Story

Diwali is celebrated on the NEW MOON IN THE MONTH OF Karthik, celebrate the return of Rama, 7^th reincarnation of Vishnu, his victory of Ravna king of Lanka, Raavna abducted Sita. His sister supernakha felt disgraced by Raama and Lakshmana, he disguised himself as Brahman and lured Rama and Lakshma away from the hermitage and then he comes to abduct Sita. Lakshman  drew a Lakshman Rekha (a protecton ring) that Sita was not supposed to cross, as soon as she crosses, Ravana abducts her and take her to Sri Lanka. Raama had to take the help of Hanuman and range of mankeys to cross over the ocean and to reach Lanka.

 This War happened over the Navaratri and on 10-th day (dashsera) he killed Raavna,

 Raavana was very intelligent and is depicted as ten headed person (that is his intellect was equal to ten times of a most intelligent person). After killing Raavna, Raama performed some penance and then headed back to Ayodhya. 

 Citizen of ayodhya realized that both Sun and Moon are debilitated. In order to welcome the entoutage, the citizen lighted the oil lamp (Deepavali). Lighted the entire pathway, when Raam lkashman returned, so they can  find their way home.

Message:

Lakshmi pooja means – invocation of goddess Lakshmi goddess of properity, we usually think of monry but it isi inner wealth, happiness, contentment, poornata, feelingof secure ius all this is Lakshmi, we invite this abudance into our heart and our home. She is in the form of Light, jyoti, wich dispels ignorance about oneself, that it is the ultimake ignoranc. Hopefuly she will have Vijaya over alakshmi, if Lakshmi is fullfillemtj, security, guess what alkshmi sense of insecurity, sense of lack, these feeling sof inner dridyra needs o be removed with propert samskara.

 

In Sri suktmam, oh lasksmi chooses toy and alkashmi in me should go. Let go of shadow side of Lakshmi, it is our own shadow siode. It is easy to say

How to invite Lakshmi, by doing pooja, cultivate a attitude of gratitude. If you want to keep, you shou;ld share, the more you give, the more she …inviting prosperity in wealth sense…depavali is inviting ceremonially into the heart.

Spritual significance connected with Mythology

Certain places deepavali is not a one day event, starts with Dhan teras ; Dhan means welath, and Tera is 13th - 13th tridyoshi.on this day, it looks like Paravati played a gamble with Shiva replicating Bhoga. Artha Kaama predominately. on 14th day, Chaturdashi - different version, north claims it as Manabali and south it is narakasura. This deepavali, a lord Krishna defeated Narakasura (son of Bhuma devi) and he asked for boone that he should be remembered for his giver. Who is narakasura? All auraa are inside; Kaama, krodha, anger all are asura. Out of anger you do many things. Kaama and Krodha basic enemy inside everupne and needs to be conqure, you can conqure by taking the life style or Dharama. One leading a lifestyle of Kaama and Artha in keeping with Dharma, converts an animal man  into Man man. Deepavali is conqueting the enemies that are inside us. When you conqure these enemies that will be there Ananda. This is in the form of cracker. When u bust cracker, there is a joy. 

This Kaama and Krodhan inside me is gone, then there is a sign of Ananda. This is by we are depicting by Lakshmi Pooja.

When Deva and Asura were chrning the ocean Lakshmi came out and she was the most beautiful. Lakshmi just not mean money; dhan, dhanya, danran, aadi, vijya, virya all are lakshmi. You get everything, by lifestyle of dharam. How much money do you want and return back to your own country? 10million, 30 million...100 ..1000, million, billion, trillion...life doesn't stop, kaama has no end, artha has no end.

who is satisfied with Pooja? People want punya punya and Punya...doesn't end. Where does it end? Only in Moksha. Laksmi Pooja is an indication of Dharma, Kaama and artha ...moksha includes all purishartha. when that is accomplished, when that fulfillment is found, u r busrting cracker, the whole thing is replicated, how to get this moksha, gyanam by knowledge. Knowledge is indicated by light. Deepa means light. aVaali means arrangement indicating the light dispelling darness. Darness indicates ignorance. Nothing but victory over your inner klesha. on dwitya, yama dwitya also an important day, bhai dooj. what is the significance, as a sign of victotu, Krishna goes nback to siter's house, when brother and siuster come together there is connection, u r dharma, artha kaami before, now u r no more a materialstic person, is now Shreya margi, u r going to live new life. suppose to wear new clothes, oil bath, have shuddhi. every religious festivals is to make you samskrit purusha, get up in 4 and have bath, then only go to kitchen. Ypu made a new resolution, indication Get up in the morning and change your life style. It is meant to change the life sytle. Your life style needs to be changed and that's what the festivals, connects you yo ishwara, connects to your family and connects to atma vichara.

