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Stonehenge is a megalith organized on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, and like all ancient monuments, it has been fascinating for centuries. The construction of the pillars that form the ceiling is thought to be so tall and symbolic that it creates curiosity. Though the available knowledge regarding Stonehenge remains unbiased, several issues are still mired in controversy. This typical blog post focuses on Stonehenge mainly in terms of the purpose of its construction, the methods used in construction, and the celestial purpose that was assigned to the stone circle.

The Purpose of Stonehenge

Arguably, one of the most frequently asked questions about Stonehenge is about the monument’s function. There are a number of theories that, when examined, are proffered with much rationale as to why they should be accepted.

A Ceremonial Site

Due to its construction complexity and its specific layout, Stonehenge was expected to be used ceremonially. This indicates that it was used in religious observances since it has an alignment with the sun solstices of the summers and winters. The main structure of the Heel Stone was placed to align itself with the sun rise on the summer solstice, which suggests solar cult or agricultural rituals.

A Burial Ground

A study carried out on human bones pulled from various digs in and around Stonehenge suggests that it served as the burial place of individuals. Cremated remains were observed at the site, indicating that it was one of the important burial grounds for the elites or people of higher rank in that period and was in use as early as 3000 BC. But this theory fits with the belief that Stonehenge was built as a shrine for ancestor spirits.

A Healing Center

There are theories that certain elements of the monument, as well as the placement of Stonehenge as a whole, were intended to allow for this. A couple of skeletons bearing marks of diseases and wounds that may have been fatal imply that those in ailing states could trek to the shrine with the hope of being healed. The bluestones used in the construction of the circle were believed to have healing virtues, and these originated in Wales.

An Astronomical Observatory

One of the dominant theories is that the grand monument was an ancient observatory, and the stones were aligned with specific stars. This is consistent with the idea since the precise laying down of stones correlates with the occurrence of solstices and equinoxes. It could have probably been utilized in the prediction of astronomy, which helped in agriculture and the scheduling of religious ceremonies.

The Construction of Stonehenge

Historians and archaeologists have marveled at the creation of Stonehenge, which is a circle of stones. No technology was available, and yet it was quite intriguing how the prehistoric people moved and set up those large stones.

Transporting the stones

Stonehenge consists of two types of stones: sarsen stones and bluestones of the neolithic period from western Asia and Europe, respectively. The giant sarsen stones, which each weigh up to 25 tons, may have come from the Marlborough Downs, located 32 kilometers away. These were the smaller bluestones that could weigh up to 4 tons and were transported from Preseli Hills in Wales, more than 240 km away.

Earlier, it was assumed that the construction was transported using sledges and rollers, and later through water bodies. Such an immense operation would have necessitated proper planning in terms of human labor and advanced engineering.

Erecting the Stones

Even when the stones were on site, another problem arose as to how best to put them up or raise them. Currently, ancient writers have posited that prehistoric builders employed a system of earth ramps and wooden beams to lift the construction pieces and maneuver them to their appropriate positions. The lintels, or horizontal stones, were fitted and locked in position through the use of mortise and tenon joints, a sign of the high technicality that had been attained.

Precision and planning

Because there are only megaliths arranged in a circular fashion within the walls of Stonehenge, constructing the monument was a highly precise undertaking that needed careful planning as well as knowledge of geometry and astronomy. They are arranged neatly in a cyclic fashion, and several of them are oriented in specific positions depending on the rightful rites associated with stars. The sophistication of the measurements and the accuracy of the alignments show the builders must have been skilled people with knowledge.

Celestial Alignments

Another interesting historical fact about Stonehenge is that the construction of the circle was to have some kind of correlation with some astronomical phenomena. The feature has had people believing that it was used for astronomical purposes since it was created.

Solstices and Equinoxes

Arising from the above, it can be well argued that Stonehenge was well-aligned to create a solar calendar with shadow markers that pointed directly to the summer and winter solstices. As such, during the summer solstice, the sun reverses its position over the Heel Stone, rises directly at the monument, and provides a shadow through the heart of the stones. This formation can be observed during the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, when the sun sets in the direction of the Altar Stone. Such alignments indicate that Stonehenge wanted to signify the change of seasons, something that was indeed important in civilizations that dealt with farming.

Lunar Alignments

However, it is not only solar alignments that have been associated with Stonehenge; lunar relationships are evident as well. Some stones are oriented north-south, east-west, and large stones lie parallel to the moon; the builders may have monitored the lunar cycle. It could have been used to estimate eclipses of the moon or some other event, and this has been achieved when its current facet aligns with a past instance.

When can Stonehenge be crowned as having the enduring mystique of Stonehenge?

