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Jain demonstrates Jitterbug Geometry
This is an image of the human Merkaba, an energy field which is generated by our seven major chakras. I thank Sacred Geometry and Wikimedia Commons for this image.
Here is some digital animation uploaded to youtube by the Whitney Museum, showing Buckminster Fuller’s geometric explorations:
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Learning Vedic math at 90!
I visited my mother for her 90th birthday last week, and I was surprised to find that she was delighted by my latest “acquisitions” – several new Vedic math tricks! About three years ago, I worked on some math with her, partly to see if she remembered her grade school training, and she did. In fact, using what she remembered from school in the 1930′s, she did just fine with the problems I gave her.
It’s all well and good to be able to recover ordinary modes of doing arithmetic, but both of my parents – both still going strong today – preserved a life-long feeling that they were not good at math. They made jokes about math, especially the so-called word problems, and they made up jokes about trying to figure out how many milk bottles fell off the back of a truck, if there were 18 milk bottles and the truck was going 50 miles per hour…etc. We got something of a clue to what had gone wrong when my father remembered having been embarrassed in front of the class with a math problem at age 11. His Ph.D. and 45 years of teaching did not eradicate the sense that he was not the type of person who does math well.
Specific emotional events like this are not the only issue. Something about ordinary methods of math instruction seem designed to create frustration. That’s why I was so pleased to find that my mother enjoyed Vedic math techniques. Although the short term memory is not always what it used to be, it was possible for her to find the methods as entertaining as watching a cartoon or a puppet do something unfathomable in record speed –only it was real, and it was us, not a cartoon or a puppet.
I started with the Vedic method of adding fractions which forms such a contrast with traditional math fractions. It seems to me that adding fractions was always troubling because I would look at the two disparate fractions and know that I had to derive a “least common denominator” — but putting a word in the place of a number-action is a lot like putting a closed door in the place of an open passageway. Once you have recovered from the feeling of having been rebuked by the numbers themselves — which had nothing to do with it, after all — you can go on to multiplying each part of each fraction by the same number to get the common denominator.
So I asked my mother to add the fractions in the old way, and though she didn’t do it in the time I allotted her, she did seem to remember the basic approach. Then I showed her the vedic method, and she laughed. I also wondered to myself: how come I never thought of just multiplying the denominators – and then cross-adding?
Then I showed her how to multiply two-digit numbers by 11, and she laughed again, saying she understood how fun this approach would be, and she wanted to do it herself, so I gave her the pencil. Although it took several examples till she remembered how to do it, she did finally recover the method herself. She was also immensely impressed by the circle of nines, the digit sum of numbers divisible by nine and the simple method of dividing long numbers by nine.
Now the question would be: could Vedic math help strengthen short-term memory?
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What to expect from November 11, 2011?
Eleven-faced Kannon (ekadaza mukha), detail, Wood, 9th century; about 39 inches tall; Osaka, Japan; photo by Ogawa Seiyou (1894-1960).
Whatever the truth is, there is no question that many people ascribe great truth to number and to the number 11 in particular. There is no way to walk around the issue any more. It’s simply too big! Here are a number of interpretive viewpoints on the subject.
Following up on The Number 23, which is a 2007 psychological thriller, directed by Joel Schumacher, in which many apparent coincidences unfold from and through the number 23, we can look forward to the upcoming numerology thriller to be directed by Bousman, known for Saw II, III and IV – and this should give you an idea of what to expect! The website for the movie entitled 11 11 11 can be found here. To quote the site: “Mark the date. You can’t stop what’s coming.”
Revelation13.net — or T. Chase — has mentioned a near-miss asteroid predicted to glance near the earth on November 8, 2011 – a piece of astronomical data that leads our interpreter to suggest we urge the NASA space program to focus its attention on anti-asteroid technology. This interpreter also mentions that World War I ended on November 11, 1918, and two prophets are resurrected from the dead in Revelations 11:11. Will these two witnesses be showing up soon, he asks? This is interesting, but doesn’t give a full picture of the associations with the number 11.
Meanwhile, Rik Clay (1982-2008), a young British interpreter, brings in numerology and astrology. There was a total solar eclipse on August 11, 2008. We are moving into the Age of Aquarius – aquarius being the 11th astrological sign; 11 11 multiplied by 11 11 creates a pyramid in the number world – 1234321 – imagine that as a visual; meanwhile, in the binary system, 11 stands for 3, a trinity; The 33rd degree masons – divide 33 by 3, and you have 11; the Twin Towers stood like an 11, and 9/11 is 9 + 1 + 1 = 11; the first plane was flight eleven, the total number of crew was 11, and New York State was the 11th state to be admitted to the Union; also 2001 is 11 years from 2012!
