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MY EXPERIENCE WITH BRAHMAKUMARIS

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 When I went to attend classes at Brahma kumari,the Spiritual University, it was the Year 2012. I did 2 short courses there to gain spiritual knowledge and appease my thirst for knowledge on Mystery of Creation. I was the Student of Bangur branch of B.K as lived nearby. There I studied 'Sahaj Raaj Yog' by meditating on the Supreme Soul, the 'Jyotirbindu'  whome they called 'Paramshiva'. I studied meditation with open eyes at early morning. The 2 short courses and the main class 'Murli' was full of spiritual talks, music with appropriate lyrics. But I stopped continuing the 'Murli' classes as I was not getting my answer. While meditating,a few questions arose in my mind and I asked the sisters about them. But they answered that these questions are not needful for achieving the goal,to realise God and be calm throughout the life is enough,So , continue open eyed meditation for hours.  The informations on Creation,God and The Universe they were givi...

EVOLUTION OF GOD(MY THOUGHT)

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 God is still in his/her childhood stage. He/She is evolving as the whole creation along with human race is undergoing changes, ups and downs - going through evolutionary processes. It's beyond our normal measurement to figure out God's vastness as our Creator.But certain Documents bear the sign and evidence that the Almighty has not attained his/her final or ultimate stage. The vast Cosmos is like a toy in his/her hand.The poet, musician, lyricist Bidrohi Kobi Kaaji Najrul Islam composed a beautiful song ' khelichho a bishwo loye, birat shishu aanomone'.The lyric and the tune clearly picturise the sign of God's childlike innocence. The evolution of God is a matter of continuation. The tune of the above mentioned song is a mixture of gravity and a bit pathos. The composer expresses his deep curiosity and grief in the line 'nityo Tumi hey udaar, sukhe dukhe obikaar'. He expresses the sadness of suffering is getting too much to bear with. 'How God can be s...

SIDE EFFECTS OF SCHOOLING

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 Normal schooling is not for all kids. Grouping is not good all time.Home grooming is the most important thing that we should follow. School routine should be structured within a small frame e.g 3 hours to 4 hours. The specially needed children are also fit for 3 to 4 hours classes. And the classes ought to be held for 3 days in a week. You should leave your child alone in a room first and observe what he is doing. Do it for 1 hour a day. Study his tendencies. Then think what should you do with your kid. Children are full of energies, though he or she may be calm and slow or jovial and fast. Today's problem is that after a child is born,we start thinking about child 's schooling immediately . Leave him to enjoy the childhood days for 5 years, atleast. Then start thinking about schooling. Our social structure is very much problematic. It demands hankering after Money, marriage and divorce very fast, which is utterly dangerous for building up a character. It's a wrong notion ...

WANING WINTER (ARTICLE)

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 Winter is a needful season when people gains energy through nature. Excessive humidity of summer decreases the body strength by sweating. In winter we get fresh vegetables at low price, cool air refreshes us mentally. Dry wind balances the monsoon hazards and summer massacres.it minimises the excess moisture. But with increasing global warming normal winter is getting severely damaged as the temperature is getting high. You can observe how every year the heat is rising high. Only December and January we feel a mild cold, biting cold is almost vanished from cities. On hilly areas the temperature is lowing down also comparatively. Every year the normal summer is showing its red eyes by spreading scorching heat. It's have become a common problem globally and is very much a matter of tension for scientists. With the passing of age this problem is now a severe threat to mankind. The only solution is planting. Enhancing the greenary can only put a full Stop to this problem. But people a...

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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 Merry Christmas Everybody.... Santa is on his way to gift you something precious.... Jesus is blessing you from Heaven...Now it's the time for merry making.... This time of year everyone is elated.....the positive vibes of Jesus 's birthday is spreading itself around us.  We are really blessed with Santa's smile and Christ Showers his holiness among us. Nobody should cry or feel sorry this time. We should remember how Jesus Christ struggled for elevating the human race to a higher consciousness eternally. His life is a lesson of patience and hardship as we all know. So, how could we be sorry for our own misfortune?  I pray to Almighty, please send some assurance and shower your goodness amongst the good souls and minimise the effect of badness within us. Refresh our mind as a morning dewdrop on a blooming flower,no materialistic gift we need, we need only the deep thoughts throughout life to learn how to save Money, Time and Energy for using them at the right moment. Tha...

