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Do you know what is Reticular theory? We will come to that!

The secrets of secrets revealed another important fact which is well known! We will come to that also!

The whole human species and the book is finally a homage to the most powerful weapon of them all!

In a series made by Warner brothers called Batman the animated series each and every episode is a classic! Young gen may laugh at the animation or the effects but even they would be amazed at the deft direction and story telling!

Even now those 20 minute episodes can make you sit up and be amazed!

In one such episode the caped crusader is made to answer a question the answer to which will determine his life!

The question-“I have millions of eyes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscles, yet I rule two hemispheres. What am I?”

Batman in his regular style would tell the answer to the Riddler! The only thing even you; Enigma would bow down to everyday and respect!

The answer : That’s simple: the HUMAN BRAIN!!

It has millions of visual and auditory nerves, four lobes and two hemispheres!

It has been postulated that the brain often works as a single unit and this is called the reticular theory!

Reticular theory is an neuroscientific concept proposed by Joseph von Gerlach and supported by Camillo Golgi, which posited that the nervous system is a continuous, fused network of nerve cells, functioning as a single syncytium rather than as discrete, independent units.

This theory was ultimately disproven by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who demonstrated that nerve cells are distinct entities communicating through synapses, a finding that led to the neuron doctrine.

Then again like in the novel it has often been mentioned that you are a single unit! Like how it is mentioned that you have ‘muscle’ memory! Which according to Dan is oxymoron! Since muscle does not have ‘memory’! The memory is in the brain which activates those points and then you can ride a bicycle even after ages! It is all in the BRAIN!

Then again your brain and your body is a single unit! And in that line so is your country! On that note, take a moment to wish your Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji a very happy birthday!

Jai Hind!

Have you heard of the story of the Cottingley Fairies?

Search it when you can till the time Google gives you normal non fake results!

Now this is an interesting story!

The Cottingley Fairies are the subjects of a story which was supposed to provide evidence of the existence of fairies!

They appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, two young cousins who lived in Cottingley, near Bradford in England. In 1917, when the first two photographs were taken, Elsie was 16 years old and Frances was 9.

The photos and the expressions were so real and genuine and it was the early days of photography! So much so that even the author of the super intelligent Sherlock Holmes was taken in!

The pictures came to the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who used them to illustrate an article on fairies he had been commissioned to write for the Christmas 1920 edition of The Strand Magazine. Doyle was enthusiastic about the photographs, and interpreted them as clear and visible evidence of supernatural phenomena!

Of course like every other thing many believed it to be genuine and many fake!

Finally in the early 1980s Elsie and Frances admitted that the photographs were faked, using cardboard cutouts of fairies copied from a popular children’s book of the time, but Frances maintained that the fifth and final photograph was genuine!

The other day an influencer had posted her ‘photo’ in a different attire somewhere different than her usual place! Later she confessed that only the face was her own! The Google Gemini flash had simply pasted her face perfectly on to another person (or even created that who knows!) and generated an image which looked so real!

You also have AI generated videos which needs only your voice matching to even create videos of anyone and everyone with amazing clarity and precision that you would be shocked!

The Cottingley Fairies story happened in the 1920s while the AI fake image generation is happening in the 2020s! As far as technology is concerned, we have now come a full circle! With a few words and some skill you can have an image generated, a tune created and even a song generated! With a little more skill you can even make an AI generated movie starring even yourself! No one can tell which is real and which is AI!

The only thing which is genuine is what you see and touch with your own eyes without any screen in between!

You may even feel that this blog and the sketch is AI generated! Then you see the flaws and the imperfections! Then you know it is Human!

If it is perfect then just know that it is not real! Real perfection of the musical kind was the duo of Raamlaxman! One of them was Vijay Patil! Both made real non AI music!

Now stop your virtual sleep and sleep for real!

SHubh ratri!

Do you know which is the most common religious symbol in the world!?

It is used by most religions and even part of one of the most famous statues in the world!

Before you start to think let me tell you that it is the HALO!

Not the classic X box game which is also really good but the actual Halo is the most common religious symbol according to Dan Brown!

In the novel it has been mentioned that Halos are entirely misunderstood and been imagined as radiant streams of light encircling the head and depicting energy flowing out of an enlightened mind. But apparently we are interpreting halos in reverse!

