The Mother would usher the New Year with Her music and a message. It is a beautiful way to start the New Year this way.
Also to feel one’s inmost aspiration in the deep quietude, reinforce it with the fuel of renewed determination and faith in the future. Since it is a collective convention one should add to one’s own prayer, a prayer for the earth and humanity especially for the future.
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But it was hurting, so I took an auto-rickshaw to the doctor and sent the auto-wala uncle to the doctor, and the doctor told him
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.