Mahashivratri

According to the Puranas (Sanskrit: पुराण purāṇa, "of ancient times" group of important Hindu or Jain and Buddhist religious texts, consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction), during the great mythical churning of the ocean called Samudra Manthan, a pot of poison emerged from the ocean. The gods and the demons were terrified as it could destroy the entire world. When they ran to Lord Shiva for help. He in order to protect the world, drank the deadly poison but held it in his throat instead of swallowing it. This turned his throat blue, and since then he came to be known as 'Nilkantha', the blue-throated one. Shivratri celebrates this event by which Shiva saved the world.

It is the night of the worship of Lord Shiva, occurs on the 14th night of the new moon during the dark half of the month of Phalguna (the twelfth month of the Hindu calendar). It falls on a moonless February night, when Hindus offer special prayer to the lord of destruction. Shivratri (Sanskrit 'ratri' = night) is the night when he is said to have performed the Tandava Nritya or the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction. The festival is observed for one day and one night only.



The Maha Shivratri celebration includes
various spiritual practices such as repetition of mantra, hymns, satsang,
and meditation that purify the human mind.

The sages have said that by repeating a conscious mantra Om Namah Shivaya (a mantra becomes
conscious or live when received through a guru parampara coming down from
the original Guru, Lord Shiva) with devotion, concentration, and
understanding, the mind becomes free from its negative impressions. Just as
one cleans one's dirty clothes with soap, so also one can clean one's mind
of its negative impressions through a conscious mantra. It can destroy one's
difficulties, impurities or bad karmas of many lifetimes. Such is the power
of a conscious mantra repetition. Just as by pouring water at the root of a
tree, all its branches get nourished, so also by worshipping your own inner
Spirit (called by many names including Ishwar, Shiva, Krishna, Rama,Jesus, Buddha,
Mahavira, Nanak, and Allah) all gods and goddesses are automatically
worshipped. This is the secret of all secrets.

One of the names of Lord Shiva is Asutosh, which means "easily pleased." Let
us pray: "O Asutosh! You are my innermost Spirit. My body is your house. In
every pore of my body, in every blood cell of my body, and in every particle
of my body, you dwell. My actions in this world are your worship. My speech
is your prayer. I am in you and you are in me and everyone. Let my mind be
absorbed in the conscious mantra so that its vibrations of universal love,
wisdom, and peace pass into all beings."

May everyone have a Blessed year!

Happy Mahashivratri!!

Sunrise

Don't loose Hope

" life is a roller coaster you just gota ride it ! "

This is a beautiful song sung by Ronan Keating many years back.

This line got stuck in my head and I still think about it.

Life is not an easy journey, we have our good times, bad times, some very bad times. Most of us get through it more or less, some make big achievements, some few, some none. Whatever you face, no matter how much of difficult time you see or have seen, don't loose hope.

Nothing is permanent. The good times will come too. There is always day after night. The important thing to remember is to learn from your experience and don't loose hope. Don't loose hope in people, don't loose hope in humanity, don't loose hope in love...

Don't loose hope in hope.

Trust the lord. Trust the universe.

When the first rays of the sun hit the earth, it penetrates everything, and everything becomes beautiful and sparkles. But, the sun will always rise in it's right time. Don't we trust the universe for that?

Then why can't we trust the universe for our own selves?

Don't loose hope and faith. For some, this is the only thing that keeps them going.

Set Sail

Choose your path. Facing the highest of the waves, lashing at you, set sail O' dear friend. Don't look back. With a brave heart, set sail.

The universe is with you.

Love

" In the Beginning, Love

In the Middle, Love

In the End, Love,

Every where, nothing but Love "

- Gurumayi Chidvilasanda

Wake up!

So here i am again, my fingers wanting to type something. There are these strange days when i feel like blogging but I don't have anything particular in mind.

I was sitting today and wondering as to why I even started blogging and let others read my blogs and my thoughts. I think the idea of blogging or just to pen down the thoughts is probably to document your thoughts (duh!). But why to document thoughts? is it to capture ideas? is it to capture....brilliant ideas that might pay off later? is it to be famous and let people know about you?

I personally think blogging helps in a few more ways than just one. It helps in capturing beautiful thoughts, inculcates hidden talents of writing, builds you intellectually, and lastly brings clarity in the mind and removes clutter.

It is very easy to sway from the real essence of blogging and to really be genuine, knowing that there might be someone else reading this and for the fear of judgement. At the same time, it is equally important to focus on self preservation.

I opened up this blog to pen down my experiences from this world in my own words, and my own terms.

After a point you have to stop thinking about what the world thinks of you, once they see the pictures, read the blog and the experiences. :)

I give my blog the direction I want to give it, probably like how we all want to give direction to our life... that is exactly what I am doing right now. Giving direction to my life. Choosing and picking and making my own rules and formats. Away from what this society demands me to or expects me to.

Make your own path. Your own format. Your own road. Your rules. It is your life.

You get to live your life once at a time. How can you let others rule YOUR life?

Women

Damn the sly women!

What makes women so bitchy?

Territorial instincts in their own planetary ring in their universe, battling and fighting if not for survival but for sub conscious pleasure of putting the other one down, a parasitic feeder on the mind, just cause.

Such women, so far that I have noticed are generally unhappy, and exhibit the same frustrations with everyone, everywhere, every time. Its very simple. They are just unhappy and negative with everything and everyone. They don't like ANYTHING and ANYONE happy. So they exhibit this culture.

Such women, generally get left behind eventually and walk their path alone. Some choose to, some, as a result of how they are.

Its strange actually. The human mind has such potential to do good, to be good.

Depends on who YOU really choose to be.