Fasting and its Miracles

In Hinduism, each day of a week is dedicated to a particular god in the Hindu pantheon. Apart from the special Vratas and Upvaas, many Hindus also fast on a particular day in a week. Each day in a week has a specialty and there are numerous folklores associated with the fasting observed on the days of a week.

Sunday
Sunday is dedicated to Lord Surya (Sun God). Those who undertake fast (upvaas) on the day only take a single meal. Oil and salt is avoided. Red is the color of the day and red flowers are offered to Surya. 

Monday
Monday is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is said that Lord Shiva is easily pleased. Therefore many people observe Upvaas on Monday. Those devotees observing fast only eat food once. People visit Lord Shiva shrines and conduct pujas, especially, Ardhanarishwara puja. The mantra ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ is chanted continuously. Siva devotees also read Shiva Purana. Unmarried women observe the Vrat to get good husbands. Others observe it for a happy and prosperous family life. 

Tuesday
Tuesday is dedicated to Lord Ganesha, Durga, Goddess Kali and Lord Hanuman. Most devotees visit Devi and Hanuman shrines. Those people who fast avoid taking food containing salt at night. 

Wednesday
Wednesday is dedicated to planet Mercury and Lord Vithal, an incarnation of Krishna. Green color leaves, especially Tulsi leaves, are used in Pujas. The day is highly auspicious for starting new ventures and it is believed that those who observe the Vrat are bound to get blessed with fortunes. People also give alms on the day. 

Thursday
Thursday is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and his incarnations. Pujas are conducted using milk, ghee etc. Food is only eaten once and that too containing milk products. People read Srimad Bhagavad Purana on the day. 

Friday
Friday is dedicated to Mother Goddess – Mahalakshmi, Santhosi Ma, Annapuraneshwari and Durga. Sweets are distributed on the day. Those devotees observing the Vrat make it a point to eat at night. 

Saturday
Saturday is dedicated to alleviating the bad influence of Lord Shani. The Vrat on this day is mainly observed by those people who believe in Hindu astrology. Black is the color of the day and people visit Shani shrine or Navagraha shrines. Food is only consumed once on the day.

It must be noted here that the deity worshipped on a particular day might vary from region to region and community to community. The result of all upvaas or fast depends on the person. It is good, if all the members in the family can undertake a Vrata together.

Miracles do happen by observing a particular Vrata and the greatest miracle is Brahman realization. All rituals and observances are path towards understanding the Supreme Soul and this will automatically alleviate all sufferings.

Spirits, Ghosts in Hindu Religion – the Preta Concept in Hinduism- Article

Spirits,Ghosts in Hindu Religion – the Preta Concept in Hinduism

Ghost in Hinduism is referred as ‘preta’, ‘pey’, ‘pret’ or ‘pretam.’ Do Hindus believe in ghosts? It depends on the individual but it is believed that majority believe in ghosts. The concept of ghosts in Hindu religion is often associated with those people who had an unnatural death like murder, accident, etc and those dead people who were not given proper Hindu dead rituals like Shraadha or Tarpan.

In Hinduism, there is the concept of Kshooshma shareera apart from the physical body. This Kshooshma shareera is a sort of carbon copy of all the impressions of the five senses of the physical body. It is said in the Brahma Sutra that this acquired impressions is carried by the soul when it leaves the body.

What is left of these impressions on natural world, also referred as pinda shareeram, are completely destroyed through the various rituals performed to the dead in Hindu religion.

So the primary aim of Hindu death rituals is to destroy all the impressions that are left of a dead person in natural world and to release the soul. Therefore, what is popularly referred as ghost is completely destroyed by Hindu dead ceremonies.

If you carefully examine all the ghost stories, you will realize that the ghosts are associated with those people who had met with an unnatural death or whose ‘pinda shareera’ was not destroyed through the usual Hindu dead rituals. Such ‘pinda shareera’ will only get destroyed after a longtime and the natural destruction will depend on the aspirations and desires of the ‘pinda shareera.’ And such people are believed to roam the graveyards and there are references in the Puranas of Lord Shiva having an army of pretas or ghosts.

Now can a preta enter another person’s body? No. This is against the basic tenant of Santana Dharma (Hinduism) as a body can only have a single soul.

But hearing about the unnatural death of a person can make the listener sympathize with the dead person. And sympathy will become empathy and it can go to such an extent that the listener will assume the role of an agent to help the person who had met with unnatural death. This particular aspect has been widely used in Indian movies and folk stories and is often misunderstood as ghost.

