The Mystery of the Dashka Stone

Scientists cannot explain this.

Known as the Dashka Stone, it is estimated to be 120 millions years old. It contains a 3-D map of the surround area. Only an aerial view from some high altitude could allow such a map to be made. Language used cannot be deciphered till today.

Strangely, scientists are not interested. Why?

Read details here.

Her Name in Hell

This woman told me her story.

She had been searching for the truth of life and wondered where she would go to after death. After many years, she had a dream one night. In her dream, she went to hell, which looked like a very grand palace to her. She was able to tell that it was hell as she saw the different hell characters as seen in some Chinese movies (no further details given).

She was amazed and also bewildered, and began looking around for information about next life. She then saw a huge book titled "Book of Life and Death". Instinctively she opened it to search for her name. She found her name and also that of her nephew. Then she woke up.

She was rather troubled by that dream as she realised that her name was in the Book. Days passed as she pondered over it. One day, she was talking to her mother and found out that her brother, who used to have undesirable habits and considered 'bad', was now a changed person and treated his family and mother very well.

This woman was very puzzled, and went to visit her brother to find out what had happened. He told her that he had found the answer to death, and that was The Way (Tao) as taught by Buddha, in a temple in Singapore. She was amazed, decided to pay the temple a visit. On her first visit, she knelt at the altar to ask for directions about life and death. Suddenly she felt like she was struck by a bolt of lightning, and a voice told her that her name had been transferred from hell to heaven. After that experience, she told her nephew to go to that temple as she saw his name in hell.

My Thoughts

Well, as usual, there is no proof. And I ask the same questions like,

• Why is not everyone given a chance to visit hell?
• Why is hell like ancient China?
• Why can't everyone be taught the truth? etc.

The Chinese Ghost Month

For the uninformed, there is a Chinese belief that on its Lunar 7th Month, also widely known as the Ghost Month, all hungry ghosts (purportedly the souls of human beings who had died and are trapped in hell for some reasons) are allowed to come out of hell and visit the earth. The only purpose is to allow them to have food to eat. The food they eat are not our physical food but the spiritual essence of the food (I am not too sure about this theory). Only foods that are offered to them can be eaten by them. The sign to them is the presence of two lit red candles and/or some joss sticks. The typical way is to put all the foods on an altar (as shown below).

Food offered include most of what we consume as humans, such as fruits, cooked foods, cooked meat dishes, drinks, etc. Offerings can be directed only to the deceased you know, such as a family member, by writing his/her name on the altar.




Hell Notes

Beliefs include the use of money, known as hell notes, in hell. The living can buy such notes easily in shops and supermarts and eBay, bundle them together, write the names of the the recipients, and offer them with the foods. After an estimated time of about half-an-hour to 2 hours, it is assumed that the ghost is finished with the food. The hell notes are then burned (it is believed that they turn into real notes in the spiritual realm). The better the paper quality, the more it costs in our world, and the more valuable it is in the next world. Some of the notes look like these:

Burning of Hell Notes

Burning also take place along roadsides

Paper Models


In addition to hell notes, beliefs include burning of paper models of houses, maids, electrical applicances, etc. These are also believed to be transformed into reality when they 'reach' the other world.

Operas

As it is believed that ghosts are suffering in hell and this month is a time for them to take a break, operas are shown on makeshift stages built along roadsides or empty spaces, to let these ghosts enoy them. So do not be surprised if you should see such stages with operas and no human audiences.



People With Third Eye Opened
It is quite strange this belief, origins which cannot be traced, has survived till the technological age of our time. There is no way to prove it scientifically or otherwise. It is peculiar to the Chinese, and they had brought these beliefs with them wherever they went all over the world. I wonder what force is behind these beliefs that keep them alive?

Of course it is up to us to choose to believe or not to, but there are some people who claim that they can see the other world, and some of those I have met told me that these beliefs are true. They do see it happening every year, and they find it very frightening. So much so that they avoid going out of their homes during this month. According to them, what are true include hell notes, food offerings, paper models, all kinds of ghost (good-looking, from different time periods, ugly, bloody, long tongues, etc).

Interesting Points
Assuming that this is true, then I have some interesting points to make.

Firstly, this belief spans over many countries in the world, with different time zones. The Gates of Hell is supposed to be opened during this 7th month. Hence, which time zone is used as reference? Do the ghosts reach Singapore first, or Taiwan, or China? Maybe the answer is that since there is no time factor in the other world (as time exists only on earth or other planets), there is some way of synchronising events their way.

Secondly, as I had asked in a previous post about the whereabouts of Heaven and Hell, these beliefs may tie in with my speculations. If Hell is attached to the earth in a different dimension, then the ghosts can be released at any time of the year. So since it is only on the Lunar 7th month that this happens yearly, this pattern may tell us that hell and earth coincide only once a year, over a period of 1 month of our calendar. Outside of this period, the ghost might not be able to reach us as the earth moves away. Logical isn't it?

