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What is the significance of Jagannath Rath Yatra?

July 2nd, 2024

The Jagannath Puri temple is one of the four holiest temples in the four directions of India. The other three are Rameshwaram in the south, Dwaraka in the west and Badrinath in the Himalayas. The temple in Jagannath Puri is the only temple in the world that has idols of three deities who are brother and sister , Lord Krishna, Balram and Subhadra.Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra, one of the biggest religious festivals of India, is starting from Sunday, July 7, 2024 this year. The festival is unique in that the three Hindu deities are taken from their temples in a procession to meet their devotees. The main Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath may be carried out in Odisha, but the Jagannath Rath Yatra is also seen in other parts of the country, especially in the western state of Gujarat. The Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath is believed to be the oldest Rath Yatra in the world, the festival marks the annual ceremonial lovemaking of Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Balabhadra and younger sister Subhadra from their home temple to another temple, which is believed to be the home of Lord Jagannath’s aunt. We also find mention of the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra in some mythological religious texts.To kill Lord Krishna and Balram, their maternal uncle Kansa invited them to Mathura. He sent Akrur with a chariot to Gokul. On being asked, Lord Krishna sat on the chariot with Balram and left for Mathura. Devotees celebrate this day of Krishna and Balram’s departure to Mathura as Rath Yatra.

Why are there idols of three siblings in Jagannath temple?

Once the queens of Lord Krishna requested mother Rohini to narrate interesting love stories (Rasa Leela) of Lord Krishna with the gopis. Rohini sent Subhadra away considering it inappropriate for Subhadra to listen to such stories. But Subhadra remained there with Lord Krishna and Balabhadra in the bodiless form. When they were completely engrossed in the stories, Narada arrived, finding the siblings standing together, he prayed, may you three appear in this manner forever and the Lord granted him the boon. Since then, the three reside in the Puri temple of Lord Jagannath forever.

What happened after the cremation of the mortal body of Lord Krishna?

A story that tells us that when Shri Krishna was being cremated in Dwarika, Balarama, very sad, ran to drown himself in the sea with Krishna’s partially cremated remains. He was followed by Subhadra. At the same time, on the eastern coast of India, Indradyumna, the king of Jagannath Puri, dreamt that the Lord’s body was floating to the shores of Puri. He should build a huge idol in the city and consecrate the wooden idols of Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra. Along with this, the ashes of Lord Krishna should be put in the hollow of the back of the idol. The dream came true. The king found the pieces of the bone and brought them along. But the question was who would carve the idols. It is believed that Vishwakarma, the architect of the gods, arrived in the guise of an old carpenter. He made it clear that no one should disturb him while carving the idols and if anyone did so, he would disappear leaving the work incomplete. A few months passed. The impatient Indradyumna opened the door of Vishwakarma’s room. As he had warned earlier, Vishwakarma disappeared immediately. Despite the incomplete idols, the king sanctified them by placing the holy ashes of Lord Krishna in the hollow portion of the idol and installed it in the temple. Since then, a majestic procession is carried out every year with the idols of Lord Krishna, Balram and Subhadra in three huge chariots. The huge chariots are pulled by devotees from Janakpur to the temple in Jagannath Puri. The idols are replaced every 12 years and the new idols are also kept incomplete.

Why is Jagannath Rath Yatra so important?

It is the only festival in the world where deities are brought out of temples for devotees to visit, and is also the world’s largest chariot procession. Millions of people come to see the Jagannath Rath Yatra, with the kings of the legendary dynasty still sweeping the road with a golden mop. His chariots, which are architectural marvels, are constructed in 42 days from over 4,000 pieces of wood, with the craftsmen having a hereditary right to build them. According to some beliefs, it always rains on the day of the Rath Yatra. For a full week before, the temple doors are closed and no one is allowed inside, as it is believed that the deities get a fever after bathing in the sun with 108 pots of water. Their fever breaking calls for a change of scene, which is why they go to their aunt’s or uncle’s house for a few days.

Why does Rath Yatra take place in both Dwarka and Puri?