The following video by William Tapley suggests a mystical meaning for the numbers 444 and 11 11 (note that 4 is 1 + 1 + 1 + 1):
Tapley mainly uses the The Book of Daniel to explain that the numbers are signs from God that these are indeed the End Times. Moving on to the number 23, the number for man is the number 2, the number for God is the number 3, so that in the number 2/3 you have man exalting himself over God. The number 4, he explains, is frequently associated with evil and apocalypse, as in the case of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse or the 4 beasts coming out of the sea. Tapley calls himself the Third Eagle of the Apocalpyse, and posts an astounding number of videos elaborating these themes.
Uri Geller, known for bending forks a while back, has by now a string of other impressive projects behind him. His discussion of the number 11 is more wide-ranging than Tapley’s. Here is one of his notes on the calculation of the birth date of Jesus:
“The most startling discovery was a book written in 1981, 20 years prior to the 2001 attacks, called “The Birth of Christ Recalculated”. The author, Dr. Ernest L. Martin, claims to have calculated the exact date of Jesus Christ’s birth based on the celestial charts for that era. The date of Christ’s birth, based on the famous Star of Bethlehem, is calculated to be September 11, 3 B.C.. Dr. Martin’s findings have been accepted by many scholars, theologians, historians, and astronomers. We also note that Jesus Christ has 11 letters. The crosses found standing in the ruins of the WTC, and the dominance of the number 11 in the 9-11 events, make this combination even more mysterious. There is another significant religious event occurring about 2000 years later on September 11, 1999. According to Hebrew Scriptures September 11, 1999 was the 6,000th anniversary of Adam’s creation, and year 1 on the Hebrew calendar.”
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You could listen to Joseph E. Mason’s intricate discussion of the meaning of 11:11 in a 2004 radio interview which can be found here. Mason has unfolded elaborate and detailed discussion of the relationship between dreams and the patterns in crop circles. More of Mason’s articles can be located at www.greatdreams.com.
A 260-page book entitled The Search for 11:11. A Journey into the Spirit World by George Mathieu Barnard documents Barnard’s experience and encounters with his Spirit Guides, in particular a group of 1, 111 “Midway creatures” who are somewhere in between angel and human. The 11:11 time prompts, says Barnard, come from them. From the book notes, we read the following: “George Barnard is among the first to achieve visual recognition of these beings, and the only known living mortal to work with them for more than four decades. In this book, the first in a series, Barnard goes public for the first time with a compelling story of revelation, healing, and planetary redemption.”
Then there’s a message from the Archangel Uriel, channeled and posted on youtube by SunWoman, otherwise known as Sharon Ta’ab Wuti, together with a symphony for humanity by Paul Lloyd Warner and some sacred geometry images emerging from ever-changing mandalas, creating, in sum, a lovely harmonic frequency meditation to anchor these harmonic frequencies on earth, activate our divine blueprint, our divine nature of pure love…watch below!
Watching that video shouldn’t hurt in any case, unless you are not favorably disposed to anchoring the harmonic frequencies of love on earth.
I will close this overview of what people are saying and doing in preparation for November 11, 2011 on the note of “revelation, healing and planetary redemption” suggested by Barnard and “anchoring the harmonic frequencies of love on earth,” as suggested by SunWoman.
Temple of instruments: 18th century astronomical observatory in Delhi
August 31, 2010 - Photo by Daderot
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Barry Perlus’ site with spherical VR imaging
Article: Architecture in the service of science. Text and photos by Barry Perlus
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What is a musical note?
