Opening up my mind ........

From birth to death, a human being goes through several stages in life — such as childhood, youth, and old age. As long as a person lives, they pass through these stages. In our culture, our ancestors, with deep thought and foresight, laid down a systematic framework in the scriptures describing which aspects of life should be given importance at each stage. If we look closely, all these stages are important. But among them, one significant stage is Gṛhasthāśrama (the stage of household life). In Hinduism, sixteen sacraments (saṁskāras) are prescribed from birth till death, and marriage is considered one of the most important among them. The scriptures compare a newly married couple to Lakshmi and Narayana — a reflection of the sacredness and importance given to this relationship in our culture. Marriage is a sacred bond. In our social system too, the marriage ritual holds special importance. Marriage is not just about two individuals; it is about the union of two families and two cu...

                    When a person's personality is formed, the surrounding environment, along with education, has a lot of influence on people. All of these things happen to a person and that's how it happens. People learn something from the moment they are born until they die. When we say learning, it is not limited to school, college, and examinations. All knowledge does not come from books. Some people learn from their own experiences, while others learn from the experiences of others. To give a simple example of this, if we do not pay attention to the road properly while walking on the road, then we get injured in the leg by getting hit. You've probably heard of it, or experienced it yourself. There are many things in life that we have never experienced, but we still act like it.                    The information about the whole world is contained in the books, the biographies of gre...

                    Mother… is a very important part of everyone's life. In fact, life itself exists because of a mother. I consider her to be divine, and I once read somewhere that since it is not possible for God to take care of everyone at the same time, He sent mothers to this Earth to look after all, to love all. This is a law of nature—not just for humans but also for animals. Even our scriptures give great importance to the mother. Phrases like " Matru Devo Bhava " (Mother is God) show that she is considered equal to, or even greater than, God. To express the importance of a mother, it has also been said: " Swami of the three worlds is a beggar without a mother. "                     In reality, it is very wrong to differentiate between mother and father in terms of who is greater, and in fact, their love can never be compared. From childhood, knowingly or unknowingly, we tend to ...

                    March 8 is International Women's Day. Jokingly, we often say, " Every day is Women's Day ." In reality, March 8 is merely observed as a formality. Jokes aside, it is only when this day arrives that everyone remembers her.                     In reality, she cannot be confined to any single relationship. She plays many roles in our lives—sometimes as a mother, caring for us with love; sometimes as a sister, asserting her rights with pride; sometimes as a friend, sharing endless conversations; sometimes as a beloved, painting dreams of love; sometimes as a colleague, working alongside us in the office; and sometimes as a life partner, walking with us through every phase of life. There are countless versions of her in our lives.                     Nature never created a distinction between him and her . This divide ...

                    Things received easily in life are not considered to be valuable by us. They may be objects from your day-to-day life or the freedom of our nation. On looking at the events happening around us today, we can come to the conclusion that we have forgotten to value our hard-earned freedom, the way we should. If we lose an object acquired easily, without much efforts, we do not value it much; & do not bother much about its loss. But, we care for & value hard-earned objects; regret their loss; & try to recover them. A simple example is food. If it is scarce, we value it most.                          I think, as we have not had to strive hard, sweat, make sacrifices or shed blood for our country's freedom, we do not value it; do not care for it. We have got freedom ready on a platter, easily. In fact, we have never had any experience of b...