Devotees in Dwarka celebrate the day when Lord Krishna, along with Balrama, took Subhadra – his sister, on a chariot to show the splendors of the city. Dwarka in Gujarat where the half-decomposed body of Krishna was immersed in the sea. Around 500 hundred years ago, a travelling Hindu saint and temple priest, Shri Sarangdasji, from a Hanuman temple in Gujarat reached Puri to worship at the historic Jagannatha temple.While sleeping in the temple guest house, he received visionary instructions from Lord Jagannathan to go back to Ahmedabad in Gujarat and install the three idols of Jagannathan, Balabhadra and Subhadra there. Fulfilling the instructions received in his dream, he established the Ahmedabad Jagannath Temple. By doing so, he sanctified two places. About 142 years ago, one of the founder’s disciples, Shri Narsinhdasji Maharaj, started the Ahmedabad Rath Yatra.Which sanctifies the two places from where the mortal remains of Krishna left to rest and where they arrived.

What happens to the chariots and elephants after the Rath Yatra?

At the end of the festival, the chariots are dismantled and their wood is used as fuel in the temple kitchen. The kitchen in Jagannath Puri is believed to be the largest in the world where 56 dishes are cooked every day and food prasadi is distributed to 2,000 to 200,000 people. The elephants are then released back to the land by the temple trust to roam free until the next year’s procession.
Expressing gratitude is a human trait

July 2nd, 2024

How do you express your gratitude?

As human beings, we love to be appreciated or praised. Having words like thank you, kindness, shukriya, thank you in our lives is not a mere formality like expressing gratitude at the end of a function. Saying thank you makes us a little humble. Being grateful makes us more human. Gratitude makes us a little more fluid. Saying ‘thank you’ to someone openly not only makes you a happier person, but it can make you a much healthier and more energetic person too.

When I say ‘thank you’ to someone face to face, I do so with a smile and by making eye contact with the person I am thanking. This is because these small gestures add to the sincerity of the spoken ‘thank you’. There are many situations where just saying ‘thank you’ to someone face to face is not enough, like inviting me to dinner, giving me a gift, etc. When such situations arise, a written ‘thank you’ is more effective. A blank card works well for such situations, on which I can write my feelings. Because whoever has treated me so well and extra special, deserves something extra special in return, and a written ‘thank you’ note or card is the best way to express gratitude for the good deed done by them.

There are so many characters in our life, so many people we meet in a day, whose presence in our life brings meaning, ease, happiness, but even after knowing their importance, we fall short in expressing our gratitude for their presence. Sometimes in hesitation, sometimes in the belief that we will say it later. And if unfortunately we do not get a chance to express our gratitude, then the pain of being ungrateful comes with us. The answer to considering ourselves powerful is that our mind should be filled with gratitude towards nature. For the air due to which we are able to breathe. For the water which quenches our thirst every time. For the fire which cooks our food. For the sky which is the limit of our expansion. For the earth which is the basis of our existence. We should be grateful. For everything that we have got. For everything that provides facilities in our life. For every person whose presence makes our life easier. For every moment whose presence makes our existence meaningful. We are taught from childhood to be grateful. Spirituality also shows the same path which is the formula for stress-free life management. We are repeatedly told to express gratitude while sleeping that today was a good day. Wake up the next day with gratitude that we have got another day. But we are perhaps the most miserly in expressing gratitude. We are rarely grateful to nature. Those who bow their heads while making a wish at the temple often forget to express gratitude. There are many such characters in our life who silently make our life bloom, we forget to be grateful to them.Expressing gratitude is the test of a human being. And we should live up to it
Leave everything to god

July 1st, 2024

What are you most worried about for the future?

There is a saying in Hindi that worry is like a pyre. Because if the fire of worry catches hold of it, it burns itself like a pyre.There is hardly any person who is free from anxiety. But some people think too much and some people take every problem lightly. Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can affect people of all ages and backgrounds. Experiencing some level of anxiety can be normal, however experiencing excessive and persistent anxiety can have a negative impact on a person’s daily and social life.

