China makes it UNDER Antarctica

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Taoist Genesis: Hidden origin of Universe

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How consciousness shapes the afterlife in Tibetan Buddhism

(Big Brain Wisdom) Dec. 4, 2025: Dive deeply into the profound teachings of the Bardo, the intermediate state, in this enlightening exploration of how thoughts shape reality after death.

How do thought become real after death? Let's uncover the intricate mechanisms that govern consciousness as it transitions from this life to the afterlife (the very next moment after death, the intermediary period before the next rebirth).

Discover how fear, desire, karma, and memory sculpt the post-death landscape, revealing the true power of awareness. Learn why mastery of the mind is essential for liberation and how the awakened navigate this ethereal realm.

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• 00:00:00 The threshold where thought becomes world
• 00:02:01 How the mind becomes the architect of entire realms
• 00:04:43 How thought solidifies into reality
• 00:07:38 The four forces shaping Bardo's reality
• 00:10:30 Why "souls" become trapped inside their own creations
• 00:13:13 The [dispassionate, unbiased] awareness that watches the dream
• 00:15:38 How the awakened move freely through the Bardo
• 00:18:19 When thought loses the power to bind

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The Buddha: Origin of belief in creator God

The Buddha in a heaven talking to Sakka (Indra) and Maha Brahma (right) (mesosyn.com)

Origin of the Belief in a Creator God

 

Buddhism and the God-Idea

[The Buddha explained:] Now, there comes a time, meditators, when, sooner or later, after the lapse of a long period [of devolving], this world-system passes away.

When this happens, beings have mostly been reborn in the World of Radiance, and there they dwell made of mind, feeding on joy, radiating light from themselves, traversing the air, continuing in glory; thus, they remain for a long period of time.

Now, there comes a time, meditators, when, sooner or later, this world-system begins to evolve again. When this happens the Palace of Brahmā appears, but it is empty. And some being or other, either because its span of years has passed or its merit has become exhausted, falls from the World of Radiance, and comes to life [is reborn] in the Palace of Brahmā.

There also this being lives made of mind, feeding on joy, radiating light from itself, traversing the air, continuing in glory; thus, does it remain for a long, long period of time. Now there arises, from dwelling there so long alone, a dissatisfaction and a longing:

By merely wishing, I am the Creator!

“O, would that other beings might come and join me in this place!” And, just then, either because their span of years had passed [in that other world] or their merit [to carry on there] became exhausted, other beings fall from the World of Radiance and appear in the Palace of Brahmā as companions, in all respects like Brahmā [other than their later arrival].

On this, meditators, the one who was first reborn thinks: “I am Brahmā [Supreme], the Great (Maha) Brahmā, the Supreme One, the Mighty, the All-Seeing, the Ruler, the Lord of All, the Maker, the Creator, the Chief of all [the Alpha and Omega, the I am that I am], appointing to each its place, the Ancient of Days, the Parent of all that are and are to be. These other beings are of my creation. Why is this so? A while ago I thought, 'Would that they might come!’ And on my mental aspiration, behold the beings came!”

I am who/that/what I am [of which they speak] and I am everlasting!

No goddesses allowed.

“And those beings themselves, too, think thus: 'This must be Brahmā, the Supreme, the Mighty, the All-Seeing, the Ruler, the Lord of All, the Maker, the Creator, the Chief of All, appointing to each a place, the Ancient of Days, the Parent  of all that are and are to be. And we must have been created by that being. Why? It is because, as we see, it was that being who was here first, and we came after that.”

On this, meditators, the one who first came into existence there is of longer life and more glorious and more powerful than those who appeared afterward. And it might well be, meditators, that some being on falling from that state, should come hither [to be reborn].

Well, they're allowed, just don't call them goddesses like Sophia, Mother Mary, wife Asherah

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And having come hither [to the human plane] that being might go forth from the household life into the homeless state [of a monastic]. And having thus become a recluse that person, by reason of ardor, of exertion, of application, of earnestness, of careful thought, reaches such rapture of heart that, rapt in heart [jhana], he calls to mind his last dwelling-place but not the previous ones.

He says to himself: “That illustrious Brahmā [Supremo], the Great Brahmā, the Supreme One, the Mighty, the All-Seeing, the Ruler, the Lord of All, the Maker, the Creator, the Chief of All, appointing to each its place, the Ancient of Days, the Father of All that are and are to be, that being by whom we were created is steadfast, immutable, eternal, of a nature that knows no change and will remain so forever and ever. But we who were created have come hither as being impermanent, mutable, limited in duration of life.”

