Who knows?

Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation? The Gods are later than this world's production. Who knows then whence it first came into being?

- Rig Veda

Let there be spaces in your togetherness

Lebanese poet-philosopher Khalil Gibran, in 'The Prophet' has beautiful advice in reference to detachment in relationships:

"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your soul. Sing and dance together but let each one be alone. Stand together yet not too near together, for the pillars of a temple stand apart and the oak tree and cypress grow not in each other's shadow."

Review of The Martian

This Sunday, I went with my wife and friends to watch 'The Martian' with an ensemble cast led by Matt Damon. This film made by Ridley Scott based on the novel by Andy Weir was amazing!

I didn't really know what to expect while going in. Though I love sci-fi, you just don't know what to expect at times and honestly I had only seen the trailer a few days before I watched the film.

But boy this movie rocks! So, I am not going to give away any spoilers except that it is a movie about an astronaut who is thought to have died on Mars and is left there by his fellow crew members. You guessed it - he wasn't dead.

Now how it must feel to be the only human being on an entire planet is something you will experience when you watch this movie. Matt Damon has done a very commendable job!

There are so many moments in this film that remind us that you can never say die and you have to just keep trying your best to survive. No matter what the odds.

One of the scenes towards the end is so emotional, I actually teared up a bit. The human spirit that flows between all of humanity alike is depicted very well in this film and I suggest everybody watch it. You will not be disappointed.

As soon as I stepped out of the theatre, I tweeted the following:

Just watched 'The Martian'.. What an amazing amazing movie! #TheMartian #themartianmovie .. Watch it! #movies

— Prashant Solomon (@prasol) October 4, 2015

Learn more about 'The Martian' on IMDB.com

NASA confirms liquid water on Mars, but what about life?

Today NASA announced that liquid water still flows on the surface of Mars! Well, this is the second best announcement about Mars that we could wish for - the first being of course that they found life! Hmm, perhaps a little disappointing but who knows, that announcement could come sooner than we think.

Well the fact that there is liquid water on Mars significantly increases the possibility of life on Mars and also it makes things a lot easier for humans to someday visit and colonize the Red Planet.

Actually water, which is the most important aspect for life as we know it, is not as rare as we once thought. Apart from Mars - our own moon, Enceladus (a moon of Saturn) and Europa (a moon of Jupiter) are believed to also have plenty of water. Signatures of water have also been found around planets orbiting around distant stars as well.

Where water is, life cannot be too far away. So it is just a matter of time before we discover life outside our own world. Slowly but surely most of the scientific data that we are receiving is making the answer imminent - we most certainly are not alone!



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Location:New Delhi,India

Vatican UFO alien god and other September 2015 conspiracy theories

Artistic Impression of a UFO over the Vatican

I've been watching some really interesting videos on YouTube the past few weeks about how supposedly September 23, 2015 was going to witness some earth changing event that would be the most significant day in history.

The proponents of these theories (and say 'theories' because there are many regarding the nature of the event) all have quoted Biblical verses regarding the end of the world but where they differ is in the nature of the supposed event that is supposed to take place.

Some are usual earthquake and tsunami warnings. The more juicy ones talk of an asteroid that is supposed to crash into Earth.

Another theory is that an experiment at CERN in Switzerland will open a portal into another universe with potential hyper dimensional beings entering the Earth dimension.

But my personal favourite is the Vatican UFO alien god mega deception theory!

Whoa! Well according to the stuff floating around YouTube, some of which claim they have received this information from Vatican astronomers say that extraterrestrial contact is imminent!

They claim that the Pope will soon announce to the world that an alien 'god' has made made contact with them and revealed that we humans are the product of an ancient DNA insertion experiment and are the offspring or rather hybrid between an ancient man like creature and the Nephilim a race of advanced aliens that the book of Genesis refers to as the 'sons of God' (Genesis 6:2). It goes on the say that Jesus Christ was also the child of Mary who was the subject of an 'alien abduction' and herself was some kind of a hybrid.

According to this theory, the ancient gods are about to return to this planet and their leader will be declared as some kind of alien saviour. It also says that for 'some time' our religions will be allowed to function but then a serious re-look will have to be given to the Christian Gospels.

Some of the Christian scholars on these videos go on to say that this is all part of a Grand Deception plan by Satan and that the visitors will not really be aliens but hyper dimensional 'fallen angels' also knows as demons.

I'll admit, the prospect of an alien visitation on a grand scale sounds exciting, but I haven't seen anything happen yet.


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Location:New Delhi,India

Embedding a tweet for the first time

Good morning all!

Trying a new feature today by embedding a Tweet within the blog post. This is one of my recent tweets that I love.

There is a love in my heart that is so deep it transcends the depths of space and time. - @prasol #quote #quotes #love #Spirituality

— Prashant Solomon (@prasol) July 14, 2015

We're back!

After a period of more than a year, I'm back to Blogger.

I had installed WordPress on my personal site - www.prashantsolomon.com but it has been giving me problems.

Blogger is tried and tested and I'm back. I will try to be much more regular now.