I am also not untouched by this. Sometimes I too worry that what will happen if only one of us, husband and wife, is left. I always tell my God that if God gives me pain then give me such strength to bear it that no matter what kind of pain it is, it does not affect me. A human being can only think but only what the God wants happens.so Leave everything to god
Is the Whisper Manifestation Technique really Magic?

June 30th, 2024

Often we see that we are unable to express what is in our heart to another person. It could be the love growing in your heart or something that you are uncomfortable speaking to the other person – maybe you want to tell them something true, but you are afraid of how that person will react to this. Or you want the other person to come to you and tell you what you want to tell him. As some people may have a deep desire that someone should come and propose me or my boss himself should give me a good hike in appraisal. Do you also want something similar in your life? Do you also repeat these lines in your mind that, “Lafzon mein kah na saku, bin kahne bhi reh na saku”. We must have felt at some time that there is a restlessness going on inside us and now we just want that either we tell the other person or the other person himself should say that thing to us.

Do you remember your childhood? How we used to whisper something in the ears of our special friend among friends and the rest of the people used to think that who knows what we whispered in that friend’s ears. This simple act of whispering in the ear looked so secretive and we used to leave the whole game and try to know what was whispered in that friend’s ears. Here I want to tell you that today we are going to share a similar technique with you, with which you will be able to manifest any such wish in a jiffy. Often we must have seen in the temple of Lord Shiva, that people whisper their wishes in the ears of his vehicle Nandi, so that those wishes can reach Lord Shiva and get fulfilled soon.So by now you must have understood how whispering something in someone’s ears is considered very sacred.

In this Whisper Manifestation technique, our simple goal is that either we can express ourselves to the person in front of us or the person himself comes to us and says whatever we want to say to him. It may be that someone is avoiding you and changes his way on seeing you or that person has blocked your number, or you want that the person comes to you and says sorry to you or expresses his love. This is the most important step that we have to take in this technique. You decide for yourself what you want to say to that person or get it said. If you are successful in this step, then this Whisper Manifestation technique will change your life. It is said that a person who is clear in himself, no obstacle comes in his way, nothing can stop him from achieving his clear goal. Even if some problems come, they go away. But often it happens that we decide a goal and the very next moment we want something else and then something else. If you want to awaken your powers through this Universe, then you will have to give a test of your willpower. For this, you will have to show your power of visualization. Here you have to try to see that you are sitting in front of that special person, your eyes are looking into the eyes of that special person and you are speaking your wish into the ears of that special person. Now thank this Universe – say how grateful you are to them, that you have expressed your heart’s desire today, or heard that which you always wanted to hear. Remain immersed in that happy thought and thank this infinite power, which has fulfilled your wish today. Now, immersed in the same happy feeling, get involved in your daily routine. Let the Universe do its work and you move forward believing in this technique. See with your own eyes how magic happens on this earth. Till we do not put our inner world in order, we are not able to perform well in the outside world. Meaning till they are not able to control their hearts and minds, they are not able to be in a position to give their best performance.

Similarly, when you use this Whisper Manifestation technique, you should first try to improve your inner world so that your wishes can easily manifest in your outer world. Always remember that your inner world creates your outer world. If you want to say something to someone and secondly where you want someone to say something special for you. Now you decide for yourself what you want to say to that person. It is possible that you have first met that person at the wrong place and things went wrong or there was some misunderstanding. It is also possible that you have not yet approached that person and you have just fallen in love with him in your heart. Or you are friends with that person, but now you want to take this friendship to the next level, but as it often happens that we get scared and are unable to do anything. Today, the Universe has given you this opportunity through this Whisper Manifestation technique, to think well about what you want to say to that special person. You have time today – choose the right words, which will be most appropriate, to convey your message to that special person – to make them understand – to correct what started at the wrong place – maybe it is an invitation to have a cup of coffee or an apology note, with a lovely rose.

