What a big pile of ridiculous shit! What about all the vedic houses that burned? What about all the failed businesses in vedic houses. Just a huge stinking pile of cult crap. Interesting story, but pure shit nonethe less.
--- Dick Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.bleepingherald.com/dec2007/vedic-architecture > Vedic architecture - the power of life-giving > principles > by Cate Montana > > > > On October 25, 2003, a fire began near the > mountain town of Ramona in San Diego County, > California. Fueled by acres of dry brush and > fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, the Cedar Fire > spread rapidly, burning 273,246 acres, destroying > 2,232 homes, and killing 14 people. According to > Jeff Harter, battalion chief of the California > Fire Plan, California Department of Forestry, the > speed and ferocity of the blaze "were heart > stopping." > > Jeanette Worland watched the fire approach across > the hills, while her husband, Paul, hosed down > the new home he had designed and built according > to the principles of Maharishi Vedic > Architecture. Pushed by 40 to 60 mph winds, the > fire roared up to their home around midnight, > then made a sudden 90 degree shift and passed > directly outside of the house's Vastu fence. This > sudden shift allowed the Worlands to evacuate - > and it saved the house and everything in or near > it. After shifting the blaze away from the house, > minutes later the wind shifted back to its > original direction and consumed the acreage > directly behind the home. > > > > The astonishing jog of the fire around the house > was confirmed the next day by two fire fighters > who noted with amazement that the fire seemed to > lack the "desire" to destroy this house. Five > other Maharishi Sthapatya Ved houses located > within the fire's path were similarly spared with > only smoke damage. One of the five was the only > house among several in a cul-de-sac not to burn. > > Fast forward to this year's recent devastation. > The Worland's and several other people's > Sthapatya Ved houses were spared again against > all odds. What happened? > Miracles are considered the result of divine > intervention. But miracles have also been defined > as occurrences which seem inexplicable because > the laws governing them are so subtle they have > not yet been discovered. In the case of these six > homes, the miracle of their preservation depended > upon principles that had been discovered, only > many thousands of years ago in India. > > Vedic architecture, or Vastu architecture, also > known as Sthapatya Veda, is a system of > architecture and city planning based in cosmic > principles that was learned by the great Indian > rishis and then recorded thousands of years ago > in the texts of the Vedas. The Sanskrit word > Sthapan means to establish. The Sanskrit word > Veda means knowledge of Natural Law. As such, the > system of Vedic architecture, which is still > practiced and taught in India today, applies > eternal cosmic principles to the built > environment in which we work and dwell. > > In the West, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > studied the Sthapatya Vedas for many years, > compiling and organizing much information that > had apparently been lost and disorganized over > the centuries. His system, called Maharishi Vedic > architecture, Maharishi Vastu, or Maharishi > Sthapatya Ved design, is taught today. It was the > system by which all six homes that survived the > Cedar Fire were designed and built. > > Is it possible that the architectural design, > based in life-giving principles of the cosmos, > imbued the homes with a "grace" that sustained > them even in the face of certain destruction? > > Maharishi Sthapatya Ved > > According to Jonathan Lipman AIA, owner of > Jonathan Lipman AIA and Associates in Fairfield, > Iowa, and director of the Institute of Maharishi > Vedic architecture, Maharishi Vedic architecture > is defined as "the most complete and ancient > system of architecture and planning on Earth in > accord with the solar, lunar and planetary > influences on Earth with respect to the South > Pole, North Pole and equator, connecting > individual intelligence with cosmic intelligence, > individual life with cosmic life." > > This may sound "far out," but anyone with a high > school diploma knows there are laws of nature > that govern all the structures of nature - the > galaxies, solar systems, stars, planets, animal > life, plant life, cells, atoms, and subatomic > particles. From the micro to the macro there are > laws of nature that maintain perfect harmony and > order in relationships throughout all creation. > > Once you start looking, it's obvious that these > principles exist, and it's not only the Indian > rishis who have recognized them. Artists, > philosophers, and scientists such as Leonardo de > Vinci, Plato and Copernicus have developed entire > astronomical, philosophic and artistic schools > around the perfection of mathematical proportion, > perspective and the cosmos. But it is in the > Vedas where the science of mathematical and > structural harmony and cosmic influences has > reached the highest practical level as applied to > the built environment. > > "Our houses, our buildings, our cities are the > intermediaries between us and the cosmos, the > natural universe," says Lipman. "Man-made > environments affect quality of life and create > predicted influences on the lives of the people > who live in and use our buildings." > > Lipman points out that some of the great > Renaissance architects used proportion, as > created by sacred geometry based in the > mathematical spiraling Fibonacci series, as did > the more modern Le Corbusier. He says today > architects recognize that some buildings have > great and inspiring influences that affect the > success, health and wellbeing of the people who > live and work in them, and that other buildings > have the opposite effect. But except for being > taught abstract geometric analysis, they're not > taught why the structure has an impact. Worse, > the importance of using the principles to > consciously create a harmonious environment is > completely disregarded. > "If you hire an architect to design a house," > says Lipman, "you should be able to say to them, > 'Mr. Architect, you've been designing houses for > 20 years. Will you give me the statistics on the > health and success of the families who've lived > in your houses?' But we don't think to ask these > questions. And architects don't think to keep > statistics, because the assumption is that we > don't know what the rules are, so it's all > completely hit and miss. And that's a pretty > terrible state of affairs. It would be > intolerable in most disciplines." > > According to Sthapatya Ved, the three most > important influences of a building on human life > are the influences of orientation, which is the > direction something faces; placement within a > building or a city, where certain activities take > place; and proportion. There are ideal directions > in which to cook, sleep, study, pray or meditate, > and create. For example an Eastern orientation is > preferred for the placement of bedrooms, because > the first rays of the sun's light in the morning > are the most "awakening" on the planet. > Throughout the course of the day, the qualities > of sunlight change - from the gentle clarity of > the morning sun, to the overhead glare of > mid-day, to the heating, penetrating rays of the > western sun. Rooms and activities are oriented to > take advantage of the appropriate qualities of > sunlight as they change. > > Although direct scientific research supporting > Vedic architectural principles is scarce, there > is some. For example, cells in rat's hippocampal > formations are known to discharge as a function > of the animal's head direction in the horizontal > plane. Recent studies now indicate that migratory > birds may actually "see" Earth's magnetic lines > of force, processing the information through the > thalamus to orient themselves appropriately. In > humans, orientation tuning and other visual > functional-response properties of organisms are > controlled by the thalamus, which also plays a > major role in regulating arousal, the level of > awareness and activity. > > "The neurons in the thalamus operate at different > intensities depending upon which directions we > are facing," says Lipman. "If we turn away from a > direction, certain neurons in the thalamus fire > more weakly and can cease entirely." > > Most interesting is the results of a study done > at a hospital in Italy. A group of scientists > lead by F. Beneditti published "Morning sunlight > reduces length of hospitalization in bipolar > depression" in a scientific, peer-reviewed > === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
