la lune
i love the moonon the night i was born, there was no moon in the sky
the moon is a natural satellite
man-made satellites orbit the earth at a distance of 35,790 kms above sea level
waves and currents in the sea are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon
the gravitational pull of the moon is 1/6th of the earth's g-force
dogs behave differently on full moon nights
dog has sixth sense*
humans have five, we rarely use more than 2 at a time
common sense is not so common
lunar eclipses are more common than the solar variety
in the Song Dynasty in China, when a lunar eclipse occurred, they believed that a heavenly dog was eating the moon
traditional Chinese, Mayan, Neopagans and Celtics made their calenders based on the phases of the moon
so did the Hindus, Hebrews, Muslims and Buddhists
i hate the way people perceive religion these days
hate a strong word
i'm trying really hard to erase it from my vocabulary
the vocabulary of an average person consists of 5000 to 6000 words
'average' is such a random concept, since most people are above or below the statistical average
statistics is an exact science
so is astronomy, not so much astrology
both talk extensively about the moon
quite a few people, including most conspiracy theorists, believe the landing on the moon was staged in a television studio set in california
i like to believe their version
i like to think of the moon as ethereal and unreachable
according to ancient physics, the upper regions of space were filled with a medium called ether
ancient physics is a lot more romantic than its modern-day avtar
i don't know any romantic who doesn't love the moon.
the moon is love
(* mithun chakraborty, an indian movie star, in some random movie, comes across this information in some book on occult, and reads it out to the audience. i have quoted him verbatim)
posted by chandru @ 9:00 PM
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