When it comes to
worshipping and offering prayers, there are many preferences that people choose
to have. Some like to have a separate consecrated space, few of them have pooja
rooms specially dedicated to it. Few of them have a small corner of their
kitchen. Whatever the convenience, offering
anything with gratitude and love is going to manifest in positivity.
I too follow the same
routine. I do have a dedicated small pooja room space and also have a small
place in my kitchen. I find this space too divine , firstly its on the East
side and when I light the lamp in the early morning and offer flowers to the
deity, I feel it absolutely peaceful, divine and get a lot of oorja(energy) .
Our tradition places a
lot of importance on lighting oil lamps in the morning and evening– it can be
anywhere near the deity, near the Tulsi plant etc. Recently I read a small piece of written
work, wherein lighting an oil lamp near our water pot or the vessel that we use to store water is stressed upon. I found this just so simple – why hadn’t I
thought of it all these years –-May be it was to come to my lap and my
understanding now. This one thing is giving us Life - From then on, I have been
putting a small rangoli, lighting a lamp near to my water vessel. Water is life – she is energy and truly when
we worship the energy that is putting life into each of us, life reverberates.
Listening to a mantra
first thing in the morning when cooking helps me become peaceful and I get a
lot of solace. There is less anxiety and impatience in the morning especially
when we have to complete the household chores and rush to the office. Less impatience is more calmness and
stillness within ourselves. It helps us
look better, perform better, complain less, act better and most of all feel at
peace with ourselves and with the outside world.
Try lighting a lamp
near to the water pot or vessel everyday – chanting a small mantra when doing
it makes the water attract positive energy and your entire day becomes that of
joy.
I have made it a
practice to smile at the water that I am drinking and then say to myself that
the water that I am going to drink is going to make me healthy, at peace, happy
and joyful. There are definitely positive results that I am
seeing for myself. You may choose to
hold the water bottle and put in a small thought of peace and gratitude and see
the way the water behaves inside your body.
It’s an absolute miracle. Check it out for yourselves!!
WATER HAS MEMORY – TRY IT!!!
With Gratitude
Rekha Mahadevan
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