We may think we are different from others since we follow different religions/faith, believe in different things but the irrefutable fact is that we are humans first and humans last and humanity, love & compassion should be the foundation of our existence.
Be inclusive, celebrate all festivals拾❤️
Einstein had said that “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”. The way things are going, this may not be a distant future…
Whilst science & technology has evolved to Space Travel, AI, etc unfortunately the minds of people have remained unevolved – greed, lust, anger etc are still being justified & glorified. Peace of mind is not even a criteria for being considered a successful person. Consequently, we have a world that has Wars, Pollution, Corruption, Global Warming & a host of other problems that are almost impossible to solve…
As Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita “For one who has controlled one’s mind, their mind is their best friend. But for one who has not done so, their mind will be their greatest enemy.” Unfortunately most people and their elected or self appointed leaders are in the latter category and so the circus continues…
It is a co-dependent reality that we are born to, there’s a woman in every man and a man in every woman.
We’ll keep trying to figure out what God had in mind whilst creating this co-dependent Wo/men, each seems incomplete without the other and both think “can’t live with you, can’t live without you”😉
Celebrate both the feminine and masculine in you.
Happy Wo/mens Day❤️
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….
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 ❤️
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We breathe the same air,
We drink the same water,
We eat to survive,
We sleep to rest…
We are more similar than you know,
Living harmoniously together is not an option but a necessity…
Love is the way…
Happy Valentine’s Day❤️
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”
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.
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
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🌻
Bodhisattva 