In Chapter 8 of Book3 of The Cosmic Calculator by Kenneth Williams and Mark Gaskell (see below), you can find a clear explanation of musical notes. I have played several instruments since I was a child without having the vaguest idea what a note might be. It turns out that what we call the pitch of a note is defined by the number of vibrations per second of this note. If the ratio of the vibrations of 2 notes is in the small digits, the notes have a pleasing relationship to one another. If the frequency of the base note in the 8-note octave is 264 vibrations per second, and the frequency of the highest note is 528, then this is said to be a 1:2 ratio. But aren’t these the same note in the 8-note octave? I would also have thought that there would only be 8 notes in an octave, since “octo” means 8 in Latin. It turns out there are some surprises in store. Stay tuned for more…
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The magic square and childbirth
Rambling over the internet one day, I found a discussion of the appearance of the first magic squares in connection with the original Sudoku puzzles. The author wrote that magic squares had been used as charms for easing childbirth. I was very puzzled by this and wondered what magic squares had to do with childbirth. Luckily I came across an explanation of this seemingly strange association in the writings of Hassan Jaffer. His explanation is based on the research of his uncle into the ancient tomes of Jabir ibn Hayyan – a body of work known as the Jabirean Corpus. (See below for sources.)
The number 15 generated creative energy because of its function in the Magic Square and its association with Venus, the goddess of fertility. The Magic Square is developed from the ancient Chinese belief that Chi was filtered through the nine stars composed by Vega, Polaris and the Big Dipper, and to construct the magic square of 15 you start by writing 9 digits in rows. Opposites generate energy. So the Magic Square is the Feng Shui Bagua.
“It is difficult to pinpoint the exact time and place in which the original concept of Sudoku began, but it seems to be related to the appearance of the first “Magic Squares.” The Jabirean Corpus (a group of writings attributed to Jabir ibn Hayyan, also known in Europe as ‘Geber’), suggested Magic Squares as charms for easing childbirth. These squares consisted of nine cells with the numbers 1 to 9 arranged with 5 in the center so that the contents of each row, column and the two diagonals added up to 15. This particular square became known as the buduh square.” http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=puzzle/sudoku/history
Here is Hassan’s account: “Modern history of the Magic Square begins with Jabir ibn Hayyan, who practised alchemy. It was the Magic Square of three. In ancient times, words, numbers and symbols were considered as potential powers. When they are placed as opposites, their union becomes dynamic and tangible energy is released. This is best known in the case of words which have given rise to Mantras. Numbers came next. Numerology arose in Babylon and Venus, the goddess of fertility was assigned number 15. But a mere series of numbers constitutes no tangible symbol.
Then a geometrical design as square of three was conceived in which there would be nine numbers which add up to 15 horizontally, vertically or diagonally. This served as the symbol of Venus.
Basically, the Magic square of three as a symbol of Venus, the goddess of fertility could be used as a charm or talisman to facilitate childbirth. Interestingly, Pythagoras believed that Numbers are the basic factors not only of the Universe but of all that the universe contains.
So here was the number 15, to be arranged in such a way that it generated creative energy which then could be used to facilitate childbirth as well as to transform a base metal into a noble metal or gold!”
From “Feng Shui and the Magic Square” by Hassan Jaffer at this location: http://www.hassanjaffer.com/articles/feng-shui-magic-square.html
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Where to learn more about magic squares…
Jain is the worldwide expert on the Magic Square, and this image is on the cover of his DVD, The Atomic Art of Magic Squares: Translating Numbers into Art.
Contact Jain for the DVD: Email: jain@jainmathemagics.com
Jain writes: “The ancient Magic Square of 3 x 3 (also known as the ‘Lo-Shu’ in ancient China, C17th BC) is the centre of the Tibetan Calendar/Cosmology. It is a timeless mathematical harmonic whose sums of the columns, rows and diagonals all add up to and vibrate to 15. Symbolically this Magic Square creates Order amidst Chaos, and Equality in All Dimensions.
I believe also that this is the oldest mathematics on the planet that is visible or tangible, in contrast to the Vedic Stream of Knowledge that states all the Vedas were written on the rays of the Sun, but the knowledge is not actually written down visibly, thus the Chinese Magic Square is the source and the oldest record that we have.”
Jain Mathemagics. The Atomic Art of Magic Squares. Retrieved September 26, 2010 from http://www.jainmathemagics.com/page/1/default.asp
Magic square and the Bagua
The connection between the Magic Square of 15 and the Bagua has helped me to understand both. The Magic Square of 15 can be constructed by A) writing the 9 digits out left to right in threes; B) rotating the 8 digits one place clockwise around the 5; C) switching the odd numbers in place. Then you can look at the square and see that it represents a cross within a square, the cross representing Heaven and the 4 elements, and the square representing Earth and the 4 qualities.
Reference: Hassan Jaffer, Feng Shui and the Magic Square. Astrograph, Inc. Retrieved September 26, 2010 from http://www.hassanjaffer.com/articles/feng-shui-magic-square.html