remind me to tell some great real life stories of snakes later in the week :)
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remind me to tell some great real life stories of snakes later in the week :)
Don't you own a mirror? :twisted: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hehehewalrus
Hi,
again I thank walrus and nirosha for encouraging words.
As far as significance of snakes in mythologies goes, except the christian mythology all ancient religions believe snakes to be symbol of fertility. The naaga pradhishtai(installation of snake idols) in temples which someone was earlier referring to is done by childless couples to clear naaga dhosham. Since i am a city bred guy, my snake encounters are not that scary. What is scary are dreams about snakes. Again most of the inputs on dreams are from my mother. Most general pattern of dream is about a snake that chases you. Well most of us are scared and wake up before the snake bites or we run away from scene or better still another dream sequence interlaces and takes over. My mother says, that if you have a dream where the snake coils around your legs, then you are in for some trouble as it signifies shani (Lord saneeswara) starting to dominate your life. In such a dream, the best result is snake after coiling around or chasing you manages to bite!!! That means that lord shani is going to do something good in your life!!! So keep it in mind the next time you dream about snakes. in hindu mythology, snakes are very prominent and are considered to be feminine force (again ancient pagan symbol of fertility). So you see lot of goddesses as naagaatha, or nagamma. In karnataka, snake is a symbol of Lord Muruga (no wonder as he too is a symbol or God of fertility). In fact the famous site of pilgrimage in Karnataka Kukke Subrahmanya, you would be surprised to see a snake hill (paambu puthu) instead of any idol of Lord muruga. Snakes are also a symbol of ejuvenation and eternal youth, again as a result of their shedding their skin periodically. In Mahabharatha, the last scion of the pandavas Raja parikshith is cursed to die of snake bite and despite all his efforts he gets bitten by a sarpa that is so small as t ofit inside a lemon and dies. More famous death due to snake is that of Cleopatra who again as per shakespeare commits suicide by letting her hand into a pot containing a viper. I do not know what is the significance of a dream in which a person is engulfed by a boa constrictor or a python.??? :!:
WALRUS!!!!!! :evil: :evil:
That was good one....I had a good laugh this morning!! :lol: :lol: No, my dear, unfortunately my brother's name is not Nagaraj! Come to think of it, it suits him...... :twisted: :twisted:
Jaiganesh:
Good post abt the snake. I, too, have heard abt the snake dreams..so many different versions! :roll: :roll:
I cannot believe a non-tamilian could admire about em see aar. That is sure more interesting than Ghost story to me :roll: :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by nirosha sen
Educate me about the "fantassies to die for" please?? :lol: :lol:
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whats wrong about a mallu admiring another mallu? :) Didnt you know MGR was mallu? :?Quote:
Originally Posted by mellon
Correcting walrus:what's wrong about a Mallu's wife admiring another Mallu? :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: - entho hilarity here???? Real comedy court, Pa!!!
While I have never ascribed anything to hallucination, prefering to wait and watch for first hand evidence, I wonder if Shakti and other "snakophobes" are just over-reacting due to a morbid dread of snakes. To begin with, in my early childhood, I was scared of snakes after hearing several snake stories. One ten year scared the hell out of me, saying that a guy killed a snake and its mate chased him over land, sea, railways, roadways and finally killed him :) It spooked the living hell out of me! When I'd wake up in the middle of the night, whenever I close my eyes, I'd feel as if Parallel lines(like snakes) were moving inside my eyes...I'd avoid closing my eyes and keep staring at the nightlamp till I doze off in tiredness.
During those days, our tenant used to tell us that our own house had about 20-25 snakes in the vicinity, since it was in a deserted place surrounded by bushes and not a house in sight. When I was 10, we shifted to the same house and I have never seen a single snake all my life still :) I'm curious about snakes and ghosts both of which I STRONGLY believe to be false. Maybe if you show me a snake I might want to touch it out of curiosity :)
But for ghosts, please report me any haunted places. Since I STRONGLY STRONGLY believe that when a person dies, the body decomposes in a day or two, I dont accept the possibility of ghosts. When we were looking to rent a house, my friends mentioned a house where the previous occupant committed suicide and the owner was renting it cheap, I jumped at the opportunity and badly wanted to grab it. If I am shown a haunted place, I would definitely want to spend the night there - definitely keep the lights on, have cameras and watch :) I am really interested how a nonphysical form can generate physical power and harm anyone...
How did ghosts look like? If they resembled the dracula-types in movies, then most definitely it is a hallucination.
Since the time my faith in God increased and I started feeling Him as a companion whom I talk to, realising by theory and practice that Bible says the greatest danger to a man is the corruptness of his own mind, much more than any external physical danger - my fear of snakes/ghosts/harmful creatures vanished totally, at the worst I might have a dream of not studying well in an exam and wake up :) Then I'd look at the clock, tell myself "I'm quite a cautious guy, such things cant happen for real to me, let me sleep tight wihtout worrisome dreams now".
Walrus
[who is scared of Caterpillars though]