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Sun, Sand and Salt Water

 Can salt water heal us? Read on to find out: In the winter of 1995, when I was fourteen, my extended family of thirty people — cousins and friends — went on a vacation, a road trip to Goa. As one can imagine, the gang of parents and children was a place to party. The music on the loudspeakers blasted old songs and, like a jukebox, played peoples’ favourite music. We played antakshari and cards, danced and sang. The place is filled with laughter and fun. Yet, I don’t remember most of that. However, I remember this boy, whose name I didn’t know, accompanying us on our journey in the minivan. He was my mother’s friend’s son. He was tall at five feet six, lean built, with thick, black, curly hair. He spoke with a good command of the language. I tried to look pretty and cute, talk intelligently and appear smart. He was polite to the elders and friendly to the younger ones, such as me. He had a great sense of humour, and I was utterly smitten. I could think of doing nothing else but imp...

Home Altar

  Manmanaa bhava madbhakto madyaajee maam namaskaru | Mamevaishyasi satyam te pratijaane priyosi me || Fix thy mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to me, bow down to Me. Thou shalt come even to Me; truly do I promise unto thee, thou art dear to Me. -Bhagavad Gita chapter 18 verse 65 Translation by Swami Sivananda One Pointed Focus, a direction that we all require in our lives, is what the above verse emphasizes, which is the key reason temples all over have just one idol in the Garbha Griha. Garbha = womb and griha = house. Garbhagriha is the innermost sanctum sanctorum of the temple where the supreme deity resides. Ideally, in a Garbhagriha only one energy stays just like in a mother's womb, where only one energy is created and a twin who becomes the sibling can only share stays. Just like in our room where we are not comfortable with any other energy but are fine with our immediate family members and don't mind sharing our room with our spouse, child, or our pet. Right?! ...

In the Lap Of SriHari

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   I have named this painting "In the lap of SriHari", do you want to know why? This is where my Gurudev resides , in the lap of SriHari. And all of us live in His Heart  which is as big as the Universe. There is space for everyone. Every day when i wake up, I fall in love with Him all over again. Energy is simple to understand. The frequency comes back with the same force. Suppose you throw a ball at the wall, it will come back with the same speed. Same is with us. We are all energies, and what we give is what we get. Suppose you have a tough relationship which you wish to mend, then just keep forgiving the other person silently in your prayers. In a few months, we see that the toughest relations get healed. We are giving away energy of healing and the other soul is listening, and the relation gets healed. Same is with love. We love Him so much coz He loves us equally or even more. Let me explain the painting a bit. As per vastu scriptures, West direction is for Lord Vis...

Mindful Speech

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  Today's divine task..  We always wait for a task given by our Master and try to abide by it. He has asked us to be Mindful with our Speech for a week. What is Mindful Speech? Mindful speech means that you are aware whilst you are speaking – you have developed the capacity to truly observe what, and how you are speaking.-thedevco.com  On Zoom meeting today, Swamiji has given us a task to be Mindful In Speech which is to be done for a week. So this is how I am going to begin,  purify my hands and mouth think of Guru on crown chakra take water in my hands with some rice Take the following sankalpa: I jayshree Om, disciple of Om Swamiji, born on 12-01-79, vow to be mindful of my speech, (in words, thoughts and tone) for the next one week. I am doing so for my spiritual development. May the Universe and my Guru be with me and help me through this. Put the water in the plant. Say my gratitude to the os.me team, Swamiji and SriHari. When in doubt, I always message our com...

The Ancient Science of Vastu-II, Manushyalaya Chandrika

 Writing a book is a dream for many and with my guru's grace I could accomplish it the second time too.  I design my book covers and really love this part of my work. I used to draw a lot when I was a child, but because of conditioning of my mind this talent got suppressed. But now I am able to fulfill my deepest desire of creating things. I love my book covers and would like to share why's of my designs. Book Cover Design for book 2- "The Ancient Science of Vastu-II, The Manushyalaya Chandrika." The design of the book cover is one of the integral parts of the book writing process. This creates the first impression on the readers about the content of the book. We as teamwork very hard to design the cover page with artisanship. We at Heofon Experience always keep a blend of the modern era with ancient principles in mind while designing every aspect of our structures. Front cover The first book of this series, “The Ancient Science of Vastu- 1” was very well received amo...

Protein-the building block

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 Almost six months back, I wrote a blog on Sugar.   It's been one year since I quit sugar, honey, misri, maple syrup or jaggery. For that matter, even dates, figs and raisins are out of my daily diet.. The Result = anxiety has gone down amazingly, and I'm able to meditate with greater concentration. This is not it. Also it's been a year that I quit gluten, rice and reduced dairy (extensively), villi have started growing in the intestine..this can be known by my energy levels and of course by the way I'm able to eat food like peas, carrot, potato etc which I was earlier allergic to.  My Doc Mayank says that in  next two years I will be able to eat everything and will be normal and yes, the biggest factor would be that I would have gained my health and my life back. I eat millets and more protein in order to build and strengthen my organs. The liver condition has really improved.  Even without medication, my b12 is superb. This is how my diet looks like: My breakf...

Let's All Wear WHITE

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 I know, I know; we are already waiting, eagerly waiting for the month of May.. Lets Surprise HIM.. He loves white, so lets all wear white and surprise Him.. what say my dear os.me ? I wore white for my last two zoom sessions, and trust me, I felt so blissful. I felt pure after my bath (chanted my ganga jamuna chants in the bath) and wore white which Swamiji loves. For all our live discourses we have always worn white. Seeing all of us in white, He may be surprised, He may appreciate our Virtual Presence. This is just a thought and a perception I'm entertaining.. and I know He likes us in all attires and never judges us.. There is something about white though, some scientific facts: It reflects light It consists of all colors, hence all inclusive Has no different hues or shades The opposite of Darkness or Ignorance A sign of purity Eventually we all have to become like a Prism๐Ÿ’Ž. Incoming of Swamitioning (white ray)and outgoing of different colors ๐Ÿณ️‍๐ŸŒˆ, having different waveleng...