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Fear and Faith

Perhaps it’s fear that makes the world go round, imagine what it would be if it were faith… Faith is when you act on your belief despite your fears. 

Fear and faith are two sides of the same coin, it is when you turn from the material to the spiritual that the former doesn’t hold any influence over you.

Traditionally, humans were spiritual beings who, for prudence’s sake, took care of their material needs; nowadays more and more of us are material beings who, for the sake of prudence, attend to our spiritual needs.

The switch, my friend, from material to spiritual is in your hands, choose wisely….

Om Namah Shivaya

It is from the Source/Unmanifest (Shiva) that Creation/Manifest(Shakti) arises and unto it folds, hence Shiva is called Mahadev (Super God). That is also the reason why Shivaling is depicted in the shape of an elliptical/cylindrical shape (form) emerging from the Unmanifest (substance).

All creation has this Unmanifest Mahadev at its core. Hence the saying “Har Har Mahadev”(Everything is Mahadev) to remind us that all forms are Shiva and Shakti of which the Shakti keeps changing and is impermanent and Shiva is unchanging, eternal.

We experience Shakti every moment but it is to experience Shiva that we practice Dhyana till we experience the permanence in the impermanent which is Advaita(there is no second) and is also Mrityunjaya(Transcending Duality, since duality is only an illusion/Maya)

Om Namah Shivaya 🙏

Happy Mahashivratri ❤️

Value of priceless?

Just witnessed a spectacular sunrise, a sight that never fails to bring that wow feeling, accompanied with a feeling of humility that we are just a small speck of dust in this marvellous creation.

And yet we live in societies that measure the worth of wo/men with the scale of power/success/fame and somehow start evaluating self worth on this scale. How do you put a price on love, discipline, integrity….? Not everything that has value has a price…

Reminds me of Amitabh Bachchan dialogue in Trishul -“Duniya mein daulat hi sab kuch nahin hoti… par yeh baat kuch log nahin jaante”

Peace

People are chasing myriad ways to lengthen their lifespan, without finding peace in the present moment. Then what’s the point?

The principles of finding peace are simple 1. To know that everything is impermanent – which can be simply observed and 2. To develop an attitude of compassion in everything you do. Knowing this is easy, living it is difficult. Hence the people able to do the latter are called Saints, who are far and few.

If your spiritual path is not making you a humble, compassionate person, rexamine it and make a course correction.

Happy Dussehra

Dussehra is when you polish and worship your weapons to enable Good to triumph over Evil but the dividing lines between the two have blurred so much that it’s difficult to distinguish…

There is evil in all of us in the form of kama, krodh, moha, mada, matsar, which is metaphorically referred to as Mahishasur or Ravan, but there is also good which is the faculty of conscience that is Ma Durga or Lord Ram that guides us to steer away from these demons that reside within us and to uphold good in the world.

Pray that you are granted the courage to uphold your conscience in every situation. That is the best offering you could give to Ma Durga/ Lord Ram

Happy Dusshera

Ganapati Bappa Morya

Despite knowing hate begets hate, people across the world fight with each other for different reasons – religion, colour, caste, beliefs, geography, money, etc. The choice to stop fighting and perpetuating hatred to the latter generations is upto us.

May Ganesha – the Lord of Wisdom bestow us with the understanding and adherence to the path of love.

Ganapati Bappa Morya ❤️

Happy Independence Day

Independence day reminds us that there is no freedom without struggle. Attachment/Bondage and freedom are in & of your mind. When will you struggle to free your mind? This one is a personal battle.
May you find the strength to walk the path till you free your mind of attachments, that is true freedom🌻

Purpose and energy audit

Do you know what you want from this life? If yes, are you spending 8 most energetic hours a day chasing it? It’s your life after all, don’t you think it’s good to know and make course corrections instead of being comfortable in your routine(comfort zone)

Most people don’t know what they want from life so the ones that are hyperactive by nature try to cram in more activities under the name of “time management” but actually it is FOMO “Fear of missing out” and create a busy routine/comfort zone. The Lazy ones simply don’t venture into the dangerous area of finding purpose lest they have to work and life goes on…A few blessed ones know where they’re headed and devote their energies to their purpose. You can be blessed as well…

Do a purpose and energy audit of your own lives. What do you seek from life(purpose) and where are you expending your energies. Keep a journal to note where you are expending energy and review it weekly to know whether it is aligned with your purpose or not, after all you are the Architect of your life…

They say what you don’t know doesn’t hurt you but in fact what you don’t know could be hurting you most…