Dear Friends,

       Happy Navratri

The Navratri festival is the nine days celebration to honor the very soul of the universe – The divine feminine energy/the holy mother.

Navratri is not just a time to celebrate, but to live in AWARENESS of the Supreme Consciousness. It is the time for self-development with a strong sense of righteousness, self-purification and self-transformation,so we can receive Mother Goddess’s Grace, Her Love and experience Her Divine Anandam Energy.

For nine days, we can embark on the spiritual journey to cleanse our body and mind (eradication of the negative tendencies of our body, mind and heart)by self-disciplining in daily activities and praying to Goddess Durga to replace our shortcomings/vices – anger, selfish desires, greed, ego and undue attachments with virtues (divine qualities) – non-violence, love, forgiveness contentment, humbleness, detachment and equanimity.

Only then we can receive Her grace and experience Her Divine Love and Her Divine Feminine Energy/Anandam Energy – Everlasting happiness, Peace and Anandam, “Sat Chit Ananda.”

9- Simple Tips:

1. Observe Fast and Eat Healthy food (Sattvic Food) for purify the body and mind: Eat light and easily digestible fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts dairy product, and drink lot of water.  Cook with positive attitude (Prayers) and eat with love as you are nurturing the spirit within (yogic way of fasting).

 “Healthy food leads to healthy body and healthy mind”

2. Make Best Use of Your Thoughts: Think positive or neutral but not negative. Do not waste your energy on negative stuff. Your thought will determine your future.

Though→ Speech→ Action→ Habit → Destiny → Bondage OR Liberation

3. Have Good Company: Mingle with divine, inspiring, motivational and wise people.

“If you want to be spiritual, seek good company and don’t mix with those whose bad habits may wrongly influence you. Be always with people who inspire you; surround yourself with people who lift you up.” – Paramhansa Yogananda

4. Make Best Use of Your Speech: Speak softly, honestly and without hurting or insulting others.  Practice thoughtful silence.

 “When one is silent then one could hear the voice of Supreme (Inner Voice). Silent is the speech of a spiritual seeker.”- Satya Sai Baba

5.  Do Not Blame And Criticize: Forgive yourself and others.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies —Voltaire

6. Practice Righteousness: Follow your Dharma/Righteousness. Help the less fortunate, the weak, and the helpless without seeking or expecting any return.

 Work efficiently, righteously and selflessly with love and compassion (Gita)

7. Connect Body, Mind and Spirit: Do Yoga, Pranayama, meditation, Mantra, (True Yoga leads to  union with Divinity).

8. Pray: Pray to Supreme Power for well being of all! Express your gratitude to Mother Goddess for Her blessings and wisdom.

9. Surrender and Let Go…

Little by little the ignorance and vices (anger, selfish desires, greed, ego and undue attachments) will be dissolved and Mother Goddess’s Grace will pour on us and we will experience Divine Feminine Energy within – Everlasting happiness, Peace and Anandam, “Sat Chit Ananda.”

 “A life style that is led with purity (goodness) in thoughts, purity in food, purity in speech and purity in action leads to purity of heart and liberation.” (Gita)

From
Satya Kalra

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