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Tag: sacred-lore

  • Earth Overshoot Day

    Every body talks about development, connectivity, which somewhere translates to just  construction work, this is taking a toll on our ecology, the list that is damaged is so long that I am using a cheat sheet. We have out shot the planets capacity to support the need and the greed of the global population. To…

  • The flow of emotions.

    Bhava ganga, The Devi Bhagawatam, talks of Navadurga each aspect of Durga  talking of one quality. On saptami   the mother Goddess is worshiped in her form as Ganga.  Ganga is also the Bhava Ganga, the flow of emotion that is so torrential and difficult to withhold, once she flows out she leaves us calm and…

  • Seasoning life with seasons.

    Rtu samhara, the cycles of season, or rtushringara the romance of season.  That is what it all about cycles, decay and rebirth.  In Sanskrit poetry seasons are entwined with love, both erotic and divine. They are parallel and interwoven. Vasanta spring, the eternal companion of the Kamadev, the lord of love, adorned with flowers and…

  • personal universe

    We have all heard, of the atma and Paramtma. God made us in his model. For me these concepts manifested as the construction of atom and the parallel in the solar system. People of ancient faiths including Vedic Hinduism, lived in a spiritually alive from horizon to horizon where spirituality was a dimension of every…

  • Did I celebrate earth day?

    There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationist themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the same time raising young people to be better stewards.  – Dr. Jane Goodall Primatologist, ethologists and anthropologist  April 22nd is the earth day. The day observes the need to…

  • talisman

    After my accident my mother consulted an astrologer, who told her that someone had cast an evil eye and that had affected me. The effect could be nullified using a Talisman. It’s not only amma, but a lot of people find solace in talismans cure a range of ills, they act as protectors, provide peace…