(Cleo Abram) Huge new discovery about Universe

This, meditators, is the first state of things on account of which, starting out from which, some recluses and Brahmins (shramanas and brahmanas), being eternalists as to some things and non-eternalists as to others, maintain that the soul and the world are partly eternal and partly not eternal. More

Misconstrued as the "creator" deity

We're not allowed to question in Christianity

Buddhism is a nontheistic (not atheistic) religion. It does not include the belief in an ultimate creator deity or any eternal being, divine or otherwise [4][5][6].

The universe (multiverse) comes into being due to causes and condition, but the Buddha did not declare an ultimate first beginning to it. It is cyclical and all beginnings, like all endings, repeat. There a "laws" that govern this impersonal process but not an ultimate creator God.

This may be hard to understand because there are gods, many of them, and they of different kinds and orders: devas, brahmas, asuras, maras, nagas, and so on. They abide on different planes, of which there are at least 31; however, these general planes contain countless worlds. All of these worlds are divided into three spheres: sensual, fine material, and immaterial.

• Among these "gods" or deities are powerful beings who wield the power of creation and other, higher order beings who enjoy the creation of others. These, however, are not ultimate creations; that is to say, they are not really making new "things" such as a new soul (atta) or a new ultimate materiality or mentality. To give an example, say there were a pile of tiny bricks and a bucket of mortar and one were to release bricklayers to have at it. How many structures could they create? How many fabulous Lego-toy like "creations" could they put together?  Presumably, they could fashion together a countless number of "things," but -- in an ultimate sense -- what is there but the same old building blocks? What is there but just ultimate materiality (form) arranged in an immaterial way (name) that looks new but is only really bricks, mortar, and arrangement?

Countless worlds in 31 Planes in three spheres

Buddhist texts posit that deities (brahmas, which are a subset of devas or "shining ones") such as Maha Brahma ("Great Supremo") are misconstrued as a creator [7].

During the vivarta kalpa (some previous aeon), a deity from Abhassara (radiant) plane was reborn on the lower Maha Brahma plane. As many living beings forget about their past life as soon as they are reborn, this also happened with Maha Brahma. No longer being aware of the higher planes of existence, this being felt alone in the universe (or world-system, cakkavala).

This being longed for the presence of others. After some time, other deities (devas) from higher planes were also reborn on those brahma planes as ministers and companions, an entire retinue [8].

Seeing this happen and having wished for it, this being falsely believed, "I am their creator." This belief, according to Buddhist texts (like the Brahmajala Sutta), was then shared by those other deities.

Eventually, however, one of those deities passed away from that world and was reborn on the human plane. Through meditation, that person gained the power to remember past lives [7].

That person went on to teach what was remembered from that previous life in that glorious (but relatively low) heaven, namely, that Maha Brahma was the creator of this universe.

• There are countless world-systems ("universes"?) in 10,000 directions, each with its own Maha Brahma and Mara and Sakka, all of which are really stations (positions, seats, thrones, chairs, offices held by living beings).

The teaching of this person led to the widespread human belief in a creator god, according to the Pali canon [7], which refers to the Buddha's words and other teachings preserved in the Buddha's language (Pali or the lingua franca of Magadhi). More

• Creator in Buddhism?
• Mahayana Buddhism has a different Brahmajāla Sūtra
• From Dīgha Nikāya ("Collection of Long Discourses") No. 1: Brahmajāla Sutta ("The Supreme or All-Embracing Net of Views Discourse") translated by Prof. Rhys Davids)
• Buddhism and the God-Idea: Selected Texts (Wheel #47) edited and introduced by Ven. Nyanaponika Thera, Buddhist Publication Society, 1st ed. 1962, 2nd ed. 1970, 3rd printing 1981; edited by Dhr. Seven and Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly with Wiki edit

Rare planetary alignment begins

A rare alignment of all the planets is about to take place. Make sure to catch it

(The Secrets of the Universe) Jan. 10, 2025: This January, six of the seven planets in our solar system will be visible at the same time. Among them, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will be easy to spot with the naked eye, putting on a show that’s perfect for stargazers of all levels. But it gets even better. In February, this planetary alignment will turn into a seven-planet parade, with Mercury joining the lineup — an event so rare that it’s a must-see for anyone fascinated by the local cosmos.

