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Shoonya Masa (fruitless month) or Dhanur Masa Did you know that in the belief system of Hindus, Shoonya Masa, Zero month or fruitless month, or Dhanur Masa, starting from entry of planet Sun into Dhanur rasi (Sagitaruis) in mid December till its entry in to the Makara Rasi ( Capricorn) mid January, according to the Hindu almanac, is considered not favourable to any kind of auspicious actitivty, except meditation?   Shoonya Masa, or Dhanur Masa according to Hindu belief system, is a zero month or fruitless month not favourable in respect of doing any ausipicuos activity. This month starts from the Sankramna or entry of planet Sun in the star of Pushya into the zodiacal sign of Dhanr or Sagitarius from around the middle of December till its exit or entry into the sign of Makara or Capricorn towrds the end of the second week of January, in the Gregorian calenda . The Dhanur Masa also known as the Tamil month of Margazhi, marks the winter season for the Indian su...

Kodungallur Did you know that Kodungallur is an ancient historical port town which is known for its Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple built by the Chera dynasty, who ruled before the Chritain era, in the area of Malabar Coast of Kerala? Did you know that Kodungallur, also called also Cranganore in Kerala is where the first case of COVID-19 in India was reported at Kodungallur in a medical student who returned from Wuhan University? Kodungallur, also Cranganore, is a historically significant town situated on the banks of river Periyar on the Malabar Coast in Thrissur district of Kerala. Being a port city at the northern end of the Kerala lagoons, it was a strategic entry point for the naval fleets to the extensive Kerala backwaters. It was the earliest established city in Kerala during the reign of the Chera dynasty before the Christian era. It was a port city which used to have trade with the Romans and the Chinese. Cherra dysnaty built the Kodungal...

Chapter 4 - Real Laughter Day 9 If you ever happened to meet God, do you know what you would tell him? "Oh, I have met you inside." God will dance in our life when the day dawns in laughter and love. The true prayer is laughing in the morning.  Don't just be laughing outside but from deep inside. The laughter comes from the center of our being, from the core of our heart. Our belly is so full of laughter that the laughter permeates and comes out of every cell of our body.  True laughter is true prayer. In nature everything is just waiting for you to laugh. When you laugh, the whole of nature laughs with you. It echoes and resounds and that is really the worth of life.  When things go all right, everybody can laugh, but when everything falls apart, and then if you can laugh, that is evolution and growth. So there is nothing in life that is more worthy than your laughter. Never lose it for anything, whatsoever. Events come and go. Some are a little pleasant, som...

Chapter 3 - The Four Approaches To Practical & Spiritual Life  Day 7  Dana, that is surrender. Surrender is the most misunderstood word in the world today. Surrender is not slaverv. surrender Is not something vou can force upon someone, surrender Is a happening.  Surrender happens out of love, gratitude and trust. When there is fear, drop the fear. The dropping of the fear happens with the trust, and that is surrender. If doubt still remains, do nothing, just watch.  Breathe, meditate. That will clear your doubts out. There is no other way to come out of your doubt. Four types of doubt will arise in your mind. The first doubt is about yourself, ‘Don't think this is for me. There is still time for me. I think I should go very slowly. Maybe it is not the right time’. ‘It doesn't suit me at all, I am not the person for it. I can never have it. I have my old patterns. I will never come out of it’. These things, doubting the very self, doubting your abilit...

It was when I was 12. This crowd gathering was sitting in one corner, and it looked like everyone is meeting after ages, like a typical Punjabi family discussing about what each other’s children are upto!   There was a sense of eagerness in the crowd as I witnessed some eyes continuously stray towards the staircase, as if some celebrity were to walk down through it. It was the welcoming of my Uncle’s baby girl. Ekta With Sri Sri As my eyes rolled up, I saw a man walking down the staircase. A man in a pure white robe, with a long beard, having a smile which was one of a kind. The walk was nothing less than a Celebrity’s. And suddenly, the crowd was full of smiles, the smiles I had never seen on their faces. They all started to jump and rush to reach this man and I had no clue of what was going on. What a chaos it turned out to be! But this man and His smile remained unaffected by the crowd. It was as though He was loving the chaos He had created. Little did I know that this would...