Miracles happen every day, so never stop believing in Lord Shiva

 

Keep praying . Don't quit. Miracles happen every day, so never stop believing. God can change things very quickly in your life.

In this time of adversity, open your heart and realise how you might have been missing gods grace. When you are experiencing difficulties, the first place to start to deal with the issues, is with yourself. Your attitude in challenging times could determine the outcome. While you might not be able to change your circumstances, you can certainly pray to God to change your attitude. Remember that everything starts with your heart, and as such you need to pay careful attention to what is in it. Remove all vice, all greed, all evil, all the enemies that lie within. Forgive everyone and nurture love. Your life will go in the direction that you heart is set. You might need to ask yourself if you are good at heart, and if you carry any bad feelings, anger or resentment within. Reflect and recognise. See where you are off track in your life, tell God you want him to guide your life from today. You want to move forward with a heart that is open to change, and responsive to God's will.

Change will come in you and in your life as you surrender to God’s will and start to meditate on His name. Consistently meditate and focus only on god. Keep praying and express gratitude in all circumstances. "Thank you God for everything. Give me courage and strength enough to handle everything positively and make me capable of concentrating only on you , that I am able to meditate and chant your name instead of focusing on my adverse situations. Give me a deep yearning so that I keep myself engrossed in your love and devotion.!"

Love light & Peace ~ Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Om Namah Shivaya

SARVATRA

 

SARVATRA

From every side, from every time

He has called .

The time has come,

when on every side

you shall see, all calls lead to Him.

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

DHYANA

 

DHYANA

During meditation, the meditator strives for maximum awareness.

In due course, it perceives many new sensory lights, sounds and smells, which for it, did not exist earlier. These serve as indicators of progress. The mind now knows that there is nothing known as soundless. That in fact, the absence of noise which we call silence, alone leads to anahata, the eternal reasonance, vibrating the universal hum. Similarly, that, which we have known as darkness, is actually permeated by lights. So, meditation, in fact begins to sharpen our senses, and they discover newer dimensions, get hooked on to hitherto unknown frequencies.

Then, the meditator becomes conscious of an energy formation that rises slowly, up the spine. This is a higher awareness and the arrangement is being made for the mind to meet the Self, through (within) the meditator. The steadily rising energy reaches the brain and explodes into permeation. This one moment of culmination is spontaneous, and the mind meets with, knows, and fuses into the Self, all at once. This is the highest awareness. There is nothing more to be seen, heard or smelled; only a knowingness. This knowingness is known by itself.

~ From the book 'The Yogi and the snake' by Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

See this Smile on Lord Vishnu’s Face as the Aarti comes Up. 😳❤️🙏🏻 Goosebumps... Om Namo Narayana 🙌

See this Smile on Lord Vishnu’s Face as the Aarti comes Up. 😳❤️🙏🏻 Goosebumps... Om Namo Narayana 🙌

Sabarimalai : Lord Ayyappan

Sabarimalai

Lord Ayyappan is a symbol of religious unity and communal harmony. Being born out of Mohini (the female incarnation of Lord Vishnu) and Lord Shiva, he is also known as Bhuthanatha, Dharmasastha, Hariharan, Ayyanar and Manikanta.

There are several temples dedicated to Lord Ayyappan all over India. Among these the important temples along the Western Ghats are: Kulathupuzha - Ayyappan is a child here, Aryyankavu - He is a bachelor here, Achankovil - here he is as Dharmasastha with Poorna and Pushkala (his wives) Sabarimala - here he is a yogi, meditating for the benefit of all.

Harivarasanam

Harivarasanam is recited before closing the temple door every night. Harivarasanam song, which is sung at Sabarimala as a lullaby at night (Urakkupattu) was composed by Sri Kambangudi Kulathur Srinivasa Iyer. It is said that Srinivasa Iyer used to recite the composition, after the Athazha Puja, standing in front of the shrine of Ayyappa in the main temple. With the efforts of Swami Vimochanananda, it came to be accepted as the lullaby by the Thantri and melshanthi. The composition has 352 letters, 108 words in 32 lines (8 stanzas).

Though there have been many versions of this song sung by many renowned vocalists, the temple plays the rendition by K. J. Yesudas, composed by the renowned music director G. Devarajan, which is in the 'Madhyamavathi' raga of Indian Karnatic music. Harivarasanam is written in Malayalam.

Neyyabhishekam

This significant ritual involves pouring sacred ghee brought by pilgrims in their Pallikettu or Irumudi (A two compartment bag made of handwoven cotton cloth used to bear the offerings for Sabarimala Temple by the devotees and carried on their heads)on the idol of Lord Ayyappa. It symbolically means the merging of Jeevatma with the Paramatma.While a Red coloured Irumudi is used by a pilgrim on his first journey(Kanni Ayyappan) to Sabarimala, others use Navy Blue till third year and there on saffron coloured Irumudi.

Makara Vilakku

Lord Sri Rama and his brother Lakshmana met Sabari, a tribal devotee, at Sabarimala. Sabari offered the Lord fruits after tasting them. But the Lord accepted them gladly and whole-heartedly. The Lord then turned and saw a divine person doing tapas. He asked Sabari who it was. Sabari said it was Sasta.

Rama walked towards Sasta and the latter stood up and welcomed the Prince of Ayodhya. The anniversary of this incident is celebrated on Makara Vilakku day. It is believed that on Makara Vilakku day, Lord Dharmasasta stops his tapas to bless his devotees.

Aham Brahmasmi and Tattvamasi

The important message given at the temple is the ultimate knowledge that each individual is a God unto himself/herself, Tat Tvam Asi in Sanskrit meaning "That is you". Due to this pilgrims call each other Swami.

Tat Tvam Asi, meaning "That Thou Art" is the message that is given out by the Lord. It means, in short, you are part of the Universal Soul (in Sanskrit "Paramatma") which is the quintessence of Advaita philosophy. It also means for reaching Paramatma or Universal Soul.