Nonetheless, the mystery enveloping Stonehenge remains intact since there are countless theories developed by researchers, but the monument still has many secrets. The intent behind its creation, the architectural techniques used in building it, and the connection with astronomy continue to be the objects of discussion and wonder. These monuments oppose the question of historical relevance by holding immense aesthetic and cognitive appeal for multi-generational scrutiny.

Stonehenge is not just a set of stones set together; it is a dynamically creative structure erected by our forefathers. This alignment with the stars, together with the effort that went into the construction of the monument, shows how the value system of paleolithic people pegged heavily on the physical environment.

It does make you think that as people carry on digging around Stonehenge and researching it, will more features and facts surrounding the monument be revealed? Nevertheless, the true purpose of Stonehenge can be explained only in riddles, and a shadow of it is still being whispered to inspire and amaze people around the world, all the while making them think about our ancestors’ genius in the field of architecture.

My journey into this ‘unseen’ world to discover what exists beyond it, where we come from, and where we go began quite early, when I was five or six years old. I have worked as a counselor for more than 35 years, helping people understand themselves. For a few years now, I have stopped reading books or gaining knowledge from other people because I want my own experience to come from within naturally, not from any outside source.

With physical goals achieved, I have transitioned to a state where I believe I am back to the beginning. When you reach the starting point, you realize that joy lies not in achieving physical goals, but in truly knowing yourself, as I have put forward in my chapter Spiritualism.

Being spiritual is a blissful experience. Metaphysics is another name for spiritualism. The term meta means ‘above and beyond’ while physics refers to what can be seen, touched, and felt in the physical world.

Our perception of reality is primarily determined by our five senses. When the five senses organs do not feel anything, we feel that is absurd and unrealistic. And we may think that we’re hallucinating or imagining things.  We are only interested in seeing up to where our eyes can see in the physical universe, but that’s where our blindness begins.

As far as the physical universe we inhabit is concerned, it is built of solid elements. As long as we cannot see something, we don’t believe it. People are drawn to things they can see, thinking they are real, wanting to hold them to feel their solidity. In the same way, if we are able to smell something we see, only then it feels real to us.

What makes philosophers and researchers unique is their desire to look beyond. Newton, for example, realized that the earth pulls an apple down when he looked at an apple due to gravity. What made his discovery crucial was his ability to look past the physical world, because before then, apples also fell, but nobody contemplated why they did so. The discovery of new things was made possible only when people looked beyond physical reality. We know things exist, but only a few enlightened minds research them after acknowledging their presence.

Likewise, to search for our ‘self’, we must go beyond physical realities. Until we figure that out, it’s a missing puzzle piece from everyone’s life. Thus, the journey is about seeing ahead beyond what others can’t see and being able to believe in things that aren’t visible.

And although many people seek to explain the existence and what lies beyond it to others, the problem is that they overuse words and language in their explanation, making it too complex. Hence, every individual must find their own meaning of existence and purpose in life, for which they must take a fresh look at themselves. There is no doubt that we’ve come from beyond and will go beyond this physical existence. Although you may be unsure whether you have come from beyond, there is no doubt that you will go beyond it because we are all aware that one day our bodies will no longer exist.

How To Acknowledge That We Come From Beyond The Physical Realities?

We are all skeptical that our existence lies beyond our physical reality. But there is an inherent desire to understand who we are and where we have originated from. And for that, we need to go beyond our five senses – to reason and discover why things occur in a certain way and to find the purpose of our life.

To acknowledge that we come from beyond the physical reality, we must first recognize that your body and self are separate. The body you are in is not who you are. The body is made up of skin, flesh, bones and muscles. We can compare the connection between our body and self/spirit to a car and its driver.

If this driver is good at driving, the car will go through the traffic and turn up the hill without encountering any problems, whereas bad driving will result in accidents. The ability to learn how to drive a car well is for the driver not for the car. Likewise, the entire knowledge of the physical world is for the body, not the self/spirit. As with a car, you are the one driving this ‘body’. When you leave it, its body will stay wherever you leave it: it cannot move.

But we spend our lifetime learning techniques for our body and not for our self. For instance, we pay so much attention to meditation and breathing exercises not realising that they are for the body and not for you because our existence is not based on breath.

Thoughts Are Nothing But Energies That Are Not Understood And Which Need To Be Understood. And Why Observe Silence?

People use various techniques to cope with these thoughts through various types of chanting, but they don’t go away. This is because when you are conscious of your breathing, your body parts, or chanting, you won’t be able to hear your thoughts. This led me to the realization of two things: first, that these thoughts are nothing but energies that are not understood and need to understand. Imagine, for instance, somebody mistreated you earlier and made you feel bad.

