Namaskara
When we greet, we connect with each other from the heart, from the emotion, from the affection, from the joy of seeing someone who has been out of sight for a while
When we greet, we connect with each other from the heart, from the emotion, from the affection, from the joy of seeing someone who has been out of sight for a while
Chaitra Navaratri is nine days of worship to the Cosmic Shakti or Adi Shakti in its different forms and to Sri Rama, who represents the perfect individual.
There was a time when it was celebrated that married women performed a special rite for the well-being of their family coinciding with the imminent arrival of spring.
The latent vibrations in all types of sound can move the surrounding energy waves to separate and eliminate forces of opposite quality.
The concept of Shivaratri is the awakening of consciousness at the material level of existence and uniting with Shakti at a higher point in evolution. Shiva is symbolic of consciousness and Shakti symbolic of creative energy.
The science of mantras is based on the understanding of the effect of the conscious currents of the “Sabda” (sound of speech) inherent in the sound generated by a conscious being.
The literal meaning of mantras is of negligible importance compared to the specific syllable configuration and phonemes of it.
Shiva is the Lord of the yogis and the first master of yoga. He represents full consciousness behind the manifested reality.
Spirituality is not a discipline, dogma, or a belief system; it is a spontaneous appreciation, worship and adoration of life. Religions are dogmas, belief systems, traditions and ideas. Spirituality, however, is a process of attaining personal transformation, purity and upliftment.
By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia