God Never Laughed

Fifteen hundred years back a major climatic change on planet earth caused brilliant men from the two hemispheres to meet, collaborate and come up with reparation that remained concealed in an incredible place for hundreds of years. Before the great wars, portions of this document were discovered unknowingly by some archaeologists. The quest for the newfound Holy Grail resurfaces again in recent years from the finding of a war diary - a path strewn with mystery, death, unexpected twists that could ultimately lead to a revelation; a revelation perhaps too advanced for humankind.


I chose 599 CE for the book when the language was predominantly moving from verbal to written. It was just the reverse of what we witness today - a sentence spoken verbally could very well carry a code under the guise of a ballad, meter or lyric, while writing the same was not easy; the sentence constructs did not permit so. What the verbal Puranas and unified Veda were trying to communicate became distorted (or perhaps even modified deliberately to meet the needs of the times) to present day anecdotes. Here's an example of what I think of numbers - 108 the magical number is 27x4 - four lunar months or Chaturmas - where the sages would sit tight for the rains to be complete. The challenge was how to count the days while you are locked up inside - the prayer beads and the temple stones. Mind you 108 is not an easy number. So they must have decomposed it to its core - 1^1 x 2^2 x 3^3 - easy instructions for the temple maker to set the stones and assemble the prayer beads.

Numbers were represented by consonants. The Arabic or Roman number system was adapted much later. Bhagavad Gita 17.2 reads - “datavyam (worth giving) iti (thus) yat (that which) danam (charity)”. I have kept the transliteration next to the words. Datavyamiti - broken up in consonants is 31415 - looks like a sequence, but it is the value of PI - 3.1415 - I reckon the meaning must have been a “charity is truly circular and complete with a thousand donations”. Some folks may call it absurd and completely pooh-pooh it, but there must be something in the sequence.

Paul Bradshaw travels thousands of miles to the land of Vedas to find that a quest that began fourteen hundred years before remains shrouded in mysterious disappearances. Is Paul at the end of this frantic hunt? Who is the real enemy? Why broken terracotta tablets are such a closely guarded secret? Can he defy death that lurks in every shadow?

God Never Laughed brings out such a story of man's struggle with powers fiercer than his.

What happened in 577 CE and 799 CE is still beyond the anvils of a wordsmith and the flash of a fine sword of steel. 

Review By Mamta Madhavan for Reader's Favorite: "Most parts of the story are set in the Himalayas and there is a spiritual vibe that runs through the story, giving it an aura of mysticism despite the harshness that permeates the plot. The narration is descriptive, detailed and aesthetic so that it is able to capture the scenes visually. The word choices are exquisite, adding to the aura of the plot."

Kernel of Vedic Truth

I completed three more books covering the span of Post Vedic, Pre Upanishadic eras.

Kernel of Vedic Truth explores the history and philosophy of Vedic thought from the days the Gods left the planet. The book references Bhagavata Purana and Sandilya's Bhakti Sutra providing a genuine insight into questions around the birth of this universe, our role on this planet and thereafter, oneness of god in everything and the true yoga of meditation and devotion. The ancient seers were extremely earnest in their desire for the truth and provided an eternal covenant that lay concealed in the realms of the sacred lore of the Vedas, Puranas and Sutras. The book follows the style of a ballad - stanzas never exceeding four lines. The book is a story within a story within another. The themes are short and meaningful. As the contents unfold, the central theme becomes evident providing a genuine, simple translation of what the forepersons saw, witnessed, practiced, underwent, and left for us a means to continue that wonderful, spiritual experience.  Kernel of Vedic Truth is strictly a philosophy centered on Krishna, Siva, Rama, Rishabha, Kapil, Bharata, Maitreya.

Cause Divine a prequel to "Ballad Divine", explores the history of human thought from when it endeavored to undermine the first divine cause. More than two thousand years back, the hymns written for a pantheon of Vedic gods slowly began to evolve into a redefined philosophy of one supreme god who was benign and universal. While the older manuscripts led the transition from the many Vedic gods to Brahma, the supreme, the newer scriptures focused on the single monistic god.

The original texts have many aphorisms, metaphors and simile. In Cause Divine, excerpts have been taken from Brahma Sutra, Rig-Veda, Katha Upanishad, Taittiriya Upanishad, Svetasvatara, Kena and Mundaka Upanishads on the subject of first cause. The reader may initially feel a little overwhelmed and swamped with alien words and texts. With repetition and reinforcement, the concepts enrich the readers understanding and comprehension. All this without bogging the reader into obscurity.

The translations presented in Cause Divine are as direct to the original manuscripts as possible and transliterated words and sentences accompany the stanzas as they unfold.

Insight Divine provides deep insight into the workings of Vedic and Celtic Natal Astrology.

Insight Divine is an easy to follow course in Vedic and Celtic Astrology that provides a solid foundation for anyone interested in the myth, the art and the technology of this divine mathematical system the ancients had devised. Insight Divine is natal astrology, giving you insights about you as a person and your charter on this planet. While you have already unraveled some portions of it and have swung between gain and loss, pleasure and pain, Insight Divine can help you overcome some of the future hurdles.

Stanza by stanza, the book leads you into a practical application on which Jotiz.Com is founded. Jotiz is a PHP framework that lets you implement a dynamic astrology website with all computations, and the bells and whistles. Insight Divine provides you both, the technology means and practical insights into astrology to become an expert quickly. The code in the book lets you create and analyze different astrological charts, tree sign readings and Dasas. It lets you use the inherent features of PHP to generate beautiful geometrical charts.