Why Temples and symbols in Religion?

There exists a common misconception among the lesser spiritual beings in India and outside that if God is everywhere, then Why Temples?

Excerpt from the book "Transforming INDIANS to Transform INDIA"

Temples in India are not only religious centres, but also cultural and learning centres which communities were built around. They were the centre of social life, where people gathered for special occasions, concerts, etc. Scriptural study, social service and cultural preservation were some functions served by the temple. The temple held the people together and had them work towards a common cause.

For lesser spiritual people, we don't understand the sense behind worshipping feet, signs, idols, words and statues. How can these things be God. Isn't God all-pervading?

"Well, it actually depends on our own needs. Tell me, if you could solve math problems mentally, would you feel the need for a calculator or a pencil and a paper? if a person can walk on his own two legs, does he need the support of crutches or a stick? But a baby, who has neither the strength nor the knowledge of how to stand and balance, does require some support."

Similarly, if our mind is subtle enough to understand and have the direct, living experience that God is formless and all pervading, then we have no need for a temple or an idol, a symbol or a picture. Most of us, however, still crave for the support of a symbol to make sense of God. These symbols evoke love and peace within us, preparing the mind slowly to become subtle, pure, and eventually capable of understanding Divinity without the help of forms. Since we are not able to see divinity in everything, we must first practice seeing it in images or symbols and then slowly expand our vision.

This concept is Universal, in all religions, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, name it.

Mahabalipuram Temple, India.

Ego: Root of all Evil

Ego. Somehow, if you see, most of the problems we face, are the root of the evil that is spouting inside everyone. EGO. Say the Religious Riots, why? cause he said that his god is greater than yours, he said his religion is better, isn't that our ego which makes us fight back? No, Mine is better.  Every time. Same way, failed relationships, which could have been mended, but  didn't, why? ego. Why should i apologize, his or her fault. Fights? someone abused you? you hit him, he hits back. Name it. Its our ego that gets hurts every time and we just cant bear it.

If someone says his/her religion/god is better then yeah, all you could do is,say yeah, and he would feel good, and nothing changes. it has to be as simple as that.
Similarly in a relationship with anyone, you have a tussle? just don't think whose fault is it, how much the other person has hurt you or anything. Do you want that person in your life? Go and Apologize already. its as simple as that, all you have to do is say.
unless you dont!
As einstein always said.

Giving up on Ego is really hard, the ego fights back, but trust me, all it takes little courage, and believe me, your life would be a much better place to live in, bonus, you wont have any regrets in future. ☺ 

Gift Ideas For Him by a Him 😉

Guys can be really hard to shop for
I'm sure you  know...

now shopping for guys and girls is different
one of the big distinctions is that girls like a lot of small things usually they like small gifts but cheap thing and lots of them.

and guys don't tend to buy lots of stuffs
whenever they do want something, its like a truck, or like this higher end items, so sometimes its fewer things, but expensive things...*insider thought* also they don't want you to spend unnecessarily for you. If you get something for him, Make sure they don't feel bad about how expensive that thing is, oh unless you are daughter of bill gates! GET HIM A FERRARIIIIII  ♥

Guys are really practical Practical though, you can't just over emphasise them enough, like I can't voice for everyone, but yeah, most of them. guys like things that are functional, practical, most of the times is a+b=c, black and white, they know what they want, like just practical, what they want and what they can use, definitely nothing girl or what girl likes to have, so when getting him gifts, don't don't gift him from a girl's point of view.

First thing, HEADPHONES ♥ not just sound quality, but also the comfort should be taken into consideration,

Headphones. (if he likes Iron Man, get him Iron Man themed )

favourite comics, Novel books, movie CD, or Action Figure,

Novels.

comics

action Figures.

Personalised Powerbank maybe idk

portable speaker

GPS possibly dunno, if he is a traveller, or travels frequently then YAHH

and something that they possibly use daily so it'd keep reminding who gave that thingy to him whenever he uses it.. Say his Favourite Theme Boxers.

something he is interested in, like he likes entrepreneurship somethign somethign, so some material reading, cd whaterver magazine bleh bleh trucks, guns, cars, blah comics, movies

airsoft Guns

Game DVDs

Movie DVDs

Mobile Cases of his Favourite Theme.

