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छठ पूजा

लोकमान्यता का एक ऐसा महा पर्व जो बड़े शहरों में जा बसे लाखों लोगों को विवश कर देता है अपने घर लौटने को, गांव लौटने को, "बिहार" लौटने को। छठ पूजा के आगमन का अनुभव दीवाली बीतने के साथ ही शुरु हो जाता है। हवा में छठ गीतों के मधुर बोल मिश्रित होकर, सुनने वालों को अनुस्मरण करती हैं अपनी संस्कृति ,सभ्यता और लोक परंपरा के अनुपम संयोग के त्योहार की, छठ पूजा की। मुख्यतः बिहार तथा पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश में मनाया जाने वाला त्योहार, छठ पूजा श्रद्धालुओं के लिए महापर्व है,.. परंपरा, विश्वास और अध्यात्म की एकबध्यता का प्रतीक है । कार्तिक मास के शुक्ल पक्ष में षष्ठी तिथि को छठ पूजा मनाया जाता हैं।सूर्य देव तथा उनकी बहन छठी मैया की अराधना के इस पर्व का संबंध रामायण और महाभारत काल से है। मान्यता है कि मां जानकी ने अयोध्या लौटकर मां गंगा और सूर्य देव की पूजा की थी। तथा महाभारत काल में द्रौपदी ने पांडवों की प्रतिष्ठा और साम्राज्य की पुनः प्राप्ति के लिए सूर्य देव का व्रत किया था। इसका वृत का वर्णन पौराणिक कथाओं में भी आता है।  गंगा के घाट पर , सूर्य की पुजा कर व्रती अपनी संतान की दीर्घायु , सुयश...

The Pleasure of Not Appearing So Young

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People told me I am beyond my age . In the past recent 2 years I have always been assumed as a grown up because of having a good physique and maturity . Although it's is has nothing to do with my age but in the beginning it was really annoying and making me anxious. I wasn't self aware and believe whatever others tell me . They told me something like "at the age of 17 you became a 34 year old" or "you look doubled of your age " hearing this from my people was terrifying. These statements depressed me and forced me to think "what's wrong with me?" , "am I really overaged?" (Actually these are one of those questions which provoke me for self realisation and help me becoming a better person). But now I believe that there's nothing wrong to be like this, infact it's an advantage . I receive huge respect from everyone even from elders and also my knowledge and wisdom never let's me down leverage this advantage. My...

holding you tightly

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Saw a scene while walking on the way, a father and his daughter were walking together. The father did not hold the little girl's hand, rather the girl held her father's finger tightly. The father had given the girl the freedom to walk on her own, but she expressed her trust in her father's guidance. There was a feeling of supernatural joy in her walk, it seemed that there is no desire left in the girl, she has got everything, her father is her priceless wealth. Our relationship with God is similar to that between father and daughter. God is the father and we are like a child who has the choice of surrendering himself to the guidance of his father or leaving the father to become directionless. रास्ते पर चलते हुए एक दृश्य पर ध्यान गया, एक पिता और उसकी बेटी साथ चल रहे थे पिता ने उस नन्हीं लड़की का हाथ नहीं पकड़ा था बल्कि उसने अपने पिता की उंगली को कस कर पकड़ा हुआ था। पिता ने बच्ची को खुद अपनी मर्जी से चलने की आजादी दी थी, पर उसने अपने पिता के मार्गदर्शन पर भरोसा ज...

शिवविवाह 🌼🌸💮

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शिव दुल्हा बने हैं  ...…............................................................... आज ब्रह्मांड में एक नई ऊर्जा का संचरण हो रहा है। यह अवसर है शिव और शक्ति के अद्भुत प्रेम मिलन का। शिवजी के गण शिवजी का श्रृंगार कर रहे हैं , मस्तक पर जटाओं का मुकुट और उस पर सर्पों का मोर सजाया गया है ,शरीर पर बाघाम्बर है और भस्म से लेपन किया गया है , सिर पर चंद्रमा और गंगा विराजमान है। एक हाथ में त्रिशूल और दूसरे में डमरू सुशोभित है , शिवजी नंदी की सवारी कर रहे हैं और इस निराले दूल्हे की बाराती में सभी मग्न है। शिवजी ने के अनूठे स्वरूप को देखकर देवांगनाए कहती हैं कि इस वर के योग्य वधु संसार में नहीं मिलेगी।  हिमांचलराज के नगर में आज हलचल मची है इस नगर की शोभा देखकर ब्रह्मा की निपुणता भी छोटी लगती है। जहां स्वयं जगदंबा ने अवतार लिया है उसका वर्णन क्या हो सकता है। बरात नगर के समीप आने पर सभी नगरवासी बाराती का दर्शन करने को उत्सुक हैं । देवों के समूह और विष्णुजी को देख सभी प्रसन्न हैं। पर शिवजी के गणों को देख नगर के बालक भयभीत होकर भाग गए और अपने माता-पिता से दूल्हे के स्वरूप का वर्णन करते ह...

Who knows...?

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Life is full uncertainity, we can't pretend to be in the charge of controlling it. Whatever or wherever you are right now, these things are going to change also you'll change nothing is stable. And actually this fact of instability or uncertainity is the most interesting thing about life. Earlier what I used to think about everything is now a stupid superstition for me. I have changed , the people around are changed and also the world has changed.  .......................…..................…...........….......... Who knows where it begins and where it ends ?   It's contradictory and ironic , isn't it ?

FREEDOM

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What actually freedom is ? Is it the permission to fly high ,walk long ways alone or do whatever you want to . I think no freedom is not what you can get from someone else as a granted thing instead it is something that only you can achieve on your own self . Let's see how?? If you want to be free it needs you to take decisions, to endeavours ,take responsibilities, be able to work without guidelines or in simple words you can say you needed to be worthy of being free. A person who has freedom needs to be ready with his/ her arsenal at every time to face the war/fight of life . So, before you ask for freedom ask yourself that are you compatible for it right now, if the answer is yes you're already free and if no strive for it and achieve it.

The Tiny Tree of Hope

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I have a tree on the terrace of my house which belongs to the large tree specie but it is placed in a plastic container where it confines itself with snake plant and other small shrubs. The tree that was supposed to be huge now survives with limited soil and nutrition, resulting in slow growth. Every year its leaves fall according to the season and new leaves come and they grow a bit. What I noticed is that the tree shows a hope, with the leaves falling and new coming along with the seasonal process. I think this tree is living with the expectation of being in a place that has enough soil, proper nutrition and free space to grow. A place where it can spread his roots as much as it wants and there the birds will be able to nest on its broad branches. This would consume a lot of carbon dioxide and release oxygen for other creatures. This tiny tree is facing the bright sun every day with the hope of fulfillment of its dreams. I named it the "little tree of hope" beca...