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The veil is thin: Where to go? Portals

Don't go in there! It's a creep zone

"The veil" is thinnest at this time of year. What veil? There is a separation of realms, dimensions, ranges. We humans stay here and do not go beyond our range. But if we go, we tread lightly and carefully. There be monsters there. Spirits, creatures, entities really exist, traversing in and out of this dimension. Psychic powers, called abhinna and iddhi, make them visible. Where would be the best place to see otherworldly powers coming and going?

Ancient sites believed to be gateways to other dimensions

ETs place Bigfoot (Yakkhas) on this planet

(MostAmazingTop10) Oct. 30, 2024: Let's explore some of the mysterious ancient sites believed to be gateways to other dimensions in this video.

From England's Stonehenge to Egypt's Pyramids of Giza, we delve into the world of mystical portals, lost civilizations, and supernatural phenomena that have intrigued scholars and adventurers for centuries.

TIME CODES

• 0:00- Introduction
• 0:39- Stonehenge, England
• 1:50- Puerta de Hayu Marca, Peru
• 3:00- Mount Shasta, USA
• 4:10- The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
• 5:20- Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia
• 6:44- Chavín de Huántar, Peru
• 8:08- Göbekli Tepe, Turkey
• 9:46- Delphi, Greece
• 11:05- The Gate of the Sun, Tiwanaku, Bolivia
• 12:46- Sedona Vortexes, USA

Portals to other dimensions open up in forest.

Let's uncover the secrets of sacred locations, where ancient rituals and unexplained occurrences hint at parallel universes and hidden realms (the unseen) beyond our comprehension.

It's a thrilling journey through history, where each site reveals clues about our existence and the possibility of life beyond what we know.

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Curiosity Rover found life on Mars?

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On the barren, cold expanses of Mars, a discovery has rocked the scientific world. The recent Mars rover unmanned mission has uncovered mud formations that tell tales of wet and dry spells spanning millions of years.

Could this revelation enhance the argument for life having existed on Mars? According to the research paper titled "Sustained wet-dry cycling on early Mars" published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Nature, the answer looks promising.

In situ observations of polygonal ridges. (CREDIT: Nature) In situ observations of polygonal ridges. (CREDIT: Nature) © The Brighter Side of News

The Hexagonal Clues

At the core of this breakthrough is the discovery of distinctive hexagonal patterns. These shapes, as scientists understand them, emerge when regions experience extended periods of wetness followed by prolonged dryness.

While it's been acknowledged that Mars holds remnants of dried rivers, lakes, and even seas -- a testament to its once wet environment -- the finding that Mars underwent wet-dry cycles multiple times potentially revolutionizes our understanding of the planet's past and its suitability for life.

• Related stories: New study sheds light on origins of life on Earth
• New discovery substantially rewrites history of life on Earth, scientists find Origins of Life?
• Scientists create RNA molecule that follows Darwinian evolution
• [Is or was there life on Mars? Of course there was and is, and the U.S. government knows it, and Andrew D. Basiago told us all about it, as did Enterprise Mission Hoagland, and the NASA photos before being smudged, scrubbed, and deleted. The humanoid life is now underground because of the atmosphere, but it is inhabited. And it may also have interdimensional beings, too.]

William Rapin, the lead researcher of the study and a distinguished scientist at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Toulouse, France, commented, “We now have for the first time vestiges of times that could have been conducive to the origin of life.” More: NASA's Curiosity Rover may have found evidence of life on Mars

Secrets to change perspective on life

Ancient Sumerian secrets will change perspective on life

(Video Advice) Summer 2024: This Tablet Holds the Truth About Humanity. Eric Rankin, a renowned expert in the field, guides us through the intricate connections between sound frequencies and geometric patterns, revealing how these elements form the very matrix of reality.

The universe looks like this diagram: mandala

Discover how ancient knowledge and modern science converge in Sonic Geometry, offering insights into the fundamental structures of the universe. Rankin's compelling presentation not only explains the theoretical foundations but also demonstrates the practical implications of these patterns in our understanding of reality.

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Space: Buddhist world-systems (cakkavālas)

When you're flown off planet through the local scenery of our solar system, its real layout of 42 or more inhabited places may become clear to you, according to John Lear.

Shape of Mt. Meru with 31 planes in cosmos

Cakkavāla is the name given to a whole world-system, and according to Buddhist cosmology there are countless such systems.

Each world-system (roughly a galaxy or solar system in modern terms) is twelve hundred and three thousand, four hundred and fifty yojanas (an ancient measurement of five or seven miles or the distance one can plow a yoked oxen before having to unyoke it and rest it) in extent.