Think about all this. If you want, you can write down all these things, which awaken feelings inside you, on a paper or journal. Now see yourself sitting in front of that person and feel what is going on in your mind. Look into their eyes. Try to make a connection. Let the chemistry that you want to establish with them spread around you. Be as creative as you can. See yourself in a nice dress and see the other person in the same way. If you want, play your favorite song or shift the place to an island where love is in the air and the gentle breeze is touching your and their doorstep.
When you feel yourself in this moment, now whisper in their ears all that you had thought or written in the previous step. Express it openly. This is the most important step of this Whisper Manifestation technique, so give your best here.

Know and believe from your heart that this life is a miracle and miracles keep happening in it every day. Today is your day to activate that miracle through this technique. This Universe is just waiting for you, go ahead, no one works until you do, so be fearless and confidently express everything in their ears. Today in your life you have done that which used to give you goosebumps just by thinking about it. Thank this Universe that today you have done this work and expressed your heart’s feelings to them. Now you just have to be happy and focus on your work. You have told this Universe what you want, so just believe that soon opportunities will be sent to you, where everything that you have thought will happen. Be alert and work by decoding the signals of this Universe. It is said that when you love someone with a pure heart, then this whole universe conspires to make you meet him/her. So just be ready. Leave laziness and see the magic happen. Similarly, whatever your wish is, you can fulfill all your wishes through this technique.
Good behaviour makes a teacher great

June 30th, 2024

What makes a teacher great?

Good nature, tolerance and restraint can make not just a teacher but every person great. A teacher is the person who bears the most responsibility in our society. Because the responsibility of the future of children rests on the teacher. A good teacher can make every effort to create a bright future for children. Even if the child is not good at studies. But if the teacher wants, he can take him in the right direction. Good teachers are enthusiastic, friendly, easy-going, able to develop relationships with learners, committed to the development of their students, sociable, interested in learners as people and always conscious of their position as role models. This quality of theirs makes them great. Kindness, empathy and focus on community building are among the qualities of a great teacher. Being a great teacher means that he or she must possess all the qualities of knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom. Important skills for teachers include time management skills, leadership skills, strong work ethic, problem solving abilities, high emotional intelligence, and the knowledge and adaptability required to adopt different teaching methods and approaches. A teacher must be proficient in all four modes of communication – listening, speaking, reading and writing – and must know how to use this proficiency effectively in the school environment. A teacher must keep improving himself or herself according to the changing times. He or she must know about his or her subject, general knowledge, health, good communication, and the psychology of teaching children.

Great teachers are always learning. What makes them popular among their students is that they learn from their students and develop a broad outlook at the academic and social level. It is the teacher’s responsibility to promote good qualities and education in children to build the nation’s character. The future of the country emerges from school. Therefore, it is important that the primary school teacher himself should be of good character so that the children start considering him as an ideal. He should leave an indelible impression on the students. Children are not sent to school only for studies but also to develop their personality so that they do not remain naive or shy.

A teacher should not only have knowledge of his own subject, but also of all the subjects taught in school, and his level of general knowledge should be high, because today’s children have started knowing more than the teachers, so now teachers are facing challenges from their students. That is why there will always be a need to update knowledge, because today’s students know much more than before. Now they have mobile phones and Google in their hands. But a great teacher always wins the hearts of children with his behavior. A good teacher never talks to his students in a commanding language, rather he gives instructions politely and when needed, he also reprimands with love. His behavior is that of a friend with his students. Discipline is necessary between a teacher and a student, but now times have changed. Now friendship is also necessary, which will make it easier for you to understand and explain to the students. This will also help introvert students to open up and their fear will go away.

A good teacher is the one who treats all his students equally and works to increase the confidence of all. There are many children who are not as good at studies as other children. There can be many reasons for this, but instead of thinking about those reasons, the teacher should think that if attention is not given to weak children today, then these children will continue to struggle in their lives in the future. Whether parents pay attention or not, the teacher should pay special attention to every child. Every teacher does the work of imparting education, but children remember only that teacher throughout their life who does his work in an interesting way. Interesting things keep the attention of children focused on studies and they absorb any kind of knowledge quickly. One should keep doing something new every time. And children get bored with only studies, for this it is necessary to be humorous. The work of a teacher is not just to teach course books, he should also share his life experiences. This will help you to establish better coordination with them. A good teacher is the one who teaches his students to differentiate between good and bad in life, things necessary for a bright future, behaviour and humanity. A good teacher is the one who presents his point with examples and stories. With this, children learn quickly and also remember for a long time.

