Jai Jai Jai Shri Mataji

Hello hello!  It's been 3 months since I last wrote.  Busy busy as you can see.  Lots had happened, with the Covid situation being very fluid everyday, people copying contents of this blog and sharing on FB without crediting to this blog and so much of drama everywhere. As I grow older, the more I crave for peace and quietness.  For joy and gratitude.  For God's blessings and little miracles.  For good news and more good news. What more in such sensitive times, new normal, countless SOPs, recession and economy downturn, the more I want that inner peace.  Enough of the drama. But I don't understand some people.  Maybe too free with their time, but won't be judging them on that.  Why fight for the wrong cause?  Why create havoc and chaos?  Why plant hatred on others?  Why invoke anger and fear? With so much of imbalances and our subtle system upside down, we can fall sick easily.  The stress we put on ourselves can hurt our ...

I am loving Blogger's new look.  Haven't been here for a long time, even during quarantine, although have all the time in the world, but not really in the mood to write.   Past few months, lots had happened, especially spiritually.  So, today, I would like to write it down so that I can remember this moment forever.   The whole realisation started from one chakra to another.  The whole subtle system was touched.  It was truly a discovery of the self. Pingala Nadi - Right Channel We started becoming very right sided.  Because we were unsure of the future, lots of thoughts of what ifs.  Worry for the economy, worry for the sick, worry for the virus.  It was just thoughts, thoughts and thoughts. Ida Nadi - Left Channel Then we became left sided.  After days of not doing anything, sleeping late, no exercise, no discipline, we became lazy and lethargic. Heart When MCO started, lots of us has fears of the unknown.  With infectio...

Amidst the COVID-19 chaos and craziness, let's share something nice today.   Recently the heart is being attacked quite a bit.  Because of the virus, many things has stopped but the anxiety, the fear, the panic around us has not.  Racism is getting worse, people blaming because of the virus origins, lack of action from authorities, make many of us feeling angry, irritated and annoyed.  Our anger is expressed openly on social media and we can see so many people are cursing one another.  Whether it is the virus or not.  Whether it is about Sahaj or not.  Everyone is on the verge of breaking down. Let's take a step back.  We can't stop the virus for now.  We can only contain it.  And the best is through social distancing as we can see how it has helped some countries with their immediate response on cities locked down and quarantine.  We can't change a lot of things as much as we wanted to.  So, let's start changing ...

It's only end of February 2020, but since the start of this year, the whole world has been thrown into chaos.  My girl's drawing is best to explain it all.  There's a shark in the rough sea and a boat, a hat, a balloon, ladder, sun, cap, something else and lastly a swastika in the middle of it all. From this whole viral drama, what I can see is which country is the strongest and which one is the weakest.  It seems that those who spent millions in war are so vulnerable when it come to a single virus.  So, even if you have the best guns, you are not able to kill this virus, instead you get killed instead. One virus and we can see the true nature of many people, many countries.  The hatred towards a certain country, a certain people, a certain race is so apparent.  What I find is more amusing is even yogis are not spare from all the reactions.   What happen to love and compassion for all?   Someone asked for bandhan when it was...

Last week, as I was driving to work, I had lots of negative thoughts and worries.  I felt as if a dark cloud over my head.  Felt helpless, stuck-and-wanting-to-get-out-but-can't that kind of feeling.   It was a depressing kind a feeling.  I was also feeling that something bad was going to happen. Suddenly I woke up from my deep thoughts and told myself to concentrate on the road since there are a lot of new drivers near my work place.  Lo and behold, a student, presumably a relatively new driver, rear-ended my car. Since she was rushing for class, I told her to go for her class first and we settle later.  We exchanged numbers and left.  My car seems like unscratched. While waiting for her to contact me, suddenly a yogi sister from another State, WhatsApp-ed me and asked how was I.  I was surprised to receive her message as we haven't seen each other for months and not messaged for more than 2 years.  She told me that she was...

