Loudly and with full happiness repeat this: “Ganpati Bapa Moriya!”
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome! Great god Ganesh will arrive at my place on this coming Monday i.e. 9th September 2013. He will stay for 10 days. Once again all friends, relatives and neighbours will get together at my place to spend good time with this wonderful guest. For those who cannot visit my place, you all can join us spiritually in all prayers and chanting.
A golden opportunity to make your wish come true. Whisper your wish into the ears of Lord Ganesh.
Technique is as follows:
> Offer his favourite food item “Modak” or any other foms of Laddu (sweet balls). If you cannot get it, there is another way to prepare laddu at home with three things only. Take Regular Indian Chapati (Roti), jaggery and ghee.
Crush chapati with hands as fine as possible (not like fine powder) and jaggery. Mix crushed chapati, jaggery and ghee very nicely and prepare balls of it.
> Flowers of his favourite color “Red”.
> Dhruva or Durva Grass is another most favourite thing to offer. Bermuda or Bahama Grass in English.
> Sanku Pushpam or Conch flower both flower and leaf is offered.
> Use Red Sandalwood paste on his forehead “Tilak”.
If you want to do the Puja at your premises:
> First clean the house and take a bath.
> A Clay image of Lord Ganesh is installed in a raised platform.
> Pray to Lord Ganesh and you can recite mantras or bhajans dedicated to Lord Ganesh.
> Next step is to invoke Ganesh into the image. This is known as pran-prathishta. The Pran Prathista mantra (Invocation) in Sanskrit is found in the Rig Veda and is part of Ganesh Suktha.
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Invocation in Sanskrit: (Sorry if there is any mistake in sanskrit invocation)
ganananh tva ganapatim havamahe kavim kavinam – upamashravastamam |
jyeshhtharajam brahmanan.h brahmanaspata A nah shrivnvannutibhih sida sadanam || (Rig Veda 2.23.1)
ni shhu sida ganapate ganeshhu tvamahurvipratamam kavinam |
na rite tvat.h kriyate kinchanare mahamarkam maghavan.h chitramarcha || (Rig Veda 10.112.9)
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Invocation in English:
We invoke You, O Ganapati of the ganas (Lord Shiva attendants), Who are Brahmana-spati of the brahmas (prayers), the wisest among the wise, Who abound in treasure beyond all measure, the most brilliant one. Do listen to our prayers, come with Your blessings and assurances of protection into our home, and be seated. (Rig Veda 2.23.1)
Sit down among the worshippers, O Ganapati, the best sage among the sages. Without You nothing can be done here or far. Accept with honour, O wealthy One, our great and variegated hymns of praise. (Rig Veda 10.112.9)
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After this, pray to god ganesh – Oh Lord Ganesh, Oh Ganpati Bapa, I have tried my best to do all this process and offerings. Please forgive me if there is any mistake done while doing this religious work. Please stay with me and my family and bless us with your divine love, light, power, health, knowledge, happiness, prosperity, wisdom. We all thank you for your priceless blessings. Thank you in full faith.
Ganesh Puja is bit flexible, our beloved god ganesh generally don’t get upset if a person does any mistake. In fact, god ganesh guides that person and makes him work as god ganesh wants. So don’t worry while doing puja. Just keep your mind and body and place as clean as possible, all the rest will be managed by God Ganesh himself.
Oh Ganpati Bapa, please shower your blessings on all of us and protect us from any evils of life. Thank you so much and we love you forever. Thank you.
Loudly and with full happiness repeat this: “Ganpati Bapa Moriya!”
Sky, earth, water, air and fire the basic five elements of nature. All with their super natural power and specialization. When we go for spiritual workout and meditations we should use these powers to get much better results in every part of ours whether it is related to aura, chakras or our physical body. It helps us all for free throughout our lives just by asking their help to send us their special powers and thus, we gain good health and also spiritual benefits.
