Love and kindness towards animals is an aspect of the goddess Mahalakshmi. But while keeping pets is fine, it is not always good to let them move freely within the house or share the sleeping room with it. This is because they do bring diseases and sometimes too much mingling of our consciousness with the animal’s is not necessarily good. And if one keeps them then one should take care and be kind towards them.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
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Tapas leads to an increase of energy. Faith in the Divine increases its potency whereas doubt and a sceptic questioning does decrease it. But there can be a questioning that seeks to understand and know better. Such a questioning may well consolidate the tapas more by giving it clarity of the mind.
To quieten the mind and vital one should learn to live within rather than projected on the surfaces of life, reacting and responding to every stimulus. We should try to practice equanimity in the face of the touches of nature such as heat or cold, remarks of people such as praise or insult, gains and losses, success and failures, pleasure and pain. This is the foundation.