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OM AMRITESWARAI NAMAH

 

IMMORTAL LIGHT - Homelife

 

Hang spiritual pictures of your chosen deity

 

Children, we should always strive to cultivate the visiion of unity,

not of diversity. There is no need to place anything other than the

pictures of the beloved deities of the family members and of the

guru in the meditation room. The room and the pictures should be

cleaned daily.

 

Some people will have some special pictures of gods and goddesses to

be hung on festival days like Krishna's birthday, Shivaratri, etc.

There is nothing wrong in doing so.

 

Milk, by any name, is the same nourishing substance. Likewise, the

Lord, even though He is known by many names, is only One.

 

It is good to hang a picture of our guru or beloved deity in a

visible place in every room. Dusting and cleaning them daily will

help enhance sraddha (awareness and attention) and devotion.

 

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>From the book of Immortal Light - Advice to Householders

(english translation of the original Malayalam "Amrita Jyoti")

Amma Sharanam

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Ammachi

Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:11 AM

IMMORTAL LIGHT - HOMELIFE

 

Namaste,

 

Thank you so much for this posting; my mind has just turned to spring's

approach in the past few days and this was exactly what I needed.

 

As you know, I live in rural WV (yes, I know: sounds funny but some parts ARE

more rural than others!). When I moved out here five years ago, my husband had

really let the "yard" (2 1/2 acres that we've almost won from the woods!) after

his first wife died. I have worked unbelievably hard to reclaim it and to

establish flower beds, but had wondered whether I felt like continuing such a

monumental task this year. Remember, I'm talking about two and a half acres - I

have an arbor with 14 heavily blooming, climbing rose roots on it and the

overall effect is a dot of pink from the far side of the yard!

 

My first effort, what I call my "blind garden" is full of the most heavily

scented flowers I could grow here- like many Native Americans, I'm diabetic and

figured if I went blind from the disease, I could still enjoy the flowers I love

so much. Unfortunately, as I've tried to establish other flowering areas, my

blind garden has become a tangle of sycamore starts, weeds, and berry brambles.

Other areas are going the same way because I simply can't keep up with the work

involved to maintain them all.

 

Your post made me consider my flowers from an entirely new perspective and

will probably encourage me to continue on what I had assumed to ultimately be a

lost cause.

 

Love,

Snehalata

 

 

OM AMRITESWARAI NAMAH

 

IMMORTAL LIGHT - Homelife

 

The value of sacred plants

 

Children, in former times in India, every house had a sacred Tulasi

(basil) plant and a spot to grow it. Also, it was a common practice

to grow plants that produced fragrant flowers for daily worship.

Today, their place is taken by decorative plants and cactus. These

reflect the change in the inner disposition of people. A basis plant

or crataeva tree are considered holy and believed to bring

prosperity to the house where they are nurtured and revered. They

should be watered daily and whenever we go out or come into the

house we must offer our salutations to these plants.

 

The ancients used to touch Mother Earth in reverence before planting

their feet on the ground when they got up from the bed in the

morning.

 

They used to blow to the rising sun as the embodiment of divinity

and give of life. They lived in harmony with Nature. They saw God's

essence in everything. They had joy, peace and health born of this

attitude.

 

Plants such as tulasi and many fragrant flowers used for worship

have medicinal qualities as well. Growing them near the house is

good for purifying the atmosphere. Those who have enough land aroud

the house may grow a little flower garden. We should always chant

our mantra while gardenig. At the same time, the awareness that the

flowers are for worship will help to retain the remembrance of God

within us. Each household should use a portion of its land for

growing trees and plants. This will purify the environment. It wil

maintain Nature's harmoney. In the old days, each house had a grove

and a pond attached to it. Not only the householders, but the whole

society enjoyed their benefits.

 

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From the book of Immortal Light - Advice to Householders

(english translation of the original Malayalam "Amrita Jyoti")

Amma Sharanam

 

 

 

 

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

 

 

 

 

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