Father is a feather,

Father is a feather, Where we fly together. Mother is definitely mother But father is far beyond mother. He has far sightness to see future. So very firm in his behaviour. That why father doesn't show his tears . has always care and future fear. Father is a feather, Where we fly together. Further he sacrifices his sleep, Provide shelter that does not shatter. Father is source of all resources That are provided by mother. Father is a feather, Where we fly together. Father is force of family. provide energy to work together. Farther is farmer cultivate mother to add value in family . Father is a feather, Where we fly together. Happy father's day to all father of the group 🙏

Sacred Journey

Sacred Journey : It is a journey of the Trinity(Jagannath,Balabhadra and Subhadra). The Trinity after getting recovered from the indisposition starts thier journey to aunt' place situated a little away from the main Jagannath temple called Gundicha ghar.The journey from the Sacctum sanctorum of the Jagannath temple to Gundicha ghar or the birth place of Jagannath and his siblings is popularly known as Ratha Yatra or the world famous Chariot festival.Jagannath and his siblings perform this journey on three chariots made of wood brought from a sared forest on a cart made on the same wood. This is only sacred space in the world where the Trinity are worshiped like living beings. Since they are living beings they fall ill, take medicines , visit their relatives and do whatever activities the normal human do.After a ten day stay is a return journey to the main temple from the Gundicha temple. Philosophically the both the chariot and the journey have their symbolism. Kathaupanishad says that the Chariot represents the human Body, the horses are the Senses, the rein held by the charioteer is Mind. The Charioteer is the atman or soul it self. Similarly the Journey is the motion of life , the action or the movement of all living beings. During the ten days at his birth place(Gundicha) he manifests himself the dasavatatara roopa or the ten incarceration (Matsya, Kurma, varaha, Nrisimha,Parsuram, Rama, Balarama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki. Besides, Gundicha temple being the siblings birth place treated as Vrindban or the place of his Leela especially the Rasa in the celestial garden with his shakti Radha. In fact this is the only place where the living deity Jagannath performs his childhood exploits what he had performed at Vrindavan.

act of listening

Viktor Frankl, one of the great psychiatrists of the twentieth century, survived the death camps of Nazi Germany. His little book, Man’s Search for Meaning, is one of those life-changing books that everyone should read. Frankl once told the story of a woman who called him in the middle of the night to calmly inform him she was about to commit suicide. Frankl kept her on the phone and talked her through her depression, giving her reason after reason to carry on living. Finally she promised she would not take her life, and she kept her word. When they later met, Frankl asked which reason had persuaded her to live? "None of them", she told him. What then influenced her to go on living, he pressed? Her answer was simple, it was Frankl’s willingness to listen to her in the middle of the night. A world in which there was someone ready to listen to another's pain seemed to her a world in which it was worthwhile to live. Often, it is not the brilliant argument that makes the difference. Sometimes the small act of listening is the greatest gift we can give.

TRUSTING OTHERS

Good Morning!!! God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and Wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done. *~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~* June 23, 2023 TRUSTING OTHERS But does trust require that we be blind to other people’s motives or, indeed, to our own? Not at all; this would be folly. Most certainly, we should assess the capacity for harm as well as the capability for good in every person that we would trust. Such a private inventory can reveal the degree of confidence we should extend in any given situation. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 144 I am not a victim of others, but rather a victim of my expectations, choices and dishonesty. When I expect others to be what I want them to be and not who they are, when they fail to meet my expectations, I am hurt. When my choices are based on self-centeredness, I find I am lonely and distrustful. I gain confidence in myself, however, when I practice honesty in all my affairs. When I search my motives and am honest and trusting, I am aware of the capacity for harm in situations and can avoid those that are harmful.

