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ASTROLOGY AND SOCIETY A TRIBUTE TO THE ASTROLOGICAL eMAGAZINE Padma Bhushan Prof. N.S. Ramaswamy N. Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy (1926–2012), popularly known as Cartman Ramaswamy, was an Indian engineer, educationist, management academic and writer, and the founder director of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He was the founder of Centre for Action, Research and Technology for Man, Animal and Nature (CARTMAN), an organization working for region-relevant and appropriate technology transfer to rural area and Indian Heritage Academy, an organization involved in propagating Indian cultural traditions. He was also the founder chairman of the Adarsh Vidya Kendra (AVK) Group of educational institutions. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2006, for his contributions to society.
Whatever be the criticism by ill-informed elites, Astrology is gaining acceptance worldwide. Dr. B. V. Raman had, on many occasions, explained the science and rationale of Astrology, based on not only knowledge of the science but also on insights and intuition. Astrology has drawn concepts both from Paravidya (higher - inner knowledge) and Aparavidya (lower - outer knowledge). In fact, Astrology integrates the silent and invisible world of experience and the outer manifested world of experiments. Both science and spirituality have a place in our pursuit to know the truth and the mystery of creation and the universe. God sleeps in inert matter, wakes up in plant life, walks in the animals and thinks in man. Astrology makes us think and wonder how the Laws of Order and Karma function.
the magazine should cover a larger canvas of knowledge and techniques - scientific and spiritual. This new eMagazine should also include all associated areas of India's ancient thought and wisdom, such as philosophy, culture, customs, traditions, festivals, symbolism, mysticism, etc, which are value-based and time-tested and relevant not only for the present but also for all times to come. Western historians and thinkers, like Arnold Toynbee, Will Durant, Thoreau, Emerson, Romaine Rolland and others as well as the modern scholar, Dr. David Frawley (who himself has written on Astrology), have acknowledged and acclaimed the profound thought and wisdom of our ancient sages. According to them, India is the cradle of civilization, mother of the human race, grandmother of all major European languages through Sanskrit, great grandmother of science, philosophy and ethics etc. This Astrological eMagazine should educate Indians on India's glorious scientific and cultural heritage. After all, Astrology is part of Vedas, which is the foundation of India's spiritual genius. As this is the commercial era of Kaliyuga, Astrology also has been trivialized for popular consumption. This eMagazine should bring the essence of the science to the public, and protect it from commoditization and commercialization.
Our sages developed inner knowledge by meditation, silence, austerity, selfless outlook, ethical and moral conduct and surrendering to the divine. They estimated speed of light, gravitation, planetary movements, age of the earth, evolution and hundreds of such discoveries all these long before the birth of Christ. But these are now known in the name of Western Astronomers and Scientists. There is Copernicus Marg, but not Aryabhata. Our sages did not use equipment or sense-based observation and analysis. Mere knowledge of planetary positions and movements is not adequate for prediction. It has to be supplemented with intuition. Therefore, this Astrological eMagazine will not only focus on the analytical and experimental part but also the intuitive and inspirational part of Astrology. This means that JULY 2021
It so happens that this is India's Century, as predicted by Swami Vivekananda in 1895, when he declared that the whole world would come to India to seek solutions to the complex problems afflicting mankind, animals and nature. For two thousand years, marauders and 12
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