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Stepping stone to the next decade-2020!

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Hello all, Namaste! I want to let my blog readers know about my new website- swaroopa.net. Very simple id, not the complicated blog id address. Wishing all my blog readers a very Happy New year and a fantastic decade ahead! May all of us find the inspiration in our Soul to capture the very best potential for ourselves! Now to the post. A very Happy New Year! Image credits - Pixabay.com Every year we religiously welcome our New year by attending fireworks, seeing balls drop and having great time with family and friends. We make new year resolutions and try to keep them. The specialty about this year is it is ushering in the new decade. But many times by the middle of the year, we are back to our old ways and forget every thing about our new year resolutions and decisions. Comfort zone: Why does it become so tough to stick to a resolution and make the change? If we have decided, shouldn't we be able to do it? This is the super power of the subconscious mind. It relis...
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The spirit of Christmas!

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Hello all, Namaste! I want to let my blog readers know about my new website- swaroopa.net. Very simple id, not the complicated blog id address. Wishing all my blog readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy holidays! May the spirit of Christmas always fill our hearts and Souls! Now to the post. Wishing everyone Happy holidays! Image credits - Pixabay.com What is the spirit of Christmas? Almost half the world celebrates Christmas as the birth of Jesus and how he gave himself for a cause. The story of Jesus Christ depicts how a Master through his own life shows the world how to live a life. Many times in our rush to do something and become something we forget a major part of living. When this part is lost, our life becomes too mechanical and robotic. We have discussed this many times in our posts. Living from our heart. Heart is the place where our inner divine resides. When we just live from our mind, this deep grounding to something greater than us is lost. Many Masters have w...
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Gaia- The Earth mother!

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Hello all, Namaste! I want to let my blog readers know about my new website- swaroopa.net. Very simple id, not the complicated blog id address. Now to the post. Last week, we were discussing how belief and faith are two very different concepts. Many times we as humans end up thinking it denotes the same thing. For belief the guidance comes from outside and for faith the guidance comes from within. But does that mean we should only listen to our within and ignore every thing that is happening outside? When a tornado is coming to hit us, should we take shelter or not? So, the outer reality also is very important. This is where the concept of Gaia comes. The Earth mother! In many cultures and religions, the Earth is treated as a mother, Goddess or an entity. As I know Hinduism more, let us look at Hinduism. In the current Hinduism, Earth is depicted as Bhoomi or Bhauma devi. She is thought to be kind, compassionate and all loving.  She is considered the consort of Vishnu, the...
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Belief and faith!

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Hello all, Namaste!   I want to let my blog readers know about my new website- swaroopa.net. Very simple id, not the complicated blog id address. Now to the post. Last week we discussed how we have to break the box of our own ancestral, social, cultural and familial conditioning to become truly who we are. No, it is not easy. These patterns we carry through life times or if it is in the family through centuries. Many times we don't even know whether a thought process is our own which we acquired through our experiences or whether it is coming from an ancestor who lived a few centuries ago.  Subconscious mind: Many of these are subconscious in nature. The only way as a person we can access the subconscious mind is through feelings, meditation, dream or sleep. In that dream and sleep are out. Yes, we can dream. But we cannot choose what to dream, when to dream or how to dream. We cannot control it. Now, sleep. We can sleep and lie down. But we have no control over, when...
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Moola Nakshatra - A Curse or a blessing?

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As mentioned last week let us discuss the characteristic of the nakshatra, Moola and whether it needs to be feared as many in the society do. Before that, two weeks back we discussed what are Nakshatras and why they are calculated according to the placement of the Moon in the horoscope. In the Nakshatra group, when starting from Ashwini nakshatra, Moola comes as the nineteenth nakshatra. Now, why am I writing this post? What is so special about Moola Nakshatra? This post is an afterthought to the fact that in South India in some communities, there are two proverbs prevalent about the Moola Nakshatra. One is, "Aan Moolam arasalum, Pen Moolam Nirmoolam." Meaning- If a man is born in the Moola Nakshatra, he would rule the kingdom. If a woman is born in the Moola Nakshatra, she would uproot her base or home (in other words, she would destroy her home). The second proverb is "Moolathu mamiyar moolayile." Meaning- The mother-in-law of the Moola nakshatra becomes a ...
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Ardra nakshatra - The inconsolable human!