Modernization is always good but not at the cost of our mental, physical and auric loss. Science is taking us on higher levels for modern techniques and machine world. We all feel good when we see certain new inventions and experiments and most of us even wish to be like those inventors and scientists. It is fun, excitement and victory upon certain thoughts which came into existence successfully.
We never realize the things we left back in our past is also very precious. There was no sophistication about doing things with the help of nature or to be with nature. Playing in mud bare footed, swimming in open water sources, move around in green fields with minimum clothes, cook food on wood/coal fire in open space, etc. If you try to share this with your grand parents or great grand parents they will recall their past and those happy peaceful moments and might get wet eyes full of joy and memories. This will happen to them because they have experienced all of it and they know the advantage. Many people around the world are working hard to explain these things to new generations but they hardly get any response as these processes and life style is very time consuming.
We all living with tendencies of getting free things like anything, it is like we always crave for it, but we forget to use it once it is in our hands. Power of nature is one of those free things we run for and then never use it. The only reason behind it is that – “It’s Totally Free”. Just think, what will happen if nature starts sending us cash invoice every time we use air to breath, water to drink, walk on earth, gaze the sky and fire to cook. Whole world will become bankrupt in months because all these things are very precious. Those who are capable of using it never thinks of the one not able to see it for days.
These five elements have their specific properties used to heal our auric, mental, spiritual and physical body. No medicine is as good as healing energy of nature. Any medication taken will just do certain chemical balance in our body. If we stay with nature and its healing energies we might never need any medication. Let us try to know about our beautiful nature.
We will go through them one by one.
EARTH ENERGY
It is very good for physical strength, mental strength and it is like the real life force which tries to maintain our existence on earth. It helps to get rid of depression and other similar mental imbalances. We can understand this with the example of a farmer, when you look at any farmer you will notice a very good physic, strength, power, happiness because he stays on ground, works with mud for the most of his time everyday. Earth energy gives him energy for all this things and keeps him away from any kind of mental disorders and physical weakness. You can find all the healing energies from the herbs, plants and trees grown on earth which are used to prepare ancient and modern medicines which we use it in either ways i.e. use it directly or convert it into pills.
It is believed that walking barefoot gives you more energy, clears your mind, fights varicose vein, free reflexology session, helps you do grounding, more ability to spread toes, helps decreasing anxiety and depression, strengthens & stretches muscles, tendons & ligaments in your feet, ankles & calves. So from now onward try to be bit desi while going out and feel our beautiful loving earth barefoot instead of branded footwear.
Prayer and meditation with earth energy:
Oh beloved mother earth, We are all your children, Please forgive our sins, any harm done to you consciously or unconsciously, May you be bless with divine love, light and power, May you be rejuvenated, Blessings be to mother earth, Please bless us with your divine healing energies, Send us your power for our betterment, In full faith. We thank you for taking care of us every moment. Thank you.
Start meditation after this prayer: Do some normal physical exercise for around 3-5 minutes. Stand, sit or lay down on ground bare footed. Close your eyes. Take few deep breaths. Feel the divine energy from earth entering in your whole system, healing each and every part of your system, throwing away any dirty energy or blockages from your whole system completely and destroying those diseased energy. Feel the divine love, peace, light and power in you. Be relaxed. Stay in the hands of mother earth for some time. Open your eyes when you feel like you have finished your meditation. Shake your body to release extra energy. Finish it with thanks giving prayer to mother earth.
Please take good care of earth and it’s properties. We all know that we will be helpless once earth start taking it’s revenge (earthquakes).
Feeling so hilarious while updating this blog with this post as it is about my own birthday! 19th Jan. I can bet god must be in crazy mood and made a selection for sending me on this beautiful earth.
It was a nice day. All routines followed, met friends, got online wishes. Arranged a very very small celebration all thanks to my cute small stubborn nephew who just know that if its a birthday there must be decorations, candles, cakes etc. Celebration was with family and mom-made delicious food.
Center of attraction was obviously my nephew who was there with a deal. Deal was like whenever I declare that my birthday is over he will go back to his home and finish his homework. Hahahaha!
