Indian Mythology - Which is the priceless treasure? - Me, My Guru

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But if we ask for some object of the world, then what ever ‘punya’ we accrue by virtue of pooja gets exhausted in exchange for our desire. So, nothing in ‘us’ changes. This is like using the earned money on ‘expenses’. So...........”

Her voice trailed and she sat there silent staring at the ground for long time to come. Some of us, me included were touched by what she just said. She had said it earlier too – many times but hadn’t given the reason and explanation. Today, she explained clearly as to why not to ask something materialistic against our ‘punya’. But still......... our immediate needs look so important and real that we still prefer them to change in our attitudes.........i mean, that can wait right?

...I know that priceless wealth is in thee,

But I do not have a heart to leave the tinsel that fills my room....

(Geetanjali, Rabindranath Tagore)

As already noticed by Nobel laureate Tagore, our heart tugs for tinsel of the world. This quote of Tagore she had quoted so many times and I loved it every time I heard it and today it seemed to reflect what I felt. It so clearly described the turmoil I felt at this cross roads. In fact, there was no confusion. I was very clear. I wanted what I wanted. Well, realization and other such things can wait! I mean the whole world enjoys and celebrates these goodies of life, then why should I lag behind?

Such thoughts kept pounding my brain for long time to come and she thankfully was lost to us.  In a way, each was in a space that we longed to be in ...........

 “Expectation is always better than Realization!” she used to say so often. Then I used to wonder how? But in a strange way I doubted if our today’s session fitted that bill and gave us, if not us at least me that experience. I expected a lot from this session. I didn’t know what. I wasn’t sure of what to expect. Yet my whole being was celebrating the ‘joy of expectation’ like never before. But, I can’t be sure of what I received now. It seemed to fall flat with a thud! It seemed to fall far short of my expectations. Here, the realization was far far below what I expected. Technically as I didn’t know what to look forward to, any ting should have come as a welcome shower but, no, surprisingly I felt a bit let down by her explanation. Was it the information that didn’t live up to my expectation or that knowledge she gave regarding our desires and how to go about getting them? Well, the disappointment was so strong that I didn’t and couldn’t analyse my thought process and get to the root of my suffering. I was left with my suffering or rather I let my suffering take over my senses........

This is what they called ‘maya’ and like Shiva, I need to go into deep meditation to be untouched by it......but for now............

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Indian Mythology - What to ask Shiva? Me, My Guru

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But remember, He is Jagat Pita, father of the Universe. He is capable of and desires to give us ‘ownership’ of this Universe. He wishes to make us ‘immortal’ and thereby give us power over all the materials of this Universe. But, beggars that we are seek from Him only tinkles of this world. Desiring to lead a mortal life is not at fault. That was one of the objective of being clothed in this human body, but living as if ‘that is all there is’ is a curse that we have brought upon ourselves. We can become ‘fishers of men’ for Him. Instead we go collecting sea-shells from the shores of this ocean of life called ‘bhava sagara’. 

To fulfil your desires you better do reiki and use all your ‘punya’ accrued due to ‘pooja’ go to heal your attitude. I know so many do pooja to get their desires fulfilled. There is nothing wrong about it. There is a whole section of Vedic rituals that can be performed to have one’s fulfilment of desire. One such example is ‘putrapati yagna’ – yagna performed to be blessed with a child which was performed by King Dasharath who was blessed with four sons because of that – Rama, Lakshmana, Shatrugna, Bharatha. Even king Drupada, performed such yagna and received Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi as his kids. But when there are other ways like reiki to receive it, I suggest we do that. And we keep pooja etc to heal our attitudes. 

Everyone in the world is a combination of tamo, rajo and sattva guna viz are inertia or inactivity, activity or state of passion and ego and state of purity. Now the difference between person and person is in the ratio of these three ‘gunas’ or types only. So, it is better that we work on our tamo guna or dark nature and overcome it to be more Rajasic in nature. For eg: being lazy, procrastinating, irresponsible, addiction is being ‘tamo guna’. So, we by doing ‘pooja’ can seek for these qualities to be upgraded to Rajoguna. Even we need to work consciously for the same. 

Next we need to work on our Ego which is Rajoguna quality. Here we are hyperactive and wanting and doing everything ourselves as ‘we want’ to be the one doing it all! We long for adoration, recognition and full of passion. This is better to ‘tamo guan’ but we when we are in this state should aspire to go to ‘sattva guna’ which is that of purity. It is more of divine qualities like being peaceful, calm, forgiving, contended etc.

Once we are established in ‘sattva guna’ we should desire to outgrow even this and go above gunas – guna theetha! This should be our prayer and returns for our prayer. This change is our attitude and thereby in our character will reflect in our fate and for all janmas to come. Any change here is like making ‘an Investment’ the benefit of which we get janma after janma!

But if we ask for some object of the world, then what ever ‘punya’ we accrue by virtue of pooja gets exhausted in exchange for our desire. So, nothing in ‘us’ changes. This is like using the earned money on ‘expenses’. So...........”

