Yes, I would not like the cold very much. Punjab and Rajasthan weather was perfectly fine for me last year.
There is much to do in my spiritual pursuits. Stories to tell, motivation for others to uphold the traditional way of life, some concerns to address from the distractions and challenges...
Jaipur in March, to see the family that welcomed me to tell a tale of duty and sacrifice.
The tale that led me to do service to India in the months to come, and what brought me back to visit temples across Punjab and Kurukshetra last October.
I said if I did enough, learned enough, i will...
One Year of Hinduism
- by a lost sheep in delhi :)
It was a year starting in despair,
From mantras of the Mother Goddess my life would repair.
Decades in this world I felt alone,
Yet in temples far away I am always at home.
It was a year I learned to stand up against injustice
For friends and...
I was invited to the house of a close friend for pooja; I told the story of how I found acceptance in Jaipur and Delhi and the names I can never live up to but agreed to try and hold the morals close to heart.
Surprisingly, her family didn't really like that I became so familiar with Indian...
- I bought a silver Saraswati idol from my visit to Rajasthan last month.
- Whenever I put her beside my pillow I would have the deepest, most fantastic dreams about travel, science fiction, and answers to questions in everyday life.
- I was also in a very bad state due to negative influences...
I was following the local Gita Jayanti chapter for a few cultural events, yesterday was Gita Havan which started at 7am in the early morning in a place called "Little India".
Walking through a quiet ghost town under a clear blue sky the horns of the neighboring "555" Kaliamman temple sounded...
@Sirona I don't mind :)
There are many things here which are open to individual interpretation. I see the point being made like there is a difference between spiritual reality and physical reality.
To those wanting a hard sci-fi explanation - its like having different dimensions, different...
Trying to keep a department full of desperate housewives out of trouble...
Oh, I used to do that. Now they've navigated out of the issues created by the office "manglement".
Now I run my own small project and uhhh... there's a dire lack of gossip here.
I'm just now worrying if work may...
I've dealt with this scenario for about 4 years, having a Muslim romantic partner whose siblings and parents absolutely hate me but want me to agree to paying for all their kids' expenses. I kid not.
Every time I want to bring my partner out for an outing I would have 3 to 4 unwanted guests...
I liked Christianity and Islam but found hostility in wanting to join each community. That or an insurmountable barrier somewhere that blocks me from engaging further. Harsh words, or demanding I unlearn certain things, invasions of privacy and looking at my way while calling me an "unbeliever"...
Where Hinduism is indeed vast and confusing 'from the outside' I find it an embodiment of freedom and a vast repository of knowledge passed down through the ages.
My experiences with other religions in the past had not been so pleasant, due to structure and demands that I "unlearn" this and...
And that is the path I walk. Or aim to.
The rigidity of gurus never appealed to me nor have I ever been handled well by any guru in life. Nor can I somehow erase my truthful experiences just because someone told me to. Asking me "not to worship" certain gods/goddesses is just plain... rude. I...
Bookmarking this.
And as to earlier query of why follow Kali.
My first initiation to Hinduism is with Maa Kali.
Having spiritual experiences when listening to devotional songs was something not to be taken lightly. Especially if it happens on a repeatable basis.
But not wanting to scare the...
Thanks.
I am not a citizen here and even change of name (religious name) will have to be done in the country which I have citizenship, so not worth the hassle.
There are people pressing me (from the workplace side) to take up citizenship locally but since I am always treated like I don't belong...
Oh I was just asking for the religion part. Citizenship things are not really something I can tackle at this point.
Although the past few months being welcomed into another culture is something very precious. Being a Hindu is something I wanted to do in thanks. And that something soon allowed...
I have a funny question today.
I may be needed to update my national registration particulars after a certain age and have not done so. As with all things here there are payment of fines (incredible, a fine city) and I might as well make it nice and update the "religion" field.
The government...
So much agreement for your last point.
That's exactly why I dislike reading the reviews for Delhi in TripAdvisor. So many spoilt people who didn't understand the culture and history and expecting to be royalty. Worse, the people paid to give good reviews that are not sincere or clearly hiding...
I'm just going to take the simple humble viewpoint that if we see things like Airbus A380s majestically floating in to land at an absurdly slow speed, F-35s flying remarkably well on tiny wings, and SpaceX's Falcon rockets that can land safely in formation and be re-used like sci-fi...
That's what I felt after the day and night of devotion, although I was busy trying to slay great evil in the workplace as usual... it seemed all the trouble soon dissolved right after that night of devotion.
This sequence of events is becoming very memorable and special to me!