Transcendence

There are many who think Vedas are books ! Actually people do not know what is "VEDIC". By Vedas no books are meant. Any one can fine tune to the Unviersal Mind and receive revealations. Said Aurobindo " I experienced three of the four faculties of the Intuitive Reason, Revealation, Inspiration and Intuition ( The Fourth is Illumination ), known to the Rishies as Ila, Saraswati and Sarama. After he got his revealations fromt the Self, He wrote the Life Divine and Savitri. They are the true Vedas. Anyone with purity can do that. Arguments like Vedas, non Vedas, brahmin, non brahmin will cease once the Seekers know what is Veda. " The Vedas were never written. They were cognised in higher states of Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness and above " - TM

Some scholars have criticised Vedic Maths in Astrology forums. Just as Mahesh Yogi founded the Science of Creative Intelligence and Transcendental Meditation, just as Aurobindo founded Integral Yoga, so also Swamiji may have created Vedic Maths. Maybe the 18 sutras were his impositions, as some scholars say. Anyway Vedic Maths is his concept. All are concepts, according to Conceptualism. There are scholars who are egotisits who say Truth is like this, like that. Truth is neither like this or that ! Truth is greater, wider than her forms A hundred thousand icons they have made of Her And they admire Her in the forms they find But she remains herself and infinite ! ( Aurobindo ) Scholars should have humility and not say Raman or Lahiri were wrong. Vidya dadathi Vinayam.

Indian cricket at the crossroads again. The Holy Trinity and Co fell like nine pins. Gone are the days of formidable Indian batting displays. The Kangaroo quickies bowled with fire and India were skittled out for 169. Dhoni, meanwhile, defended Indian batsmen and lauded the Aussie demon fast bowlers. He said he is not worried by the lacklustre performance. Said he "Not really. They are very experienced batsmen. You have to give credit to Australia bowlers for the way they bowled. They kept a nagging line outside the off-stump and that's why they got us." He also praised the lower order Kangaroo batsmen for making contributions with the bat in Australia's first innings. "Bowlers brought us back in to the game. We were short by 50-odd runs in the first innings. Their lower-order scored some runs, if we had got them earlier, we would have had 50-60 runs less to chase" he said. He said India has resilience. "We are known to be tentative starters, I think in

Umesh Yadav bagged three top wickets, as Australia plunged to 27/4. Then Ponting and Hussey played well and the Kangaroos are on a respectable 179/8 ! Hussey is still a thorn in the flesh for the Indians and is unconquered on 79. Ponting was out for 60. Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with 4/49. Zaheer took 2/32 and Ishant and Ashwin scalped one each. Earlier Dravid was bowled Hilfenhaus for 68 and Laxman was removed by Siddle for 2. Then Hilfenhaus removed Kohli and Dhoni and India plunged to 282 all out. Experts say that chasing more than 250 is difficult at the MCG but Sehwag says chasing 300 can be easy.

Sehwag scored a quick fifty in reply to Australia's 333. Zaheer took 4, Yadav 3 and Ashwin 3 and Australia crept to 333. Later Yadav showed his aggression in scalping 2 early wickets and Australia were 50/2 yesterday. Then Cowan led the fightback with a brilliant 68. Ponting always is a thorn to the Indians and he scored a superb 62. Then Khan struck removing Clarke and Hussey and Australia were in the doldrums again, at 5/205. Then the latter order batsmen fought for Australia, particularly Siddle who scored 41 and Haddin 27. The latter order did well Australia and the Kangaroos recovered to 333, after being 214/6. Sehwag has smashed Hilfenhaus or four and is now unconquered on 65. India, at the moment, are 89/1. Sehwag perished in the 60's and now Tendulkar is batting with 71 not out and Dravid 60 not out out of a total of 214/2. Tendulkar fell in the 70s, maybe the nervous 70s for him.

Pollard and Tiwari took this glorious opportunity to record maiden tons. Tiwari was the Man of the Match, while Pollard with his ten sixes held the audience spellbound. Needing 268, Wi started disastrously, losing four for just 36 runs, their top order blown by the Indian pacers, Mithun and Pathan. Jadeja then scalped Ramadin, till Pollard and Russell launched a counter offensive, with a 89 run blast off just 79 balls ! Both Irfan ( who dismissed Simmons with the first ball ) and Mithun impressed. And so did the Indian spinners. Pollard said he hopes to be more consistent ! "I hope that I am more consistent. Thank God, I got my maiden hundred. Wanted the team to win. Didn't happen today. "Just have to go back and reflect on what went wrong. First couple of games were really close. Hopefully, we'll take a couple of months off international cricket and reflect and come back strong for Australia". "Significant hundred. I was looking for a different approach af

Australia are 72/0, needing 241 to win. Seems to be a cliff hanger. NZ won by seven runs, in an incredible match. Bracewell took six wickets and the Aussie middle order collapsed. David Warner remained unbeaten with 123, carrying his bat through. This is NZ' first win on these shores after 1985 !

