Makar Sankranti

[Guest guest]

Babu! You brought back happy memories of Lohri.

Having grown up in Delhi, that is how I celebrated the

festival. I sure miss it here. We were taught another

poem by our Punjabi friends which went

<br><br>"Dalidder jaye, dalidder aaye, Dalidder ka jad, chulle

paye". (Please correct me if its incorrect) (Sloth and

laziness comes and goes; lets burn the roots of such

laziness in the fire.) <br><br>Saying this we would throw

ghee into the fire and watch the flames reach higher

and higher. <br><br>safar_x! .. I'm glad you added

the astronomical dimension of the date. All Indian

festivals are invariably connected to important

astronomical events and the festivals are ways of bringing it

to the lives of common poeple. <br><br>Can you and

other members expand on how such phenomenon helps in

spiritual progress?<br><br>>>>>Call it Lohri,

Pongal or Sankranti, the festival conveys the same

message -- the bond of brotherhood and the spirit of

oneness should prevail despite all odds.

>>>><br><br>Wouldn't it be wonderful, if this spirit could prevail

all

through the year? I guess it is the power of satsangh,

and the group energy focusing on sattwic activities,

which brings about an intense change in attitude among

people, no matter what the festival is or in any part of

the world. The challenge for us all is how to

maintain that collective spirit throughout the

year!<br><br>_/\_ Tat twam asi<br><br>Uma

[Guest guest]

In reply to Tatwamasi msg dt 14th jan. and in

responce to, i quote "how such phenomenon helps in

spiritual progress?" unquote,I dare to say that some

reading is recommended before understanding how,why and

when celestial phenomenon affect us. "Hour of God" by

Sri Aurobindo, is the book.I paray that you find it

and read.Nevertheless, dont ever take these

phenomenon to possess some magical or mystical strenght.The

dream of bringing down universal brotherhood on earth

is praiseworthy and worth cherishing.Similer effort

was done by Ancient hermits of India.Sri Aurobindo

spent,after alipur bomb case, his whole life at Pondichery

for bringing down "supramental" on earth. But we

shall have to be ready to receive it.Are we ? I dont

think that we are.<br>So let us all pray for the deam

to be realised in reality.<br>S.