THE GREAT MALAYALEE FESTIVAL ONAM:

[Guest guest]

prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram.

 

THE GREAT MALAYALEE FESTIVAL ONAM: Onam is celebrated to mark the

annual return of the spirit of the king Mahabali to his kingdom, and

in commemoration of his benevolent rule and his sacrifice. The

festivities are intended to ensure the king that his people are happy

and to wish him well. – The Times of India. ( It is said that the

word balidan – sacrifice, recognizes the event when the king Bali

agreed to give three steps of land to Lord Vishnu, and made the

supreme sacrifice knowing that he would be wiped out.)

 

POWER OF WORDS: In Message from Water Masaru Emoto describes his

experiments with ordinary water. He bottled water in different

containers and labeled them – Love, Hate, Greed, Compassion, and

Terror. To each bottle of water he spoke everyday for ten minutes in

line with its label; he projected his thoughts with awareness on

them. To water labeled `love' he spoke on love with love; to the one

labeled `terror' he spoke on terror with terror. At the end of the

month he froze the water in these bottles separately and studied the

frozen crystals of each under a microscope. The crystals of water

labeled `love' shone brilliantly like diamonds; those

labeled `terror' seemed misshapen and fearsome. Water responded to

Emoto's thoughts and words. Water constitutes more than 80% of our

body system. We can imagine the power of our own words, and those

of others upon the body system. – mail

 

For most of us God is a dustbin. Whatever we do well we take credit

for it. Anything that goes wrong we blame God for it. – Paramahamsa

Nithyananda