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Indian Mythology - Shiva Pooja - Me, My Guru

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And we assumed this was going to be just a story session with no

learning to do! Why did she have to teach something or the other in everything that she said? Could we see it as her commitment to teaching? That she was finding ways to get us to understand all that we needed to? Or was it that she was compelled by her nature and profession to lecture and teach on all occasions? But then we didn’t come to her to be entertained, right? Yes, for that we would go to some gaming spot or a film worth watching. We came here only with a single motto of finding ways to overcome our problems – be it physical or psychological, real or imaginary. Yet......yet her lectures get on to our nerves (well, not all, but many fore sure!) many times. I wondered why? Was it that she gave solutions to our problems that wished did not go away from our lives? Were we angry that if we followed what she was trying so desperately to explain, we would be left with one long boring life of happiness and peace? I mean what and how would a life be without our emotions and feelings of anger, envy, complaints and pain? That seemed more than right, though I didn’t vote on that. I didn’t want to, even it be 100% true! Yes, I loved to believe that the problem was more to do with her than us!

That relieved me of so much of guilt and suffering – not to mention responsibility.

“Madam, can you please tell us the procedures to do ‘pooja’ to Lord Shiva and Ma Parvathi for fulfilment of desires?”

I knew the one who asked it wanted a simple and straight answer – that of a pooja technique that could give him his object of desire. But, she being herself didn’t do as per his expectation and did what I feared her to do! She started explaining in and around the question. 

“If you want to receive His Grace, there are various procedures for that one is to do ‘Abhishekam’ to a Shivalingam daily or at least on Mondays for fixed period of time (for those who believe in instant results and noodles!) Otherwise, it is best to do the same daily throughout life. The procedure for the same is very simple. Even plain water would suffice. Take water and pour – gently on the Shiva Lingam chanting ‘Mritunjaya Mantra’ or if you don’t know that mantra, then simple panchakshari mantra – ‘OM Namah Shivaya’ would do. Chant continuously as long as you are doing Abhishekam. If you are the one who doesn’t have a Shiva Lingam at home or your belief doesn’t allow you to have one at home, simply go to a temple near your house and pour water on it daily. (Some temples don’t let devotees do it. So check that out first! Most temples have a Lingam outside the shrine for the devotees to do Abhishekam).

Next would be chanting Mritunjaya Mantram atleast one mala i.e., 108times/day. Those who don’t have excuses of ‘heavy office work etc’ can do it as many times as desired. More is always better and if you ask me no number is ever more!

Again if you don’t know, I sincerely ask you to learn it. Yeh bade kaam ki cheez hai! It’s very useful....you can chant ‘Shiva Panchakshari’ otherwise 108times/day atleast. Preferably do it sitting in a place. You can chant while walking, driving in short while doing daily chores, just don’t take that into count.  That’s all!

By way of offerings, Bilva leaves are the most preferred ones....you can offer him bilva leaves, flowers etc.......

And then there are different poojas you can do depending on the object of desire. That you should ask a priest who is well-versed in the ritualistic form of know-how!

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Indian Mythology - Shiva and Parvathi - Me, My Guru

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Your dog also can be your soul mate but every pet is not its owner’s soul mate. Get it? Soul mates don’t have any hidden agenda with the other. ONLY the others’ wellness is of concern to them. They are there in this relationship without a rhyme or a reason.

So, you see one person can have multiple soul mates in one life. For example : I can have my soul-mates in one of my parent+kid+3-4 friends+stranger with whom I interact for 3-4 days by virtue of traveling or job+ pets+grandchild. Get the picture? No where I am in physical relationship with any of these ‘soul mates’, yet they are my soul mates and hence our bond is so full of purity and love. Now is it clear?

Stop labeling all illicit relationships as ‘soul mates’. Don’t fool yourself into believing this stuff to be so and end up messing your life.

Please, I request you to be very careful with your understanding of such topics. If you don’t understand – no problem! Just don’t get it wrong!”

Rahul told me once “When she answers our questions, she is just not answering us. She is talking to all out there. Her over all explanation is for everyone. But, parts of it are for some specific people and their specific issues which she is addressing en masse without pointing them in public.

Remember that always! She has told me once “take what you think fits your issue at hand and leave the rest for others to pick. This happens for everyone, everytime and hence people come back with same questions again and again, because they haven’t heard it when told, as they didn’t have that doubt or problem, they didn’t listen to that part of my talk. So in later years when they seek answers for the similar problem they come back asking question for which I’ve given explanations umpteen times already!”

Now I noticed their statements to be true. Some issues she was referring again and again and people like me who felt it was redundant found it a little irritatingly repetitive. But again, she had so many students and knew and had to answer all of them too and that too at the same time! No doubt, for want of time she would squeeze the explanation of many in one single topic. If they received for whom she was stressing, well and good – if not, I mean what more can she do?

She reclined and gave us silence that we so longed to have for more than ½ an hour. Then she continued suddenly “So whatever be your desire, only way to seek boon for the same from Shiva and Parvathiji would be ‘sadhan’ as much as possible. And what we do is never more. Have the penance that Ma Parvathi did to just get a glance from Him in mind when I say ‘sadhan’. Only that is sadhan and penance. Since, we can’t do that with our other activities to attend to; we need to do limited sadhan for longer periods of time. So, doing ‘intention reiki’ since 3mths is no long. Keep doing till your wish comes true! No stopping you till then. There are no short-cuts in the field of penance.  Everyone has to do the same amount of work to receive the goodies of their choice!  If it wasn’t easy for Ma Shakthi, how can we demand it for ourselves in exchange for little good things that we state we have done? So, tighten your seat belts and start doing sadhan regularly this moment on!” she concluded.....

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