Weekly Knowledge #1⃣7⃣1⃣

Weekly Knowledge #1⃣7⃣1⃣ Banglore Ashram 17 Sep 1998 India DO IT TILL YOU BECOME IT ! Virtues have to be practised till they become your nature. Friendliness, compassion and meditation should continue as practices till you realise that they are your very nature. The flaw in doing something as an act is that you look for a result. When it is done as your nature, you are not attached to the result and you continue doing it. An action that arises from your nature is neither tiring nor frustrating. For example, daily routines like brushing one's teeth or bathing are not even considered actions because they are so integrated into one's life. You do all this without doership. When Seva is made part of your nature, it happens without doership. Question:- When do you realise that compassion, meditation and Seva are your nature? Answer:- When you cannot be without it. Wise men continue the practices just to set an example, even though for them, there is no need for any practices. 🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸 साप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र १७१ १७ सितम्बर , १९९८ आश्रम, बंगलौर, भारत करते जाओ जब तक वह तुम्हारा स्वाभाव न बनजाये सदाचार पालन किए जाओ जब तक वह तुम्हारा स्वाभाव न बन जाए। मित्रता , दया और ध्यान अभ्यास की तरह जारी रखो , जब तक यह न समझ जाओ की वे तो तुम्हारे स्वाभाव ही है। कृत्य के रूप में किसी कार्य को करने में यह त्रुटि है की तुम फल की उम्मीद रखते हो। जब कार्य स्वभावतः किया जाता है, तुम फल की लालसा नहीं रखते, बस, सहजता से कार्य किए जाते हो। स्वभावतः किया हुआ काम न तो थकान देता है और न ही कुंठित करता है। उदाहरण के लिए दन्त साफ़ करना, नहाना, इत्यादि दैनिक कार्यो को कृत्य ही नहीं समझा जाता है क्योकि वे तुम्हारे दैनिक जीवन से जुडी है।इन सबको तुम कर्तापन के बिना करते हो। जब सेवा तुम्हारा स्वाभाव बन जाता है, तब कार्य कर्तापन-रहित होते है। प्रश्न: यह कब पता चलता है की दया , ध्यान और सेवा हमारा स्वाभाव है? श्री श्री: जब तुम इनके बिना रह नहीं सकते। ग्यानी इसीलिए अपने अभ्यास जारी रखते है ताकि वे औरो के लिए उदाहरण बने, हालाँकि उनके लिए किसी भी अभ्यास की आवश्यकता नहीं। 🌸जय गुरुदेव🌸

ON KUNDALINI SHAKTI

ON KUNDALINI SHAKTI Kundalini simply means the energy in your body. Unless it is awakened there is no life. And in the very first Sudarshan Kriya you do it is already awakened. It doesn’t have to be dramatic. There are three types of kundalini shakti. One is sattvic. The most harmonious, gentle awakening of the kundalini shakti. And you don’t even know that it’s awakened, automatically you start being very happy, generous, large hearted, big minded, compassionate, intuitive. All these things keep happening spontaneously. Second is the rajasic type where you find this jerk and all this drama happens. A lot of dramatic intense experiences come, this is the rajasic way. There is no tamasic way of developing kundalini. If at all some people consider tamasic, the people who use some powers and black magic and this and that sort of thing. But I don’t consider it as tamasic kundalini at all but it is some spirit powers you know. You appease some lower spirits and get some powers from them. And then you dance for some days and then you collapse, that’s what people do. So don’t run after some of this so called magic and miracles, many of them are from these lower spirits. They appear to be doing something to you and then you feel miserable later. So sattvic are the most harmonious, best type of kundalini and it is what happens already in Sudarshan Kriya. Doesn’t it happen? Tingling and every cell of the body wakes up. Does it happen or not? Remember the very first Sudarshan Kriya you did, everything awakened?! That’s it! Did you have peaceful meditation? Did you start feeling I am not the body but I am the spirit? Did you get that experience? That’s already happening. If you have no experience in kriya, you have so much dullness all the time, then you have to watch your food. You must be stuffing yourself with too much food, number one. Or you must have indulged in too much sex that there is no energy in your body to experience anything else. Then also it doesn’t happen. I tell you, someone has been very very busy day and night and didn’t have good sleep, enough rest then there is no way that they can experience any kundalini shakti. So these are some of the criterion, got it? When your energy is conserved then you find that elevation. And if good meditation is happening, you should know it is already functioning. If when meditating, inside you feel the expansion, a calmness, a serenity, it is all sign of kundalini shakti. *Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar*

Question and Answers with Guruji

Question - Gurudev you said yoga is a cure for depression, not prozac. When people are struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts, how can reach out for yoga? This may be long term, but l'm unable to understand your logic? Gurudev Sri Sri - You can through our research work. AIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) and also NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences) in Bangalore, they have published papers on this. They have given all the scientific data on how Sudarshan Kriya and meditation can be substituted for medicines in case of depression and suicidal tendencies. And personally if you ask me, I have on ground experience of thousands of people coming with broken hearts, or with depressed and going back feeling much better in just 5 days, after doing the program.