Indian women are tough

Men by nature are less emotional than women. And when there is a death in a family they are relatively less disturbed at this time as they stay busy in the activities and remain distracted from the pain. But ladies, being emotional, burst open in tears whenever someone visits to show the respect for the dead. After the demise the last rights of the dead (in an Indian family) run till days. During this period she is frequently visited by guests and suffers through hell remembering the dead repeatedly. She toughens up from within and starts to survive the visits of grief-stricken guests . She goes through it, but now more poised. And to do that she becomes stronger and tougher. She weeps within over the loss without loosing her decorum and not letting get anyone affected in the family. This helps the family to recover from the loss sooner than later.

I am not very sure if any woman across the world can take the loss of a person more sedately than an indian woman. People of other cultures across the world who are not used to the frequent visits of sorrowing guests would not be able to understand the anguish of going through the loss over and again. Wrong are those people who say that indian women are timid and very feeble. A soul who has overcomed such a huge loss can never be called that.

I salute to the steely nerves of Indian women who show character even in difficult times...!

Why do we pray...?

When someone falls sick we just start praying. All elders say that praying will improve a person’s health. I used to wonder how. How will someone’s health improve by my prayers? Elders say that there exists a health account to which we should keep adding good fortune by praying or chanting. I used to agitate that how does good fortune come from praying/ chanting? I then came across the theory of cause and effect, which said do something (cause) to gain something (effect). That doing something is nothing but praying or chanting and gaining something is nothing but gaining good health. When a person falls sick, his health karma is low. It means we have to add something to his health account to help it improve its value and thereby the person’s health. We cannot add health. What do we add then? This improvement in the balance of health account comes collectively when we all pray for that person’s speedy recovery. So we are making a cause (praying) to see an effect (improvement of health). Had we not prayed; may be his health karma would deteriorate further and would have lead to dire consequences. It is said correctly, our life is heavily influenced by the “cause and the effect theory”. Examples are
· You should sow hard work to reap benefits.
· Every action has an opposite and equal reaction.
· The boomerang once thrown will return back.
· Only if you give yourself a chance only then will you have a chance to win.
Cause made will show its effect. All the above statements have a common thread. That is cause and effect. So the next time we fall in a difficult situation we now know what to do.
PRAY/CHANT.