According to the author, those rays represent beams of consciousness flowing in and not out. To say someone has an ‘enlightened mind’ is simply another way of saying they have a better receiver!

Even in Hinduism, the radiant circle or disk of light seen around the heads of deities is a symbol of divinity, glory, and spiritual evolution. Known by the Sanskrit names prabhamandala (or prabhavali), meaning “circle of light,” and shiras-chakra (“head-wheel”), it signifies a spiritual glow or aura!

The halo’s symbolism is seen in most religions like Christianity and can be traced to various ancient civilizations! Like in ancient Egypt the solar deity Ra was often depicted with a circular disk representing the sun above his head.

While in the ancient Iran, the Zoroastrian deity of light, Mithra, was depicted with a halo as early as 300 BC. This was connected to Khvarenah, the concept of divine glory and radiance!

The halo represents the divine light of God shining through and suffusing the soul of a holy person, distinguishing them as heavenly beings!

It can also be seen as a visual representation of a god or goddess’s divine nature, splendor, and glory. It indicates their supreme spiritual state and extraordinary power over the universe!

The prabhamandala is also an ornamental feature in temple iconography. It is often a detachable arch made of metal or carved from stone, fitted behind idols during worship. A prominent feature on this arch is the kirtimukha, a fearsome leonine head that represents divine energy.

Now of course the Halo of the statue which is world famous is the Statue of Liberty!

The Statue of Liberty’s crown is depicted with a radiant halo and seven sun rays, symbolizing enlightenment and divine status, rather than the seven seas or continents. The sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, described the seven diverging rays as representing a halo or a nimbus, a term in art for the aura around a divine figure, demonstrating the statue’s divine and holy representation!

So you meet a mere mortal you say HELLO! While for a divine being; look out for the HALO!

One such mortal with great entertaining qualities though is director p vasu!

Now stop your hello and say a prayer to your God with Halo and sleep!

Shubh ratri!

“Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” is a Sanskrit phrase meaning “the world is one family”

Told thousands of years ago! Now a science mentioned in a book by a best seller mentions it in another way! World is indeed a small place!

Like the blog which does not give any spoilers to the sketch in question; do not worry if any novel which is fiction is mentioned! No spoilers will be given away!

In the novel Secret of the secrets by Dan Brown; you have a scientist who is an expert in NOETIC science!

I can see all of you shaking your head!

The scientist who is a great speaker starts the speech by telling; “I get lots of questions about NOETIC science!” she continues, “The most common and usually the first question is, What is NOETIC science!”

Of course that was the question you and me had all along the head shake!

Noetic science is a field of study that combines objective scientific tools with subjective inner knowing to explore the nature of human consciousness and its potential to influence the physical world. The term “noetic” comes from the Greek word noēsis, meaning “inner wisdom,” “direct knowing,” or “intuitive understanding”.

The field gained prominence with the founding of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell. Inspired by a profound feeling of interconnectedness he experienced while returning from the moon, Mitchell sought to apply scientific research to the study of inner, subjective experiences.
Core principles!

The central hypothesis of noetic science is that consciousness is not merely a byproduct of the brain but a fundamental aspect of reality. Therefore, it is believed to have a discernible influence on the physical world !

Now here is where it gets interesting for me!

The Interconnectedness!

Noetic science suggests that all beings and phenomena are fundamentally interconnected at a deeper level of consciousness. This perspective posits that an individual’s consciousness can have an effect on the collective!
Which means that we are all one!

The science also explores how focused intention and belief can affect outcomes, such as in healing practices or meditation. This concept draws parallels with quantum theory, where the observer’s intention can influence observed phenomena!

Of course it is a developing science! Then again we have always been REDISCOVERING what was already known! That is why remixes are popular! They give a supposedly new flavor to a known melody buried deep within you ready to come out like a sweet memory full of nostalgia!

Or Dan Brown may thrash it out in the end! Only a true practitioner of NOETIC science may know in advance!

Now use your NOETIC ability to guess the sketch of today! Or simply read the text!

SHubh ratri!

When you are free do search for REUBEN NSEMOH or DEREK AMATO!

No! They are not professional football players!

Do you remember last time you bumped your head and had a severe headache! Well! Everyone does once in a while! Of course if the headache or the bump was severe do consult your doctor!

In the case of REUBEN though the bump was magical!

