soulful songs to Shiva

Days like this make me miss my years living at the hermitage as a disciple and devotee. The clean pure joy of total surrender. Aarati. Seva. Japa. Meditation.

Maha Shivaratri is a popular Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of the Lord Shiva. The 'Great Night of Shiva' is an auspicious day believed to be the day of convergence of divine powers of Lord Shiva and Goddess Shakti. The night when Shiva performs the heavenly dance of creation, preservation and destruction. 

On this day the planetary positions in the universe align with these spiritual energies. Tapas are performed in exchange for boons. Through the practice of meditation and yoga, we pay our respect and pray to Lord Shiva all day, chanting Om Namah Shiva.

home, haven, heaven

As a feisty and fierce woman I am not easily bullied or harassed.

When boarding the bus with a man-ling in line ahead spraying his kaka all over our late bus, over crowded with steaming rain soaked bodies of tired commuters eager to get home, it takes great effort to rein in a sharp tongue and prickly temper.

But I do.

The Enlightened. . . .yogi by Sanjay Sonawani