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March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 / val.180 / Leave a comment

I am currently Hospice Social Worker, future post how I returned to my "roots" will be completed at a later time. For more about me, read A Trip Back in Time, Part 1 and A Trip Back in Time, Part 2 . There is a sacredness in tears. Grieving is an important aspect in life, … Continue reading Sacred Tears

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From Myths & Legends of India 'The Birth of Krishna' - Along the epic stories of the #Mahabharata and #Ramayana , the life of Krishna – the most popular and celebrated incarnation of the god Vishnu – is one of the great sagas of India, and deserves a book in itself. Krishna is revered and remembered as the mischievous child who performs miracles, as the lover who attracts all the milkmaids of Vrindavan and especially the enchanting Radha, and as the mature and compassionate adviser to the Pandavas in their war with the Kauravas. - Krishna was incarnated on earth because of the cruel and oppressive behavior of the demon Kamsa, who had been born as the son of the king of Mathura, and had overthrown his father. Such was the scale of the suffering under his tyrannical rule, that the earth-goddess herself had appealed to the gods. Brahma was moved by her plight, and had gone with all the other gods to Vishnu – to the ocean of milk where he and his wife Lakshmi floated on their lotus-throne. Vishnu responded by plucking two hairs from his body and said, ‘See these two hairs, a white hair and a black hair. They will be born as the seventh and eighth sons of Devaki, wife of Kamsa’s cousin Vasudeva. The eighth son will destroy Kamsa, and free Earth and the people of Mathura from fear and suffering.’ - Accounts vary as to how Kamsa got wind of the threat that he now faced. Some say he was told by Narada, the sage of heaven who often acts as an intermediary between heaven and earth. Other’s say that Kamsa heard a voice from heaven soon after Vasudeva and Devaki were married, warning him that Devaki’s eighth child would be the cause of his death. Either way, Vasudeval only managed to prevent Kamsa from killing him by promising to deliver up every one of Devaki’s babies. - Kamsa imprisoned Vasudeval and Devaki to ensure that this would happen, and all of their first six children were indeed handed over to Kamsa by Vasudeva, and were ruthlessly slain by him... - Insideasoul.blog category #creativeexpression - #wordpress #bloggersofinstagram #blog #blogger #insideasoul #indianmythology #mythology #Krishna

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Read below to learn how god Siva became Nataraja, Lord of the Dance. #mythsandlegendsofindia #india #indiangods #IndianMythology #blogger #blog #bloggersofinstagram #insideasoul #wordpress - There is a temple at Chidambaram in South India dedicated to Siva, whose many sculptures show the great god as Lord of the Dance, in thousands of different postures. The priests of the temple tell a story of how, in the very temple, Siva established himself as the supreme dancer. - One day, after a long period of trance-like meditation, Siva awoke, and instead of the usual sound of prayers and devotions coming up to him from earth heard nothing but an eerie silence. Not a single conch or bell could be heard. Had human beings ceased to worship him? If so, thought Siva, that is a blessed relief: I can now continue with my life of meditation in peace. - But when he expressed this feeling to his wife Parvati, she was not at all pleased. ‘You are the greatest god of all,’ she said, ‘with the power to destroy the universe so that it can be created afresh. But there are other powerful gods – Vishnu, for example. If devotions to you have ceased, that only means they have transferred to him, or to some other deity. Do you really want to be passed over like that? And do you want the wife of Vishnu to be honored above me? You must do something – and do it fast – to restore the true balance between the gods, and re-establish you and me as supreme.’ - It is hard for any husband to withstand the anger of his wife, but Suva did not give in to her straight away. He tried to argue that Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu, could never be as great as Parvati, whatever devotions her husband might be receiving. ‘Remember’, he said, ‘that she is only the goddess of material wealth. Kings and merchants may worship her, but never priests and poets. She cannot match you for chastity, intelligence and creative energy. You have no cause to be jealous of her.’ - But Parvati was not reassured, and went on nagging her husband to do something about the apparent neglect of them by worshippers on earth. ‘All right,’ said Siva wearily, ‘I’ll go round and see Vishnu’...

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"We need to view it with a holistic perspective. In order to do that we need to work collectively so that we can become functional in a dysfunctional world.” - The wisdom of the willow still flows - Willow trees have always had a special meaning to me. I found a Native American story on the willow tree. - Enjoy a tale about life, stated from a Willow: - https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheWisdomOfTheWillowTree-Osage.html - #wordpress #bloggersofinstagram #blog #blogger #insideasoul #folklore #nativeamericanfolklore #osagenation #osagetribe #osage #willowtree #nature #talesandinsights

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