GANESH CHATURTHI Ganesha , the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati, is worshipped as the supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. Before we start any pooja(prayer), we always evoke Lord Ganesha. Evoking lord Ganesha means, to awaken lord Ganesh element present in us! To move from negativity towards positivity, that is from tamas guna(dullness, laziness) to sattva guna(purity, harmony). Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on the day on which Lord Ganesha is believed to bestow his presence on earth in most of our homes, for all his devotees. Though it is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the symbolism behind the festival is much deeper. On Ganesha Chaturthi , most of us install the idol of Lord Ganesha, which is made from clay, for a few days at our home. We appeal to Ganesha that the same life that exists within us, which is lord himself should reside in the idol for a short time. so that we can pray, be grateful, and also play with him. We want to return all t...
In this fast-paced world, wherever we go, we will see a lot of competition. And many times we think we are not good as others are, or we start finding faults in ourselves. Which is not a healthy thing to think about! Many people are undergoing depression and stress because of low self-esteem. So to overcome all these things we need to do a few things and also need to understand life from a different perspective. Know that everything here is temporary! If we take a close look at everything around us, we will notice that everything is going to die or expire at some point time, if not now then later. Things we purchase have an expiry date on them, our feelings are temporary, one moment we feel very happy, and at another moment we feel sad or anxious or angry. Thoughts are temporary, So like this, our life is also temporary. One day we all are going to die. This doesn't mean that we should not do anything and just sit and enjoy it or be sad. No! Before we die let's ...