A good teacher should be punctual and disciplined because seeing him, children also start doing all their work on time and remain disciplined. He should go to school on time, attend the prayer meeting, go to the class as soon as the class starts and leave the class immediately after the class ends. Also, he should teach the children the lesson of discipline through his small actions. If the teacher does not have self-respect, what will the students learn by seeing him? A good and effective teacher is one who does not bow down to any wrong thing in front of the students, the principal and others. He does not tolerate any kind of injustice and does not compromise with any wrong thing. The teacher who is aware of his duties and rights is the one who can protect his self-respect. In the olden days, children used to be afraid of the teacher, but today’s children want the teacher to behave with them like a friend. Because nowadays even the parents do not talk to the children in a loud voice, let alone scolding them. That is why children do not have restraint. The teacher who understands this becomes great in the eyes of the children.Good behaviour makes a teacher great more than his knowledge.
According to the scriptures, why are eunuchs born?

June 29th, 2024

Apart from male and female, there is another class in nature which is neither completely male nor female. We call these people eunuchs. Very few people know how eunuchs are born. According to astrology, if Venus and Saturn are present in the eighth house of a person’s birth chart and Guru and Chandra are not looking at them, then the person is born as an impotent.

In our society, eunuchs are looked upon with a bad eye, while it is also believed that once these people bless, then their blessings are certain. Have you ever wondered why these people are born? Scientifically speaking, abnormal levels of sex hormones during the development of the fetus are considered to be the main factor in giving birth to eunuchs. According to scientists, it is said that when a woman is three months pregnant and during this time she gets any disease, then two types of qualities start developing in the child growing in the woman’s womb. some of these qualities are found in women and some qualities are found in men. That is, when such a child is born, then the qualities of both men and women are found in it and this child is called eunuchs. Although being born a eunuchs is not a crime, but still people do not look at eunuchs with good eyes. You might not have thought that there is a big mystery behind this too, to know this mystery, we will explain it to you in a systematic way.

According to the scriptures, why are eunuchs born?

According to the scriptures, due to the sins of the previous birth, a person has to take birth as a eunuchs. In the scriptures, it is called a life received by curse. In Mahabharata Arjun became a eunuchs due to a curse and Shikhandi due to the deeds of the previous birth. If we talk about the birth of eunuchs, then our elders or ancestors believe that those people have committed some such sins in the previous birth, due to which they have to be born as eunuchs in the present. That is, if we say in simple words, our ancestors believe that a person is born as a eunuchs in the present only to suffer the punishment of his previous birth.

What was the work of eunuchs in old times?

eunuchs means an impotent man who was used in history to guard the women’s quarters like a harem. They were made impotent to ensure that they could not have sex with the women they were protecting because those women belonged to the Sultan or someone else.
Do you ever try to look inside yourself?

June 29th, 2024

Today’s man understands only his own worth. In his own eyes, today’s man is absolutely perfect. People meeting each other personally has reduced. People living under the same roof have also become strangers to each other. However, this is also giving an important opportunity. It is also the need of the hour to look deeply into one’s own self. It is also true that when we looked into our own self, the expanding tree of life benefited from it. The roots got the fertilizer of positivity.

The interference of social media has increased so much that the social structure seems to be shaking, crumbling and falling. However, it is like when we point one finger at someone, our three fingers remain towards ourselves. If we consider those three fingers as a sign and look into our own self, then a good investigation of the circumstances of life can be done. Some deteriorating things can start to improve. It is possible that due to this excuse, the need for help from others may also decrease due to improvement. Before determining the fault, it is necessary to ensure what is right. Our truth or your truth or the real truth. Instead of a claim, accepting the real truth and bringing it to the public platform will have to start from ourselves. Problems will come, because we will have to take ourselves on a different path from others. We will have to believe that there will be others walking on the right path. We are not alone. Bringing a change in evil or something that we consider inappropriate at the social level may be full of obstacles, but to change it, the clarity and cleanliness campaign will have to be started once and continued continuously.

