23-yr-old engineer commits suicide. Reason: A crow sat on his head

Before taking the extreme step, he told his mother who, after consulting an astrologer, said that praying at a temple would help. But the youth was not convinced.

Anand V H was all of 23, and an engineering graduate to boot. But he was superstitious too — so superstitious that he ended his life on Thursday, all because a crow perched itself on his head -- twice -- the previous day. Anand committed suicide allegedly by consuming poison at his rented accommodation on 3rd Cross, 5th Main, Manjunath Nagar in Rajajinagar. The incident came to light Thursday morning after his older brother, who was in Gadag (420 km from Bangalore near Dharwad), got worried and came to check on him.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Anand got very upset after a crow sat on his head on Wednesday. He immediately called up his mother and narrated the entire incident to her, expressing fears that it augured ill — a belief among a section of Hindus. His mother tried to allay his fears and told him to visit the Hanumantharaya Swamy temple and light a lamp. Anand, however, was not convinced and went home and locked himself up before taking the drastic step.

“My brother had called my mother, Parvathi, and told her about the crow. He was very tense when he spoke. My mother rushed to an astrologer and on his advice told Anand to pray at the Hanumantharaya Swamy temple," V H Hampanna, elder brother of the victim, told Bangalore Mirror.

He went on to add that a few minutes later he called up Anand, but didn’t get any response. He presumed his younger sibling was resting as he used to wake up by 5.30 am to go to work and take a nap after returning from work around 4.45 pm.

Hampanna said he came to Bangalore on Thursday morning, and when Anand failed to open the door despite repeated knocking, he let himself in with his spare keys. “Once I opened the door, I found my brother lying on the floor with froth coming out of his mouth. I immediately rushed him to a private hospital where doctors declared him brought dead,” he said.

Colleagues told the police a visibly disturbed Anand had narrated the incident to them on reaching office on Wednesday morning. He had told them the first time the crow perched itself on his head, he took to his heels. But he had a second brush with the persistent crow, following which he again fled the spot. Later, he took the office bus.

Hampanna and Anand were living together in the rented house. Hampanna had gone to Gadag when Anand took the extreme step. Anand, who had completed his BE from a college in Gadag, had been a trainee engineer with HAL for the past seven months.

Hampanna, however, said they were awaiting the post-mortem report as no poison bottle was found in the house. “I am waiting for the post-mortem report, but even I think he took the extreme step due to the crow incident.”

Police said it was likely Anand consumed the poison elsewhere, and had then come home and locked himself in. His body was handed over to the family after post-mortem. A case of unnatural death was registered at Basaveshwaranagar police station, and investigation is on.

With a clientele that includes VVIPs, astrologer Chandrashekhar Swami who made headlines after he matched the horoscopes of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai and gave his consent for the marriage offers an insight into the incident. He says people generally have a wrong belief about the crow because the bird is the vehicle of Lord Shani. “But there is a positive sign behind a crow sitting on anyone’s head. It means the crow has sensed danger ahead and is alerting the person. If something like this happens, one should conduct a puja and correct mistakes, if any,” said the swami, adding one should, in fact, thank the crow for sending out an advance warning.

Apart from this, it is believed that a crow lives for 1,000 years and, hence, it would have seen our ancestors. “They come in the form of a crow and alert us about problems. So, take corrective measures. Suicide is not the solution,” he added.

Astrologer Banu Prakash Sharma says according to astrology the soul of a person who ends his life unnaturally, is said to reside in the crow. “After death, such a soul will not have or find any place to settle down, so it enters the eggs of a crow,” says Sharma.

Hence, it is considered a bad omen if it enters a house or touches a human being. Sharma said crows never die a natural death. “That’s why the family members of a deceased offer curd rice to crows to ensure the soul of the dead person is at peace,” Sharma added.

“...Thinking the positions of planets affect your life or personality is delusion.”

Can the Moon Affect Healing?

Added by Stasia Bliss on July 17, 2013
Las Vegas Guardian Express

We all know the moon can affect the tide and weather patterns, as well as a woman’s body, but what about healing? Recent studies have shown the moon can affect how quickly one recovers from surgery and even death rates. Why would this be?

In a study done for Acute aortic dissection (AAD) repair performed through the Cardiovascular Institute at Rhode Island it is shown there is lunar impact on recovery from cardiovascular surgery. In fact, the study reports a reduction in death rates during a waning moon and shorter stays in the hospital by up to four days during a full moon.

The ancients have always shown the moon to be a powerful force and would time ceremonies and the preparation of medicinal concoctions based upon it. It has been thought that the new moon offered a new ‘seeding’ energy and the full was for the harvest. The time between the new and the full would ‘draw’ or increase the potency of something, and the time between the full and the new could reduce or ‘pull out.’ For example, if you wanted to make a cleansing concoction, you would prepare it during the time from the full to the new – so the mixture would carry the potency of the reduction. In order to build a system up, the preparation would be made from new to full.

The chief of cardiothoracic surgery and co-director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Rhode Island says: “While there has been previous research of seasonal impacts on cardiovascular disease, there has not been any data about the effect of the lunar cycles on cardiac cases, until now.”

In the case of lower death rates during a waning moon, it would seem the patient was responding to the age-old knowledge which allowed the toxic to be ‘drawn’ out at that time, keeping their strength for recovery. As for the full moon and shorter hospital stays- wisdom would suggest the higher availability of energy in the atmosphere could contribute to feeding the vital essence in the body for someone who might otherwise be weak, allowing for quicker recovery and release from hospital care.

The full moon has long been a time for celebration and powerful ceremonies and in the modern world, always a more active time in the emergency room and the police department, so something is definitely up there. In North America the Farmer’s Almanac is a periodical which has been in print since 1818 and includes moon cycles as they affect weather, planting, harvesting, fishing, tides and health tips. The moon and how it affects us has long been a part of the world’s culture, though in this day and age, spending most of our time inside, rather than out under it – we have forgotten what people have inherently always known.

The moon is a powerful source in our skies and our reality. Without the moon, much would shift in the way of weather, tides and even healing on this planet. Women’s very nature is patterned after the moon, so it is no surprise that the nurturing influence of woman is also found in the cycles of the moon, as astrology has long pointed out – and now, finally, western medicine.

Written by: Stasia Bliss

Sources: The Telegraph; How to use Moon Cycles for Health and Healing; Life Coaching; The Old Farmer’s Almanac

http://guardianlv.com/2013/07/can-the-moon-affect-healing/

"Can the Moon Affect Healing?"

Even if you concede the very debatable notion that the Moon can affect you personally, that says nothing about the planets. The Moon doesn't even have a zodiac sign.

The planets are so much further away, and their gravitational influence on your body is so tiny, that it's overwhelmed by the gravitational effects of more local influences. As Carl Sagan said, the doctor standing next to the delivery table has more influence than the planets.

And that too ignores the fact even if you could feel the gravitational influence of the planets it couldn't have any sort of systematic effect on your fate or personality. That's just magical thinking. Completely irrational.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.