His Favourite Team Jersey (XXLL size)

personal Hint, *to make things bit naughty, wear it while giving him that Jersey!*

Ps, this all doesn't apply to me.

Doing What You Love, Nothing Else Matters

Um, this has always been in my mind, but never gave much thought about it, there is this friend of Mine, i guess thought onto this subject was cause of the things that she is going through her life right now.

We have always been Doing things under Social Morals, according to other's expectations, and we'll be always thinking that If i do this, will they like it? Will they appreciate what i have done? Is it acceptable? 

LIKE STOP, it's about time you start living your life the way you want, No one has to determine what you should do in your life and what you should not, no one has to restrict you, they just can't or lemme put it this way, they have no fucking right to put restrictions on ya. IT'S YOUR LIFE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

And if you gonna continue living the life according to other's expectations, then trust me, you gonna regret af at the end of you life that you never actually did the things that you always wanted to do. You were so busy in making everyone else happy that yourself happy.
ou forgot to make

let none say in the end "i've wasted it".

Everyone will be the first one to come and advice you, do this, do that, but as Robert Downey Jr. Says

listen, smile, agree and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway.

India and Gods and Pollution

We spend so much time and money on praying to Gods - that don't exist and have never been seen by anyone - but - the one thing that IS real, DOES exist, gives us oxygen, air to breath, water to drink, soil to do agriculture, a land to live on - Mother Earth, we abuse and misuse. Which by the way is believed to have been built by the same God that we pray to... So isn't it more insulting to the Gods when we abuse this earth that we live in? I mean, no amount of prayers can make up for destroying the place he/she built with such passion. Right? What good is praying? And what good are festivals?

I'm not saying our culture is bad. Nor am I saying we shouldn't celebrate these traditions... I think it's great that people celebrate Ganpati with so much passion! But wouldn't it be amazing if we looked after our land with just as much passion? How many people plant trees? Or stop littering? Or recycle? What about looking after Earth? Isn't that equally important, if not more? I'd like to see riots over the betterment of our planet, and not over religion!

More than half the country is celebrating Ganpati Bappa right now. Bringing him home. Spending lakhs of rupees!! But if the same people were told to contribute towards fixing pot holes - they wouldn't have the money for it! It isn't "their problem". It's the conditioning of the government that is fucked up. The people running this country don't encourage it - and hence it becomes a door to door issue too.

Come on. I think as humans, we're losing the plot if religious rituals are more important than looking after nature. If your prayers towards your God destroy the oceans, or effect the earth in a negative way - what are you doing it for?

Today when I saw this man hole, I literally felt like we're creating these holes for ourselves. These, are our graves. Our children's graves. And if this holds no importance in our lives, then we may as well deserve it.

Think. Think. Use your mind. Question things!! Don't be a sheep. We already have Sheep's! 

 text by @salonichoujar #instagram

Inspiring Message

originally a repost.

To all the suicidal people out there, i wanted to share this beautiful message by an unknown boy, i found on internet. just read this.

“It has never been easy. When I was sixteen, I knew every potentially fatal thing in my house: Nail polish remover under the sink. Bottle of rubbing alcohol beside it. Hammer in the tool box. Forty foot bridge across the highway. Traffic outside my window. I thought about slamming my own head against a counter until I lost feeling. I thought about punching myself in the face until I stopped breathing. I thought about running out into the street at two a.m. and waiting until a car came. I never thought I’d make it to twenty-five. But I told myself to stay. Just for a little longer. Just to see. So I did. I sat silent amongst my friends, searching for a way to speak. I stopped leaving my house. I swapped sleeping for staying up all night, staring at my bedroom walls. When someone came into my room to talk to me, I started crying. But I stayed. Because I thought, if I plan on dying in a few years anyway, what do I have to lose? And some days I didn’t feel like I was being swallowed whole. Some days I sat by my pool and sang until the sun set. Some days I kissed somebody on their parent’s couch and didn’t feel lonely when I got to my own bed. Some days I listened to a really great song and felt understood, if only for a second. I stayed. And still I thought about bridges. And hammers to the head. And swallowing acetone to cleanse my insides. But slowly slowly slowly I began to understand that it was okay to cry, and shake, and feel anything but okay. I realized that there would still be days that my fist would rise to my cheek. And still, my face would sometimes resemble a bruised peach. But now I tear up my lists of potentially ways to die before I complete them. I replace prescription: pills, rubbing alcohol, & razors with memories of the good days. Of holding your hand through the entire state of Oregon. Of running half-naked down a snowy street three New Year’s ago. Of riding go-carts in the Canadian wilderness. Of smoking cigarettes on the beach in San Francisco with someone I met six months ago. If I had left, we would not know each other. If you feel the same way, stay. For the good days. & the sunsets. And the people out there who understand.” 

 cause the good days will come. :)

Why do We Value Certain Persons or Things?