After my half day office, I was busy will spreading invitation cards of my friend’s sister’s wedding. Never expected doing this on my birthday but it was a duty with real happiness of her getting married. God bless her!
This was my birthday! Enjoyed full! Got blessings and gifts! (I just love getting gifts like anything) lol
How about beautiful colors on a sunny day in the sky, running here and there, up and down, crossing each other? Who likes it? The happiness to see so many bright color objects whole day.
Kite, it is believed that first kite was made in 2,800 years ago. I am sure you all can guess who made it, because when it comes to manufacturing it must only be China. Chinese people got that chance because kite building materials like silk fabric and resilient bamboo were readily available. It is said that chinese philosophers Mozi and Lu Ban invented kite. Then came paper kite which was used for sending rescue mission message, measuring distance, wind testing, lifting men, signaling and communication for military operations.
Kites were decorated with mythological motifs and legendary figures while some were fitted with strings and whistles to make musical sounds while flying. Threads used for kite flying/fighting are made from fine powdered bottle glass, gum and colors. It is dangerous to use such threads as it can harm you as well as birds and animals come across. Plain threads are recommended to save you and others.
Kite flying or kite fighting is very popular festival throughout the world. Different places with different beliefs and traditions. Celebration time is almost fixed and that is Spring season. Continents and countries involved in this festival are Asia, Europe, South America, Polynesia, etc.
In India, kite flying festival (Makar-Sankranti) is celebrated on 14th January. People on this day will go to terraces and open grounds from the first light of morning till night. Almost every terrace will have individual speaker sets and one can hear a rough mixture of loud music as if it is dj war along with kite flying/fighting. They will have fun on terrace or grounds, take their lunch there only. Time-pass snacks are mainly consists of chickpeas, sweets made from jaggery, ghee, sugar, etc. (with variation of sesame seeds, groundnut seeds, etc. known as “chiki”). Lunch main course will consist of Undhiyu (mixed cooked vegetables with gram flour dumplings full of spices), Chapati, Buttermilk, Jaggery, Papad, etc.
It is said that every festival and tradition is full of some scientific reason behind them. For kite flying/fighting people believe that, on this day they can spend full day out from four walls of house, fair physical workout and a good sun bath with healthy food items good for a wonderful cold atmosphere.
For those who are willing to do some donations, it is said to be the good day for donation. Donation options: Food & Clothes for hungry people/animals.
Wish you all a very happy Kite Flying (Makar-Sankrati)!
Have SAFE fun and enjoy open sky with so many colors!
Look up there in the sky at night, a big circle, bright & some random designs. Yes, we are talking about the moon. People of every religion and country know about full moon and new moon. Varied beliefs, as usual and we know that, some people believe it to be very good and some find it bad.
Since ancient times, people used to pray to the moon. Their knowledge was not so good those days and moon was considered as a heavenly body. There were many religious and spiritual rituals to be performed at places around the world.
There are many effects of the full moon on us, it can be related to your feelings, emotions and desires. For normal people it is like crisis period but for spiritual and/or religious people it is the period of opportunity. On the full moon day the cosmic energies are on the highest levels and if not handled carefully it might create crisis.
If we talk about crisis, one can feel drowsy, over-excited or aggressive. If you have noticed, on the full moon day possibilities may arise of road accidents, diseases, fights (for minor issues) and many similar problems. When we say problems it can also be of lost password. An alcoholic will get more thoughts about need to drink more and more. A gambler will keep on betting even if he is losing every bet.
If we talk about spiritual/religious person, it is possible to awaken thoughts about spirituality that lie in someone’s mind to increase spiritual practice and use the heightened mind activity. Such person will do powerful meditations, prayers, visit religious places, do rituals and carry out donation and help to needy people. This heavy and dense energy will give fast and fruitful reaction for this good work. A writer will get very nice subject ideas and good thoughts to finish it. A donor will try to help as many people as possible.
