Guest guest Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 fwded message from shri Narendra Nayak: Nadi jyotidam Nadi jyotidam is the name of an 'exact science' by which all details about a person can be told by consulting palm leaves supposedly made by Agastya Muni, a very famous ancient sage of the south. There is supposed to be one for every human being on this earth, past present and future! Taking into account the population explosion the whole place should have been chock full of palm leaves but miraculously it is not so. That shows us two things- one is that the ancients had the foresight to know as to who would visit the place and hence only their bio data would be there or the leaves are preserved in some other format where in terabytes of data would be compressed and stored. The prints would be taken after the candidate arrives on the spot! Either way it goes to show the remarkable wisdom of our ancients! Any way, after one arrives there, the thumb impression is taken along with date of birth. Then the palm leaf pertaining to the individual is searched for. That is the source of the name Nadi- search. There are a number of write ups praising its accuracy and there are blogs testifying to the same. There have been numerous accounts stating that the practitioners of Nadi have an accurate method of telling all about the past, present and future of any individual. All they need for identifying the right leaf is the thumb print of the person and the date of birth. Since we were passing through the area where the 'original' Nadi leaves are supposed to exist, that is the Vaithishwara temple near Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, we decided to check on the same. Three of us, Rajendran, Murugan from Tamil Nadu science forum and I decided to visit the most famous of them all. Rajendra had some contacts who told him that Shiva Swamy of station road was the best one and would charge only Rs.500 per consultation. When we reached the place at the entrance of the village there were numerous signs inviting us to the 'original' nadi jyotidam, the one and only Nadi consultant, beware of touds (touts!) etc. After enquiries we came to know that the place was full of Shiva Swamis as it seemed to be the most popular name around. So, after coming to the conclusion that a rose would smell as sweet whatever name be it called, we went to the nearest Shiva Swami. This too was probably already entered in my leaf! However, when we made enquiries around, it was a toud, who took us to this place. On entry, we were told that we had come to the right place as it was the place where Agastya Muni had deposited his original collection of palm leaves. We were also told that it was holy place, madam- a hermitage-(not to be confused with madam!) and not a commercial enterprise. On enquiry as to how much was to be paid, we were informed that it all depended on what we wanted. If the interpretations were to be made in Tamil then it would be Rs.200, if translations were to be made it would be more. If recording on an audio tape was needed fifty rupees had to be paid extra. Since we decided on a plain vanilla type of reading, two hundred was agreed upon. However, I put a condition that the payment would be made only if what was said was correct and that too was agreed upon. I was told to write my date of birth on a paper and two thumb impressions of my right hand were taken. That was all that was needed to look for my palm leaf. However, that was subject to availability and I was told to sit down in a fixed place when the search was going on for it. We declined this invitation and told them that we would go around the place and come later. When we came back after ten minutes we were told that I was lucky, my leaf had been found and that it would be read. When I asked the permission of the person reading it for it to be photographed he declined. When I asked whether he would pose for a picture he was vehement in his refusal. But, before that I had managed to take a few pictures of the place and its fixtures. The standard declaimer was put forth before the reading started. I was told that though all efforts had been made to get the script of may life there may be some errors. So, I had to answer yes or no to statements made about my life. First I was asked the place where I came from. When I replied Udupi, he said that had been accurately mentioned in his leaf. The next question was whether I was a Brahmin or not. When I asked what the leaf said, I was told non-brahmin. When I said yes, he made the very earth shaking declaration that I was a non vegetarian. I asked him to ahead and he said that both my parents were alive. Though, both of them are no more, this inference had been probably arrived at, by the presence of their souls on earth! I had made no attempts to send them to heaven by performing the required rituals. I was also informed that my father had been a government servant and had retired. That would have been news to him if had been alive. He had never worked for any one in his life time. Then I was told that I too had been in government service and retired (not a very difficult conclusion going by my age!) The Pais of Manipal who had been my employers at Manipal University would be glad to hear of this elevation in their status. The next statement was about the day of my birth and was told that I had been born on a Monday and under Makara rashi. When I replied I did not know whether either of them to be true or false, I was told that I am a Muslim! Then I was told the following: 1. I owned the house in which I am staying (true) and so did my father (false). 2. I had two wives (where is the second one?) 3. I had two children from my deceased first wife and for their sake married for the second time. My reply was that my first wife was not deceased, but I had divorced because she had no issues. The children were of my second one and the interpreter of Nadi fell into the trap and said yes. He also agreed that there was a small error in his reading. 4. I had two brothers and one sister (true) but when I said it was wrong he said one brother and one sister. 