Yesterday i was thinking about a friend who i value so much, but she doesn't value me as much as i do! Which made me ponder over why do we value certain things and persons, where as other things and persons have little or no value at all! Why? Why is it some people value money while some people don't, why is it that some rich people do not value food where as the poor do! And this same concept of Value lies in all aspects with almost a same reason!  Can you guess what is that? Lets see if great minds think alike!

Deeply pondering over in grief that she doesn't value me, i realized that we value persons and things that are hard to get! Cause if that person or thing was very cheap and easy to get that thing won't just matter to us. Its the same reason why people value sex from decent girls more than they value sex from a prostitute, its the same reason why poor value even a little amount of food they get because they know they have to work fucking hard to feed themselves. I value her so much in my life cause she is so hard to get, she is way too good for me, we can never happen! I am behind her 24/7 and I'm easily accessible to her whenever she wants or i'll do whatever she wants just at her command! I am easy to get, i am almost of very little or of no value to her! I am easy and she doesn't even wanna meet me and i was dying to meet her.. I am of No Value for Her.!

And who has fun in easy things, human mind was designed to push the limits, it was designed to have fun, it was designed to be greedy, It was designed to constantly be active., so if you just get that thing so easy, it'll gradually loose your attention and that thing or person would be left without any value, and you'll just move on. And that's why playing hard to get almost works every time, except when you can't just play in front of that person and completely surrender, you just want that person, thing, or goal in life so bad that you will be ready to loose your value, ready to lose your pride, more your ego, Your everything.


Never lose HOPE. Keep trying cause hope only means,


H: Hold
O: On
P: Pain
E: Ends

But also Know when to stop trying. Make sure you that thing doesn't just destroy you! Take Care.!

Expectations

expectation

ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

1. 
   
2. 1.

   a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.

Aren't expectations what Drives out Major Emotions of SADNESS & ANGER? Like the Only Reason you get sad is when it didn't happen according to what you expected, and if that sadness has a mix of Ego and your Pride or Some Personal Feelings Attached, that sadness is easily Redirected to Whats Known as ANGER.

Now,

Do you Know why Most of the time you get happy? Logically why? Cause Something Unexpected happened which is pleasing to you. Obviously you'd have had known the possible outcomes but your Mind had an more stronger point of view on the Outcomes which may be not so pleasuring to you. Like if you Love a Girl or A Boy, you have no idea whats gonna happen if you are to go and tell her or him your feelings, Mostly you've underestimated yourself and you have expected to get a negative Reply and Your mind is Heavier on this expectation cause Expecting things is what Human Mind does, So what happens when He or she says Yes? Unexpected Right? Your Happiness knows no bounds right? :) So Not expecting anything out of anyone is the Key to Happiness! Eureka ♥

Although its easier said than done, you can't just stop your expectations with a snap! You need to remind yourself with everything about not expecting anything from anything or anyone! Keep on constantly Reminder yourself!

Cause it fucking hurts if things don't happen as expected! Feel the unexpected :)

YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL FOR THEM

Ever experienced this? You don't start up a conversation on first hand with that person cause you are busy somewhere and that person never talks with you ever again! You know why? cause they were never really talking with you, they were just REPLYING YOU!

They were special to you, You were not for them, they never really cared or took even a little effort to just keep you in their lives. Honestly, you don't matter to them. Such people would only limit you, they hold you back, they let you mind play games, you won't be able to concentrate on anything but their thoughts like why won't that person ever reply me. Why would that person Never really start a Converstion. If you look at the History Between you two, it was always or most of the time it was just you to start up a Convo,  they never really gave a fuck. You stopped talking, they never even cared to inquire like "Are you alive"? 