And it consists of an earth, two hundred and four thousand nahutas (10²⁸) of yojanas in volume, surrounded by a region of water four hundred and eight thousand nahutas of yojanas in volume.

• Surrounded by water: The Judeo-Christian Bible states that the firmament separates the waters, one ocean on earth and another in the heaven (singular). Above the bubble of a contoured but largely flat, immovable earth is an ocean.
• Mount Meru is Mt. Sumeru (Buddhism)

Korean world map centered on Mt. Sumeru in Central Asia (saudiaramcoworld.com)

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Agartha, our Hollow Inner Earth

This rests on air, the thickness of which is nine hundred and sixty thousand nahutas of yojanas. In the center of the world-system is Mount Sumeru [which is too big to be a physical mountain but could be magnetic lines of force in a gravitational energy field, according to Wisdom Quarterly], 168 yojanas in height, half (approximately 588 miles) of which is immersed in ocean.

• [A yojana being about 7 miles in length, half submerged would make it 588 miles in height above sea level. How deep, then, are the oceans of this plane? We might imagine that "ocean" refers only to what we see above the crust, but science now knows it goes much deeper, with "oceans" beneath the ocean or bodies of water below the body of seas we call the world's ocean. What if there's ocean even 588 miles down? This is NOT to say that any part of the "ocean" is 588 miles deep. It is only to say that if there can be water below the ocean, then can there be water even beneath that? Are there layers of water below as above? Where does the base of Mt. Sumeru start, and is that base the same as we see at the surface of the plane? Where were the Asuras cast down, to the surface of earth or 588 miles beneath that? Fortunately, brilliant researcher and co-author of The Ark of Millions of Years: Volume Two: 2012 and the Harvest of the Endtimes Dr. Brooks Agnew, understood our world to be hollow. The crust curves, as the ocean curves with it under the crust, at the polar entrance so that one sun disappears and another rises. That other sun is shining at the center of the Hollow Earth. See Hollow Earth Map above. How thick is our crust? Could it be 588 miles to the hollow center? Dr. Agnew does not imagine our world to be flat, but he suspects it is hollow and would have proved it except the government stymied his research expedition as he attempted to book passage on a boat capable of navigating to the pole to find the entrance.]

Around Mt. Sumeru (Meru, Sineru) are seven mountain ranges: Yugandhara, Isadhara, Karavīka, Sudassana, Nemindhara, Vinataka, and Assakanna [these may in fact be mountains ringing the plane that is the planet, which would be largely flat or an oblate spheroid, or they may be islands surrounded by rivers that encircle the polar openings to Agartha, the Inner Earth, or they may be high snow-covered ranges at the Arctic and Antarctic regions].

The mountains are inhabited by the Regent Devas (Catu-Mahārājas, the "Four Great Sky-Kings subordinate to Sakka, King of the Devas of that plane and the plane immediately above it, which is called the "World of the Thirty-Three" or Tāvatimsa] and their subjects, the ogres called yakkhas [highly intelligent Yeti/Sasquatch/Chewbacca-type creatures with psychic powers].

There really are space vehicles (vimana) that can travel through space, like the vril-drive.

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Within the world-system is the Himavā (Himalayan) mountain, one hundred leagues high, with eighty-four thousand peaks (here 84,000 should be read not as literal but rather as "a tremendous number").

Surrounding the whole world-system or cakkavāla is the cakkavālasilā.

Belonging to each world-system is a moon, forty-nine leagues in diameter, a sun of fifty leagues, the Tāvatimsa-bhavana [the World of the Thirty-Three ruling devas], the Asura-bhavana [the world of Titans], the Avīci-mahā-niraya [the "Waveless Deep" Great Downfall perdition], and the four mahā dīpas [Great Islands, Lights, or Continents]: Jambudīpa (India or Earth), Aparagoyāna, Pubbavideha, and Uttarakuru, each mahā dīpa surrounded by 500 [again not literal but to be read "a great number" of] minor dīpas [islands].

Between world-systems (cakkavalas) exist the Lokantarika-Niraya (SA.ii.442f.; DhsA.297f), a most pitiful kind of downfall/hell realm. World-systems are bubbles, and these places are the "interstitial hells" in Buddhist cosmography.

