Shiva and Sati and the religion

I was watching Mahadev

on Life OK channel yesterday. They have picturised the Lord Shiva is a very prominent manner, the actor Mohit Raina who is acting technique as Mahadev is an elite where he is like in real Mahadev with his well-built body; charming smile and adorable looks.

For the first time I got the concept of Lord Shiva and his wife in her first birth with the name Sati.

The story is something like this as per my understanding:-

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Sati meditated for years on just a bilva leaf a day (not sure how long) to be Lord Shiva’s wife; she was the daughter of Daksha Prajapati and his wife Prasuti. She somehow manages to get acceptance and consent of Lord Shiva and he marries her.

Without Sati’s knowledge Daksha cut her off from her natal family because she marries Lord Shiva whom he dislikes.

Daksha once organized a grand yajna and invited all gods expect Sati and Shiva. Sati assumed that her father did not invite her because he must have felt that she being the daughter of the house does not require a formal invitation. Besides she also wanted to meet her childhood friends, family and above all her mother. Shiva did not support the idea of self-invitation but Sati insisted and she went to her father’s house.

Daksha did not like this and out of arrogance insulted her and her husband Lord Shiva. She couldn’t take her husband’s insult; she blames herself for her husband’s humiliation. She called up praying that she may be reborn as a daughter to a father whom she could respect. She invoked her yogic powers which were attained by her due to her severe devotion and immolated herself.

Shiva sensed the disaster and with this his rage was incomparable. He loved Sati more than anything he could ever love. Out of rage he created Virabhadra an image of himself which is the destroyer and commands to destroy the world and destroy Daksha, whom he considered responsible for his wife’s death.

Virabhadra went out to the world to destroy Daksha, and on his way Lord Vishu interrupts his way and he struggles to stop him but of use. It is said that when Lord Shiva is in his rage, no one can stop him of his destruction.

After much-a-do he finishes Dakha by beheading him in his own yagna.

Later Shiva did tandava carried his death wife on his shoulder; while he was performing his tandava and moving; her body dismembered into 51 pieces and fell in various part of the earth. Those places are still considered and known as Shakti Peethas.

After that night; when Shiva was back to his normal being, he the all-forgiving, sustainer, redeemer Lord, forgave Daksha and his decapitated head was substituted with that of a goat.

Sati was reborn as Parvati to Himavat the king of mountains and his Wife Mena.

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Come back to Mohit Raina’s performance; he has acted incomparable to anybody who has ever performed as God in any drama/ serial/ movie. His charming face has grace, the grace that anybody seeks for. I remember the day when I had been for the Bhagwat Gita seminar at Bhakti Vedanta hospital. The speaker (the guruji) had that grace on his face and his vocal glands while proclaiming the glory of God and his teachings.

I personally am a catholic by birth but somehow believe that there had been the above myth in real, as I believe in Lord Shiva and believe that may be Lord Jesus Christ is another incarnation of Lord Shiva.

There are a lot of similarities when we talk about Catholic’s (Islam included as it is a part of Bible) and Hinduism. Both believe in Holy Trinity, and believe that all three are one and one-in-three. Both believe in the formation of Earth with the" word of God" Catholic’s believe the word of God came from The Holy Spirit, while Hindu’s believe that the word of God was ‘OM’.

My belief says that both religions are one; because the history is of 2 different countries and 2 different customs and traditions the demeanor were different and everything else was different; but the true essence of the story still remains the same.

Well, I end here with a saying…………………"Every coin has 2 sides; but are right, and both has a truth"

Resolution for Life

I wonder at times why have I taken this birth ? Where do I come from?

Where was I before this birth and where will I be once I close my eyes and rest in peace? Life is just amazing, but what will happen after I leave this mortal world ? What do we consider an end is it truly the end ??? And the most important thing what is the purpose of my life………??

Though I am not a very religious person and neither do I have a great knowledge about the “TRUTH OF LIFE” but the only thing that I can say is, that every person has a purpose of life and is in this life to fulfil the same.

With this I remember that I had been to a person who is well qualified with the study of stars and the universe. One of my friend referred me to him; and with great enthuthiasm I had been to meet him. He studied my birthdate with birth-time and finally came to the conclusion that I am in  this life with the purpose to serve elderly people. Though he couldn’t be specific as to what does ‘elderly people’ actually includes but yes this is what he mentioned to me.

After contemplating on this for a very long, and trying to find an answer to my own questions, I came up with the conclusion that may be this life is a reason for me to take care of my parents (in-laws included) and look after them, along with that every elder person that I come across…..

May be I am right !!! or may be I am wrong…..!! But for my own satisfacation I accept this as a resolution for my life……………

Humanity - The only Religion

“Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Isahi- Hum sab hai bhai-bhai!”. This is an ancient phrase by one of our social leader which is being repeated over the period of time in the local speeches by many socialist; but there is one question that always crosses my        mind is, that; Do we really follow or believe what we speak ??

Well, the reason for this question to rise is my conscious is; though we speak whatever one what to propogand but we tent to believe what our inner voice calls for and that is a different language!!

The reason for these variant thoughts to rise in WE the common people are or rather people who instigate these wraith to ripple in our conscious is our so called regulators. Yes! It is suprising though that these regulatories who are supposed to be an ideal for us the common people and ideally are supposed to be preaching and supporting the above made phrase are the one who are acting  as a director as well as the spectors in our common movie called life..!!

Our country is a democratic country by choice, and so; every individual has their ‘right to think’ and ‘right to accept his own custom, caste and creed’; why is these customs given a name called Religion? And even if given why are rivalries driven out of it?

While traveling along the motorway we can view no. of hoardings across every nit-and-corner of the road !! Infact no corners are left untouched and does holds some very famous personalities posture and yes how can they forget to make some sophicated diagloues and that too discriminating thoughts between different states and which results into different religion!!

Everytime I encounter such hoardings; I wonder what is religion to do with the policies of the government, Our government and why does this State diparities occur?? Afterall we have only one religion that is the Humanity!!

Well, I fail to understand these very fact of our Country!! Hope these questions arise in YOUR conscious too !!!