Hi all, This mail from Alfred Samji was very informative. Thanks samji.
Read the following link. There is something interesting here. It is India's 'Vaastu-deficient' Parliament House which is responsible for the country's present problems like political instability, communal disharmony, the terrorist attack on Parliament, unemployment, poverty and illiteracy, opines a Vaastu expert. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov13/n2.asp Going by this theory, we can expect a fully developed and rich India, with 100% employment, once the parliament house is re-built as per Vastu :-) I have seen some houses here in Bangalore which are built as per vastu but doesn't have the basic common facilities. One house was having the toilet entrance from the kitchen. My neighbouring house here has the kitchen facing the front of the house. Some time back one of the Thermal power stations in Karnataka had some frequent break-downs in one of its thermal turbines. The authorities brought one vaastu expert and he suggested to build a boundary fencing for the whole plant with copper wires!!!!!! Good trouble shooting for a turbine failure, right :-) Why not lay off the whole maintenance engineers there and have a team of vaastu experts take care of all the industries and manufacturing plants here :-) One thing I always find it difficult to understand. Why is the educated people blindly follow such superstitions?? Mathew Joseph Bangalore, India. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Samji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: [JOYnet] Vastu Shasthra > Have something with regards to the topic Vastu Shasthra. It is said to be > part of astrology which is strictly against Christian teaching. It is said > that Vastu itself is a deity of another god (we are surely not to serve > another god, are we?). Am copying below some excerpts from the web with > regards to the topic. Please read for a clearer picture. > > ""Vastu Shastra is an ancient science based on astrology and laws laid > down in Hindu scriptures to ensure good fortune for the homebuilder and > dweller. It is a Vedic concept of construction which finds its roots in > Atharva Veda. > To receive all round happiness, increase in wealth, health and peace one > should give importance to Vastu in making of the house. It is because for > this reason one gains or looses, if the house is made according to > principles of Vastu or otherwise. > The effects of Vastu can be explained in the following way: > There are three forces in action to create harmony namely wind water and > fire. If these forces are kept in their appropriate place then there will be > no disturbance. But if water is put in place of fire and wind in place of > water or in any other combination the forces will act accordingly and create > disharmony. Vastu Shastra agrees with astrology that our destiny is > influenced by nine planets and as such every home is also under their > influence. As per astrology each direction is assigned a particular planet > and only those objects which are in harmony with that planet should be > placed there. Keeping in mind these principles various effects on our > destiny can be determined and rectified as mentioned by lord Vishkarma. > > Q 8. Which are the auspicious / inauspicious times to start construction ? > > A. According to Shastras, Vastu - the God in command of building > construction works, is said to be sleeping most of time and wakes up only > during a particular time of particular months in a year. When Vastu is > sleeping no construction work should be started, nor the doors be fixed. He > normally sleeps - all the time during Jaishtha, Ashwini, Margshirsh and > Paush. In these months, if construction is started or main door fixed, > following adverties will take place : - - - > Jaishtha (Mid of May-June) ---------------- fear of death > Ashwini (Mid of Sep-Oct) ----------------- unnecessary fight, bickerings. > Margshirsh (Mid of Nov-Dec) ------------- fear of many things > Paush (Mid of Dec-Jan) ------------------- fear of fire accidents and loss. > > It is said that Vastu awakes in the following months namely : - - - > Baishakh ( mid April-May) > Shravan (mid of July-Aug) > Kartik (mid of Oct-Nov) > Maagh (mid of Jan-Feb) > Phalgun (mid of Feb-March) > At a particular time, a learned Pandit should be consulted for exact timing > of construction and fixing of main doors. > > Answer20 - It cannot be denied that Vaastu Shastra is related to astrology > to some extent. If in the horoscopes of people the stars Saturn, Mars, > Harshal and Neptune are prominent and if the entrance of the houses of these > people are in the South they get success in their work. When the stars of > the head of the family are prominent he does not feel the effects of the > faulty construction to that extent. When the stars of the head the of family > are under bad influence the dou-blybad effects of faulty stars and faulty > construction are to be borne. But when the entire structure is according to > Vaastu Shastra and the stars of the head of the family are under bad > influence the bad effects are reduced to a large extent due to auspi-cious > energy. > > Thank you for you time. Praise the Lord, the Almighty the only living God, > the Triune God that we serve. > > Regards in Christ Jesus, > Samji / Dubai **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. 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