Connected to my inner psyche, inner growth. After the success of Diwali, on nthe 2nd, Krishan went to Sister;s house, Sister invites the brother home and we think that the brother has to give money. Money is a token of love. Once someone gets to moksha marga, mark of success. Yama dwitya, he came out of Naraka, yama, and ruled the world. Festivals are meant to look at the life and life style needs to be changed.

Let us take the resolution, rise early, spend sometime every day, I am going to take the practice of medittion, chant some prayer, but there should be a mark of change in your life. If there is no change, there is no diwali. Every festivals needs to be connected to me. These are meant for change ininner disposition.

Swami Viditmananda

Hapy Deepavali.

Deepa - avali - deepa is lamp pand avalli - row and it is a row of lamp.

Decorate home wipth the oil lamp, they have their own charm adn beauty and conveys joy and that;s what it stands for

1) Lord Rama and sita returned to ayodhya - amavasya month of ashvina, Deepvali stands victoruy of good for evil. Victory of light over darkness, knowledg over darkness

2) Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped, new account books, and perform the worshop of lasjmi

stands for wealth , propsperti and forture

The one is very fortuna, home of virtutus people

Same lakshmi becomes alakhmi in the people of unvirtuous people

manifest as modesty, intelligence in people of good action. This is goddess lakshmi bestoes beauty and prospeity on devotees. 

Dharma artha and Kaama; name and fame when acquired on the basis of dharma, Lakshmi brings happiness. We should be the master of Lakshmi, boundary has to be observed, Wealth, fame and empowerment as soon as value of contributor, having lakshi is very important.

Goddess Lakshmi was born from sheer samundra and chose Vishnu as consort

Dhan teras, Chaturdashi is dedicate to Kali - conqur all evils

Victory of knowlede over darkness

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1) remove negativity to bring positivity in our life.
on this day, we clean our home to welcome the goddess laxmi in our home. but we forget to clean our heart from negativity so that god can resides in our heart. so resolve to let go of bad habits, negative thoughts and wrong friends. be more loving and less egoistic is the way to invite god in our life.

2. have patience
every ordeal comes to an end. no matter how long is the wait. time changes and nothing last forever. so if you are on the right path then keep on moving without worrying about the length of journey. one day it will come to an end and you will be remembered for your patience and good deeds. we should take inspiration from bhagwan rama not only for his patience but also for living a life of dharma and virtue.

 3) share to bring joy in everyone life
on this day, people buy sweets and share them with their friends, relatives and neighbors. this add lot of joy and festivity in the air. its a lesson for us to share whatever good or extra we have with the less privileged people. in the inner world, whatever we share increases and whatever we hoard decreases with time. so this diwali, buy some gifts for poor people or for people who are working under you to make their diwali also special and full of sweetness.

4 remove darkness to bring light in our life.
The Festival of Lights also signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance. It is the celebration of the inner light of higher knowledge dispelling all ignorance, the ignorance that as though veils one's true nature, not as the body-mind-sense complex, but as the unchanging, infinite, immanent and transcendent Reality.

Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, is the principle deity associated with this festival. During Diwali we ask her for assistance in cultivating and accumulating spiritual wealth, such as compassion, forgiveness, and loving-kindness.

Astrological Symbology

Symbology, there is a lot of sybbology,

Ravaana is like Saturn and defeated by Hanuman (reincarnation of Mars)

Raam is like a sun and Sita is like a moon, and lured out of circle for the tenderness and love to provide for beggers

 Sun is in lower dignity, Moon is lowest dignity going into scoepio. A little bit …trial by fire

 Gossip in the kingdom and her chastity and whether she was pure. She was required to go through agni prikisha and go through fire and come out pure, and still there is gossip and she was requested to go to exile. While she ws in exile, she gave birth to Lav and ush

Prone to everybody’s voice, is everybody okay, and we are taking consensus , and in libra it gets dispersed. He did not stand up for Sita. It shows inner conflict in our life, people are saying something about your loved ones and we see the trials going on.

She passed the trials of fire, she passed, but it was not good enough. Thre is suspicious and darkness. She stayed devoted and purity. This is a very devotional sign. Saturn is king here in swati and it is ruled by Vayu, and Mars is in the one who can defeat Raavna.

 Lucky metals or gems will not work unless you are using fashion to impress or attract a partner

Worship to a Daiva or Puja to a certain Daiva will indoctrinate alot of that Daiva's energy within you as they are also a manifest of the Paramātma but represent different aspects of nature. 