All latent impression of dead person referred as ‘pinda shareera’ is destroyed by Hindu dead rituals like Shraadha and Tarpana. So the question of such souls roaming around as ghosts does not exist. Those ‘pinda shareera’ that did not receive proper burial get destroyed in due natural course.

But the greatness of Santana Dharma is that while performing rituals to dead ancestors, people knowingly or unknowingly perform rituals to all the dead. Thus it is believed that annual sharaadha ceremony performed destroys all the latent impressions of all the dead. Thus what is called ghost is properly dealt in Hindu religion and is given proper rest through rituals.

Sabarimala 2012 – 2013 – Ayyappa Temple Calendar – 2012 - 2013 Opening and Closing dates and Temple Timings

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Sabarimala 2012 – 2013 – Ayyappa Temple Calendar – 2012 - 2013 Opening and Closing dates and Temple Timings

The Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in Kerala is open for darshan only during certain specific periods in a year. Below are the dates on which theSabarimala Ayyappa Temple will remain open during 2012 – 2013.

The temple is open for monthly pujas for five days from the first of Malayalam month on all months in year. Other days when the temple is open are for Sabarimala Shrine festival, Vishu, Ayyappa Idol installation anniversary puja, Onam puja, Sri Chitira Attam Thirunnal, two months during the Mandalam Pooja season (November – December) and finally during the Makaravilakku Puja (January) season.

Sabarimala Ayyappa TempleCalendar 2012 – 2013

January 2012 at Sabarimala

January 15, 2012 – Makaravilakku Puja

Temple open on all days in January till January 21, 2012

Temple closes at night on January 21, 2012.

February 2012 at Sabarimala

February 13, 2012 to February 18, 2012 – Kumbha Masa Puja – Monthly Puja – The temple remains open for five days during the period.

March 2012 at Sabarimala

March 13, 2012 to March 18, 2012 – Meena Masa Puja Monthly Puja

March 27 to April 5, 2012 - Sabarimala Annual Temple Festival.

April 2012 at Sabarimala

Painguni Festival and Special Puja is on April 5, 2012.
Closes on April 6, 2012.
April 9, 2012 – April 18, 2012 – Vishu and Medam month Puja and Darshan
April 14, 2012 – Vishu Kani Darshan at the Temple
April 18, 2012 - Vishu Festival Ends

May 2012 at Sabarimala

May 14, 2012 to May 19, 2012 – Edava Masa Puja - Monthly Puja – The temple remains open for five days during the period.

May 30, 2012 – Ayyappa Idol installation anniversary puja
May 31, 2012 – Ayyappa Idol installation anniversary day

June 2012 at Sabarimala

June 14, 2012 to June 19, 2012 – Mithuna Masa Puja – Monthly Puja – The temple remains open for five days during the period.

July 2012 at Sabarimala

July 15, 2012 to July 20, 2012 – Karkidaka Masa Puja – Monthly Puja – The temple remains open for five days during the period.

There is also a Niraputtari in this month and the date is decided by the Travancore Royal Family.

August 2012 at Sabarimala

August 16, 2012 to August 21, 2012 – Chinga Masa Puja – Monthly Puja – The temple remains open for five days during the period.
August 27, 2012 to August 31, 2012 - Onam Puja.
August 29, 2012 – Thiru Onam Puja

September 2012 at Sabarimala

September 16, 2012 to September 21, 2012 – Kanni Masa Puja – Monthly Puja – The temple remains open for five days during the period.

October 2012 at Sabarimala

October 16, 2012 to October 22, 2012 – Thulam Masa Puja – Monthly Puja – The temple remains open for five days during the period.

November 2012 at Sabarimala

November 11, 2012 to November 12, 2012 – Sri Chitira Attam Thirunnal
November 16, 2012 – Mandala Kalam Starts – Shrine open for 41 days

Temple open on all days from November 16.

December 2012 at Sabarimala

Temple open on all days till the night of December 26, 2012 on all days.

December 26, 2012 – Sabarimala Mandala Puja - Temple closes in the evening

December 30, 2012 – Temple opens for Makaravilakku.

Sabariamala 2013

January 2013 at Sabarimala

January 14, 2013 – Makaravilakku Puja

Temple open on all days till January 20, 2012

Temple closes at night on January 20, 2012.

Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple Timings

On the above days the temple usually opens at 0400hrs and closes at 1300 hrs and then opens again at 1600 hrs and closes at 2300 hrs.

Neyyabhishekam takes place from 0430 hrs to 1130 hrs.

During the peak seasons the timings might altered to accommodate the large number of devotees.