If that is true, it could also be true for Heaven. But this hell seems to be for Chinese only! Those with the third eyes opened also told me that they seldom see non-Chinese ghosts. That is another mysterious point that puzzles me.

Thirdly, these ghosts are offered operas that feature stories and acting costumes of one particular period of ancient China. This has not been updated to newer ideas like modern soap operas, musicals, TV serials, Youtube, etc. That again is another mysterious point.

Lastly, I wonder for how long more this belief and the related activities will last....

Faster Airplanes Coming Soon ?

A new kind of paper, known as Bucky paper, has been invented. It is 10 times lighter than steel, yet 500 times stronger! Scientists are now excited about the new possibilities with this new product - lighter and faster planes, rockets, cars, etc. So it seems that stories about UFOs zipping at high speed may be true after all! With such great progress in technology today, I hope to see a flying saucer invented by mankind before I die.

Aliens or Gods?

This researcher is convinced that all the records of gods of the past were actually aliens who visited earth. Read his long and interesting arguments on his view, including the many beyond-human features of the pyramid, ancient sacred sites, etc.

I have mentioned in one or more of my posts that I noticed that such ancient sacred sites, where mysterious are found, are often on mountain tops. Why? I speculate that if aliens came in spaceships, it would be easiest for the to land on mountain tops than valleys, and it would be easier for stone age people to survive in valleys than on mountain tops. Makes sense? Look at our world today, and see how many top cities are found on mountain tops? None!

The author also shows how ancient monuments are much more magnificent than ours, and were often made of huge stones of many tons in weight, cut out of the earth as one whole piece. How could stone age people do that? We cannot even do that today!

The author also shows how 6 of the major religions of the earth are related in some ways and point to alien connection.

Read it here.

The Mysterious Mayan Calendar

Who are the Mayans

They were a people who lived in Mesoamerica, and that includes Mexico and Costa Rica. The time was from about 2000BC.

What is Special About Them

They had mastered astronomy, developed an elaborate written language, built towering monuments, and left behind exquisite artifacts.

They built impressive structures like these, including pyramids:

A calendar known as the Aztec calendar looks like this :

It weighs almost 25 tons, has a diameter of just under 12 feet, and a thickness of 3 feet.

260-Day Calendar

The Mayan had two calendars. One is a 260-day calendar, broken up into 20 periods, with each period containing 13 days. This was used for religious purposes.

365-Day Calendar

Somewhat like ours today, it has 365 days and was divided into 18 periods, with each period containing 20 days. This left five days that were not represented and considered days of nothing. This was a time of festivals.

Other calendars

In addition, the Mayans had 17 different Calendars based on the Cosmos. Some of these calendars go back as far as ten million years and are so difficult that you would need an astronomer, astrologer, geologist, and a mathematician figure them out. They also made tables predicting eclipses and the orbit of the planet Venus. How could the ancient mayans do what we cannot do or understand today with our supercomputers? Isn't that something we should ask and wonder if there had been help from some sources, like aliens, who have far greater knowledge than us? Why would they need so many calendars in the first place? Did aliens come from Venus or Mars and taught the Mayan all those knowledge?

Movement of Planets

The Dresden Codex is one of the few surviving books from the ancient Mayan civilization. It is filled with numeric equations based upon the movement of the planets, the sun and the stars. They took particular interest in the movements of Mars and Venus. How could these ancient people have such knowledge (we don't even have them today) without the use of advanced technology? Why would they want these knowledge if they did not have use for them?

They had a magic number-1,366,560. No one knows what it means today.

They had a god named Quetzalcoatl, who promised to return one day.

21st December 2012

What is attracting attention now is that the Mayan has a calendar that spans over 25000 years, and our year 2012 is the end of their current calendar. It is accurate even to the day - 21st December. Some people take it as the end of the world. Some predict a spiritual renewal (whatever that means is open to interpretation). The fact is, no one knows what will happen, and no other ancient prophecies has anything on it, not even the Book of Revelations in the Bible.

New Buddha

As I have mentioned in earlier posts, why is it that there are no new holy men after Jesus Christ and Buddha? This boy was supposedly discovered meditating in a jungle under a pipal tree (same kind of tree that Buddha meditated under). It is claimed that he had been meditating for 7 months without food and water (but I wonder how those who discovered him knew that). He has been hailed as the new Buddha. Strangely he kept disappearing and then coming back to the people who believed him. Up to now, nothing really special has happened.

So what if he can survive 7 months of fasting? Does that make him holy? How does such a feat help in bringing world peace or raise the level of spiritual experience in the world? What good has he done for the world? What new teachings has he brought on top of what Buddha has taught?

Read more at this site.

Money Again

As I have said many times in my posts, we cannot run away from money as long as we are on this earth, and no religion can survive without money. Even Jesus in the Bible did not dismiss the need for money.

There are reports elsewhere talking about how this boy has asked his followers to ask for donations and also momentos to be sold. If this is true, then I will say this is a fake without any second thoughts. Read one report here.