For women, worship to Shivashankara on Monday's are done because of Shivashankara's unchangeable love toward Ma Parvati as well as getting a husband who helps them improve their wisdom in life as Shivashankara and Ma Parvati had alot of discourses about life, living and sciences both material and spiritual 

Warriors also worshipped him because he represents destruction and the relief from worst possible sufferings and deaths so they sought moksha from him if they had the most gruesome death at the hands of an enemy

Married couples and householders also do Suryanarayana katha for preservation and family lineage health reasons. Also worship is done to Narayana because in all of his Avatara, he tried his absolute best to take care of his partner even if "karma" seemed to go against the situation like in case of Shrī Rama and Ma Sīta or Shrī Krishna and Ma Radharani. 

So when worship is done to them for something, it is an aspect of nature that you wish to embibe within your personality which in luck and divine blessings would make certain desires be fulfilled through this or there can be direct divine intervention depending

So if a person worships Shivashankara and Ma Parvati or Lakshmīnarayana for marriage, the person will take on characteristics of those Daiva or receive their blessings so they can use it to make obtaining marriage easier. 

In a more comical example, as a remedy for fixing a marriage and to have a child I told the person to do a Mantra of Kamadaiva. After several months, a consistently long time he did not feel anything develop but all of a sudden he started to get learning material in extense about his case in which he learnt. The marriage was fixed and he mentioned that his wife was pregnant with their child soon after

But its not always a guaranteed case. I tried repeating the similar remedy to someone else. They also found ways to learn about those matters but it didnt help in marriage and to no surprise, Shukra was under extreme grip of prarabdha karma graha implying kriyamana karma cannot be used and person has to wait for one particular person to enter their life in order for the event to happen. 

This is how the whole remedy cycle works. It may not solve karma completely but certainly helps you somehow 

Totka of Fitkari (Alum)

 Totka of Fitkari (Alum)

👉 For peace and prosperity, tie alum above the main door of your Home/ office/Factory/ Shop. 

👉 Keep it in the corners of any room to take out negativity and Vaastu dosh. 

👉 Mix little alum with water in a kalash and keep it next to your bed at night. In the morning, put it in on any plant. This helps one come out of tension. 

👉 Tie alum in a black cloth and keep it below your pillow for good sleep. 

👉 For name and fame, every Wednesday evening, take one paan, put some sindoor in it, one small piece of Fitkari and put it near peepal tree.

👉 To charge Crystals, every poornima take some Fitkari  keep it above your crystals and keep it in the moonlight.

All the best 👍

Mercury in 12th Bhava

 

Mercury in the 12th House

As with all other planets in the 12th house, Mercury too in the 12th house needs special attention while assessing a Birth-chart, Yearly-chart, monthly-chart or a 2.5 days Hora-chart or even a question-chart.

Firstly, the 12th house relates to spending, losses, trouble with govt agencies, penalty, punishment, disputes within the family, problems regarding to children or with children or from children. Secondly problems, trouble, harassment, career problem , torture or losses may be given by enemies, opponents, adversaries, because Mercury has direct and full drishti on the 6th house. The 5th house relating to children, and also to education of the individual is adversely affected because of Mercury occupying the 8th position from the 5th house.

The preliminary disadvantage caused to the individual is about education. The individual is either poor in grasp when anything is taught or needs repetition of teaching. Problem of below standard intelligence could also be there. In some cases it could be lack of educational facilities specially for higher studies, and last of all, there could be financial paucity for primary, secondary or higher education or lack of facilities of such education as is desired for the individual. For example, in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s, there were no facilities for learning any science subjects in any high school in four or five princely states of upper Central India and Lower Rajputana within a radius of 70 miles (112 km). As a result, there was no student from that region in those years from engineering or medical or any other education with science as the basis.

Then comes the question of keeping of accounts if the individual is in own business or associated with any kind of account work of business run by employers. The individual is neither prompt nor regular in jotting down accounts as soon as any transaction in cash or goods takes place; the tendency is to note down the accounts later on by memory, and thus there remains scope for mistakes and lapses.

The third question coming up is about the education of the children, and the same problems might be there which have been discussed in the preceding paragraphs relating to the education of the individual. In modern times, it is a misfortune for the children as well as the parents, if the progeny, (even one of them), remains uneducated or less educated. This or other causes often lead to differences between the progeny and the parents. And if hard or cruel stars get associated with the 12th house and Mercury is no doubt therein, these differences take the shape of a dispute.

The fourth question is about dispute, trouble, problems that might be created by mistakes, lapses, fraud, forgery in matters of documents, deeds, any kind of important papers, oral and written statements. Another source of worry or problem for the individual could be any evidence he or she might have given, against which a charge of perjury has cropped up.

Sani pradosham

 Today (Saturday) is Shani Pradosham! 

