Raksha Bandhan (RB) is a Hindu festival that comes around once a year during the month of August. Set in a spiritual context, RB is a beautiful silent ceremony that connects us with God in a most meaningful and subtle way. It reminds us of our original purity that is at the core of our being.
Indeed, we become aware that we are the sum result of everything that has happened to us in our lifetime. We cannot just live in this life, assuming we are not responsible; that we do not know about the causes, or cures for what is happening in our life.
We forget that humility is one of the latent virtues and powers of the soul. There is no loss in humility, there can only be gain; actually it is a state of power within the soul. Humility can only come from a steady and stable place of self-respect, inner soul respect really, which is based on a true knowledge and experience of the self, not as the body, but as a pure consciousness. That is who we all are in our essence, now is the time for us to live from that place of awareness of being pure consciousness.
Bhavna transcends the limitations of the material world because we make a heart to heart connection. Now is the time to come back into our natural state of bhavna, and to live from the heart with simplicity and love. Maybe this is why those ancient lands carry a vibration that attracts us to them, because the energy of bhavna is still present there in those countries, in such a way that the energy vibrations feel transcendent.
आज सोशल डिसटेंसिग के समय में नमस्ते करना बिल्कुल सही है और राष्ट्रपतियों और राजाई घराने के लोगों को भी इसकी आदत पड गई है । अगर हम आत्मा की स्मृति से आत्मा को नमस्ते कहते हैं, यह समझ कर कि यह अभिवादन प्रत्येक प्राणी को आदर और सत्कार देने के लिए है, तो सोशल डिसटैंसिग की समस्या समाप्त हो जाती है ।
नमस्ते एक संस्कृत का शब्द है जो कि दो शब्दों से मिलकर बना है , ‘नमस’ और ‘ते’ । नमस का अर्थ है ‘झुकना’ और ते का अर्थ है ‘आपको’ । इसलिए, नमस्ते का अर्थ है: “मैं आपके समक्ष झुकता हूँ” “मैं आपकी महानता के आगे झुकता हूँ ।” या, “मैं आपके आदर में आपके आगे झुकता हूँ ।”
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I would like to reflect upon how often yoga and meditation have principles in common. In Sanskrit the meaning of yoga means to ‘unite’ or to ‘connect’. Physical yoga, tends to deal with exercises that stretch and strengthen the body, and meditation focuses more on the spiritual aspects of life. For each modality to be successful, we have to learn how to control the mind so that we can connect to our higher selves.
Today, we all have a new canvas on which to draw and create our new ‘normal’. Let us take our time and breathe deeply as we pick up the brushes and start to paint! Are we happy in our ‘brave new world’? If not, it is not too late to change things.
हम वर्तमान समय एक चयन के पल से गुजर रहे हैं, हम जीवन के दोराहे पर खडे हैं । हम प्रेम, शांति, आनंद, खुशी और करूणा की ओर जाने का चयन कर सकते हैं । या हम उस “साहसी नये संसार” में रहने का चयन कर सकते हैं जो कि भय, उत्तेजना और शंका से भरा है । आप कौन से का चयन करेंगे?
Contentment on the other hand is a state free from desires. An understanding that one needs the simple things in life to survive; one has trust in the process, and is liberated and not bound by people and possessions. It is a state of being totally satisfied. Serene and calm and peaceful.