Daily Puja Timings

The Usual Puja Timings are as follows when the temple is open:

Temple opens at 0300 hrs (3: 00 AM)
Nirmalya Darshan is at 0305 hrs
Mahaganapati homam is at 0315 hrs to 1145 hrs
Neyabhishekam from is at 0315 hrs to 1145 hrs
Usha Puja (Morning puja) is at 07:30 hrs
Uccha Puja (Afternoon Puja) is at 12:30 hrs
The Temple closes afternoon at 13:00 hrs (01:00 PM)

Evening Puja
In the evening Temple opens at 15:00 hrs (3: 00 PM)
Deeparadhana (Evening puja) is at 18:30 hrs
Pushpa Abhishekam is at 19:00 hrs
Athazha Puja is at 23:00 hrs
Harivarasanam – at 23:30 hrs
The Temple closes for the day at 23:45 hrs

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Is Someone Using Black Magic On You?

Due to jealousy, heart burning or some base cause, the Tantriks use cheap tactics to overcome the adversaries, which ruins one's life. Are you also under such a spell?

We must have peace and happiness in life, and to achieve the same we work hard. But we do not get in return to the proportions of our labour.
We get very little even after the best of our efforts, we toil to get success in our business but the profits are too little. We do not want any discontentment or discord in our family life, but inspite of our best efforts, the peace and tranquility of our family is disturbed.
On the other hand people work very little, but get too much in return. Businessmen have ample wealth just be putting in little efforts, bit we are disappointed even after continuous efforts. It leads us to conclude, that there are some evil forces which make our strategies unsuccessful.




Tantrik Prayog : Major Causes
Whenever you face such situations, feel assured that someone has used Black Magic on you, as a result of which all your efforts become ineffective.
Though such prayog is not easy, but some Tantriks expertise in it and torture innocent souls at the behest of selfish and greedy people. Such Tantriks have made Black Magic their profession, and use it on others indiscriminately at the behest of their adversaries, to mint money. Thus the happy life of the people is spoiled.
Such so-called Black-Magicians, no doubt can harm others, but they do not possess the powers to counter such Tantrik moves. As a result the victim keeps on suffering and sometimes it leads to the death of the victim. It is in fact very easy to cause harm through Tantra, but very difficult to amend the damage done. In order to learn the art of saving, one has to undergo Sadhna and Siddhi, and only a Tantrik of high caliber can do so.

Some bad effects of Tantrik Prayog

1.	Continuous illness. All treatments fail.
2.	Constant worries, suicidal tendencies, or a desire to move away from home and family.
3.	Continuous illness of any member of the family.
4.	Too much weakness associated with obesity and being short tempered.
5.	Sterility, without any physical deficiency or without any medical reason.
6.	Repeated miscarriages or death of the children.
7.	Sudden unnatural deaths in the family.
8.	Problems in the construction of house, factory or any other building.
9.	Shortness of money, inspite of hard labour.
10.	No desire to live. Feels suffocated. Life seems useless. No desire to rise in life.
11.	Sudden quarrels between brothers or the members of the family, without any reason.
12.	Achievement of objectives seems impossible.
13.	Loss in the business of property.
14.	Ill-health and under-development of children.
15.	Loss of peace due to the fear of enemies and their evil designs.
16.	Discord between spouses or the family.
17.	Greatest efforts resulting in a failure.
18.	Lack of Govt. favours, promotions and the desired transfers.
19.	Poverty, inspite of hard work.

These are some effects which prove that you are under the spell of Black Magic. Though intelligent, you fail to find solution to such problems. It is due to the Tantrik Prayog that all your wisdom, all your strategies and all your intelligence fails.





Raksha Prayog-

In order to overcome all these troubles, Raksha Prayog is indispensable, to make such Black Magic ineffective.
As already told, such art is known only to those Tantrik scholars, who have performed Sadhna and attained Siddhi.


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The Planet Mars and the Transformative Power- by Storm Cestavani

The Planet Mars and the Transformative Power of Fight Club Written by Storm Cestavani Monday, 06 February 2012 00:00

