AT THE FEET OF THE MOTHER

Day to Day Life

To what extent are we bound by our biological inheritance from our parents? It is said that one’s bodily characteristics are predetermined by one’s parents. But to what extent do one’s vitality (sensitivity/crudeness/strength/refinement/etc.) and mental characteristics (intelligence/plasticity/depth/etc.) inherited too? If one has inherited certain vital or mental characteristics, are they malleable; can one make one’s vital or mind into what one aspires them to be for a work one wishes to accomplish🤨?

Everything can be changed. There is no such inevitable iron law or absolutely fixed determinism. Yes, by and large things follow a certain pattern, a

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Why is it that when someone chooses not to follow conventional paths—like pursuing a Masters or PhD, having children or a traditional job—and instead lives differently without glorifying their struggle and challenges, people/society often dismiss it as taking the ‘easy path,’ while glorifying conventional struggles as more valuable🤨?

Yes because most people believe that the path of life they have chosen is the best or the only true path. Besides every life has

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Few questions: Earlier since last 19 months I was eating veg. food without garlic and onion, though always it was a problem to our family, still I was continuing the same. Now just few days before after choosing the Mother’s Path I started eating onion and garlic. Is it ok or it is better to continuing food without onion and garlic as I am habituated with it🤔?

Onion is tamasic in properties. As far as sadhana goes, Sattwic vegetarian food, the kind which you were taking, is anyday…

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My sister hasn’t scored well in NEET and isn’t getting any MBBS college. She doesn’t have any inner calling or conviction to decide what she should pursue. We were thinking of admitting her to a BAMS college. But everyone is advising that there is no scope for an Ayurvedic doctor. Can you guide me regarding this and tell me what can be career options after pursuing BAMS🤨?

One does not study a branch of knowledge for career and money but for the joy of learning, gaining knowledge in the field of interest,

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I need to know Java as basic knowledge for a course called ‘Data Structures and Algorithms’ in order to get even a chance at acceptance at the top university for a masters in computer science 💻/ cybersecurity, even though the track I would be selecting is ‘Policy’ (because I don’t have an undergraduate CS degree and rather a business degree) which does not require much programming in the grand scheme of things. I have a few dilemmas. One is that this entire path to achieve a masters is not appealing to me because of the debt it will create for me, although my father is willing to support me for the entire cost, I will still owe him and it will also be a huge pressure to not fail because he has set some expectations along with loaning me the money. The other dilemma is that the content itself is a bore. The only way to learn is by staring at a screen for 23 hours of the day out of 24. If I really committed to this, my reality is to just sit and stare at my laptop to go through course content (which is online) and even if I found an in person course to take, the content itself is such a bore! It’s absolute gibberish… I don’t have any passion or interest in this subject and yet I have advertised myself as such because my current role is as a business development associate for an IT/cybersecurity organization, where creating your own brand is valuable in finding opportunities, networking etc. and I’ve even told my father and rest of my family that I am committed to starting to get the masters degree next year and have taken baby steps towards this path.I’ve realized their concern is just that I push myself and don’t stay in one place, and that masters is the only way to get real paying opportunities in the field I am in. That may be true, but I abhor sitting all day and staring at a screen when I know other careers exist that can also pay just as well and don’t require me to do that. I recently discovered a path which I think could be better suited for me, and that is skilled trades, such as an electrician. As a woman, this a less common route to take, and often when women do take it, it is because they are coming from low income and this career pathway is well funded by the US government, so it is very inexpensive, and also women who are able to handle well the type of men we generally should avoid, like those from an incarcerated background. So ultimately my dilemma is, how do I explain to my family these thoughts when I have grown a lot from the past and this will re-ignite all their doubts about me because I have made many mistakes which have been rash and caused them to lose trust or faith in my ability to think clearly?

You should listen to the impulsion in your heart, whether it pays much or not, whether family will understand and support you or not, whether

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