Baba in Karnataka.There is no doubt about that,” he says.

    http://current.com/1tue94c

  • Haunted Campus Buildings.My experience with the Paranormal.

    One can not dismiss these things totally untrue.

    I have two experiences .

    It was in 1968 -69 in Chennai,India where I completed my Graduation and i was a hostel student.

    One of my friends, who had a house near by vacated his house and joined the hostel.

    On being asked why he replied that his house was haunted and that his parents have shifted to Bangalore and   to continue his studies he had joined the hostel.

    About four of us went to the said House along with the one who said his house was haunted after watching a late night movie.

    Around 1 am, (Ido not recollect the exact time), we had all the glass panes of the windows closed and had the doors of the house locked( we were in the first floor room of the house).

    After about 15-30 minutes Jasmine Scent wafted through the air.

    It was followed by the figure of a lady floating through the glass pane.

    Needless to say we ran to the hostel for cover and one my friends had an attack of Fever for several days.

    Another instance.

    I went to Sabarimala,Kerala, as a Pilgrimage.

    This place is revered to be Abode of Lord Ayyappa and one has to undergo strict  Discipline( non-Hindus also visit the place) before embarking on the pilgrimage.(1970)

    We stayed in a place ,Pampa.After morning rituals we noticed that an elderly man of about Eighty  in a small temporary shelter( every one has to make one) ,sitting in front of the photo of Lord Ayyappa,exhorting and crying that he be allowed to visit the sanctum sanctorum(which is about 2 km up the hill) for he was informed in the dream that he need not come to the sanctum sanctorum.

    After about 15 – 20 minutes, a man from the people around us stood up and stood in front of the crying man and informed him “I shall give my Vision here for you’

    The crying man asked him as to who he was and what authority he had to speak to him thus.

    The man straightened and said”if it is true I am God ,I shall show my Vision in my true form here this evening at 6-40( the time the Vision in the form of a Light appears every year).

    Then he started running through the river up-stream towards the sanctum.

    We were instructed by our Guru to chase him.

    Five or  six of us(those who followed him were by no means ardently devout or deeply religious and are practical men from fields like marketing,Accountancy),chased him and found it difficult to catch up with the man who was around fifty years and we  were in the age group of 20 -30.

    Eventually we caught up with him, caught his hands and asked him to come with us to meet our Guru.

    He straightened and said ‘Who can call Me?”-

    Next ,

    Our hands were clutching thin air and the man simply vanished.

    I am qualified in Philosophy and Psychology and a hard-core Management Professional with a Skeptic outlook on Spirituality.(only of late I have become an Advaitin by conviction)

    Till date I am unable to comprehend what took place around 40 years ago with all my Analytical Skills and logic)

    Story:

    Plenty of college campuses have creepy spots. Desolate library stacks, bathrooms that no one uses, and dark pathways have been giving college kids the willies for years. But there are some spots that are bona fide haunted, with a history to prove it. Read on to learn about 10 campus buildings that are more than just a little creepy.

    1. Jennings Hall, Bennington College: This building now houses the music department of Bennington college, and students have often witnessed paranormal activity. It was the inspiration for The Haunting of Hill House, a Shirley Jackson novel. Strange voices, footsteps, and instruments that play themselves have been heard. The area Bennington College is located in is known as “Bennington Triangle” where many people went missing between 1920 and 1950.
      1. Strayer College: The Strayer College building in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is the former site of Eastern State School and Hospital. The building is rumored to be haunted by patients who were killed or treated unfairly. Figures follow people, doors slam shut to trap people inside, and the former morgue is cold and breezy even without windows. The 4th floor is believed to be especially treacherous, so much so that it’s life threatening.
      2. Pemberton Hall, Eastern Illinois University: At Pemberton Hall, a girl was brutally murdered and raped by a psychotic janitor. The hall is now haunted, with doors mysteriously locking after young girls enter, bloody footprints, and clocks that turn back in time. Music plays from the piano the victim played on, even though the entire floor is boarded up.
      3. Alpha Theta House, Dartmouth College: The Alpha Theta fraternity house experienced a boiler explosion and fire, killing fraternity brothers and their female companions. These spirits are said to haunt the house, particularly in the house basement, which is the remaining original structure.
      4. Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority House, Ohio University: This sorority house was once a private residence and a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was stormed when locals found out that the owner was harboring fugitive slaves, and a slave named Nicodemus was shot there. He has since haunted the house, which has passed hands among several Greek groups in the university, presumably due to the disturbances.
      5. Sage College of Albany Fine Arts/Graphic Design Building: Sage College of Albany’s Graphic Design building is located in a former children’s orphanage, and has ghosts from the children who died in a fire set by the caretaker. Numerous ghosts can still be heard in the building.
      6. Baylor University Library: Baylor University’s library has some original works from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with a statue in her likeness in front of the building. The statue’s arms are said to move, and she has been seen peering inside the top floor window. She may also be seen walking the halls at night in a white gown holding a candle.
      7. Graceland House, Davis & Elkins College: In the Graceland House, a slave was beaten to death and buried in the dirt floor basement, and may still be there. This house has noises and feelings of being watched or followed, so badly that a prom held there had to be shut down.
      8. Shelton Hall, Boston University: This dorm was once a Sheraton Hotel overlooking the Charles River and Fenway Park. Before it became a dorm, playwright Eugene O’Neill lived and subsequently died in room 401. He now haunts that floor, which the school reserves for writing students.
      9. Texas Tech University Water Tower: On the coldest night of the year in Lubbock, 5-6 young men can be seen on the top catwalk going around the water tank. They will stay up all night as if spending the night. This sighting has happened each year from around 1949 on.

                  http://www.matchacollege.com/blog/2011/10-campus-buildings-that-are-totally-haunted/