Umesh Upaadyay shares

We, human beings, as a part of the ever evolving cosmos, are presently experiencing this existence in physical form.  Thus, birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable to all.  Our ancient Scriptures and traditions states, that the four aims of life are to be accomplished by conducting  life in four stages  which are - "B hramacharya, Grihastha, Vanaspratha  and S amnyasa ". The second stage, Grihastha deals with marriage and includes the goals of dharma, progeny and sex.  Thus, a human being would be able to  pursue  Dharma  (duty), A rtha  (possessions), K ama  (physical desires), and M oksha  (ultimate spiritual release), together.  Marriage is also considered an important aspect of this life’s journey.  That is different, if someone chooses not to marry.  This is completely fine, as getting married is not a compulsion.  Humans have the free will and the...

Umesh Upaadyay shares How well do you know yourself? Well, this is not the questions of those types, which means, who are you?  What is your sole purpose? Why are you born and related ones. Let us jump these off, sounding philosophical questions and at times the question which people may just ask off track from actually realizing what they’ve asked.      Coming back, so what’s a big deal in knowing self? You may ask and in the same breath state, you know yourself completely.   You very well know, who you are, when were you born, what all do you like and your dislikes are, how good you are in mathematics, who is your favorite actor, what happens when someone scolds you or when do you get angry and many more.    Knowing these, does that make you complete? Does this still address, who you really are?   Are these the constituents who you are?   You may ponder a bit and the answer would be, no, maybe not, not completely etc. ...