To Do:
Early morning prayers
Chanting of God name (as per religion)
Chanting of your spiritual guru or your favorite teacher (spiritual protection)
Meditation (if you know any, CLICK HERE FOR MEDITATION HELP)
Physical help to needy (serve at hospital, help aged people in their work, etc…)
Donation (for food, medicines, clothes, etc…)
Stay in good mood as much as possible (CLICK HERE FOR IDEAS)
Spend more time with kids below 3 and people above 60
Not To Do:
Intake of alcohol, tobacco, cigarette and any hallucinogenic products
Listening of rock, hard rock, metal and similar music types
Fights for minor issues
Important decisions
Buying and/or selling of properties/costly items
Fast driving
Going on heights
Deep water diving/swimming
Stay with more than 2 person for more than a couple of hours
Let us try a small yet effective full mood meditation for peace, happiness, silence, health and love. (If you don’t find it comfortable just stop meditation, open your eyes and sit relax and take plain water bath)
Very slowly take salt water bath, wear nothing but white cotton clothes with head cover, sit alone in a peaceful place, minimum light (not darkness). Do some light physical exercise, even some body shaking will do.
(Set an alarm for 15 to 20 minutes to bring you back in your body, place the device at a fair distance)
Close your eyes and chant “OM” for around 11 times to purify your whole system and to gain peaceful mind. Pray to god for divine guidance, protection, happiness, love, prosperity during the meditation. Imagine the bright white glorious moon shining above your head. See the smiling moon. The light rays are so alive dancing. It is traveling downwards to embrace you. Hold you tight with love and care. Feel the touch very cool, yet warm. It is entering through your skin going through every pores, every cell; making you energetic, peaceful, happy and weightless. You are the moon light. Let go your soul with the moon wherever it wants.
On the alarm bell, very gently, slowly come back to your body. Slowly move your fingers. Open your eyes with big smile. Give blessings to whole world for divine health, guidance, protection, prosperity. Give blessings to co-workers and neighbours. Give blessings to your family.
Sit in normal position for a minute. Stand up and do some shaking, jump for a couple of seconds to release any excessive energy. Stay away from your family, children & aged people for around 1 or 2 hours. Do not take bath for next 12 to 24 hours.
Try to notice what happened during your meditation and note it down. Share it via comments to know more about your experiences.
DO NOT FALL INTO ANY RUMORS ABOUT FULL MOON AND DON’T PANIC!
Disclaimer: The physical and psychological conditions of each practitioner vary. Therefore, the author, publisher and this website will not be held liable for any adverse effects arising from the practice of any meditation and/or other spiritual/religious practices. If any discomfort or adverse effect is experienced, the practitioner is advised to stop the practice immediately and consult a Medical Doctor and a Certified Spiritual Practitioner (Take salt water bath at least twice a day along with guidance of medical doctor and/or certified spiritual practitioner).
We are here to know few basic things about Eid-ul-fitr (known as EID, in general), sorry if you find any mistakes in the writing. Readers are welcome with their thoughts and corrections if required.
Eid al-Fitr was originated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is observed on the first of the month of ‘Shawwal’ at the end of the holy month of Ramadan (also known as Ramzaan in many places), during which Muslims undergo a period of fasting.
Eid is generally celebrated for 1, 2 or 3 days in different countries and traditions. Simple greetings are “Eid Mubarak” (Blessed Eid) and “Eid Sa’id” (Happy Eid). Good news – it is declared as ‘Holiday’.
Very special day, joyful and Muslim people wait to wake up with very happy mood with some religious/spiritual essence. Wake up early (before sunrise), perform pre-sunrise prayer, brush their teeths, takes bath, wears new clothes (best available), apply perfume.
It is forbidden to fast on Eid Day. Starts with small sweet breakfast, preferably date fruit before attending special Eid Prayer (known as ‘Salaat’).
People do charity by giving money to poor and needy before performing the ‘Eid Prayer’:
To show happiness
To give as much charity as is possible
To pray Fajr in the local Masjid
To go early for Eid salaat
To read the takbirat in an open field.
