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Lakshmi secret - W ealth can liberate  F ood is the fundamental target for luxury . Lux  of life from lak c omes Lakshmi.  Lakshmi means food (anna) in nature and wealth (dhana)  in culture. F ood attracts all living creatures,  plants go towards sunlight, animals  towards pasture and prey. Food never goes  to anyone, everyone comes to food. The  quest for Lakshmi establishes the food  chain. Plants seek sunlight and water for  nourishment, herbivorous animals seek  plants for nourishment, and carnivorous  animals seek other animals for  nourishment. T he quest for Lakshmi also creates the  pecking order. Herbivores form groups  called herds to secure themselves,  carnivores form groups called pacts to  improve their chances of finding prey. W ithin the herd and the pack there is  hierarchy based on strength the  strongest is the Alpha who dominates and  gets access to most food and more mates. T he Omega is the weakest gets least food  and fewest mates. T hus the hierarchy ensures onl

A failed marriage Offerings to Shiva and Vishnu include  food, flowers, leaves, lamps, and incense. T he aim is to invoke God. O nly invoking the  mind without domesticating nature is the  trait of Shiva, the withdrawn hermit. Only  domesticating nature without invoking  the mind is the trait of Brahma who  manifests as Daksha, the controlling priest. T his tension between the mind  and nature is a key theme of the Puranas. D omestication of the goddess (nature) must  be mirrored with the awakening of God ( mind). From the southern tip of India  comes a very interesting tale that  challenges the idea of  domestication in order to establish  culture. A young girl Kanyakumari, meaning  one who is a virgin invokes Shiva and  expresses her desire to be his wife.  Shiva agrees but the Devas are not  pleased with this news. As long as  Kanyakumari is not married and has no  children she has the power to kill  demons. Her power unused in marriage and  motherhood will also prevent the sea  fro

100 Word (Same Story) Raymond lived in Oklahoma, a state known for tornadoes. He was trying to buy a new house so he could move to Oklahoma. He wound up having two options for a home: a very nice expensive home without a tornado shelter and a house not as nice with a tornado shelter. Raymond was very tempted by the nicer house. He decided to go with the nicer house and take the risk. One year later exactly the tornado sirens in his neighborhood went off and shivers went down Raymonds spine. The tornado destroyed his new home and caused many injuries to Raymond. Drabble 6 Word (Same Story) Raymond was humbled after the storm. Tornado

Eons pass before  the Devas remember Shiva and want him to  open his eyes. T he Devas need a commander to  lead their armies. King Indra is not of being the leader. The leader of the asuras can only be killed bu a warrior child from a celibate man, Shiva. When Kama the god of desire comes to strike Shiva he opens his third eye and burns her to a pile of ashes. T he divas turn to the goddess once again to open the eyes of Shiva and marry. Shiva finally agrees to be a groom. S o Shiva marries Parvathi  and takes her to Calais a mountain peak  covered with snow when nothing grows. H ere she makes a home even though Shiva  does not understand the concept because he was  content living in caves during the Rings.  Parvati and Shiva  make love but he offers his semen not to  her, but the Devas.  From the forest the ashes emerged  six boys from Shiva's single seed who  are nursed by the six star goddesses.  Parvathi takes the six children in her  hand and fuses them in to one child. This b

We have to appreciate the transformation of Hinduism over four thousand years from the people this way, the phase of Hinduism rituals for more important than God favors to the next phase of Hinduism when Devotion to God. We see how Kali's tongue goes from being a weapon to the symbol of wisdom to the symbol of Shame. Nirriti who is acknowledged but asked to stay away for the health and prosperity of people. Her name means one who disrupts “RITI” or the regular rhythms of nature. She is described as dark and dishevelled which are both associated with death. Buddhism was becoming popular and words like karma, wisdom, and bondage. Literature spoke of a single all powerful divine entity or god, but for some it was Chiva, for others it was Vishnu, and for others it was the goddess Davi. Kalis secret

Gaia is the Earth mother. The only way her son Chronus could leave Gaia's woumb was by castrating his father. Chronus then declared himself King. Chronus killed all of his kids so no one could take the power from his as he did to his father. Gaia saves one kid of Chronus and raises him in secret. After he's grown up he kills Chronus and takes over. There is an idea of primal female deity, first adored then brutally side lined by a male deity is a consistent theme in mythologies around the world.  An example from an indian tribe was when Sednas father casts her overboard. When she tries to climb back he cuts off her fingers. As she's struggling to get back in he cuts her arms too. Shiva asked Vishnu agreed to be her lover provided she game him her third eye, He then used his third eye to burn her and turn her to Ash. This ash became three new Gods.  In all of these stories from around the world males have to compete for the female prize. In bird species they choose the male