• [EDITORIAL NOTE: They are referred to, for example, in the dhamma-niyama assertion that when a supremely awakened Buddha arises, a limitless light radiates throughout the universe, multiverse, or omniverse (depending on what term one uses to define the everything). Between ball-shaped universes (world-systems), there are small spaces where beings are reborn in what one can say is the worst form of hell (worse in a sense than the torments of Avici or the "Waveless," because here rather than fire and brimstone torture, one is isolated in a dark and lonely place excommunicated from everyone else), and for the first time, these beings or hellions see that others also exist in such interstitial spaces.]

Within each world-system are Four Regent Devas (Cattāro Mahārājās) (AA.i.439).

A sun can illuminate only one world-system, whereas the rays of light from the Buddha's body [on rare, specified occasions] can illuminate all of the world-systems (AA.i.440).

• Could Mt. Sumeru be Tibet's Mt. Kailash? (Ven. Dhammika)
  

COMMENT: (Gustav

Tibet's Mount Kailash (Dhamma Musings)

) I think Mount Kailash is not the Mt. Meru (Mt. Sumeru) that lies in the center of the Indian Buddhist map, which has become well known in recent decades. The map in question must be very old, more than 5,000 years old. In it, Sun and Moon circle around Mt. Sumeru.

Therefore, I propose that Antarctica is Mt. Meru, which lies in the center of our world. The Sun goes above the equator and makes a perfect circle around Antarctica-Meru.

The "continents" around Mt. Meru would be: India, Africa, Australia, and South-America (corresponding to Jambudvipa, Videha, Godaniya, and Kuru). The map predates the invention of the magnetic compass, so the compass directions of the continents are not valid here. According to the compass, the four continents are north from Meru-Antarctica! The North Pole's ice sheet would be the surrounding [ice wall described as the] mountain range Cakravada.

[This makes more literal, physical sense and is in line with Flatlantis author Eric Dubay because he proves the earth is a flat. He further explains that the earth is a round magnet (as we all know), and its two poles are like those of a loudspeaker. One pole set directly in the CENTER, and the other around it, causing movement up and down.]

What do Buddhist and Vedic numbers mean?

Vedic time units

Ancient proto-Indians from the time of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) 5,000-10,000 years ago, during the time of the Vedas ("Knowledge Books"), had a passion for high numbers, which is intimately related to Indian spiritual, religious, and scientific thought.

For example, in texts belonging to IVC Vedic literature, there are individual Sanskrit names for each of the powers of 10 up to a trillion and even 10⁶². Even today, the words lakh and crore -- referring to 100,000 and 10,000,000, respectively -- are in common use in English-speaking India.

One of these Vedic knowledge books, the Yajur Veda, even discusses the concept of numeric infinity (purna "fullness"), stating that if we subtract purna from purna, we are still left with purna.

 

The Mahayana Buddhist Lalitavistara Sutra recounts a contest including writing, arithmetic, wrestling, and archery, in which the Buddha is pitted against the great mathematician Arjuna and shows off his numerical skills by citing the names of the powers of 10 up to 1 tallakshana, which equals 10⁵³.

But then it goes on to explain that this is just one of a series of counting systems that can be expanded geometrically. The last number at which he arrived after going through nine successive counting systems was 10⁴²¹, that is, a 1 followed by 421 zeros. More

• G.P. Malalasekera (palikanon.com) edited by Dhr. Seven and Pat Macpherson, Wisdom Quarterly, June 7, 2016

Science: Before Big Bang, the universe existed

Family Guy; BeeyondIdeas, 11/2/23; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Hubble did it first even if it didn't do it better. Now Webb is wowing public. Crab Nebula above

"This universe existed before the Big Bang" ft. Roger Penrose

(BeeyondIdeas) Let's unravel the mysteries surrounding (our) Big Bang. Was it truly the beginning of everything?

31 Planes/Zones of Existence

[No, obviously not. In Buddhist cosmology, the universe (multiverse) is aeons (kalpas) old, ordinary aeons and great aeons, of incalculable lengths as the universe arises, expands, disintegrates, goes into a state of chaos, and arises again, cyclically, repeatedly, endlessly.

It is unclear what constitutes a universe, the everything, because there are world systems (cakkavalas), and each world system is similar to the countless others, like bubbles in space. If each constitutes a universe, a self-contained system of planets and stars and a diverse population of creatures, then we live in a multiverse with such universes extending out in 10,000 directions.

