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BHAKTI MARG ACCORDING TO SHIVAPURAN

There Nothing is more pleasurable than the Path of Bhakti in all the Loka's and in all the four Yuga, whoever dives in this sacred ocean of Ishwara's Bhakti , can definitely attain Mokshā and get relief from BhavaSagara ,

#Thread on { Primacy of Positivity to attain #Moksha }

योगे॑योगे त॒वस्त॑रं॒ वाजे॑वाजे हवामहे।
सखा॑य॒ इंद्र॑मू॒तये॑॥ -RV 1.30.7

There may be good deeds/conflicts/Wars but,we have to keep our mind stable and be in a state of eternal happiness without any prejudices & negativity

पता॑ति कुंडृ॒णाच्या॑ दू॒रं वातो॒ वना॒दधि॑।
आ तू न॑ इंद्र शंसय॒ गोष्वश्वे॑।
-RV 1.29.6

This verse teaches us to that if we want to attain moksha it is very necessary to stay away from the Negative people's, thoughts or behaviour. No matter how positive you are ,

they can effect your life, unless you take take the right step to keep yourself unaffected,because they love bringing others down .

घ्नंतो॑ वृ॒त्रम॑तर॒न्रोद॑सी अ॒प उ॒रु क्षया॑य चक्रिरे।
भुव॒त्कण्वे॒ वृषा॑ द्यु॒म्न्याहु॑तः॒ क्रंद॒दश्वो॒ गवि॑ष्टिषु॥
-RV 1.36.8

And once our inner

inclinations are strong and healthy, then our body and mind also become healthy, which means that now we are free every evils and vices.

And our mind is free from all the negativity, which enabled us to perform good deeds

#Thread on PanchDev Upasana!

For गृहस्थ Worship of Ganapati, Mahadev, Srihari Vishnu, SuryaDev and Devi  is said to be very fruitful.Presiding Bhagwan (as per their आस्था) should be established in the middle & other deities should be installed in all the four angles or in all the four directions accordingly.

These five Devi/Devtas represent Panchatattva. 

आकाशस्याधिपो विष्णु रग्नेश्चैय महेश्वरी ।
वायोः सूर्यः क्षितेरीशो जीवनस्य गणाधिपः ॥

That is,
1.Srihari Vishnu, the ruler of Akashtattva.
2.Maheshwari Shakti, the presiding deity of the AgniTattva,

3. Surya Dev, the ruler of the Vayu Tattva,
4. Mahadev,the presiding deity of the Prithvi Tattva. and
5.  The ruler of the JalTattva is Ganapati.

This Panchatattvamayi proceeds Creation (सृष्टि)in a safe and gentle form

The scriptures have described these five deities in many forms, and have done that worshiping them collectively is beneficial for every householder.

Their worship is considered necessary even in specific Devopasana, and if they have an inseparable vision from each other, only

#Thread on Panch kedar- five Divine Abodes of Mahadev !

The story of Panch Kedar is back to the Mahabharata period, after the war of Dharma, pandavas wanted to get rid of all their sin of killing their cousins,
brahmins and pitra, thus they left their Rajya in search of Shiva.

But being deeply hearted by the war of Mahabharata Shiva took the form of bull and hide himself .
while searching for Shiva pandavs observe that a bull was grazing over their and Bheema, recognises that bull as Shiva an caught his tail and hind legs

but the bull disappeared into ground and later reappeared as in five parts i.e.arms,humps,face ,hair and head,navel.

1.Kedarnath: a place where divinity meets the spirituality, here humps of the bull appeared.

Rudranath: it offers some of the finest sceneries of the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, here the face of the bull reappered .

#Thread on Maa Kali: Divine protector from evils and bestower of Moksha!

Amongst all  10 Mahavidya's the priority (मूलरूपा) has been given to Mata Mahakali . From the philosophical point of view, due to the predominance of Kaal tattva, Shri Kali is said to be the beginning in all the विद्या ।

There are two forms of Maa Kalika - उग्र   and सौम्य , which spread mainly in ten forms and started being called Mahavidya,Being the presiding deity of the महानिर्गुण, she is given an analogy out of darkness.

She is called 'Sundari' when she takes form of  महासगुण,

In Brihanniltantra it is said that
विद्या हि द्विविधा प्रोक्ता कृष्णा- रक्ता - प्रभेदतः ।
कृष्णा तु दक्षिणा प्रोक्ता रक्ता तु सुन्दरी मता ॥

The story of the appearance of Bhagwati Kali is described in Kalikapuran,

Markandeya Purana and Naradapancharatra.

According to Markandey Puran 87.5-24

Maa Kali was born from the forehead of Mata Ambika when she was very angry at Rakshas. Either she swall0wed whatever came in her way or she complety destr0yed it, Wearing Garland of skulls.

#Thread on #Panchanaan and #Panchavaktra Mahadev!