5. My fathers name was starting with one of the dozen alphabets listed. When I said no, he followed with a dozen other alphabets when I replied in the negative for that too, he was flabbergasted. About thirty minutes had passed and getting tired of this, I told the Nadi reader that most of what he said was nonsense. At this got angry and told me that I should have told him that. I replied that it was his duty to know that because his own Nadi leaf would have contained the information that his powers would be tested on that day. When I asked him whether I had pay for all the rubbish that he had told, he flounced out of his own establishment with the Nadi leaves pertaining to my life under his arm and left us there. After waiting for a few minutes for him to come back we came out and by that time I had gathered how the so called Nadi fortune tellers manage to make 'accurate' predictions of the past and future. The leaves are just a prop for them. They are covered with some scribbles which only the Nadi reader is supposed can interpret. The information about the client is gathered by the following methods: 1. The client and those accompanying them are asked to wait until the proper leaves are found. During this time they are asked to wait in a room which is wired and the conversation is spied upon. 2. The interpreter is a clever 'cold' reader. He notes the reactions of the client and those who accompany them to check the accuracy of the predictions. 3. The pointed questions are asked to 'predict' the back ground of the clients- like caste, religion etc. 4. Names and other specific details are rooted out by trying to get the first alphabet of the word followed by the second one and so on by a process of elimination. 5. Most of information is provided by the client by reactions to yes or no questions or by unconscious body signals. In my case since I am very experienced in providing wrong body signals and those accompanying me had no knowledge about my personal matters, the reader was not in a position to acquire any knowledge about me by this method and played into a trap. However, once he realized that he was being mislead, I was a hard nut to crack he backed out. So much for the accurate science of Nadi Jyotidam and the numerous testimonials on internet and at a more personal level! 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Guest guest Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Resp. Ms Dipika Ji, Namaskar, Thanks for your very good msg about `Burdon of Proof'. Perhaps astrologer may learn something from this. But I am not asking them to prove any thing even then they are not able to answer very simple queries being raised in any simple conversation. So nothing can be done if some one has decided that his mind set is the knowledge. Whereas knowledge and mindset are two different parameters as I have explained with the example of snake in my earlier msg to other members. A - One may think that mindset and knowledge is same and best – like astrologers and their clients. B – One may think that mindset and knowledge are two different parameters. C - One may think that mindset is best and no need to improve knowledge. – like many members of the forum D – one may try to change his mindset after acquiring knowledge. E – one may think that mind set may not be best but improve his knowledge. And so on……. We in the forum not trying to change the mindset but we are only concerned with correct knowledge. Your second msg about nadi experience by Sh. Nayak is good and correct. But I will not comment over it till I receive some msg. from any member of the forum or Sh Deshmukh ji detailing the actual incident so that they may answer and realize the mischief. I am waiting for his msg. Thanks and hope you will continue to share your views. Yours truly, Sanat , " dipika blr " <blr.aspirant wrote: > > fwded message from shri Narendra Nayak: > > > Nadi jyotidam > > > > Nadi jyotidam is the name of an 'exact science' by which all details > about a person can be told by consulting palm leaves supposedly made by > Agastya Muni, a very famous ancient sage of the south. There is supposed to > be one for every human being on this earth, past present and future! Taking > into account the population explosion the whole place should have been chock > full of palm leaves but miraculously it is not so. That shows us two things- > one is that the ancients had the foresight to know as to who would visit the > place and hence only their bio data would be there or the leaves are > preserved in some other format where in terabytes of data would be > compressed and stored. The prints would be taken after the candidate arrives > on the spot! Either way it goes to show the remarkable wisdom of our > ancients! Any way, after one arrives there, the thumb impression is taken > along with date of birth. Then the palm leaf pertaining to the individual is > searched for. That is the source of the name Nadi- search. There are a > number of write ups praising its accuracy and there are blogs testifying to > the same. There have been numerous accounts stating that the practitioners > of Nadi have an accurate method of telling all about the past, present and > future of any individual. All they need for identifying the right leaf is > the thumb print of the person and the date of birth. > > Since we were passing through the area where the 'original' Nadi leaves > are supposed to exist, that is the Vaithishwara temple near Chidambaram in > Tamil Nadu, we decided to check on the same. Three of us, Rajendran, Murugan > from Tamil Nadu science forum and I decided to visit the most famous of them > all. Rajendra had some contacts who told him that Shiva Swamy of station > road was the best one and would charge only Rs.500 per consultation. > > When we reached the place at the entrance of the village there were > numerous signs inviting us to the 'original' nadi jyotidam, the one and only > Nadi consultant, beware of touds (touts!) etc. After enquiries we came to > know that the place was full of Shiva Swamis as it seemed to be the most > popular name around. So, after coming to the conclusion that a rose would > smell as sweet whatever name be it called, we went to the nearest Shiva > Swami. This too was probably already entered in my leaf! However, when we > made enquiries around, it was a toud, who