For an astrologer, social media is a powerful tool.   On any given day you can open up your internet browser and scan for empirical information about any active planetary alignment.   For example, this past week Mars went retrograde in the sign of Virgo, and my co-host of Keep It Magic – Jacki Smith – posted this on her Facebook page: “WARNING!!!! If you are feeling crabby, confrontational and ready to punch the next person you see right in the throat then you are experiencing the Mars Retrograde that started 2 days ago. Sometimes just knowing that there is an astrological influence helps me to release myself from it.” Of course, Jacki’s Facebook post caused an avalanche of comments which led me to think about the planet Mars and how we incorporate the “God of War” into our lives and into our businesses. In astrology, Mars is the action planet.  He goes out into the world and gets what we want and he serves the Sun in our horoscope.  This works for business in the same way – the location of Mars in your business horoscope is how your business goes out and becomes accomplished in order to fulfill the needs of the Sun. I am convinced that within the planetary pantheon, Mars is the planet we are comfortable with the least.  We know that life can sometimes be frustrating (Saturn), is often unfair (Chiron), can change quickly in surprising ways (Uranus), filled with idealization and delusions (Neptune), and at times we must let go of circumstances that are no longer working for our own better good (Pluto).  However, the aggressive; competitive; self-serving world of Mars is viewed as politically incorrect, and in certain settings (often spiritual) anathema.  We then wonder why depression and obesity (both represent repressed and somatized Martial problems) are at staggering levels in Western culture.  In many ways, the planet in Mars in exile and unfortunately he only comes out of the basement when he seethes enough and bursts out of his confinement to take over our lives.  We see this daily in the latest drama eruption(s) from our social circles, and then are shocked that people have the audacity to act in such an abhorrent manner.   In many ways technology, social networking, and globalization have gone the way of religion and submerged the value and importance of the individual to a nonexistent level.  As a collective we have bought into the belief that to be angry (Mars), to be self-assertive (Mars), and to have personal desires (Mars) is wrong and we should be ashamed of having such inclinations.  The only acceptable form of martial energy is our ability to refuse things, which is far from potent and hardly changes the world around us. This month we are granted an enormous opportunity to get in touch with Mars.   As mentioned earlier, Mars is the henchman for the Sun.   He describes our ability to know what we want, and do what is necessary to get it.  He gives us the ability to express our individuality and define our own goals and values in a way that honors our true inner being.    Mars gives us the same opportunity in business, and allows us to create powerful changes in our lives that can bring us the achievement and success that we desire.   Mars is the planet of potency, and self-respect often comes from our achievements and ability to proceed forward despite the obstacles we encounter.  Often, our first step is creating a new relationship with the god of war, and put away our fears of stepping on someone’s toes or upsetting others.  Four Ways to Work with Mars: Go After What You Want: Since we all have Mars in our personal horoscopes (and every planet also exists in our business horoscope), on some level we all are seeking out our personal destinies.  In some cases, we have silenced our personal destiny in order to accommodate or appease others.  Often, we are afraid that if we go after what we truly want we will be viewed as selfish or self-focused.  However, we all need something to aspire to and something to achieve, otherwise life becomes bland and boring and we begin to suffer from the darker sides of a repressed or castrated Mars who tends to manifest through illness and pathologies when he is ignored.  Take some time to get in touch with your personal desires and your business ambitions – and then take the steps to go out and get them.   Develop Goals:  Many people do not think of Mars as a discipline planet, but he truly is.   He is the exalted ruler of the sign of Capricorn, and in order to mobilize on the battle field one must have a plan.  We can use the energy of Mars to take a good look at what we truly want in our business.  Do we want to expand our markets?   Do we want to create new products?  Do we want to have more of a marketing presence?  Mars is the planet of action, yet in order to act sometimes we have to have a noble goal to fight for. Don’t Be Afraid of Competition:  Every business has competition on one level or another.  In many ways, we are afraid of people usurping our market share.  This can be a debilitating and paralyzing experience – however it need not be.   Mars is a natural competitive planet and he likes to win.  Our ability to rise up above our competitors and achieve success is an affirmation of our personal and individuals efforts.  Of late, I have noticed a wellspring of blog posts that discuss the issue of competition, which has become synonymous in many circles with the word copying.  This creates deep fears and often passive aggressive behaviors towards competition.   Those that are trapped in their fear of competition do so because they are often afraid of losing or terrified of the envy that being successful might cause them.  However, just passively allowing others to take over our business and our market share makes us feel frustrated, angry and envious ourselves. Use competition as a powerful tool to up your personal game.   Be several steps ahead of your competition, and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Anger IS a Catalyst for Great Change:  At some point in recent history, someone made the decision that “anger” is bad and it picked up steam in the collective and created docile people afraid of any feeling that might not be politically correct.  However, in many ways, anger is powerful state of self-value.  In fact, anger is often an indicator that something is not going right in our lives and gives us the ability to seek inward and discover what is not working properly.  Anger can initiate positive shifts that you need to change your life. In ancient Rome, Mars was a beloved god.  He reflects the human fighting spirit; our ability to overcome difficulties and troubles and achieve what our inner soul truly desires.   See You All Next Month! Storm Cestavani Courtesy:  http://keepitmagic.com/index.php/en/media/articles/astrology/63-cosmic-forcast/218-the-planet-mars-and-the-transformative-power-of-fight-club.html