With my memory losing each day, I almost forgot that I have this blog.  Kidding. Happy (belated) Diwali!  I didn't forget this blog.  Just simply busy with other things. Just want to share a very special message that came to me during Diwali Puja last week. Before that, I have been struggling with the catch on the left agnya for couple of weeks now.  I tried candling, Raag Bhup for agnya and dhoop-ing the room but nothing works.   The yuvas were in charge of the puja this time.  One of them WhatsApp-ed me if I can join one of the ladies to do the ooti.  Since I have done few times already this year alone, I told the yuva to please give others a chance.  If he really can't find anyone, then I will do it.  Another reason of my reluctance was also because I can't fit into my sari blouses anymore and don't have the time to visit a tailor and those that I could fit in are not sent for dry-cleaning yet.   In that...

Few days back, when I was feeding my girl dinner, she walked into the guest room.  It was dark as no lights were on and I gently closed the door so that to coax her out. As I opened the door, I saw her looking back into the dark and telling herself softly, "There's an elephant there." I overheard.  So I asked her to come inside the dark room with me and I closed the door again.  I asked her, "Where is the elephant?" She pointed into the dark, "There." I saw it was just pitch dark and nothing was there.  I asked again, "Are you sure it's there?" She said, "Yes." I asked, "Is it Shri Ganesha?" She said, "Yes." Now, I am not sure if she is making up story, but then again, she is only 2.5 years old. 

Hi everyone!  It's been 3 months since I last wrote.  Many bloggers are already quitting and moving to Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.  Since I am not famous and doesn't like to be in the public so much, I am still blogging, though not regular.  Even Blogger doesn't have new skin anymore. The last theme that was updated was 2 years back?  And I just checked and it's still the same skin offered. It's time for Raksha Bandhan again, so it's time to make rakhis! This year, I decided to spend more time to do something new.  Having a girl means I have to do twice the amount of rakhis.  For her, the rakhis will be simple.  For me, this is how it would look like. Found this new technique to weave a rakhi string using just 7 strings and a cardboard.  Learned this from Facebook.  Here's the link .   I thought this new style is very meaningful, 7 strings represent one chakra per string and weaving, intertwining wit...

Recently I went through a rough patch of life.  Difference of opinions and ego clashed caused a small misunderstanding to become huge.   As I was recovering from it, I found that it was very difficult to get out of it and I didn't know why or how.  I kept feeling the ego but at the same time deny having ego and refused to clear it and feels it is someone else's ego.  I kept getting the message that it is my own ego causing havoc.  But at the same time, felt so wronged and misunderstood and felt that although it is partly my fault, but the other person also has their faults and was not told of it.  I was very frustrated.  I wanted to tell the whole world about the situation I was in.  Trying to get someone to sympathies with me yet when someone actually does, I felt so guilty.   Past few days was the hardest.  From feeling being victimized, it went to being in denial, anger, guilty and it kept on repeating.  From t...

Forgiveness Grit - The power of perseverance and passion "Among animals, this activity is  very  limited. I don’t think they believe in revenge, except for a few animals. They say that, if you  hurt  a snake, it will take its respite. It will come back on you. That’s what is said. And this one is one quality of the snake. But as we have passed through  all  these different categories, we might be having some of the qualities of some of these animals within us. We may be even snake animals. If the snake is within us, then anybody who  hurt s you, you will remember it all your life, “He  hurt  me, so I’ll put him right one day. I’ll take a revenge!”  – if there’s a  snake  within us. But now, if there’s a  tiger  within you: so you will become very  ferocious . At the smallest thing, you will get angry, lose temper. Now, this is not a very  good  situation: that we are still at the level of a...

" If there is  one  child, it can entertain at least hundred people. What is so sweet about the child? Is the  innocence : the way he speaks, the way he talks, the way he behaves, the way he expresses his love. It’s so  simple  but it has something in the  essence , this  innocence  of Shri Ganesha." - Excerpt from Shri Ganesha Puja, Cabella, 10 Sep 1995 Yesterday was a very hot day.  After helping out at the new seekers class, I was feeling very tired and lethargic.  Came home and did a nice, long footsoak and decided to give myself a nice head rub with lots of coconut oil.  It's one of those rare occasions when I get such a nice "Me" time and took the chance while Miss A was still napping.  Body cooled down so much and was feeling much better. When Miss A woke up, I decided that she needs a nice oil bath and head rub too since she was feeling hot and bothered.  We usually take turns to massage her before bed, bu...