ArdhaDevtha / അർദ്ധദേവത

A written record of human civilisation dates back to the Nile and includes Babylonian Mesopotamian, Akkadian, Greeks, Egyptian, and so on. And one of humankind’s initial interests was searching about their own origin. From the existing knowledge they found out the stuff from which God has created their initial prototype. Since “clay” is the only material that can be molded to a variety of shapes it becomes the fabric of choice. Here is the story of “a” “God", which later led to all the popular Semitic narratives about the Almighty.  NINHURSAG also spelt Ninhursaga,  a mother goddess, one of the four principal Sumerian gods, created all living and non-living beings on the earth. Since they believed giving birth was a divine quality, apparently their popular god was a “woman”. This female deity with her partner ENKI, lived in “EDNU”. In Ednu, Ninhursag planted 8 trees by taking elements from her womb.  In the course of creating life in different parts of the Earth, she left...

 How can someone concur to some one more than  this?  Here is a rendition of the accord of two of my favourites, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on life and the afterlife. When Carl passed away and Ann was bombarded with questions regarding their relationship nuances, this is how she responded, “When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me- it still sometimes happens  and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was...