Category: geopiety
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A legacy of love –Leaving the Earth a Better Place
A legacy of love –Leaving the Earth a Better Place Nations, communities, settlement, for that what we are have an obligation on not only to the poorer section of the society, but to all the grandchildren of the world, rich and poor. We have not inherited this earth from our parents to do with it…
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Dakshinayana.. the summer solstice.
June 21st the summer solstice. Solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice each year as the sun reaches its highest or lowest excursion in relation to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. The solstices together with the equinoxes are connected with seasons and many cultures have elaborate rituals and associations to commemorate this.…
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Violet flame meditation
Long time ago, my grandmother who was a transcendental meditation instructor told me about the violet flame meditation. I really did not take her seriously since meditation things like that did not interest me, actually I would sprout stuff like religion is the opium of the masses so on, so forth. But yes age I…
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Star Gazing.
We were at Kurushetra, at my husband’s guruji’s ashram. Since the weather was unbearably hot, we decided to sleep out. As the body relaxed, and our body tuned its inspiration and expiration to the rhythm of the rustling of the leaves. Gradually the body experienced the sensation of floating in the sky with stars. Next…
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Akshaya and Akshata
Akshata Abundance of nourishment was the focus of the Vedic society this was symbolized by grains of rice. Called the akshata. When sanctified through use in a ritual it became “mantra-akshate” that which was empowered to unlock that particular blessing for you. Literally Akshaya means something which does debilitate. So Akshaya Trithya commemorates that potential…
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Rains when Nature cleanses
Speaking tree When nature cleanses “The rain to the wind said, You push and I’ll pelt.’ They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged–though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.” ― Robert Frost Every rainy season, one site or the other puts up a prompt asking people to…
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