Go to the Eid prayer on foot
Muslims recite the following incantation in a low voice while going to the Eid prayer: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. La ilaha illà l-Lah wal-Lahu akbar, Allahu Akbar walil-Lahi l-hamd. Recitation ceases when they get to the place of Eid or once the Imam commences activities.
The Eid prayer is performed in congregation in open areas like fields, community centers, etc. or at mosques. No call to prayer is given for this Eid prayer. The Eid prayer is followed by the sermon and then a supplication asking for God’s forgiveness, mercy, peace and blessings for all living beings across the world. The sermon also instructs Muslims as to the performance of rituals of Eid, such as the zakat. After the prayers, Muslims visit their relatives, friends and acquaintances or hold large communal celebrations in homes, community centers or rented halls.
Coming to the most favorite part of this festival, the gifts – Eid gifts, known as ‘Eidi’, are frequently given at eid to children and immediate relatives. As we all are children of god, even non-muslim people get chance to give and receive Eidi.
As I always say, different countries have different changes to celebrate and have minor procedure changes.
Here is the video capture for Eid Prayer performed at Makkah last year, I find it best suitable for the post.
On this holy day, may allah bless the whole world for happiness, food, prosperity, well-being, protection and teachings. In full faith, Amin!
In this topic, I am not going to give you any positive thinking quotes or any philosophical lecture. I am just trying to make you understand why we should think positive and how it can help us.
Hello readers, How are you? What’s new?
Ever thought of answering above mentioned question from your heart, 100% true? I get a big smile often when I get chance to ask this question to someone randomly. If you want to feel the same let’s try it now. Imagine that we (you and me) just started a chat online or in person, (You)Hi – (Me)Hey, how are you? – (You)If it’s a rule to give 100% true answer, what will be your answer?
Now a days, it is fact that we often try to hide our true feelings thinking that others will not like it. We always forget an old saying – “Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow”. In our full life time why we cannot spend a day or a week or a month full of fun and happiness, why we cannot give true reply. I always believe that all these problem arise because of ourselves only. We have lost our capacity to manage things, we are not interested to sort it out. I am sure you all get advice for any problems you have in a positive way, people around you will always ask you to think positive but what if they are on our place? Time by time all these things appears too big to handle and a person will get ready for the last two options – Sort it out or die.
While talking to many of the religious people who has thousands of fans and devotees, I fall in a mess with them often. They always say that everything is decided by the almighty lord, we are just the players. I guess you all believe in karma/deed and its effects. My point of argument is – “If everything is decided, who are we to bother, why to waste our precious life in tension of money, people, life, comforts, etc.”, on any kind of failures we hear people saying that, maybe I was not destined for it or it was not in my destiny. This means that if you get succeed, it’s your hard work & skills – if you fail, it’s your karma/deed or destiny, I really don’t think it’s fair, what you say?
I am not asking you to stop your mind and start living like a primitive man but treat yourself. Thinking positive is not a solution for all your problems but it will at least make you feel relaxed. You cannot apply magnet rule, here it is reverse – “Positive attracts positive and negative attracts negative”. If you ever feel like testing it, I would say… mmmmm… yes go for it and see what happens sooner or later.
Thinking positive is a good way to make your tomorrow better than today, I know it’s not so easy to think positive when you get your cheque bounced or you are in some serious problem but what if I can try to give you a way out. Let us go through a situation with a question, if you get a favorable answer, you win and if you don’t, my way will surely guide you to stay relaxed. Suppose, you are facing a financial problem, you have already tried your best but there is no result. After certain time you will start thinking negative, nothing is good in my life, I always have this kind of problems, this & that. Now in this situation, try to answer my question – “Can you change your condition by increasing your tension, thinking negative, live with a dull sad face 24×7? If your answer is “Yes” then you are the winner and you have some god gifted magical powers. If your answer is “No” then why you are wasting your time with that, keep on trying to sort it out with good mood and with your normal life.
When ever you fall in such situations, just try to ask yourself a serious question – “What can I do in this situation?” If you get a proper way out, go for it and finish the problem OR enjoy your life with regular efforts to come out of the problem.
