Rig-Veda

Some view the Hindu story "The Rig-Veda" in a very symbolic way. In the story it tells of a the God Indra and the dragon Vritra. Vritra stole all the water for the world for himself and Indra fights the dragon in order to take back the life-giving waters. After a monumental struggle, Indra defeats the dragon and the waters are freed, bringing life to the land.

Explanations of this story often show Indra as a symbol for wind, Vitra as standing for clouds and the waters as meaning the monsoon rains. If a monsoon was to really happen in India it could be BAD.

Guru

The word Guru comes from two Sanskrit words, gu and ru. Gu means “darkness” or “ignorance”. Ru means “remover” or “dispeller”.

Given that I know where this word comes from I now think that I can define it on my own. I guess I would give the word Guru the definition of a teacher who helps to bring one out of ignorance/darkness.

Treasure or Trash

I am the junk princess. My mothers have to be the junk queen and king. tehehe… I have this issue where I collect junk. Anything that’s just weird and pointless, I find something to do with it.

I like getting cheap little toys from the dollar store in my stocking at christmas. I especially like things that light up or make really scary noises that annoy everyone in the house. For Halloween my friends did a "Secret Satan". And the person that got me got a black plastic cat that has a witch hat on it. The cat makes a really loud and annoying sound and it poops out candy!!! It’s my new favorite toy. They also got me this carebear trick or treat thing full of other junk like things <3.

In Athens, Georgia there is a store called the Junkman’s Daughter’s Brother. It’s the best store ever! It has all sorts of junk in it that I love! My mom recently brought me a Breakfast at Tiffany’s mint tin back when she was there a few weeks ago. I LOVE it. I love junk. Sometimes lots of little junk is way better than getting a really expensive gift.

This I believe

A lot of my friends are really anti-Christian. They blame a lot of crap on Christianity. Most of the time I don’t say anything because they outnumber me. They don’t like Christians because of how closed-minded they are basically. But really they are just as bad and just as closed-minded. I dont think that you can blame everything on Christianity or Judaism. I think that by doing that, it is really immature and that everyone has the right to choose to believe. Even if Christians, most of the time, tell you that you must believe in Jesus Christ you still shouldn’t hold their beliefs against them. You should try and find a way to get along with them without talking about religion.

Yamas, Niyamas

I think that Patanjali’s precepts could apply to life today. Over the years things that bring balance are still important. I think that the Yamas could be depending.

All Alone

“The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with oneself.”

– Mark Twain

I think that Mark Twain meant that if you’re not comfortable being alone then being lonely is always going to suck. I guess sometimes I like to be alone. I don’t like a lot of alone time because I’ll get really bored and go crazy but sometimes never being alone could suck.

Raja Yoga

I’ve tried yoga before, and I dont think it’s right for me I dont like having to sit still and clear my mind. It’s way too hard for me to do. When, on few occasions I can enjoy doing this I guess it’s pretty relaxing. It’s nice to clear my head but also far too difficult.

My Animal

If I was an animal I would have to be something that sleeps mostly through the day, has many mood swings, changes appearance a lot and has a lot of energy when awake. I’m not sure what type of animal that is though?

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Hinduism

I don’t think that any of the paths to spirituality through yoga are right for me. I can’t put myself into just one of those catagories because I’m always changing.

Quirky Traditions

I don’t have any traditions with any friends or family
really. The only tradition I can recall is that I look in my memory box the
week of my birthday every year. I’ve done this for maybe 7 years now. I look
through my baby book and all sorts of things like that. And I write a letter to
myself every few years to open on the dated birthday. I can’t think of any
traditions I have with groups of people though.