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mother, this means treating her with respect, with love,
with patience. I know that when we are young, we tend to
take our parents for granted, or to become frustrated at
their attempts to teach us. We must not do this. We must
find, in our hearts, her own blood and her own life. For
that is how connected we are.
For Mother Nature and Mother Earth this love and respect
means protection. Mother Earth has given us all that we
need to sustain our lives. And we are simultaneously
destroying Her. Let us treat our Earth as a Mother. If our
own mother were sick, we would not let her simply suffer,
decay and die. We would fight tenaciously to bring her
back to her full state of health and glory. Let us give the
same to the real Mother. We must not pollute her or waste
her. We must nurse her back to health.
hours each day being Westernly perfect. Spend at least
one hour being Indianly devoted. Then, you will see the
real magic.
Maha Laxmi is the Goddess of Wealth. We pray to Her for
prosperity. Yet, our real wealth lies in our heritage, in our
roots, in the ancient wisdom of our scriptures. Let us not
forsake the everlasting richness of our culture in favor of
transient material possessions. Before we pray for more
wealth, let us treasure the wealth we have already been
given. This is the real prosperity.
Your Mother-Tongue
This is the language of your soul. Your brain may think in
English; your mouth may speak English. But your soul
speaks Hindi, or Gujarati or Punjabi or Tamil or Kannad
or Sindhi...Do not cut yourself off from the words of your
ancestors, for much of the wisdom and clarity is lost in
translation.
Mother Land
Be Western (if you live in the West) when it comes to
professional excellence, but be Indian in your domestic life,
and in your heart. The West has a great deal to teach in
A dog does not have to learn how to bark; a cat does not
terms of external perfection — especially in professional,
have to learn how to meow. A cow does not forsake her
business and engineering arenas. But, we must not lose
own natural “moo” for the chirping of the birds. It is
our souls in this attainment of external success. Our bodies
wonderful that you are all learning English and French
and our brains may be in the West. But our spirit must
and Spanish and German. These languages will be of a
stay with our Mother land.
great help to you in your academic and professional lives.
But, your mother-tongue is the thread that connects you
How to do this? First, have a “happy hour” in the evenings.
to your roots, to your family, to your true essence.
But make it an Indian “happy hour.” Make it an hour whose
Do not sever this connection, for it is the tube through
happiness lasts even when the 60 minutes are up, a
which your life-blood flows. How can you truly know a
happiness without a hangover, a happiness that runs to
culture, be part of a heritage, if you cannot speak its
your soul, not just your bloodstream. The real happy hour
language?
is puja, Aarti, being with the family. You spend so many
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