We have to stop expecting from others and find our own way. Change comes one day in accordance with tireless efforts. For this, we have to remove our faults. It is difficult to change oneself, it is even more difficult to change others. If life conditions keep changing and we keep trying to live a better life, then a model of change starts developing in our mind. It is like a pipe dream that everyone will improve. Everyone should know and be aware of the limits and boundaries. They should keep following them. In public life, we usually forget to behave responsibly, that is, to look into one’s own self. In any event, we take more food in our plate than we need, leave it and throw it in the dustbin. While driving, we want to be the first to go ahead. At the intersection, even before the light turns green, we start blowing the horn. We should keep in mind that the person standing ahead should not stop there. Violating the red light is one of our habits. They start screaming, fighting and hitting on the slightest of issues, even if it is their own mistake. They want to be the first to enter trains, buses and metros and men board the women’s compartments. They do not want to look into their own affairs at all when it comes to apologising and forgiving.

We do not understand that apologizing does not make anyone small, rather it shows that relationships are important. Our behavior with children needs a lot of change. They do not want ‘gifts’ but ‘lift of love’, but we do not understand. If we start making our serious contribution, then the germination of self-discipline, motivation and improvement can be seen, which can gradually turn into a banyan tree with proper care.
Religious and Scientific Importance of Ambubachi festival of India

June 29th, 2024

The word Ambubachi is made up of two words Ambu and Bachi in which Ambu means water and Bachi means swelling. This word shows the power of women and their ability to give birth. There are 51 Shakti Peeths located in different parts of the holy land of India, whose darshan and worship fulfills various wishes. One such Shakti Peeth is called Mahashakti Peeth, ‘Kamakhya Devi Temple’. This temple is built on a hill in Guwahati, Assam. This temple is a little different from other Shakti Peeths because this place is also very famous for Tantra Sadhna.

Kamakhya Devi Temple located in Guwahati, Assam is a famous Shakti Peeth. Every year a unique 3-day fair is held here which is known as Ambubachi. It is believed that the vagina of the mother fell on the Nilachal mountain, due to which Kamakhya Devi Shakti Peeth was established here. It is believed that the vagina of the mother fell down and transformed into an idol, which is still present in the temple and due to which the idol of the mother menstruates even today. Ambubachi Mela is a celebration of the annual menstrual cycle of Goddess Kamakhya. It is believed that the presiding deity of the temple, Goddess Kamakhya, Mother Shakti, undergoes her annual menstrual cycle during this time. There is no idol of the goddess in this temple, the vagina part of Mata Sati had fallen here, so only the vagina part of the goddess is worshipped here, which is present in the form of a rock. The blue stone vagina of Mata Kamakhya resides here in person.

This fair is held every year in the month of June when Maa Kamakhya is in her menstrual phase. During the Ambubachi Yoga festival, the doors of the sanctum sanctorum of Maa Bhagwati are automatically closed and darshan is also prohibited. After three days, when Maa Bhagwati’s menstruation ends, her special worship and meditation is done. On the fourth day, the temple is opened for the devotees only after the Devi is bathed and adorned in the Brahma Muhurta. Those people who worship, see and touch this rock, receive the company of Maa Bhagwati along with the Goddess’ blessings and salvation. In this Shaktipeeth, the Goddess is seated with 64 Yoginis and ten Mahavidyas. Bhuvaneshwari, Bagla, Chhin Mastika, Kali, Tara, Matangi, Kamala, Saraswati, Dhumavati and Bhairavi are seated at one place. Although all Shaktipeeths have their own importance, Kamakhya Shaktipeeth is considered the best among all. According to Kalika Purana, it was at this place that Kaamdev was burnt to ashes by Shiva’s third eye and got the boon of regaining his previous form. Here one gets the fruit of his wishes.

