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Who am I? - Part 4

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Hello all, Namaste! Hope all of you had a fantastic week, where you were able to analyze the way we have been conditioned through our own DNA, our ancestral patterns, familial as well as social conditioning. Yes, we are indeed prisoners to all of these. But, the sad part is many times we are not even remotely aware of it. All these patterns and conditioning are embedded subconsciously. So, how can we aware of that which operates subconsciously, when during the day we are operating from our conscious mind? If we are sitting in the front porch of the house, how do we know things happening in the backyard? Same with our patterns, behaviors, and conditioning. We are operating from our conscious mind, which is around 10-20% of our life, while 90-80% we behave subconsciously. Same way in Vedic Astrology, there are twelve houses. The subconscious is signified by the twelfth house. The blind spot of the chart is the twelfth house, something like our own back of our head. Can we see what h...
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Who am I? - Part 3

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Hello all, Namaste! Hope all of you had a fantastic week where you were able to clear the mind of all pre-conceived notions and ideas and keep the slate of mind as blank as possible, with an attitude of the lord, Ganesha . But it is so easy to say, 'clear your mind and keep the mind as a blank slate'. So easy to say, but so difficult to do. So, today let us explore why we have such a tough time to come out of the preconceived notions and attitudes we have for our life? Why is it easier said than done? As we have discussed many times in this blog, I as a person have a very strong intuition that we as a Soul go through lifetimes after lifetimes. As I have mentioned before, this blog is not to prove any theory, hypothesis or attitude. This blog is about how to use the ancient wisdom of Vedic philosophy for modern times. So, according to what I intuit, there are numerous lifetimes, we as a Soul go through. All of us have been around the block may be million or thousand times, ...
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Who am I? - Part 2

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Hello all, Namaste! Hope all of you had a fantastic week where you were able to start your path towards the question of ' Who am I '? Yes, it is not easy and of course, it takes time, effort, contemplation, mental confusion, and emotional toll many times. But believe me, it is worth each time and every time.  This week it is Thanks Giving in the United States. Who are we giving Thanks to? As per the Wikipedia , the first "President of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide Thanksgiving celebration in America marking November 26, 1789, " as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God ". So, we are giving Thanks to the divine. Before proceeding further, I want to wish all my Blog readers and Quora readers a very ' Happy Thanksgiving' . May all of us, Thank the divine for the physical existence we have been given to see the beauti...
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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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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 get tied in this rope. We all have heard the sage Narada in Hindu mythology. There is a story even he got duped by the illusion of the material world and found himself in tremen...
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Kuja dosha (Mangalik) - Who is the real victim?

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Hello all, Namaste! Hope all of you had a great week where you were able to spend quality time on your projects, family, friends, and things that add value to your life. Last two weeks we discussed how the energy of Kuja or Mars manifests according to Mythology as well as Astrology. We were able to draw the picture of how the Kuja energy can play out either as a lower or higher vibration. We also discussed how the same energy can be passion towards a project or anger towards the world. Today let us discuss another aspect of the same energy-Kuja Dosha. What is Kuja Dosha? Before that, I would very much like to write this post for brides and grooms and their families, especially in India, who have to go through terrible rings of fire if they have Kuja Dosha. As many are aware, most of the marriages in India are arranged (even though now times are changing and there are love marriages also happening) according to the matching of the horoscope of the bride and groom and looking a...
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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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Saturn (Shani) - A friend or a foe?

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Hello all, Namaste! Today I am planning to write about Saturn from the perspective of Vedic Astrology , Mythology and how using an apt example we can try to tie it to our material realm. No! This post is absolutely not about the planet Saturn from a scientific perspective. Already everyone is aware that Saturn is the second largest planet in our Solar system and has beautiful rings around it made up of ice and rock and has many moons like Enceladus and Titan among them. In Greek Mythology, Saturn was called Chronos or the keeper of time. Saturn By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons This post is about Saturn or 'Shani Deva' from a Vedic standpoint and how people who believe in Astrology are afraid of Saturn and how they put every bad experience they go through on Saturn. Does Saturn really need all this burden of criticism? Are we not equally the culprits of our own bad experiences? Let us start our dissection, shall we? First, let us go through some Vedic...
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The birth of Karthikeya!

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Hello all, Hope all of you had a fantastic week, where you were able to put into practice exactly what your inner core wanted to bring into your life. Before proceeding further, yesterday, (March 5th, 2019) as I was cutting an onion, the onion rolled off and I ended up having deep cuts in my second and third fingers of my left hand. Both fingers are bandaged up. I almost thought of just putting a message that I am not able to type this week. With too much typing, if blood starts to flow out of the bandages, I would have to forego this week. Hopefully not. But it is true, two of my fingers are in bandages. Shenanigans of everyday living! Karthikeya: So, last week we decided that we would tackle some Mythology for a few weeks. This week let us delve into the birth of Karthikeya in Hindu mythology and what is one of the esoteric meaning we can come up with. In Hinduism, there is the God Shiva, who is the God of destruction and dissolution. Anything that nee...
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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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