As per the Hindu calendar the 13th lunar day is celebrated as “Pradosh” and worshipping Lord Shiva on this day brings a lot of blessings to the sincere devotee. When Pradosh falls on a Saturday it is referred to as “Shani Pradosh” or “Shani Trayodashi”. 

It is the time to recalibrate and reevaluate what’s really important to us and let go of everything else that is holding us back from living upto our fullest potential. 

 Shani Pradosh is one of the best days to do remedies for Shani (Saturn).

Shani Pradosh Rituals

1. Worship Lord Hanuman by reciting or listening to Hanuman Chalisa. It is one of the best remedies to manage 

2. Listen to Sri Rudram, you can also play the rudram, close your eyes and listen to it in a meditative state. 

3. Chant Aum Namah Shivaya 1008 times or 108 times.

4. Light a lamp with sesame oil during sunset.

5. Donate to people who are less fortunate than you and the ones that serve you. 

6. Declutter your home. Throw away unused footwear and electronics that are not in working condition.

7. Feed crows if possible.

8. Walk bare-feet on Grass if possible.

9. Read chapters from the book The Greatness of Saturn (Shani Mahatmaya)

Aja Ekadashi

 Aja Ekadashi is the Ekadashi (waning 11th lunar day) il the month of Bhadrapada. It falls on Sep 2nd this year in 2021

On Aja Ekadashi Lord Vishnu is worshipped as Hrishikesha. It immediately vanquishes whatever miseries one may be suffering as a result of past karmic sinful activities.

The Story 

Lord Krishna enlightens Yudhishtra about Aja Ekadashi  in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana.

Any person who fasts completely on this day and worships Hrishikesha, the master of the senses, becomes free of all reactions to his sins. Even one who simply hears about this Ekadasi is freed from his past sins. 

There once lived a famous king named Harishchandra, who was the emperor of the world and a person of great truth and integrity.  By the force of destiny, however, Harishchandra lost his great kingdom and sold his wife and son. The pious king himself became a menial servant of a dog-eater, who made him guard a crematorium. 

Yet even while doing such menial service, he did not forsake his truthfulness and good character. One day the great sage Gautama passed by and with joined palms the king stood before Gautama Muni and narrated his pitiful story. Gautama Muni was astonished to hear the king’s tale of woe and instructed him to fast on Aja Ekadashi which removes all sins. He told the king that Aja Ekadasi is so auspicious that if you simply fast on that day and perform no other austerity, all your sins will be nullified. 

King Harishchandra followed Gautama Muni’s instructions and observed the Aja Ekadashi fast. The reactions to his previous sins were completely destroyed at once. Just by the power of this wonderful Ekadasi, he was reunited with his wife and son. 

Lord Krishna reiterated that whoever fasts on Aja Ekadasi is surely freed from all his sins and ascends to the spiritual world.

Aja  Ekadashi  Rituals

1. You can chant Om Namo Bhagavate Hrishikeshaya namaha 108 times or more. 

2. You can chant or listen to Vishnu Sahasranama 

3. Donation 

4. Ekadashi Fasting 

Janmashtami Rituals

 “Janmashtami is the day when we celebrate the  Lord Krishna was born on Ashtami Tithi when the moon transited Rohini Nakshatra. And this year during Janamasthami Moon and Rahu are both in Rohini Nakshatra. 

Astrologically Speaking…

It is said that any evils of malefic planets can be removed and the blesisngs of natural benefic planets can be obtained by worshipping the deities associated with the tithi ruled by the planets.

Lord Krishna was born on Ashtami Tithi (8th waning lunar day), so worshipping HIM as Bal Gopal (child form) on the 8th lunar day can help us overcome the evils of our karma that caused this rebirth. Ashtami tithi is ruled by Rahu and this is one of the best remedies for Rahu.

Rituals and Remedies

1. Worship Lord Krishna with the mantra - “Aum Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya”. You can chant this mantra 108 times or sing it as a bhajan. 

2. Read few chapters from the Bhagavad Gita or Srimad Bhagavatam.

3. Lord Krishna symbolizes joy and celebration. So join a Satsang or get together with friends and family and sing songs in praise of Lord Krishna. You can recite the Achyutashtakam by Adi Shankaracharya. 

4. Light a lamp with Ghee and offer it to Lord Krishna. 

5. If have an idol of the lord you can give HIM a ritualistic bath with 5 ingredients (Milk, Jaggery, Ghee, Honey and Yoghurt). This is called Panchamrit - Pancha means 5 and Amrit means the elixir of the Gods.

6. Offer some fragrance to Lord Krishna by lighting an incense or by applying chandan (sandalwood).

7. Offer butter, milk products, sweets and rice to Lord Krishna. 

8. Meditate or listen to flute music.

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