Animals don't like that..

This forwarded video caught my attention so much that the small girl made me to watch this video again and again.
First of all that simple and pure innocence of the small one touches the heart. Secondly,  the way she emotes on expressing the reason for not eating the chicken or mutton is so beautiful and lovely.  It comes from deep inside her. The way she enquires if Fish an animal shows the spirit of enquiry in her.

The one seed of thought instilled in her as,  " The animals have similar life like us, they have likes & dislikes too,  have feelings like us!  " had kindled her so much that she started having the deep concern for the other lives.  This particular aspect prompted me to probe deeply on her attitude and the reasons for this peculiar or unusual  behaviour of hers  .

In Bhagwad Gita, Lord Krishna says,  " A person just continues his next life spiritually from the point where he had exactly stopped in his previous life ! " meaning the small girl would have  been a pure vegetarian in her earlier birth and in the present birth,  she could easily catch hold on to that particular thought in her mind stored as a strong impression , once a hint was thrown on her perhaps by someone , school teacher  about the existence of life in animals.

With this strong impression in her consciousness ,  she only could act upon that and would continue to move forward caring for the other lives , considering them as precious and sacred . This can also be considered  as the prarabdha karma,  the karma which is carried forward from our past lives and makes a deep impact in our present lives .

Jai Gurudev!!

What does Lord Shiva posture indicate?

Lord Shiva in this picture is seen in a very calm and pleasing posture with eyes open.  Normally he would be seen depicted with eyes fully or partially closed in meditative posture or in Natrajar posture ( dancing). The eyes open state represents the waking state of the divine consciousness.  

A demon is seen under Lord Shiva's feet.  This symbolically represents the negativities , which are kept under the control of divine consciousness.  Lord Shiva is also the lord of all the 5 elements called as Panchaboothas. Hence, on chanting Om Nama shivaya , we can bring down the ill effects of nine planets and negative forces and negative thoughts. He is also instrumental in bringing the transformation of the mind to a positive change and hence he is also called as the Lord of destruction. At the end of life,  he brings liberation to the souls by detaching the soul from the body. 

Secondly,  the sages are seen sitting near His feet. This symbolically represents His devotees,  who always keep Lord Shiva in their heart and keep chanting His name , praising His deeds and always stay at His feet , seeking His blessings. 

Lord Shiva in this picture is also seen with scriptures inscribed palm leaves  in one of the four hands and His right hand is  in Abhaya mudra ,a  blessing posture . This means He blesses  the sages or devotees by bestowing them with knowledge and wisdom. 

In the other two hands,  one holds the dumroo,  representing the infinite nature of the world and the consciousness and the other hand is with the torch or light meaning the one who gives the direction to our lives. 

Lord Shiva also has the crescent moon in his head . Moon represents the mind. As He is in state of meditation most of the times, His mind attains an  almost a thoughtless state with very minimal thoughts to sustain  the present moment ,which is denoted by the thin crescent 🌙 on His head.  It also marks the state of one who has a say over His mind or thoughts in mind. 

Jai Gurudev !