The human body and the solar system
 "The
Solar System - our Sun's system of planets, moons, and smaller debris -
is humankind's cosmic backyard. Small by factors of millions compared to
interstellar distances, the spaces between the planets are daunting, but
technologically surmountable."
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, popularly known
as NASA, the agency of the United States government that is responsible
for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and
aerospace research.
A middle-aged star, planets large and small, moons of almost endless
variety that contain smog-topped atmospheres, geysers of ice, hidden
oceans of liquid water, and pools of liquid sulphur; and a whole lot of
leftovers, make up our own little cosmic oasis of light and life. It is
an oasis that, we are still striving to understand; and we hope that
humans may someday explore it in person.
From small chunks of ice, to giant balls of gas, with features
ranging from canyons large enough to engulf the continent of Africa, to
storm systems large enough to swallow Earth; lies within the limits of
our neighbourhood.
Outer arms
What is more, rocky and icy remains from the birth of the planets
both penetrate and surround the solar system, adding billions more
bodies for us to study.
Eventually, humans will see these worlds from closer quarter. But for
now, scientists are still learning, more by the day, about our
surroundings, the other worlds around us.
They continue the revolution that Copernicus began by moving earth
out of the centre of the universe, as commonly believed until then, and
into this remarkable community of planets, dwarf planets, minor planets,
natural satellites of planets minor and major, comets, and other debris
both natural and man made in our neighbourhood: our solar system.
Our solar system is located within one of the outer arms of the Milky
Way Galaxy, our galaxy, and our Sun is one of about 200 billion stars,
bigger or smaller but Sun like, which is contained within this galaxy of
ours.
We are still debating between whether the universe and life as we
know, is the result of Creation or Evolution.
Nevertheless, the majority belief now tends more towards the latter,
and that everything has been and is the result of harmonically guided
evolution; that the natural forces of Nature, cosmic forces, guides and
moves all things: from the Cosmos, to our solar system, to the human
body.
Three minutes
Thus, cosmic forces are active in and through the whole solar system.
Interplanetary space, we now know, is not "empty." Powerful forces that
we partially understand, as well as those we do not understand as at
present, interplay within it; currents of energy circulate through it.
Sun, the Earth and its Moon, major planets including Mercury, Venus,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, Pluto, their satellites, as
well as smaller bodies including comets, asteroids, and dust, all
inter-relate and perform as per the rules set by the cosmic forces, the
universal forces of nature: humans, being no exception.
That is why, in the science of astrology, which itself is based on
astronomy, a human birth-chart is considered as a two-dimensional
picture of the solar system seen from the point of view of a particular
locality on the surface of the Earth at a particular time.
As such, it is also a kind of blueprint of a three-dimensional human
organism. Our body is made-up of complex systems that work with each
other constantly, not in isolation but in conjunction with the cosmos
and more particularly with our solar system. The different systems
within our body, how they work independently and together, form a
functioning human body. If any one of these systems is not working
properly, it will cause a chain reaction that affects other body
systems, which may cause them to fail.
At a mundane level, and generally speaking, the Rule of 3 reads that
a human can live without air for three minutes; without water for three
days; and without food for three weeks. Of course, those are just
general parameters. Who really wants to experiment to find out what his
or her personal limit is? In fact, the solar system has been, considered
a vast "cosmic clock" to which the little "cosmic clocks" inside plants,
animals, and humans are attuned.
Our inner organic clock we call the biological clock, somehow become
set with the larger cosmic clock at that very moment of our birth.
As a result, all the powers of the universe are, potentially
contained in man; and man's physical body, and all his organs are,
nothing else but products and representatives of the power of Nature.
What all this means is that man is, at his own level, an organised
system of activities, just as the solar system is, and that these two
systems exist in a "harmonic" kind of relationship.
It is not only that man resonates to the rhythm of the solar system,
for the reverse is also true.
Man's action and reactions can also introduce elements of discord in
the solar system. It is a two-way attunement.
In this sense, in however small measure it may be, every man is
responsible to, or at least involved in, the welfare of the solar
system.
Human nature
What is the human body but a constellation of the same powers that
formed the stars in the sky.
He who knows what iron is knows the attributes of Mars.
He who knows Mars knows the qualities of iron. What would become of
your heart if there were no Sun in the Universe? What would be the use
of your "vasa spermatica" if there were no Venus? Each planet in the
chart represents one basic set of functional potentialities inherent in
human nature - just as every planet in the solar system represents one
"tone" in the cosmic chord of the solar system, the Sun being the
"fundamental tone" or "tonic" of that cosmic chord. Most, but probably
not all, of the energies circulating through the solar system originate
in the Sun and life on Earth depends primarily, if not exclusively, on
the solar radiations.
Thus, the Sun in a birth-chart represents the power of organic and
psycho-spiritual sustainment.
Hence, every newborn emerging from the mother's womb is a particular
and to a degree unique example of the potentialities contained in the
Universe, and more specifically, human nature as inherent in the cosmic
forces.
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The basic potentiality is that this baby organism will learn to talk,
to think, and to become an "individual," self-reliant and expressing
whatever is, meant by an individual soul.
There are many more similarities between the solar system and the
human body. There are seven major planets in orbit, the centre of which
is the sun.
Our body also has seven major chakras, the centres of spiritual
power, and at the centre of this is the human mind. Like our sun, from
which everything else originates, our mind-brain complex powers our
entire body. Hence, our body-mind-brain connection has many similarities
to, the external universe.
The basic fuel of stars is hydrogen. Our capacity to, generate
thoughts depend on the energy derived from the oxygen we breath; and
oxygen itself is derived from hydrogen.
Like the state of the sun affects all else in our solar system, our
state of mind affects us, changes our breathing pattern.
If you observe an angry person, you will notice that the breathing
pattern is rapid at the height of anger. In deep sleep, when our mind is
the quietest, our breath is barely perceptible.
Therefore, just as stars exist for a while, measured in billions of
years, and put out useful elements that are the source of new life; we
should use our limited existence, measured in tens of years, to put out
good thoughts, ideas, and actions. Always ask yourself, what have I
contributed to Mankind? You will never go wrong if you ask yourself this
question all the time.
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