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Creation
Whether you believe God created the world or the universe is the result of the Big Bang, ask questions here about the creation of the beautiful and wondrous earth we live on.
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Who is Purusha in the Hindu creation story?
According to Sanskrit Vedic texts: The Primeval man. He was sacrificed, and from his body elements of the natural universe were then created.
In some lineages of Hindu the Dharma, Purusha (sanskritpuruṣa, पुरुष "man, macranthropy", in sutraalso called puṃs "man") is the "world-soul" which pervades the universe. The vedasdeityare interpretations of the many facets of Purusha. According to the Rigvedic purusha-sukta, Purusha was dismembered by Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva -
In the rigveda, Purusha is described as a primeval giant that is sacrificed by the gods (see purushamedha) and from whose body the purushaand the varnas (castes) are built. He is described as having a thousand heads and a thousand feet. He emanated Virat, the female creative principle, from which he is reborn in turn after the world was made out of his parts.
In the sacrifice of Purusha, the Vedic chants were first created. The horses and cows were born, the brahminwere made from Purusha's mouth, the kshatriyafrom his arms, the vaisyafrom his thighs, and the shudra-1from his feet. The Moon was born from his mind, the Sun from his eyes, the heavens from his skull. Indra and Agni emerged from his mouth.
The parallel to Norse ymiris oftenpurushaconsidered to reflect the myth's origin in proto-indo-european-religion.
PURUSHA IN CREATIVE STORY:Purusha is the most misunderstood entity in Hinduism.
We have a grossly distorted concept of Purusha because our concept of Purusha is based on the literal meaning of Purusha (Rigveda 1.10.90). This makes us conclude that Purusha is surreal.
According to Manu Smriti 1.11, Purusha is same as Brahman. This means that Purusha is absolute fact and thus is directly compatible with science.
Purusha (Rigveda 1.10.90) is a symbolic description of the properties of the isometric component of our skeletal muscular system acting as a single unit.
That single unit is what we call Purusha.
It has to be mentioned here that the isometric component controls the isotonic component of our skeletal muscular system that brings about movements. Thus, Purusha, though by himself can't bring about any movement, has indirect control over each and every activity of our life.
We should associate every symbol mentioned in Rigveda 1.10.90 a property of isometric contraction of our skeletal muscular system. We must never take the literal meaning of the Mantras.
DECODED PURUSHA:
Rigveda 1.10.90 - 1:
Literal translation:
Purusha has thousand heads, thousand eyes and thousand feet. On every side of pervading earth he fills a space ten fingers wide.
Interpretation based on Brahma Jnana:
We think with the Unified Skeletal Muscle, feel with it and it facilitates or retards whatever we do. It is the outstanding unified symbol that keeps absolute facts as the center of our entire life.
Rigveda 1.10.90 - 12
Literal translation:
The Brahmana was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rajanya made.
His thighs became Vaisya, from his feet the Sudra was produced.
This is the most misunderstood Vedic Mantra.
The Varnas refer to efficiency our activities. There are four Varnas and thus four grades of efficiency.
We consider eating as an example.
1. The most efficient way of eating would one in which some one else keeps food in our mouth. (Brahmana Varna).
2. It is less efficient when we use our arms to reach our food. (Kshatriya Varna).
3. It is still less efficient when, in addition, we to lean forward using our thighs. (Vaishya Varna).
4. It is least efficient when we use our feet to take a step to reach the food. (Shudra Varna).
Rigveda 1.10. 90 - 14 and Manu Smriti 1.19 and 1.20
According to both of these, Purusha behaves as seven different Purushas, depending on which of the seven locations of it is active. {depending on the point towards which Purusha (Unified Skeletal Muscle) is contracted}.
These seven manifestations of Purusha (Brahman) are Indra, Shakti, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Shani and Yama. This is what we mean when we say all gods are manifestations of Brahman and that all gods spring from Brahman.
PURUSHA AND BRAHMAN:
Purusha has the entire range of the tone of our skeletal muscular system i.e. 0% - 100%.
Brahman has a tone exactly 50%. Thus, Brahman is the state in which Purusha can't felt. Brahman is the ideal state of Purusha.
Thus,
1. Purusha, according to Hindu mythology is a surreal character
2. According to Brahmajnana, it is the isometric component of our skeletal muscular system acting as a single unit
Can ghost communicate with anyone?
yes the dead can communicate with the living as do some living have the ability to communicate with the dead
What religion believes in the divine creation of the universe?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bahai and others. See also:
What it the Maya Creation Story?
Juggah, the first human, was asked by the sun to: sacrifice himself becoming a refuge to millions of beings.
Juggah gave his life and a Tree sprouted from his stomach creating a tree of life all that flowed from this tree created the waters, and the lands we know of now on Earth.
God did. Who names you....your parents...your gaurdian? Well God didn't have a parent or gardian or anyone above or older than him...he has no beginning and end....so i guess God created the name God...
Another point of view:
Since human beings created language, it would have been a human who first coined the word "God" to describe what he imagined was his creator. The actual word 'god' is Old English and Germanic in origin. Other cultures have different words for the same idea.
How old is the earth according to Biblical creationists?
The Mathematical Tabulation concerning the Year of "Adam's Creation" according to the Account of "Moses" (contained in the First Five Books of the Old Testament) is Absolute: 4004 - 4000 BC
---Old Testament Study Manual Vol. 1 Latter Day Saint Edition
This Calculation coincides with Bishop James Ussher (1581 - 1656).
