Oh Mother, Oh Mother, Oh Mother

The Saundarya Lahiri declared,

Shiva is powerless without Shakti.

Mother in the Vedic tradition appears as Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati. These are three aspects of the Primordial Energy. Primordial energy is the existing energy even before the creation of the Universe. Mother is life giving, infinitely forgiving and compassionate. The sages proclaimed, “You alone are the mother, “and then “You alone are the father.” Continue reading

True Nature as love itself

The Gita describes love as being the essence of one’s being. When one attains liberation, one realizes one’s true nature as love itself.

If You Forget Me

But if each day,
Each hour you feel
That you are destined for me
With implacable sweetness
If each day a
Flower climbs up to
Your lips to seek me.

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456 – Why do we sing Christmas carols?

Christmas carols are sung because it is a way of telling the story of the nativity and the birth of Jesus Christ. It also enables one to express joy and hope. However, when we hear the carolers, we just listen to the carols without registering their actual meaning.

They are joyful hymns and the seven lessons that we can learn from them are: Continue reading