took us to this place. On entry, > we were told that we had come to the right place as it was the place where > Agastya Muni had deposited his original collection of palm leaves. We were > also told that it was holy place, *madam*- a hermitage-(not to be confused > with madam!) and not a commercial enterprise. On enquiry as to how much was > to be paid, we were informed that it all depended on what we wanted. If the > interpretations were to be made in Tamil then it would be Rs.200, if > translations were to be made it would be more. If recording on an audio tape > was needed fifty rupees had to be paid extra. Since we decided on a plain > vanilla type of reading, two hundred was agreed upon. However, I put a > condition that the payment would be made only if what was said was correct > and that too was agreed upon. > > I was told to write my date of birth on a paper and two thumb > impressions of my right hand were taken. That was all that was needed to > look for my palm leaf. However, that was subject to availability and I was > told to sit down in a fixed place when the search was going on for it. We > declined this invitation and told them that we would go around the place and > come later. When we came back after ten minutes we were told that I was > lucky, my leaf had been found and that it would be read. When I asked the > permission of the person reading it for it to be photographed he declined. > When I asked whether he would pose for a picture he was vehement in his > refusal. But, before that I had managed to take a few pictures of the place > and its fixtures. The standard declaimer was put forth before the reading > started. I was told that though all efforts had been made to get the script > of may life there may be some errors. So, I had to answer yes or no to > statements made about my life. > > First I was asked the place where I came from. When I replied Udupi, > he said that had been accurately mentioned in his leaf. The next question > was whether I was a Brahmin or not. When I asked what the leaf said, I was > told non-brahmin. When I said yes, he made the very earth shaking > declaration that I was a non vegetarian. I asked him to ahead and he said > that both my parents were alive. Though, both of them are no more, this > inference had been probably arrived at, by the presence of their souls on > earth! I had made no attempts to send them to heaven by performing the > required rituals. I was also informed that my father had been a government > servant and had retired. That would have been news to him if had been alive. > He had never worked for any one in his life time. Then I was told that I too > had been in government service and retired (not a very difficult conclusion > going by my age!) The Pais of Manipal who had been my employers at Manipal > University would be glad to hear of this elevation in their status. The next > statement was about the day of my birth and was told that I had been born on > a Monday and under Makara rashi. When I replied I did not know whether > either of them to be true or false, I was told that I am a Muslim! Then I > was told the following: 1. I owned the house in which I am staying (true) > and so did my father (false). 2. I had two wives (where is the second one?) > 3. I had two children from my deceased first wife and for their sake married > for the second time. My reply was that my first wife was not deceased, but I > had divorced because she had no issues. The children were of my second one > and the interpreter of Nadi fell into the trap and said yes. He also agreed > that there was a small error in his reading. 4. I had two brothers and one > sister (true) but when I said it was wrong he said one brother and one > sister. 5. My fathers name was starting with one of the dozen alphabets > listed. When I said no, he followed with a dozen other alphabets when I > replied in the negative for that too, he was flabbergasted. > > About thirty minutes had passed and getting tired of this, I told the > Nadi reader that most of what he said was nonsense. At this got angry and > told me that I should have told him that. I replied that it was his duty to > know that because his own Nadi leaf would have > > contained the information that his powers would be tested on that day. When > I asked him whether I had pay for all the rubbish that he had told, he > flounced out of his own establishment with the Nadi leaves pertaining to my > life under his arm and left us there. After waiting for a few minutes for > him to come back we came out and by that time I had gathered how the so > called Nadi fortune tellers manage to make 'accurate' predictions of the > past and future. > > The leaves are just a prop for them. They are covered with some > scribbles which only the Nadi reader is supposed can interpret. The > information about the client is gathered by the following methods: > > 1. The client and those accompanying them are asked to wait until the > proper leaves are found. During this time they are asked to wait in a room > which is wired and the conversation is spied upon. > > 2. The interpreter is a clever 'cold' reader. He notes the reactions of > the client and those who accompany them to check the accuracy of the > predictions. > > 3. The pointed questions are asked to 'predict' the back ground of the > clients- like caste, religion etc. > > 4. Names and other specific details are rooted out by trying to get > the first alphabet of the word followed by the second one and so on by a > process of elimination. > > 5. Most of information is provided by the client by reactions to yes > or no questions or by unconscious body signals. In my case since I am very > experienced in providing wrong body signals and those accompanying me had no > knowledge about my personal matters, the reader was not in a position to > acquire any knowledge about me by this method and played into a trap. > > However, once he realized that he was being mislead, I was a > hard nut to crack he backed out. So much for the accurate science of Nadi > Jyotidam and the numerous testimonials on internet and at a more personal > level! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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