Kamo akarshin manyur akarshin namo namaha

Again and again, one considers one's body as oneself.

Again and again, one considers one's mind as oneself. 

Fear creeps into the mind, and one becomes fearful.

Unconscious impressions - Vaasanas - surface and one thinks one is a sinner. 

Desires arise, and one thinks one is lecherous. 

Amid all this flux of the mind; if one can see, one is not the mind, . . . that is a transcendence; and  a reality. 

To see all blemishes of  mind as one's own blemishes - that is agyana, ignorance, forgetfulness, virtuality. 

- A drop of eternity,      Amrita Bindu Upanishad,     August 11, 2022 

Jyesht-abisheka

Consecrated metal alloy idols, get discharged with people's footfalls. 

And they are recharged once a year, with abisheka rituals - when the 13th full moon and Earth transit the Jyeshta-Mula interface. 

- as held in idol worshipping Agama traditions.

Anna-koota

In Wedanta, the sound Go is metaphor, for senses.

Paal is indicative, of a regulator, a manager.

And Gopal, is a cowherd.

Gowind is the principle, that upholds the five senses, mind. 

-  Communion with Truth,      October 25, 2021

Kameshwara Mukaloka Kalpita Sri Ganeshwara

Dewi's army battled the demons.

After a while, warriors became docile, peaceful, and stopped engaging the demons. 

"Whatever is the use of conflict? 

Can war solve our problems? 

Let's abide in peace, let's meditate," said the warriors - and left war zone.  

The enemy was winning, without fighting - battleground became empty, silent.

Faced with insubordination, Dewi reflected - looked at Kameswara.

He returned her glance. 

From their vision, a strange looking being became manifest. 

Dewi anointed him as Ganesha- Lord of Ganas, sent him to battle.

Ganesha sensed a device, buried deep, by the enemy.

He ferreted out a Wighna Yantra, rendered it dysfunctional.

The Devas - released from the spell of peace & meditativeness -  returned to battle.

And became victorious.

- Traditional narrative of Ganesha's manifestation

Walentine's day

Netrandhi nerathiley

neeraadum karai thaanniley

nerungi ummai jaadai kaati, azhaitha awal, yaro Swami? 

 -  Padam,    Subbarama Iyer 

Yesterday, in fading light, at the waterfront, 

Who was it, that made a pass at you?

Luminaires at Libran debilitation

 

Siddha asiddhyo samo bhutwa; Samatwam yoga ucchyatey

Abiding in stillness amid gain and loss; stillness is appropriate to yoga

-  Battlefield Counsel  Chapter 2,  Verse 48

Rishi Panchami - day of mystics

Thirumoolar refers to the five sensory faculties as five milch cows - paal pashu ainthu.

And Sancara refers to them as deer, that pursue desert mirages.

- Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati,  Kanchi