Have you heard how someone met with an accident or head trauma and had memory loss? Well, that is usual!

What’s unusual is how some people got bumped and became super intelligent!

It is not fiction! It is the truth!

Apparently there exists an extraordinary phenomenon that proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that our traditional views of consciousness are entirely wrong.

It’s called sudden savant syndrome, and the clinical definition is as follows: ‘The abrupt manifestation in a human mind of a unique skill or knowledge that previously was nonexistent!

In other words, you get conked on the head and you wake up a virtuoso violinist, or fluent in Portuguese, or a genius at math-where you previously possessed none of these skills!

In the literature, some articles associate the language switch with “foreign language syndrome” (FLS), also known as “transient post-anesthetic foreign language fixation” and formerly known as “non-native language syndrome” In FLS, patients switch from their native language and fixate on a second language for a period!

Three examples were mention in the novel Secrets of secrets by Dan Brown!

REUBEN NSEMOH—a sixteen-year-old American who was kicked in the head during a soccer game, fell into a coma, and woke up speaking perfect Spanish.

DEREK AMATO-a middle-aged man who dove into a pool, hit his head, and woke up a musical genius and virtuoso pianist.

ORLANDO L. SERRELL—a ten-year-old boy struck by a baseball who found he suddenly had the ability to do astonishingly complicated calendrical calculations.

In fact if you do a diligent search you may find more such examples!

Then again these are exceptions! Probably proving that event those with mega brains and high levels of IQ do not understand what this amazing creation called the HUMAN BRAIN can do!

Now now, just because it works does not mean that the next time you want to understand Quantum Physics you have a look at the book and bang your head  against the wall! You may end up forgetting the alphabets too!

But NEVER forget those heroes who lay down their lives for their country!
One such legend is Param Veer Chakra Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran!

One night in Sri Lanka, his column was ambushed by a group of militants. With cool presence of mind, he encircled the militants from the rear and charged into them, taking them completely surprise. During the hand-to-hand combat, a militant shot him in the chest. Undaunted, he snatched the rifle from the militant and shot him dead. Gravely wounded, he continued to give orders and inspired his command till he breathed his last. Five militants were killed and three rifles and two rocket launchers were recovered and the ambush was cleared!

That is legendary!

Jai HInd!

Do you know what’s a Carapace!? 

Well it is not a car which it needs its own space!

To know that you must know about this animal who doesn’t exercise, is fat and lazy but lives a long slow life!

These are the most coolest animals in the world! All they do is walk so slow without the time passing by them!

They simply eat and walk slowly, resting in between! With their thick shell they are resistant to your taunts! Mental or physical but inside they have a soft body and heart!

Yes, the humble Tortoise and the turtle! Now what’s the difference? Well, Tortoises have more rounded and domed shells where as turtles have thinner, more water-dynamic shells. Turtle shells are more streamlined to aid in swimming. One major key difference is that tortoises spend most of their time on land and turtles are adapted for life spent in water. 

Which means you will land on a tortoise but you can swim with a turtle! 

Did you know that once turtles were so huge that 10 million years ago, turtles could eat you with a single bite!

The world’s largest turtle that roamed South America 10 million years ago – the Stupendemys Geographicus

Stupendemys  is the fancy name for an extinct genus of freshwater side-necked turtle. It is the largest freshwater turtle known to have existed, with a shell over 2 meters long! 

That brings us to the answer! Carapace is the hard upper shell of a tortoise, crustacean, or arachnid! 

Hard also is to be fit and memorable in some great roles! Just like Puneet Issar!

Well now its time to be soft and sleep!

Shubh Ratri!

The Secret of Secrets is the latest novel by Dan Brown in which Robert tells about the Barnum effect!

This effect is the reason behind a section of the newspaper called the Horoscope!

Those who seemingly predict future or know about you or tell things about you or someone else use this method to actually make you believe what they say is true! They actually do that by making statements which are more or less neutral with some positivity thrown around!

The Barnum effect is manifested in response to statements that are called “Barnum statements”, meaning that general characterizations attributed to an individual are perceived to be true for them, even though the statements are such generalizations that they could apply to almost anyone!

Confused! Well let me tell you about this experiment which was actually done and also mentioned as being conducted by Robert in the novel!