Yes, you were never really SPECIAL :/ 

Types of Ignores

How do you feel when people ignore you! the feeling sucks right? it chokes me.. Basically there are two types of ignore

• Is when you are on purpose being ignored! they notice you, they read your messages, they see your pictures, they see your status, but they choose not to reply back to you or even show that they have received your message. Possibly cause they don't want you any more or they have better people to talk to or they just don't Have time for you.

I read it somewhere, "There is a difference between people who free their time to talk to you and the people who talk to you in their free time" .

• Is When you don't have a special position in their life. They probably don't even know they are ignoring you, they are busy doing some work and when they come back and see your posts just with the rest others of posts, and they generally ignore it just like the way they ignore the mass. You probably don't mean them anything. They won't take special efforts to remember like "Yeah, i have this guy/girl. let me check his posts/messages." This won't be happening. They probably aren't even noticing your posts! they don't feel for you the same way you do for them!

But the worse part is, sometimes you don't even know Which type of Ignore you are getting, are they ignoring you purposely or they just aren't noticing you, *this thought could kill you*

Alone vs Lonely

A so-so friend of mine, she once told me there exists a huge fucking difference between being alone and being lonely!
Alone is when "you've got plenty of people around you, plenty of people willing to be your friend, plenty of people willing to love you, still you choose Not to be with them, then you're ALONE, by your own choice."
Wherein, Loneliness is when, you really have no fucking choice, there are no people around you, no one wants to be your friend, no one wants to love you! If this is you, then my friend you're Lonely and that was never your choice! Like who wants to be lonely?
I always had this notion of being alone! As all great people in history have stayed alone, sacrificed their friends,love, family, everyone! And that was their fucking choice! They loved their work more than people, that's what made then great in the first place!  They were alone by choice! I always wanted to be alone, but fate never left me much of a choice! I was left fucking lonely...
The only one person i wish to talk to in this entire world of 7.3 billion humans, and she ignores me!
For me this is kinda like the whole World is Ignoring me....

Super Powers

Who hasn't desired for superpowers? doesn't matter if you a kid or a grown up!
you always end up thinking like, " only if i had superpowers i could fight all my enemies, i could fight away all my problems" right?
Yeah, sometimes even i think so, Sometimes when the miseries reach as high as to choke me i wish i could have superpowers so that i could run away from everything and everyone and just be on my own! fight crimes, rich life, what not! But when i'm in a better state of my mind, i hate this idea of getting superpowers! But why would i hate it? it will help me to achieve everything i ever wanted right? But then it won't be ME achieving it. I would only Be achieving it with the help of superpowers, which in some place of my mind will steal away all the satisfaction and all the happiness and my life would kinda suck, begging to be normal again, begging to be ME again.

Never Get anyone's or anything's help. Be your own SUPERHERO :)

Negative Compliments

Always been thinking what good would the negative compliments bring to me, which i get like 24/7.
Then i saw this movie Whiplash yesterday. I really like a quote from the movie which says "there are no two words in English language more harmful than GOOD JOB."
Isn't it obvious? cause if you did something a little good and somebody says you did a good job, you'd set that as a standard for being called 'Good', even if it may not be good. You'd never push your limits. I also remember Some great Saint Chinmayananda once said, "never keep the limits which are possible, cause if you keep the possible limits, after achieving that you'd stop!"
Keep you limits to something you can never achieve, so that you'd keep on going and going. Like imagine the only and only goal of your life is to become a Footballer in the National Team, Say you become that somehow by some hard work, So what now? the only and only goal in your life is acheived! now your life is fucking useless! you've nothing to do, nothing to achieve. As far as i know, scientific studies says that if you won't have something new to do every time, You'll become one worth less piece of shit, who WAS great, not IS. Strive for the impossible, Work on every Negative compliment you get so that they can't say that ever again!

Wishing For All The Pain

When Something Happened Cause of you, You wished for All the pain in World, not thinking this is the worst wish you could have ever asked for!
Then When you got all Pain in the world You realized, you were never ready for it! you begged for it to go away and just be normal, but secretly you wished for all the pain to continue, cause you deserved it! You deserved every inch of that Pain!

Differences

There's a huge fucking difference between when you listen Music to Remember and When you Listen to Music To Forget something. Volumes High! I needa forget Something.

Similarly there's a huge fucking difference between an Eager man Who wants to read a book and a Tired Man who needs a book to Read! * although this one i read somewhere*