The Yoni Mudrapeeth of the Goddess is located in a cave ten steps down where an eternal lamp is always lit. There is a separate route to come and go here, the Kamakhya temple remains closed for three days during the Ambubachi fair. During these three days, there are some restrictions for the devotees, which include things like no devotee will read holy scriptures, will not worship, will not cook food. Such things are similar to those observed by women during menstruation. Here the devotees are given a wet cloth as prasad which is called Ambubachi Vastra. It is said that before the Goddess menstruates, white cloth is spread around the Mahamudra located in the sanctum sanctorum, three days later when the doors of the temple are opened, then this cloth becomes red due to the menstrual blood of the mother. Later this cloth is distributed among the devotees as prasad. It is said that by wearing this cloth and worshipping, all the wishes of the devotee are fulfilled.A large number of devotees visit the temple to seek the blessings of the goddess and receive the special ‘Rakta Bastra’. Some Tantrik Babas from far and wide also attend the Kamakhya Ambubachi fair. During this fair, religious priests perform grand pujas and many pilgrims from common people to sadhus come to attend this festival.

Ambubachi means the one spoken by water. This word also means that the rain during the monsoon months prepares the earth to become fertile. During these three days, the mother has given the message to her devotees to stop all work and start making the earth fertile. Therefore, these three days are considered forbidden for other works. So that all the members of the house get together to make the earth fertile. Ambubachi Mela celebrates the annual menstrual cycle of Maa Kamakhya. The story associated with the temple of Mata Kamakhya is of mythological times. After the self-immolation of Goddess Sati, when the vagina part of Goddess Sati fell here after being cut by Sudarshan Chakra, since then this place has been the place of penance for the devotees of the mother. According to religious stories, in the Satyuga, Maa Kamakhya used to menstruate once in 16 years and Ambubachi Mela was held. In Dwapar Yuga, the festival of Ambubachi was organized after 12 years and in Treta Yuga after 7 years. In Kaliyuga, this event takes place every year in the month of June.
surgery for injuries caused by loved ones

June 29th, 2024

Have you ever had surgery? What for?

Surgery is such a painful event that after it happens, it sometimes fills us with immense happiness. I too had to undergo C section surgery twice at the time of my children’s birth. But the pain caused by it was less than the joy of seeing my children’s faces.

I had my third surgery done for a tumor which was below my right ear. This surgery was very painful for me. But by the grace of God I am completely fine now.

Sometimes the injury to the heart caused by one’s own people is no less than a surgery. And probably everyone has to undergo this surgery. I have also undergone it, and that too many times. Now I have learnt to recover from this surgery. No matter what anyone says, do not let it reach your heart, this is the art to deal with it.
How can there be joy in life?

June 28th, 2024

Life is full of joy when it is lived in a very simple and natural way without any pretense. If life is lived as it is, with pure and honesty, then life becomes a blessing. If we live life as we have got it, then it is respect for life. Most of the time we leave the life as it is and start living a life of pretense. This life of pretense helps us to show ourselves as something great from outside, but also makes us hollow from inside. Because a life full of pretense is based on ego and ego eats up our liveliness. In ego, we live only by looking towards the outside, while life is flowing somewhere inside. All the happiness of life is there only when the body is healthy.

How to get peace of mind?

Keep yourself healthy by morning walk, yoga and controlled food. Do not cause trouble to others. If your behavior, speech and expression of thoughts do not hurt anyone’s feelings and self-respect, then you will remain happy and will avoid pain. Often we start bragging to show off to others. We start doing many such things, which make people think that now he has become rich or he is not as poor as before. There is no need for this in life at all. But the ego needs to show off. Show off nourishes the ego. Whereas life is personal, it has nothing to do with show off. Like at night when we go to sleep, we leave all the expensive clothes, jewelry, money, shoes, watches etc. outside. And moreover, mentally we have to leave all the position, prestige and glamour outside, only then we get sleep at night. Similarly, when we sit in meditation, we leave everything outside outside. Then meditation fills us with joy. Just like when we look at the moon on a full moon night, we lose the thought of I and mine and the moonlight fills us with joy. Similarly, we can enjoy nature only when we leave behind our ego and pretentious life and make simplicity a part of our life like nature. Or we can say that peace, joy and happiness in life is experienced only when the veil of pretense is removed. But those who live a life of pretense, a time comes when their life is filled with great sorrow, disappointment and sadness. The liveliness of life is covered by the life of pretense to such an extent that they are not able to experience it. To enjoy life to the fullest, stay busy in your passion and interests. Set goals and dream big.