Usually, we try to run away from it because we don’t want to remember that bad experience. You attempt to figure out why the incident happened and why the person behaved as they did.  This unanalyzed part, which seems to make no sense to you, goes around in circles.

What Is Observing Silence?

Observing Silence is the process of simply closing your eyes because if your eyes are open, thoughts will keep coming in. When you sit down, thoughts come from all directions. All those thoughts are imbued with energy from the surroundings. Just like radio waves, thoughts exist as energy in the air. Similar to how radio waves can captured by a radio and listened to by us, thoughts are also captured in the universe all around us.

We must sit and let the thoughts occur until they vanish on their own. These thoughts need not be dealt with: simply let them come and go. Likewise, you may experience emotions. Allow them to come and go. Simply observe the thoughts and emotions you come across without acting on them.  I’ve named this process ‘observing silence’. After a few days of doing this, you will notice that your thoughts will settle down.

When you observe Silence, you do not have to analyze it; it analyses the thoughts on its own and provides the answer. It works independently; you don’t have to do anything to it.

Avoid Artificial Solutions

Essentially, we are a fully functional machine capable of solving problems on its own, and we don’t have to do anything to it. Instead, we attempt to find answers to your issues by consulting external sources, which is the wrong approach. You are complicating the matter if you come to me for help when facing a problem. Because the solution to your problems lies within you.

However, you look outside of yourself for a solution. So now in the same database, you have a problem and an artificial solution, which doesn’t fit well with the problem.

This artificial solution may be found in a book, a motivational speaker, or your parents or relatives. In our search for a solution to our problems, the more people we consult, the more advice or artificial solutions we receive. To make matters worse, in our quest for a solution we take contradictory advice from people who believe that they have received wisdom from their life experiences and know what’s best for us. In reality, the person facing the problem knows best because they live according to their capabilities and environment.

However, we do not give ourselves sufficient time to let that intelligence emerge. As soon as we feel anxious, we start looking for answers outside of us because we feel nervous.

Energy In The Form Of Thoughts Clears Itself On Its Own.

Yet what you should do is that you should be with yourself.  Close your eyes, calm down, and whatever troubled thoughts bother you will settle. Give it some time to settle. Fortunately, our system resets itself automatically, but you must give it some time. It will unwind whatever you wind because that is nature’s law.  We, as spiritual beings, can heal ourselves without the aid of any external means or measures. We need time to shake hands with ourselves to heal ourselves.

The people who find this process to be difficult must understand that an individual who cannot sit with their eyes closed for five minutes isn’t happy with themselves. A person who likes himself or herself will sit with himself or herself. When one cannot sit with oneself, one is running away from oneself. There is no need for action on your part. Energy in the form of thoughts will clear itself on its own. Flowers grow when a plant undergoes all the necessary processes. Although we can increase its strength by giving more injections, it doesn’t even last for that long and doesn’t smell that well. We must understand that our thoughts require time because we are part of nature.

What Should We Be Working Towards?

We are constantly reminded that we are left behind if we don’t act quickly. Whether as parents wanting their children to do better every day or as individuals in a relationship hoping things will move forward, since birth, we have been conditioned to think that the aim of life is to move forward. But exactly what should we be aiming for?

Consider how many borrowed ideas we live with without realizing that these borrowed ideas are not our ideas. However, you must recognize that you can only settle on your ideas. The wisdom gained by spiritual gurus obtained in part through reading and learning and through self-introspection. However, the best ideas come from spending enough time with oneself. Likewise, we must look within ourselves to discover the answers we’re seeking. Thoughts are nothing more than energies that cannot be understood and are waiting to understood.

Try sitting with yourself and seeing what happens. A spiritual being resides in a physical form, which is the body. Without the spiritual being, this physical form has no value. It is of no value if that energy is not present. When it dies, we bury it or burn it. You are what keeps it alive. You are part of nature, so you are born with inherent wisdom.

Close Your Eyes And Observe Silence

Observing Silence is a form of spiritual yoga that does not involve physical activity but spiritual activity. Close your eyes and observe Silence. You should start by observing Silence for 15 minutes every day. Ideally, you should do this before going to sleep because nobody can take away that time from you. In the same way we cannot see beneath the turbulence of the sea until it settles. Initially, there will be so many things distracting you that you will not be able to see what lies beneath. When the turbulence settles, you see deep and hidden thoughts coming to the surface. These innermost thoughts were always there, but you were not aware of them.

It is believed that muddy water in a lake should not be disturbed for some time. Similarly, our thoughts must settle before we can see what lies beneath them. Although the process is so simple, people find it unusual because they used to complexity and hence, find activities involving action or chant more rewarding than sitting and doing nothing while observing Silence.