Dhoni was all praise for Sehwag for his 219. He always believed that the maverick Veeru can do it ! "I want to say that others may have said that are a few who could score double century in ODIs, but I always believed Viru could always score 200 on his day.With Viru, it's not just about big shots, but calculative batting," Dhoni said. He was enthused by the fact that both double centurions are from India. "I am proud that both Viru and Sachin Paaji are Indians, and would not mind if they score double centuries again" said the whirlwind wicketkeeper batsman.

Dravid's form may serve India's interests as they take on formidable Australia ( Aus is always formidable in Aus ). As the Kangaroos are under the inexperienced Clarke, Dravid feels that India can triumph. "In terms of personal satisfaction in terms of batting, yes I am very happy. I got more runs in 2002 but that seems so far away, so [I] can't even remember what it was like," Dravid said. "I think some of the runs that I got this year classify as what you call 'tough runs'. They were in pretty tough conditions when the team needed it. So, in that sense, I do feel this was one of my better years personally as a player. Obviously the tour of England was disappointment. From that point of view it was disappointing, but from a personal view this year probably is among the best that I have had." Rahul scored 1067 runs this calender year, with five tons. He said the the runs accumulated in 2011 set him up for a rugged tour. "Runs behind you don&

On Feb 24, 2010, history was made as Sachin became the first player to score a double century in ODIs. On Dec 8, 2011, that record was overhauled in a stunning manner by his clone ! It just took 260 ODIs to eclipse that record and the record breaker was his clone ! It is said that Sehwag modelled himself on the lines of Sachin. He was the clone and Sachin the original. And now the clone has surpassed the original. When he scored 219 yesterday off 149 balls with 25 fours and seven sixes, he had overtaken the world record set by the original, Sachin ! His is the fastest double century in ODI ( off 140 balls ) and the highest score in ODI ! What a way to prove his critics wrong ! "I never expected to score a double hundred. While opening the innings, I told Gautam Gambhir that if we can show some patience on this track, we will be in for a big one as the wicket is a good one. The outfield is fantastic and the distance of the boundary is only 50 yards," said the swashbuckling ope

Symonds says India can beat the Kangaroos Down Under. "Indians can put pressure on the young Australian players. They have a good opportunity to beat Australia in their home country. I think there are good chances of India beating them," said the swashbuckling batsman. "However, the young Australian players too have an opportunity to beat the Indians. There are positive chances for both the sides. One needs preparation and also needs to respond properly in big games," he averred. Sachin may score his 100th century in Australia. "Sachin is an enormous person. There is lot of pressure on him for the 100th ton. I hope he gets the century at the earliest so that the burden that he faces is reduced and he can carry on with the game. He has the ability to do it soon. There are chances that he might score the century during the India-Australia series.It would be a great thing for him to score it in Australia," Talks about Ponting's retirement were unnece

The Indian top order failed again. Patel & Co were 85/5 against WI, which cost them the match. Rampaul wrecked India with the devastating figures of 4/57 to give the WI a 16 run victory. Earlier, a half century by Samuels ( 58 off 93 ) and cameos by Sammy ( 41 off 17 ) and Russell ( 40 off 18 ) helped WI to put up a challenging 260/5, after India asked them to bat. The two allrounders plundered 43 runs in the last two overs. WI blasted 52 in the last three overs, 73 in the last fie and 93 in the last seven. 79 runs came in just 34 balls for the sixth wicket. The WI innings started off shakily with Simmons ( 1 off 8 ) deaprted early. But then it was Mithun who struck for India, as he removed Hyatt ( 20 off 39 ), caught behind by Parthiv. Bravo had to grapple with a hamstring injury and he had to retire hurt for 26 off 41. Samuels reached his 22nd ODI fifty off just 78 deliveries. Ramadin looked good for his 38 off 52, till he was unsettled by a Yadav delivery. When India batt

The issue was never in doubt. A glorious 163 run partnership between Rohit and Kohli sealed the fate of the second ODI, as Kohli brought up his 8th ODI hundred, enhancing his reputation as an expert in successful chases. Rohit again proved to be dependable, as he guided India to a five wicket victory, with 90 not out. Umesh Yadav struck early in the Windies innings, taking two wickets. Darren Bravo threatened to take the game away, but perished to Vinay Kumar. V Kumar also accounted for Hyatt for a duck and Windies were tottering. At 170/9, they looked like the lamb to the slaughter. Then Rampaul played an innings of rare aggression, as he smashed 86, thus spoiling the figures of the Indian bowlers. The asking rate was always under control, as Rohit and Kohli hit the WI bowlers to all parts of the field. India rolled over to an easy victory, after being 86/3, after the loss of lacklustre Sehwag ! A big blow was dealt to India as Sehwag tried to loft Samuels, but only holed out to long