His Result: 4004 BC
Note that this Conclusion Occurred During the Renaissance Era & thus, itself, was amidst MANY Forward Thinking Queries.
The First Latter Day Saint Leader, Joseph Smith, also agreed with the Chronology of Moses & went further a step to Calculate the Age of the Universe according to his Understanding:
And the Following Document agrees, from a "Christian" Perspective, by adding: "Today there are many Christians who accept the Reliability of Geologic Dating, but do not compromise the spiritual and historical inerrancy of God's word."
To this, I would like to add: If God's Word were Truly "Inerrant"-- Moses, as a repeater of "God's Words" would have therefore been "Inerrant", and Bishop Ussher's Chronology of Creation, based on his Calculations on the "Word of God through Moses", would have been Held as Admissible Fact in a Court Decision.
In Short, the Stories of ANY Religion are based in Myths cultivated by 200,000 years of Human History, which is Concluded upon in a More Accurate Manner in Scientific Articles.
What is the modern creation story?
In asking about a "modern creation story", the question seems to seek the scientific explanation that is an alternative to the many religious creation stories that developed in times past.
Scientist believe that the universe began with a cosmic event known as the "Big Bang" around 13 billion years ago. Eventually stars formed out of the cosmic material formed by the Big Bang", and our sun is a relatively young star. The Earth is a planet revolving around the sun, and was formed about 4.54 billion years ago.
When the Earth had cooled sufficiently, it was a perfect environment for the development of complex organic molecules. Some say that these conditions allowed certain molecules to self-replicate, which is normally something that only living things can do. Eventually, primitive living cells formed. And over the billions of years, these cells evolved into multi-cell organisms that were the forerunners of today's living creatures.
Answer 1
Teach them both theories and allow them to choose for themselves what they would like to believe!
Answer 2
Unfortunately, there are no simple solutions for such a conundrum. As parents, you both have and feel the obligation to teach your children what you think is right and true. Whether or not creationists can be blamed for their refusal to learn why evolutionary theory is indeed the best explanation for life's diversity as demonstrated by our observations in biology is almost irrelevant to the real issue: that they do believe that creationism is right and true, and not evolution.
You have no alternative then, but to hope that your ex-wife is a reasonable person, and that you can manage to impart as many independent and critical thinking skills and as much knowledge on them as is necessary for them to find out for themselves why creationism is not a rational attitude.
How do you bring your full attention on the present?
Sit quietly. Take three deep breaths. Allow your body to breathe. Focus your attention on the tip of your nose (but don't look at it). Feel the breath going in and out. Focus your attention on the last bit of air going out at the end of each out breath. Begin counting: at the end of each breath say the count in your mind. Count one to ten. After ten, begin again at one. Don't stick your tongue to the roof of your mouth; let it lie. Try to do this for five minutes every day, then ten minutes. After a few weeks you may be able to stay focused for 30 minutes. Continue doing it for 30 minutes every day. Don't beat yourself up if you lose count. Just start again at one. Don't beat yourself up if you find yourself thinking about the future or the past. Just start again at one. No it isn't easy.
Is the creation account a myth?
First Answer:
No, it happened as told in the Bible. No humans were there at the time so we don't know what happened. God was there from the beginning and he told us what happened during the week of creation. So, no, it's not a myth. Evolution is the myth.
Buddhists as n example have reasoned that the question cannot be answered and feel that effort spent answering the question or determining which story is true is wasted from the efforts to acheive enlightenment.
Girls were no more "invented" than boys. Most larger forms of life on Earth multiply by sex and to do this you need 2 sexes, Men and Women in the case of humans. As you will learn for yourself, the fun starts when you find the right partner.
Is god and evil made by religion?
Thegenerally accepted interpretation of God is created by religion. there other interpretations that are the result of philosophy however these have been discouraged over the century's by the power of the various religions. Evil is a concept that is also easily bandied about usually by the church or political interests. We all understand good and evil in a contemporary way and we understand it in our own mind, the two are not always the same.
No. The only people ever recorded to have done this without flotation aids are Jesus Christ and his disciples, when Christ was rescuing the others from a sinking boat (whether one believes this was a miracle, or that Christ was actually walking on a submerged sandbank, is open to debate). But other than this example, no. A French inventor in the late 19th Century perfected 'foot canoes', which were like a pair of miniature kayaks that were worn one on each foot and enabled the wearer to skate along on water rather like wearing roller-skates. These never caught on, I think because they were considered too dangerous if you overturned. Some acrobats and stunt-performers are able to 'jump' across short stretches of water whilst holding a heavy weight in each hand, using the same principles of motional dynamics as apply when you skim a stone across a pond.
Why was Darwin called the ape man?
There are always some who lack manners and who are unable, or unwilling, to understand the views of others. It is quite possible that Charles Darwin was once called 'the ape man', and if so, that reflects on the people who used that phrase, not on Darwin, who has been called one of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century.
Is intelligent design the same as creationism?
For the most part, yes, but there are some key differences. Intelligent Design (ID) does not mention who is the creator or deity. Creationism is based strictly on the Bible teachings in the book of Genesis. Either way, they both believe that humans are too complex to have been designed by evolution or natural selection.
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