This was done originally by psychologist Bertram Forer who called originally called the Barnum effect the “fallacy of personal validation” in 1949!

So in 1948, in what has been described as a “classic experiment”, Forer gave a psychology test – his “Diagnostic Interest Blank” – to 39 of his psychology students, who were told that they would each receive a brief personality vignette based on their test results!

One week later Forer gave each student a purportedly individualized vignette and asked each of them to rate it on how well it applied!

Most of the students were impressed on how much their ‘personalized’ prediction by Forer applied to them! They were amazed at how accurate some of the assessments were!

So far so good!

The biggest SHOCKER was that everyone got the same list in the same order! Nothing personal!

When you read the list you will understand that at some point at least one or more of the points may apply to you and everyone else with rare exceptions!

The points have been reproduced verbatim!

‘You have a great need for other people to like and admire you.
You have a tendency to be critical of yourself.
You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage.
While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them.
Your sexual adjustment has presented problems for you.
Disciplined and self-controlled outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure inside.
At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.
You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations.
You pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others’ statements without satisfactory proof.
You have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.
At times you are extroverted, affable, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, reserved.
Some of your aspirations tend to be pretty unrealistic.
Security is one of your major goals in life!’


Most  of the writers of the horoscopes section use these or similar lines to impress you or anyone else! That is the Barnum effect!

The effect has been said to confirm the Pollyanna principle, where individuals tend “to use or accept positive words of feedback more frequently than negative words of feedback!

In summary; you and me are mere mortals with feelings which needs validation! Just like everyone else! Also Barnum effect is real! You only hear what you like to hear! Like you may look at the sketch and feel its Anupam but it is actually his equally talented brother Raju Kher!

Now stop reading the horoscope for tomorrow and sleep!

SHubh ratri!

The Secret of Secrets is the latest novel by Dan Brown! Yes! He has released the latest novel!

Robert Langdon returns and how! More fit and more athletic than ever! The last two novels were not made into movies though this one definitely has the premise!

Now without giving any spoilers on the story line the introduction tells about
precognition!

Coming from anyone else the term would have been ridiculed! If Ashwin Sanghi had said it then those with Oxford dictionary in their study would have just made a condescending laugh right about now!

But since it is Dan; well, a secret smile would do!

Two stories told within this tagline was so interesting! The stories are well know to the educated world so no spoilers there but they were shocking to me!

Now precognition is the purported psychic phenomenon of knowing or perceiving future events before they happen. There is no accepted scientific evidence that precognition is real, and the scientific community widely considers it to be pseudoscience!

In simple terms though it essentially means that you can sense the future!

The first story is about the most famous president of US (not current and the tagline here is famous and not infamous!)

Three days before the assassination, Abraham Lincoln had a vivid dream where he wandered into the East Room of the White House, finding his own body on a catafalque with soldiers standing guard!
Apparently the guard told him; “The president was assassinated!”

The dream was remarkably accurate, foretelling the scene of mourning that would follow his death in that very room at Ford’s Theatre!

We all know what happened three days later!

Another more remarkable story was a novel!

In this novel by Morgan Robertson called Futility, the author tells about an ocean liner or a huge ship!

Morgan describes a ship which called the TITAN! It was the largest and most luxurious ships ever built! The ship unfortunately sank after  hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean! The vessel lacked enough lifeboats for everyone on board and many died because of this! The final part; the sinking occurred in April!

We of course remember very well about a similar accident happening to an unsinkable ship which sank due to an iceberg collision in April! Some may remember only Leo and the King of the world meme! Everyone would recognize the name though!

Yes! A name very similar to Titan! The Titanic!

If that did not make you spin, let me mention one more fact! The titanic sank on 1912! The novel futility which was also named the WRECK OF THE TITAN, was written in 1898!

I preconize that precognition is scary!

Working on some precognition and some fear also was the movie Apthamitra starring Ramesh Aravind though the original Manichithrathazhu is the real deal!

Now I predict you will sleep in the night!

SHubh ratri!

If you like K pop then this may be good news! Indians have a cool connection with Korea! One of the Queens maybe from Ayodhya!

Surreal!

Do you know what is the word for mother and father in Korean?

Well, it is ‘amma’ and ‘appa!’ By the way the word for grass is ‘pul’ and do day is ‘nal!’ Rice is called ‘Sooru!’

