Raksha Kumari

New Year´s Eve tonight. A Wonderful Feeling; that something New and Fresh is about to happen. The whole world celebrates this together with time differences taken into account. Midnight is the Hour when the Celebration reaches a peak wherever you are.
What are we celebrating? Being alive, I think, is really what is at the bottom of it all,even if most are not conscious of this fact, perhaps. As world disasters seem to be increasing; Natural and man made, The Human Race is becoming slowly but surely aware, of How Precious Life is, and how we take it so for granted. I hear this more and more, whether it be in person, or in net communication.
Life is a Celebration and if we just stop and take stock, we will realise how Blessed we are to Be Alive. And if we are Healthy, Have a home and Enough Food and Energy in our home, the we are Truly Fortunate. And of coz, most importantly someone to Love and someone who Loves us!
So send a Loving thought to those who are not as fortunate, maybe this New Year, Share what you can with them, and Be Grateful for what you have? This would be a Great Start to 2012….

The Hindu philosophy promotes Detachment very strongly.So does Buddhism. What does it mean?I understand and work it like this. I am fully participational in my life in every way, but now that I am in my 50´s, am detaching from my past slowly but surely, and that includes not being overtly attached to anyone or anything in the present, as well. This seems to be happening quite easily now, and allows me to be content mostly.This process has also taken all the un-necessary and exhausting emotional drama out of my life, thankfully!
Detachment also allows for better relationships,I find, as it means we are not dependant on the other, but relate purely with Love. It is not a need. When this can occur, we are able to stand apart enough so that when things are not going well with the other, avoid getting enmeshed in each other´s story; may it be your parents, kids,any family, partner, friend, work colleague or really,anyone you know. Empathy can also occur easily,as we are Detached and therefore more objective,and so can comfort the other better, rather than suffer with them.
In order to Detach, one does need to know oneself well and have no major traumas, psychological or emotional issues within. That needs to be explored first and when one feels sufficiently balanced, calm and content, then Detachment is a beautiful journey esp for the second part of our lives. Of course, some may even be born with this capacity like the Dalai Lama. I had to live, experience everything I did, lose myself, find myself and only now am enjoying the fruits of Detachment slowly but surely….

Faith? This was a word that implied religion to me before.As my life progressed and Spirituality became my focus; Faith has a complete different meaning now. Yes, I do feel connected to a Higher Power and Higher Self now. It feels like my Soul/Higher Self and this Higher Power have an un-interrupted connection and so I have Faith in only Good or call it God, whichever.
This Faith translates into a warm secure feeling inside of me at all times, despite what comes my way in Life. Fear seems to be minimal and even when it appears, Faith seems to send it away, pretty rapidly. Fear seems to be the main motivator for everything ugly in the world, as it is overwhelming and takes one over, if you let it. It is an ego based aspect of the human being, that is very powerful.
Having a handle on fear through Faith has meant a Happy and Content Life to me for years. How does One get to this level of Faith? A Clean,Sober, Healthy and Loving way of Living does the trick….