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In this new year to help people, I am putting a sale on my readings. I have reduced the prices drastically 70-80%. Hope people take advantage of this price reduction.  As life was interfering, I was not able to write for the last three weeks. Also, the personal readings on my store are catching up slowly. That also keeps me away from writing. But I decided this week, I need to write and post a blog. As per the amazing response and comments I got for Moola, a Kethu ruled nakshatra, this time I thought I would tackle Ardra or Thiruvathira(i) in Malayalam/ Tamil, a Rahu ruled nakshatra. And today of all the days, the nakshatra under which I am writing this blog post is exactly Thiruvathirai or Ardra in the lagna of the current place chart where I am. Lagna is the physical form taking shape of the Ardra blog. Numerology: We have discussed Rahu many times. According to my perspective, Rahu is the grand illusion of the material world or Maya. Every human and even celestial beings ge...
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Satyam Vada! Dharmam Chara! (Speak your truth! Walk your purpose!)

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Hello all, Namaste! All of you, my dear blog readers, know about my website- swaroopa.net . I have started my business, Swaroopa store , which can be accessed from Shop tab on my website, for Souls who are interested in a personal reading. There is also the Swaroopa Store link, on my blog's left side. Now to the post. We have been dealing with a lot of philosophy for a long time. So, thought, why don't we discuss some leadership concepts by virtue of Saturn. Any way, the US is going to go through a momentous election, in another three weeks. So, thought, why don't we discuss some leadership perspectives? To make matters a bit interesting, I thought we would discuss it through the eyes of Saturn. Who is Saturn? In astrology (always Vedic astrology in this blog), Saturn is the time keeper. He is also the ruler of the material realm. In Hindu mythology, he was the son of Sun, and his mother, Chaya, the shadow of Sun's wife Samjhna. Once, Sun became very bright and she...
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Ashwathama - A lesson to be learned!

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Before starting this post, I want to reminisce a bit on our Blog journey. Last year in 2017, it was on Kerala (a state in India) New Year Day called Vishu, I published my first post. This year Saturday (April 14, 2018) is Vishu. So it has been one year since I started my writings. At this moment, I would like to Thank all,  for the encouragement I got from my immediate family, extended family, friends, blog readers and the greater world. It is your comments. views and encouragement that helps me to post every week topics that I assume to be important. I would also very much like to interact with my readers as well. If you feel any Moral, Ethical, Mythological, Philosophical, Astrological topic worth pondering on, please let me know through comments and I would try a stab at it. Thank you for a wonderful and inspirational year. Wishing all a very Happy Vishu! Namaste! Now to the post. Last week, we discussed a bit on the spiritual law of justice through the post of Kannagi , ho...
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Kannagi - The incensed lady!

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Wishing all a fantastic week where you are able to put into actions the deeds needed to capture your true authentic Self and purpose. Every step we take intentionally leads to that greater realm and once we really figure out our true purpose the doors that open for us are grander and lovelier. The last couple of weeks we discussed two strong mythological ladies who stood strong on their principles, spoke their mind and are true and authentic examples of the divine feminine. Why don't we this week analyze a third lady who due to her anger and rage burnt down an entire city? This story comes in the Tamil history and mythology called 'Silapathikaram' (The tale of an anklet) where a very angry lady, Kannagi took to task the King as well as the city that did injustice to her. The anger of a lady when she feels truly deprived of justice is something to be fearful about. That is why Durga in the form of the protectress is worshipped even by the trinity of Gods in Hinduism, B...
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Ganda Moola Nakshatra -The transformation!

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Hello all, Namaste! Hope all of you had a beautiful week where you were able to take all the disparate energies of your life, align it well towards the goals you have kept for your life. Last week we discussed the Nakshatra 'Moola' and how there are many social misconceptions associated with it's energies. Today let us discuss another aspect associated with Moola nakshatra and the house it sits in, which bring a more fear for those who know a slight bit of Astrology. It is called 'Ganda Moola' and Moola is one of the Ganda Moola lunar mansions. So this concept for Moola is called a 'Ganda Moola'.  What is Ganda Moola? In Astrology there are houses, and each house brings the energy of fire, earth, water, and air. Most of you know the Astrology houses, I assume. So according to the energies mentioned above the different house energies are- 1, Fire houses - Aries (Mesha), Leo (Simha), Sagittarius (Dhanus) 2, Earth houses - Taurus (Vrishabha), Virgo (Kan...
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Kanyakumari - A Goddess waiting!

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Wishing all a good week where you are able to pursue the next step towards the growth of your soul purpose. Last three weeks we dealt with some issues that are affecting the current world today.This week let us come back to Mythology and tackle the last Goddess/lady, whom we were planning to tackle for a long time. As mentioned before, in Vedic mythology, ladies were also very much important and part of the stories that were weaved together. In last week's post as well as the Ardhanariswara post, we tackled how the divine masculine, as well as the divine feminine, is much important to bring out the whole whether in the case of the individual or that of the world itself. So to show the importance of these concepts, many times stories of Shiva (divine masculine) and Parvathi (divine feminine) have been written, where one is longing for the other. In most of the stories Shiva and Parvathi, become together and the wholeness is restored. But there is also a story where the divine...
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