Mahadev is called 'Panchanaan' and 'Panchavaktra' because of his five faces.
Five faces in the four directions and the fifth in the middle( Sadyojat, Vamdeva, Tatpurush, Aghor and Ishaan) and each has three eyes.

The west-facing face of Mahadev is Sadyojata. This face of Shiv ji symbolizes clean, pure and free as a child.

The north facing direction is Vamdev. Vamadeva means the destroyer of vices.

- The south face is Aghor. Aghor means one who does blasphemous deeds.

The one who performs the condemned karma but by the grace of Mahadeva makes it pure.

East face of Mahadev is known as Tatpurush.That means to be reside in one's Atman.

The name of the upper face is Ishaan. Ishaan means स्वामी।

Out of the five faces of Shiv Shankar, the upper face is of milk-like color, the east face is of Tatpurush yellow color, the south face is of Aghor blue color, the west face is of Sadyojat white color and the north face is of Vamdev Krishna color.

The Blank Sheet Method that will 10x your reading comprehension.

Here is how it works.

Before you start reading a new book, take out a blank sheet of paper. Write down what you know about the book / subject you’re about to read — a mind map if you will.

After you finish a reading session, spend a few minutes adding to the map with a different color.

Before you start your next reading session, review the page.

When you’re done reading, put these ‘blank sheets’ into a binder that you periodically review.

Some thoughts on episode 54 of #Hercai

If you ever cross the distance and come to me, come with love that blooms in your heart.
~ Şems-i Tebrizi

#Reyyan #Miran #ReyMir #EbruŞahin #AkınAkınözü
#HercaiThoughts

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I have to make a note before writing about this episode. I was the person (still am) who thinks that bringing back D. was a bad idea. I repeat it that for me the writing of S1 and S2 is like tossed into the bin with that plot evolution, but they had to invent something+
#Hercai

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+ to be able to continue to prolong the general story after Aslan’s story did not work out. All the suffering of M., all the crying seems for “nothing” for two seasons and we viewers are also kind of fed up in seeing him cry all the time when with the upcoming episodes+
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+he is justified the most to cry. With her resurrection now the attention shifts back to Miran’s storyline and I don’t know if I like this to be honest. This said, Dilsha is here and we have to deal with her.
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So, my comments are going to be how I find they wrote her into the story, the details we get to know, the flashbacks we get to see, the way it was filmed and directed, with leaving out if I agree on it or not but describing along the way what I saw.
#Hercai

What do you think folks, shall we do some bad book covers today?

I think we should...

"I have made some bad decisions in my life..."

Dressed Up For Murder, by Gary Brander. Fastback, 1986.

"It's not you Mr Darcy, it's me..."

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Bestseller Library, 1966.

Move along Twitter, nothing to see here...

The Star Fox, by Poul Anderson. Panther Books 1968. Cover by Bob Haberfield.

Fangs For The Mammaries, edited by Esther Friesner. Baen Books 2010. Art by Clyde Caldwell.

I see what you did there Clyde...

Pierre Boulle was born today in 1912, so what better time to look back at his sociological science-fiction classic that paved the way for Star Wars and the MCU.

This is the story of Planet Of The Apes!

Pierre Boulle is probably best known for his 1952 novel Bridge On The River Kwai, based on his wartime experiences in Indochina. So it was possibly a surprise when 11 years later he authored a science fiction novel.

However Boulle had been a Free French secret agent during the war. He was captured in 1943 by Vichy forces in Vietnam and sentenced to hard labour. This experience of capture would shape his novel La Planète Des Singes.

Published in 1963 La Planète Des Singes recieved good reviews. An English translation - entitled Monkey Planet - was issued the following year. It was a story that seemed to strike a chord with readers.

In the novel two rich travellers find a manuscript written by journalist Ulysse Mérou. It tells a fantastical tale: how he travelled with two wealthy explorers to Betelgeuse. They land on the planet Soror, a world of primitive humans ruled by advanced civilised apes.

Did you know:

—in old-timey-times women got abortions w no constraints?

—ads for abortion were so common in the 1800s they were blasé?

—native women controlled their fertility & men had no say?

Today's @OrdEquality ep will blow your freakin’ mind

There's this perception that women didn't have abortions in the past— that we were somehow better & more “moral” in the past— but, that could not be further from the truth.

Women have always controlled their fertility throughout the entire history of time. — Dr. @lmacthompson1

We interviewed @LorettaJRoss Prof, Co-founder @sistersong_woc & Godmother to the reproductive justice movement:

"Emperor Augustus was complaining about elite Roman women not having enough children... Roman women were using knowledge from Egypt to practice fertility control..."

"I discovered that the kidnapped, enslaved Black women who were brought over in the slave trade actually brought knowledge about abortifacients with them. And so, they were secretly controlling their own fertility on these plantations." — @LorettaJRoss on @OrdEquality

"Black women have been fighting for reproductive self-determination since our arrival in this country." —@LorettaJRoss on @OrdEquality