Spiritual Serendipity

Shivohammm shiohamm... amar atma hai,maransheel kaya, sabhi praniyon ke jo bheetar samaya, vahi atma, sacchidanand mai hoon, shivohammm, shivohamm Was reading and experiencing some important aspects. Every human has both the masculine and feminine forms... and two ways of sadhna... love and meditation. Meerabai was deeply in love with Lord Krishna, and finally she met Him, and disappeared in Him ( Parmatma me vilupt ho jana jise kehte hain). Feminine aspect in a human give one the tendency to love- to love unconditionally. If one is masculine, there would be more focus on thinking and intellectualizing - and hence the way becomes "to watch breath, watch thoughts,and delve deeper into meditation". Ok!! so as we discussed..."so whats the way for me?" Well!! the fact that each of us has both the masculine and feminine aspects,  there would be atleast one aspect which is predominant in each. Even our brain has two halves, th

Above pic courtesy:  http://www.artofliving.org July 9,2012: The pavitra month of Saawan has begun, and today was the first Somvar (Monday) of the same. As per ancient texts when Lord Vishnu incarnated as Lord Rama, he established Shiva Lingam at Rameshwaram before crossing the sea. He performed Rudrabhishek to express his devotion towards Lord Shiva. This Pooja, where Lord Shiva is worshiped in His Rudra form, is known as one of the greatest Poojas in Vedic scriptures to remove all evils, attain all desires and for all-round prosperity and peace. In this puja Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of Linga or Lingam and abhishek is performed with different materials like panchamrit, flowers, belpatra, milk, coconut water, honey, curd sugarcane juice etc. The ancient mantras that are chanted by the Veda boys, get absorbed in the environment and the offered materials.This is then offered to Shiva with love, devotion, reverence, and gratitude. The world is a play of energy: negative