Thursday, September 24, 2009

Nityananda of Ganeshpuri

Nityananda of Ganeshpuri
Much remain shrouded in mystery about Bhagwan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, especially about his birth. He was said to be born in 1897 and was abandoned by his parents and only his foster parents Mr. Chathu Nair and his wife adopted him. The Nair couple is said to take good care of the child and he was named as Raman. As the fate would have it, his foster parents also died when he was six and he was to be raised by the owner of the farm where Nair couple worked.
The providence had other plans about this young Indian. He became a wandering yogi. According the Yogic Traditions the yogis have to undergo a rigorous discipleship before being perfect. When it comes to Bhagwan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, his spiritual teacher’s identity is also not clear. It is thought that he was initiated into the Yogic Tradition by Swami Sivananda but it remains to be confirmed. Nityananda did much for the local destitute and desolate population, opening schools, providing livelihood etc.
He is said to be silent most of the times and spoke very little to teach. His teaching was to be transmitted through “Shaktipat” or spiritual transmission. One of his disciples Tulsi Amma collected his teachings. These teachings are available in a book form titled “Chidaksha Geea” The book is not very philosophical in its format it is rather a practical guide towards realization. One of his great teachings is to not to find God in Ashrams, Mandirs, temples but inside oneself as Humanity resides in God and God resides in humanity. He stresses on wakening up the spiritual powers by yogic practices.

Lakewood NJ

Lakewood NJ
LAKEWOOD, N.J. — A gunman opened fire early Thursday on a SWAT team that burst into a home during a drug and gun raid, wounding four officiers while spraying bullets from atop a staircase, authorities said. One officer was critically wounded. Lakewood Patrolman Jonathan Wilson was shot in the face during the raid, and was in critical but stable condition at a local hospital. Authorities said they were cautiously optimistic he would survive despite being grievously wounded.
"He is in good spirits, and he's communicating," said Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford. Lt. Greg Meyer was shot in the foot, and was in good condition at the hospital with bone injuries. Two other Lakewood officers, Sgt. Louis Sasso and Patrolman Leonard Nieves Sr. were shot in their bulletproof vests, sustaining only minor injuries despite being struck in the chest. They were treated and released from the hospital. The suspect, Jamie Gonzalez, 39, was in critical condition after suffering numerous gunshot wounds as police returned fire, Ford said.
A second person who was inside the house when the shooting erupted also was in custody, but had not been charged as of Thursday morning. First Assistant Prosecutor Ronald DeLigny said it does not appear the second person was involved in the shooting, but may be implicated in the underlying guns and drugs case that brought the multi-agency task force to the house in the first place. At 2:25 a.m., the task force consisting of officers from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, New Jersey State Police, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and Lakewood police executed a "no-knock" search warrant at the single family home.

19 Pound Baby

19 Pound Baby
Whoa, baby! Woman delivers 19-pound boy He’s a bouncing baby boy who could break a knee — a mother in Jakarta, Indonesia, delivered a 19.2-pound, 2-foot-long child on Monday via Caesarean section. The as-yet-unnamed baby’s arrival, chronicled on TODAY Thursday, was marked by a cry that sounded more like a roar and an appetite of epic proportions. The big baby, a weight record for a newborn in Indonesia, although a bit short of the world record of 23 pounds set in 1879, was likely caused by his mother having gestational diabetes. And even though mom Ani was saved the grueling task of pushing the child out herself, the surgery to bring him into the world was still touch and go.
“This heavy baby made the surgery really tough, especially the process of taking him out of his mum’s womb,” Dr. Binsar Sitanggang told Agence France-Presse. “His legs were so big.” Big may be an understatement. The child was born at a birth weight that nears that of a year-old toddler, and in a picture taken of the baby alongside a normal birth-weight newborn, he seems triple the size. Doctors explained Ani’s diabetes likely caused the child to receive too much glucose in the womb, accounting for his massive size upon delivery — but so far, so good, in terms of the newborn’s health.
Still, the wide-mouthed male proved to be a handful and then some upon his first few hours in the world. “He’s got a strong appetite, it’s almost nonstop feeding,” Dr. Sitanggang told the news agency. “This baby boy is extraordinary; the way he’s crying is not like a usual baby. It’s really loud.” The TODAY hosts dropped a collective jaw in eyeing a picture of the newborn — and then the jokes began. Al Roker commented on Big Baby lying next to the swaddled, normal-size newborn, saying, “He looked [over] and said, ‘Oooh, a burrito! In my belly!’ ” But Ann Curry said the outsize child may be a special gift to his mother, who has three older children. She commented that Ani has “more to love” with her newborn.
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