Prayer to Mother Earth –

I thank you with all my heart,

I honor the existence of rivers, streams, ponds, lake, and oceans that are the life source on the Earth

I take pleasure in the sunlight which gives warmth from the chillness, and nurtures our body and mind,

I enjoy the coolness of breeze, whispers of the wind which carries the chirping of birds, sounds of fluttering of leaves

I honor the dazzling flame which burn the darkness of ignorance,

I am grateful for the shelter, I shall always cherish your warmth and protection, kindly forgive my sins,

Oh! Mother Earth, I praise all that you hold to nurture your creatures

Whenever I feel alone and lost, I shall take shelter at your lap

I am at peace with you always!

Humility –

Humility is the absence of pride, sense of ‘I know it all’; the truth is that our life is not enough to get a glimpse of branches of knowledge, not to talk about master it all.  The sense of pride take away the respect and knowledge as well, a natural watercourse creates its way through downwards, grasses live to tell the tales  of heavy downpours, but trees that stand solid and erect would not make it.  Humility is a sense of respect and respect to other people’s opinion, I strongly believe that we have forgotten a greater part of simple gestures of respect; so expecting someone to respect your opinion is fruitless act, usually people who are surrounded by big families are enriched with the great sense of respect and they have taken all the initiative to pass it on to the generations.  Humility is sense of morality, being honest, fair, non - judgmental, kind, caring, compassionate, not to hurt others by words, action or thoughts.   Finally, we are humans with lots of flaws, accept it and make all efforts to correct our mistakes, are the greatest achievement in life, sense of vengeance is the worst feeling to punish someone for their mistakes, instead, forgive and forget works very well, it brings peace of mind.

Disciplines of Mind –

Tranquility, kindness, composure, self-discipline, and purity are the characteristics of a noble soul, these can be achieved through the practice of intense meditation and Yogic practices, with thorough knowledge in scriptures.  Ascetics are an elevated soul who enjoys permanent bliss, the unison of individual soul with the supreme spirit, where there is no sorrow or happiness, pain or pleasure, gain or loss, death or birth, wellness or illness.  A gluttonous or ravenous, sleepless or sleep addict cannot succeed in meditation, people who are unbiased in all the activities, and dispassionate would attain self-realization.  We all are shackled by the pious as well as sinful deeds of several births; as a result, we have to go through the happiness and sorrows, pains and pleasures in this life.  A renounced soul who is neither affected by happiness nor sorrow, he is supplemented with the knowledge of self and supreme spirit.  Self-realization and God – realization is achieved by the practice of wisdom and knowledge that would burn the ignorance like a wood fire.  Self-realization is awareness of the concept of ‘I’ as supreme consciousness which has all-pervading nature.

Top rules of life –

Perseverance is the key to success, in my simple language ‘Be a fighter’, never give up, and put all your efforts to achieve the goal, be it in the spiritual life or in the personal life.  Our ascetics and saintly people have gone through many ordeals and experiments to achieve their higher status, they were not expecting luck to change their life for good, they were fearless, promising,  and encouraging, they had good control over senses, they elevated their status from an ordinary person into saintly, they were in constant search for true bliss, they brought  to our  knowledge that material happiness is short-living nature, there is something which could alleviate the miseries and sufferings of the human existence forever, they ventured into new heights of spirituality and  attained the permanent bliss.   Happiness in life can be achieved with discipline, positive thinking, and practice of meditation, yoga and spirituality.  Never leave the habit of reading, keep reading all those things which make you happy and contented in life read all those truth-seeking texts like a child, and contemplate on the subjects you have read.   A life with no purpose is like a ship without captain in the middle of the sea. 

Life &  facts –

Everything has ephemeral nature, all the living and non-living things are transient, including you and me.  Therefore, it is meaningless to constantly think about sorrow or happiness, gain or loss, death or birth, pain or pleasure, richness or poverty.  There is no concept of ‘perfect’ people or thing; it all depends upon the perception of an individual; my definition of flawlessness may differ from another person, so it is waste of time to search for perfect people or thing in our life.  Life is definitely not a motion picture, so it is pointless to copy all those seen on the screen into our life, do we have any possibility to rewind or forward it? The interesting fact is that aging is the biggest reality in life, nothing can put a stop on acts or thoughts, but aging can definitely put a halt in everyone’s chase and overall perception.  Character and appearance are entirely two different things, we often mistake them, and a well-dressed, corrupt, good-looking, pleasant talking person gets more appreciation than an average person with integrity.  The bare truth is that all are born with the impurities of mind like ego, lust, desire, pride, jealous, etc.. Interestingly, we all can have fine control over this with the practice of meditation and spirituality. 

Prayer to Mother Earth

I respectfully bow down before Mother Earth,

I am a daughter of woods; I gracefully listen to the chirping of birds, the silence of the wilderness, the flow of streams, and the magical whisper of old trees.

I graciously watch the humbleness of living creatures that created  shelter place in the wild

I passionately embrace the coolness of breeze and freshness of the air

Kindness is goodness, and your goodness is magic.

Being spiritual means whispering to trees, laughing with flowers, falling in love with the sun set

I shall adore those five essential elements sun, earth, fire, space, and water as a sign of gratitude

My soul is tuned to the stillness, peace, and quietness of nature

Woodland is the place to get lost the cluster of mind and find inner peace

Mountains are my bones, stands strong and elevated

Rivers are my veins, flows with twists and turns

Forests are my thoughts, wild and dark

Oceans are my heart, vast and with waves of emotions

Let us learn character from trees, magnanimity from its shades, values from the root, and changes from its leaves.

Life lesson –

The lessons that we learned from schools will not help to resolve the issues in our lives, many times we don’t even apply them in our workplace, academic qualifications are essential to building a career, but that cannot teach us to run life smoothly.  I have learned a great lot from my Mom, I am proud to say that I am applying them in my daily life; it gives me immense pleasure and sense of confidence, therefore we all have great teachers in our homes itself.  We need not Google for each and every query; all we need to do it ask our elderly people at home, I am quite sure; they will have loads of answers for a query.   I had great opportunities to learn from my paternal as well as maternal grandparents, God was too kind to me in that way, but I still feel that my son had missed a great lot away from the motherland, his childhood was entirely different than mine, all he had fun during a month vacationing in India, and otherwise, life was custom-built.  I had a great childhood with lots of relatives, friends, and family, it gave us great opportunities to learn and shape our lives in a better manner.  I still feel that our lives are predestined, so finding what is missing and what not, is not a great idea.  Hence, I strongly believe that all our lives are programmed in such a way not to get squeeze the life out.