The desire to achieve something can bring excitement and purpose to your life. Be open to new experiences and learning opportunities as they can bring unexpected joy and satisfaction. Life is not always the same. Only by accepting change can we overcome our frustration and disappointment and make our life happy by moving with time. Change is the law of nature. Whenever we refuse to accept this law of nature, we become unhappy.We get surrounded by depression. We have to accept that when good days are not permanent, then bad days will also not last. The person who understands this truth is never disappointed or disheartened. His active life comes out strong. Accepting change can only make us dynamic. We are moving along with such a train of time in which stopping means falling behind. We can enjoy the real joy of the journey of life only when As we move with time, we should leave behind old stations (stagnant customs and old concepts) and adopt new stations (innovation in accordance with the times).

Why change is necessary?

Change is eternal. With time any object, subject and thought changes. Seasons change. Man’s conditions change. Progressive change with time is called development. If we shy away from change, then our development will not be possible. If seen from a scientific point of view, there is no substance in the world that remains stable. Some change or the other keeps happening in it. Similarly, change takes place in society as well. Society is changeable, if we want to maintain continuity in society, then we have to leave the status quo and make our conduct change-oriented. Only then is our progress possible. On the contrary, if we do not accept change, then we become conservative. Like stagnant water, which is sure to rot. Conservative people are unable to accept the positive changes like women’s freedom, equal rights, women’s education etc. and keep burning themselves by being unhappy inside.Similarly, the adverse circumstances that come in our life help in our development and creativity. We just have to fight them without losing our temper. If we want that only good things keep happening in our life and nothing bad happens, then even this good will start seeming bad. Both sorrow and happiness come in life. If we keep eating sweets all the time, we will get bored of it. But if we eat sweets after eating salty food, then it will taste more delicious. So always accept the changes in life and enjoy the taste of life to the fullest.

How to live life properly?

Now the question arises that what should be done so that we can live our life properly? If seen, all the spiritual practices are the art of removing these masks and pretenses. Due to these, we start living a natural and simple life again. Once we succeed in wearing the mask, then we start decorating this mask further. Life has been given to enjoy everything, so enjoy it. But while enjoying, we forget ourselves and in the process of creating a different identity, we cover ourselves with the blanket of ego. Due to this, we get separated from the vastness. You wear good clothes, keep yourself well, but be careful that due to this, the tree of ego does not grow inside you and you do not start demeaning others or start looking down upon them.

why spirituality is important

Life is very precious. It is full of the beauty of the world, but its joy can be found only when one understands the art of living. Spirituality teaches the art of living, it is a divine method. It frees man from every sorrow, pain, adversity and worry and fills him with joy. Not only for some time, but for eternity by going beyond the limits of time. Spirituality is the science of the soul. It does not have to be searched somewhere outside, rather its key is within us. Spirituality means returning to one’s original nature where there is peace, joy and permanent solution. Spirituality provides peace to the stressed mind. The entire emphasis of spirituality is on the fact that a person wakes up from his unconsciousness and knows that he is pure and enlightened. Spirituality helps in understanding the meaning of life and the way to live. Therefore, it is very important for life. The purpose of our life is to unite our soul with God. Only after meeting God, one gets ultimate knowledge and ultimate peace. Spirituality means connecting with your inner peace. Inner peace teaches you to stay away from stress in life and to be happy. Spirituality works to unveil the deep mysteries of life. Whether you are connected to religion or not, you must be connected to spirituality. India is the experimental land of spirituality, even today many people from all over the world come to India in search of spiritual peace and many end up staying here. Spirituality is an extension of the mind which connects a person with humanity.

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