However, as opposed to meditation and mindfulness, where we required to concentrate on something or observe our breathing, the simple process of observing Silence does not require us to focus. If you begin to observe Silence, you will feel uncomfortable for a while, but this is when you must remain strong. If you stay resilient when you feel the need to get up enough, you will succeed in your quest for peace.

Young People Often Feel Like They Are Too Young For Spirituality

Mainly because they believe they will have to leave their parties or relationship to embrace spirituality. This is a severe misconception because you do not need to become a spiritual being. Instead, you are a spiritual being trying to become a physical being. What you don’t realize is that you are putting a lot of energy into being a physical being. If you observe Silence, you can learn so much about your spiritual nature. You will uncover more about spiritual yoga energy the more you sit in Silence. Your body will no longer define who you are, because you will understand your separateness from it.

All of us are spirits, but we fear talking about spirits because we believe everything unseen is unreal and ghostly. But when you close your eyes and you pray to something invisible, what are you praying to? It means you’re talking to the invisible world. You pray to God but cannot see him. His presence only fills your soul. Likewise, anyone in their body trying to feel the world around them or the universe around them can realize the existence of your soul/spirit/energy.

We also believe that while practising anything new we need to discipline ourselves. In my view, discipline in itself is a little harsh word we have been taught over the years that people need to discipline themselves and have to follow discipline. However, I believe this journey should be effortless because if it becomes an effort, it becomes a chore.  Thus, observing Silence is something you don’t have to do at any particular time.  You can do it anytime, For instance, while going in your car, instead of turning up the music or talking to someone on the phone, you can drive in Silence. Or you can do it while you are eating or taking a shower.

Why Observing Silence And Not Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is focusing on the things around you to stop the chatter in your mind. However, we don’t realize that focus is totally against the nature of the mind. We can’t focus our minds as they are like flying horses. We need to figure out how to ride over it and enjoy it.

One of the worst things anyone can tell you to do is control your thoughts because it makes you think more of things you wish to avoid. For instance, when someone tells you not to think about ice cream, what you think about all the time is ice cream. I never give people homework during sessions because giving them something to do is another problem you encounter while trying to find a solution.

Also, a lack of time to work on something can make you feel that you won’t be able to improve or come up with a solution. This is not how life has to be: life is a beautiful gift, and you must understand how it works. We have to just go with the flow. We must stop subjecting our minds to motivational books, Youtube videos, other social media channels, and instead, we need to be with ourselves for some time.

Embracing Nothingness

The word ‘effortless’ should replace the words ‘discipline’, ‘control’, and ‘focus’ when discussing spiritual yoga practices because by doing so, it is likely that people will be attracted towards embracing spiritual practices. As I look at my cat, I feel we are the same since we both just pass the time. As I write this, she sits at the window watching the birds. There is nothing for her to do. This is how the natural state of existence is. She makes up a game going from one room to another, and since I’m also moving from one room to the other, we cross each other. In other words, we all aim to achieve something in life that I feel is important, but nothing matters at the end of the day.

How Can You Overcome Our Fears Through The Practice Of Observing Silence?

Like we conserve water when there is a water shortage, to begin with, you should conserve your energy. How do we conserve energy? The majority of our energy is spent on useless things. Hence, we should reduce the time we spend watching the news, responding to Whatsapp messages, or talking on the phone.

Once you conserve your energy, you have this bulk energy to address your fear.  Remember that you cannot address your fears when you have less energy. It takes strength to fight your fears. When fear is a sickness, you must conserve energy and gain strength to prevent it from returning. Face your fears head-on. It is then that you will be able to stop being fearful. Because we are so weak as we do not conserve energy, we do not want to look at the fears we have, but we must keep in mind that fear is always unseen and unknown. We must ask fear to show up when we have the strength from the energy we have conserved.

The Most Straightforward Solutions Are Always The Best.

Any time we practice something progressively, it brings simplicity and not complexity. The most straightforward solutions are always the best. Let me share with you a joke my mother used to tell.

After wearing his pants, a boy wanted to zip them. Still, he couldn’t stand up straight, making everyone think he had a medical emergency. Immediately, the boy was taken to the emergency room. However, when the doctor examined his condition, he found that the boy had tied the button on his sweater with the button on his pants, causing him to be unable to stand up.

At that point, I thought that it was a rather silly joke. However, the joke ultimately makes sense to me. It implies that we need to check ourselves before asking for help from others. Your problem may have a simple solution, but the situation has grown in size and shape because you didn’t look for that solution. The path to wisdom is not quick or easy, but if you give it time, you will discover it, and once you find it, you are your own master. Click here Spiritual Counselling

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