There are 31 Planes of Existence, divided into three spheres, our Sensual Sphere, the more subtle Fine Material Sphere above us, and the Immaterial Sphere, which is formless, above that. These 31 Planes are general categories with countless individual worlds and inhabitants. Space is big, very big, and multidimensional, so it's even bigger than we can imagine.

Could order ever emerge from chaos, Bill Nye?

Keplers supernova remnant is a (wiki)

So from a Buddhist cosmological point of view, if a "Big Bang" is the initial point of an expanding universe, this is just a phase after a lengthy period of contraction. After expanding, it dissipates into chaos for a lengthy period. But after a time, it again establishes order and regularity, and this is a new beginning, a Golden Age or Satya Yuga, an Age of Truth. We are currently in a Kali Yuga, but it is hard to say because within these massive cycles there are subcycles, mini periods of revolution, of dark and bright, cycles within cycles.

And it just goes on this way without end and, therefore, without a discernible beginning, which is not to say there was not one, only that it cannot now be found. And we cannot reason our way there. It is one of the Four Imponderables.

One would sooner become deranged, a "mad scientist," before settling on a satisfactory answer. And, in any case, it would not actually be satisfactory, like The God Idea as the cause of all things, with Maha Brahma (the "Great Supremo") as the cause of all things, which the Buddha declared a wrong view.

• Gods and the Universe in Buddhist Perspective (Francis Story, BPS.lk)
• TB Joshua: Christian megachurch leader raped and tortured Christian worshippers, BBC finds

God creates the universe with his friend Chugs.

A creator god is as good as any explanation only because it stops all further searching. It is said that science is ridiculous in positing a Big Bang as a first cause because in doing so it is saying, "Everything is rational, mechanical, explicable, and understandable IF you just give us this one bit of irrational, supernatural, inexplicable, and nonsense Big Bang magic as the cause and origin of everything.]

• Buddhism and the God-Idea (Wheel 47, BPS.lk)

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Of course there's life on Venus (video)

Meghan Bartels (space.com, 9/14/20); Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

What does life on Venus look like under the clouds, like a National Park on Earth? (MSN)

Venus artist's depiction with phosphine (ESO/M. Kornmesser/L. Calçada/NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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The phosphine discovered in Venus' clouds may be a big deal

Venus? NASA manipulates its images for PR.

A chemical most have likely never heard of has burst into the news as scientists announce that they have detected phosphine, which they say may be a sign of life, in the clouds of nearby Venus.

Phosphine is a chemical compound made up of one atom of phosphorus and three atoms of hydrogen, and scientists have also spotted it on Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn. On the gas giants, it's quite prevalent in the atmospheres, both of which are rich in hydrogen. On Earth, where the atmosphere leans more toward oxygen compounds, it's much shorter-lived, and the same ought to be true on Venus.

"It's so obscure," Sara Seager, an astronomer at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and co-author of the new research, said during a news conference held virtually today (Sept. 14). "No one cares about [phosphine] except for a few very niche people." More

Venusian life

The 31 Planes of Existence

Buddhist cosmology, as well as that of Hinduism and Jainism all the way back to the ancient Vedic religion of proto-India (Great Bharat), has always known there is life on Venus (Shukra in astrology, planetary deities). It is not limited to this planet (or island in a sea of space called Jambudvipa) but also exist on other nearby planets or worlds (levels) -- as well as countless other places throughout the universe, of which we are only a tiny portion in this cakkavala or "world-system." Such world-systems are spread like bubbles throughout the universe/multiverse.

• "The planets are called dvīpas [islands]. Outer space is like an ocean of air. Just as there are islands in the watery ocean, these planets in the ocean of space are called dvīpas, or islands in outer space" (Chaitanya Caritamrita Madhya 20.218, Purport).

In a very interesting book written by an avadhuta ("apostle") of the modern mystic Anandamurti or Baba (P. R. Sarkar), the founder of Ananda Marga ("Path to Bliss"), entitled My Tantric Guru, there is a description of an incident talking about life on Mars, Soma/Chandra (Earth's moon), and Venus.

(Soolaba) Vedic cosmology inherited by Hinduism in modern terms

A revived meditation master was sent to astral travel to those places to see first hand. He reported back at a live demonstration that the beings there (some of whom are red and others blue) want no dealings with earthlings, it is said. They are more advanced and seem to generate or allow the clouds that obscure their world from humanity on Earth.

The life spread across the galaxy is humanoid and related but not limited to this kind of being. The Buddha spoke of 31 planes of existence, which are not worlds but categories of planes. What we see around us is all still the "human plane" or manussya loka.

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