Where have you heard these words before!?

Well, if you are a South Indian or more accurately Tamilian then it is deja vu!

These are the same words! Tamilians also use the same words! In fact we were watching this Korean/English series called the Kim’s convenience and we were pleasantly surprised when we heard these words!

In his latest Novel called the Ayodhya Alliance by Ashwin Sanghi there is a mention of a queen or a princess who came from Ayodhya!


The queen was Heo Hwang-ok also known as Empress Boju was a legendary queen mentioned in Samguk yusa, a 13th-century Korean chronicle. According to Samguk Yusa, she became the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya at the age of 16, after having arrived by boat from a distant kingdom called “Ayuta”!

The India-South Korea connection revolves around the legend of Queen Heo Hwang-ok who is also known as Princess Suriratna! The legend is the she is said to have traveled from the ancient Indian city of Ayodhya to Korea in the 1st century CE to marry King Suro, the founder of the Karak Dynasty of Geumgwan Gaya!

This story, forms the basis for strong cultural and historical ties between the two nations, symbolized by a dedicated memorial park in Ayodhya and shared cultural heritage between millions of descendants in South Korea!

She married King Suro at the age of 16, and together they founded the Geumgwan Gaya kingdom in what is now Gimhae, South Korea! Many Koreans claim genealogical ties to Queen Heo, viewing Ayodhya as their ancestral home!

In fact there are ongoing efforts to develop Ayodhya and Gimhae as sister cities! Morover a memorial park dedicated to Queen Heo Hwang-ok was inaugurated in Ayodhya in 2001 and has been expanded and upgraded since!

As far as the lineage goes; more than six million present-day Koreans, especially from Gimhae Kim, Gimhae Heo and Incheon Yi clans, trace their lineage to the legendary queen as the direct descendants of her 12 children with King Suro! Now SURO sounds like Sriram! Just saying!

Just saying in words or a short song is also the trademark of the wedding singer aka Adam Sandler!

Now stop listening to K Pop and instead listen to your POP and sleep!

Shubh ratri!

Rules make you and me human! Otherwise we are no better than animals! Though some animals behave better than us!

That is the bitter truth!

Places where crime is less are the ones where the punishment for the said crimes are severe! We follow even the basic traffic sense and decency only when we are being watched!

If you realize that no one is monitoring or policing you then you are more likely to break the rules or your integrity!

Have you heard of the Honesty box experiment? It was mentioned by Daniel Kahneman in his book; Thinking; Fast and Slow.


A 2006 study from Newcastle University found that displaying images of watching eyes in a canteen “honesty box” nearly tripled the amount of money contributed by staff. When a poster featuring eyes was alternated with one showing flowers, payments were significantly higher during the weeks with the eye image!

Researchers concluded that the feeling of being observed, even by an image, can trigger unconscious, automatic reactions that promote honest and cooperative behavior!

A university canteen used a long-running “honesty box” system for staff to pay for their drinks. The Intervention was that for 10 weeks, an A5 poster was placed above the box. Now the test was that every other week the poster displayed either a pair of flowers or a pair of eyes looking directly at the observer!

Remember that; in both cases no one is actually looking! There is no camera but only EYES!

But in spite of this; the study found that on the weeks when the eye image was displayed, staff contributed 2.76 times more money than during the weeks with the flower image!

The payments consistently increased when the poster changed to eyes and decreased when it reverted to flowers.

It was finally concluded that the eye images triggered an unconscious, mental reflex, not a conscious thought of being watched!

It was found that human brains are highly attuned to cues indicating potential social consequences, especially cues related to eyes and faces. This suggests that cues of being watched can encourage pro-social and cooperative behaviors, with implications for addressing anti-social behavior in real-world setting!

This means that people behave more civilized or decently when they have a feeling that they are being watched! It is the same with Cameras! Even if the CCTV or other cameras are not working; the mere presence of such devices or even a warning that you are being watched can make humans behave more decently!

Many times offices and firms who actually cannot afford a proper camera have used such ‘dummy’ cameras or signs to give an impression of being watched or monitored! These are enough for making people behave more human in the proper sense! Ironical how an AI (CCTV!) can make you human!
Ironical also how with such amazing ability to act Deepak Dobriyal gets very few roles!

Now imagine that the traffic camera is working and behave!

SHubh ratri!