Just a day before when I was writing this, I was at a hospital and I saw something was written on a paper behind a door, that was very similar to what I am trying to make you understand here. It says – For every questions you have in your life, God have only 3 answers; (1)Yes – (2)No – (3)I have planned something else for you.
I never say that one should not think negative because I totally believe that if there were no negative thoughts, parachutes have never been invented.
Enjoy life and always remember that problem is a part of every living being. Even our God faced so many problems during their human incarnation. Without a problem or tension your life will be like a journey without a destination.
Have fun! God always have a better plan for you. God bless you all for all your good wishes.
In routine life, I wake up in the morning with certain thoughts in my mind… wait, wait, wait, it is just so boring to go through same old lines which we read in many books often. How about starting it with last evening or night and then reach towards the morning scene, huh! Sounds good!? Ok, rewind, rewind, rewind, last night I was with my friends/relatives/office meeting/day out/out of town/at home, it can be anything. I reached home and got freshen up, was ready for the lovely bed (not all have that lovely bed, but it’s a bed for sure), had a glass of water and switched off the lights, while thinking about so many things, I went off to sleep. Next morning, I wake up (while reading ahead, you should not expect anything…) with a lovely smile and hope which I guess was not there yesterday till I went off to sleep. I started my routines and ready to go to work/school/site seeing… etc… etc…, now here comes the interesting part, I started my routines and ready to go out and what I saw is – “It is all same, nothing new”. It is the moment when you really wanted to feel and think – “Every day is exactly the same”, am I right? Yes, I am. – It’s not just about me, it can also be your story.
Here I would like to drag your attention towards this beautiful song with very realistic lyrics presented by a band “Nine Inch Nails” and the song name is … yes you are right, it’s “Every day is exactly the same”. For Hollywood movie lovers while listening to this song might feel like where I have heard this song? Well, it was used as a movie soundtrack in the movie called – “Wanted”. Still confused? It was used for the hero of the movie who is very frustrated with his life, no money, ugly stupid annoying lady boss always finds him guilty and lazy and always shouts on him, as shown in the movie, next day again when the hero goes to ATM (Any Time Money) machine he finds his account empty and gets upset and start moving towards the office. If you still can’t recall, I will suggest you to watch the movie.
Here is the video, try to listen and feel each and every word of the song and am sure you will feel like – “Oh no! Some way or the other, even I sometimes behave like the character in the song”. If I am not wrong, the counter might reach to around 60-70% of people who have adopted such life styles.
Alright! Alright! I know my readers; stop reading further if you have not watched the video, go for it before you continue.
Really sorry for that video, I never ever wanted such video on here but it was necessary to show you the mirror. So anyways, how was it? Shocked, shivered or at least felt odd, do not worry.
Have you ever thought of spreading happiness to people around you, even strangers and I am sure your answer will – “Yes, I did this, I do that, I always take care” but I think you are not doing it satisfactorily as it is next to impossible if you are not under pressure to do that to stay connected with those people. Think about strangers you come across every day, can you do the same thing for them, do you really care for the person walking next to you on the street, no need to reply as you know the answers. How about putting a smile on those people you never know, you never met. In the previous post named – “Blessing Power”, I have mentioned – Almost people of all cultures believe that – “As you SOW so shall you REAP: Life is like a boomerang. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later much more than we sow”, it applies here also. You make someone smile and one day you will have hundreds of people to make you smile.
What I am trying to say is, if you will try to help others in any form, you will receive the same many many times. I have planned something for all of us, every week I will give you a new idea to make others happy, we will follow that idea whole week. I would like to receive your comments, your feelings and your experiences while practicing the idea so that every week readers will have fun and have interesting things to learn and follow the new idea for the next week.
This is really interesting and fun, once you start doing it, it will be like… “My goodness, it’s awesome, I never felt such happiness before”, so I think you ready to feel the divine happiness and peace, right? Ok let’s go for it.
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Week – 1
Call an old friend (not in regular contact), just to say hi.
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