u/TeaTaylor05

Navaratri! Celebration of womanhood. Ever since my hard challenging times, one thing that makes me alive is celebrations. I always feel myself so fortunate to be born in this beautiful land.

I have no back round in celebrating navaratri. But after listening to Sadhguru on Indian festivals, i came to know the importance of these festivals in ones life. They are not just festivals. They have huge connection with our lives. One simple aspect is tracking Amavasya & Pournami.

I have noticed, almost all pournamis have become a celebration of my victory. They may be small,tiny or not worth mentioning things. but it is. And amavasyas are like, unwanted things will get dismantled from my life. So i become super curious about our festivals and whatever explanation is given for that celebration i just sink myself into it. And nowadays i feel like i am very much sync with them.

Yesterday was one like that. Today navaratri. Yesterday, simply i went out to buy dolls for Kolu setup. Did i have money? not really. But simply i went. There were plenty of attractive dolls in Gandhipuram Sarvodhaya. I looked around and felt like, on one concept i will take. The dolls were little expensive. Being in Isha, i have many Shiva, linga, nandi, trishul etc., but not Lakshmis. So i chose Ashta laksmi this year. Comparatively they are cheap and beautiful. I was super excited. This evening i am going to start the celebration.

By the way Ashta lakshmi are Adi or Maha lakshmi, Dhanalakshmi, Dhanyalakshmi, Veeralakshmi, Vijayalakshmi, Santhanalakshmi, Gajalakshmi & Vidhyalaksmi.

Have you arranged your Kolu steps at home?

My life's approach always been like this. If i find anyone in my life, is smart and good enough, then i will lookup to him/her and i will start encouraging them, believing that they will do the same for me. I will do selfless things to people i love. But you cannot expect the same from them. So i got a major heartbreak which followed by little heartbreaks followed by tiny heartbreaks. But a wonderful thing about all these heartbreaks is, they led to a light house filled with lights. Yes!!! SADHGURU.....

Now, all these nonsense that are being thrown at me, have created some other world for me, that i have never imagined possible. Am i living in a hell? Yes, you can say that. But holding my master in one hand, walking in a hell is possible. This is good. yes, in a way i started liking it and now loving it.....

Namaskaram. Like a Nandhi, I was waiting for someone I love to be on the track. But I don't want to waste my life either. So keep waiting, I engaged myself in other areas without expecting anything.

Because whom I love should return and give me all that I need. In my ideology, I don't have the right to expect the same from others.

But life is giving its gift of abundance , which I didn't value because of my ignorance.

I am having what I need. But I don't have what I want.🥺

Have you experienced something similar???🤔

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This question has been very important in my life for a few years , "Am I doing what I really care for?"

By asking every now and then, it shapes my focus. And I can ignore noises, even if they are from my own family. Also, I am able to finish some loose ends as soon as possible to continue my work.

It helps to improve my quality of work. I can plan better. 🙏🏼

Sadhguru says, "Do not control your mind, release it."

Because of moral studies and the efforts to become a "good person," I ignored small pricks from society and the closed circle. This attitude piled up a lot of disturbances in my mind and in turn in my life. When I started paying attention to my disturbed feeling, I started taking action. Now, I am able to feel the relief.

Without Sadhguru, I don't have the courage or sense to see the disturbances. I would have casually ignored those pricks in my mind. And would have lived with the pain. Paying attention to every detail matters.

Pranam Sadhguru, thanks for making this idiot into a little more sensible person 🙏

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Namaskaram. This is very true in every field. At work, at home, in administration, in the government, and everywhere, we can see.

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If a person is doing a job, he will do only how he knows the job. But an inspired human being will do the job, how it is needed in the given time, and the situation and the people around him.

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To do what is needed takes lots of responsibility, knowing the depth of the work, experience, and most importantly, love.

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I would like to mention that recently I visited hoysala temples in karnataka, Our expert explained that before sculpting, the sculptors should know Shipashastra. They undergo Bhramhacharya for a few years and practice yoga. And now, sculpting is not a work. It's out pouring divinity from them.

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So that they can attain this level of Mastery over the art and architecture

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So education should not be just passing information. 🙏