A TRIP TO NORTH BENGAL

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Recently, we had a Trip to North Bengal,Lataguri, Dooars Forests and Tea Garden. We started journey on 9 th December morning 4:30 am. In a car, I and my husband went to Airport, with us there was a family of our friend. It took one hour to reach Dumdum Airport. Our flight was scheduled at 8:25 am. But due to heavy fog it reached 2 hours late, 10:25 am. We completed all the formalities at Airport and then started our journey. It was my first time experience of Plane journey,so, I was a bit tensed. I was very excited also to enjoy the journey.  The Airplane of AIR INDIA EXPRESS landed on the runway and I rode the plane very smoothly. My husband sat by my side. I was very happy to be by the side of him. I sat by the window and took photographs of the plane wing rising above clouds. I was feeling very light as if reaching the heaven. I took photographs where ever possible. After half an hour journey the plane landed on Bagdogra Airport very smoothly. But there I could not take any phot...

BEAUTY (POEM)

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 It is beyond words, What is Beauty? It's real to feel, It's the hour or scene, When you like to stand still! The Lush of leaves, The bounty of Nature, Or the kindness of mind, The pilgrim in the temple, Where is beauty to find! Beauty is the joyful thought, Beauty is the peace, Beauty is the sudden art, That makes you feel peace! Beauty is a word of truth, Beauty is the blessed, Beauty is the softness of soul, Beauty is a treasure to chase!

জগা ভূতের গপ্পো (অহেতুকি রচনা)

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 জগা জন্ম থেকেই ভূত । তার বাপ মায়ের মুখ সে কখনও দেখেনি । ছোট একটা পেয়ারা গাছে , বড় একটা বাগানে তার বাস । যাদের বাগান তারা অবশ্য জানে না জগার কথা । জগা হাওয়ায় ভেসে ভেসে এদিক ওদিক ঘুরে বেড়ায় ।একদিন সে গেলো রথতলার মাঠে । মাঠে ছেলের দল ফুটবল খেলছে ।সেও ঝুপ করে আকাশ থেকে মাঠে নামলো ফুটবল খেলতে । ছেলেরা একটু অবাক হোলো বটে ,বলটাকে নিজে থেকে এপাশ ওপাশ হতে দেখে । তবে ব্যাপারটাকে তেমন আমল দিলো না তারা , নিজেরা হুড়োহুড়ি করতেই ব্যাস্ত । একটু খেলার পর জগা গেলো গ্রামের পুকুরে মাছ ধরতে ।সে তো ভূত , তাই ছিপ তার লাগে না । একেবারে পুকুরে ডুব দিয়ে চারটে রুইচারা তুললো সে । তারপর মাছগুলো কচকচ করে খেয়ে আবার উড়ে চললো পেয়ারা গাছের দিকে । আজকে সকালের মত উড়ান শেষ । দুপুরে একটু ঘুমিয়ে আবার সন্ধ্যেবেলা অনেক কাজ রয়েছে তার । জগার ঘুম ভাঙল যখন, তখন সন্ধ্যে ৭টা । জগা ঝুপ করে পেয়ারা গাছ থেকে নেমে হাঁটা দিলো ।কোথায় একটা যেন যাবে ভেবেছিলো সকালে , এখন ভুলে গেছে , সে ভাবল -" যাই গ্রামের নাটমন্দিরটায় , ওখানে হরিনামের আসর বসেছে ।" নাটমন্দিরে গিয়ে জগা মানুষদের থেকে একটু দূরত্ব রেখে বসলো । বেশ লাগছে হরিনাম শুনতে । ম...

একটি গাছের আত্মকথা

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 শুনছো বন্ধুরা , আমি হলাম একটি গাছ, আমার ভালো নাম বৃক্ষ , আমি যে ফলটার  জন্ম দিই তাকে তোমরা "কলা" বলো ।আমার মতো আরও অনেক গাছ আছে , তারাও বিভিন্ন ফল ও ফুলের জন্ম দেয় । আমাদের ফল আর ফুল তোমরা কতো ভাবে ব্যাবহার করো ! ভাবলে , অবাক হই , আমি তোমাদের মতো নড়তে চড়তে পারি না , হাঁটতে পারি না , কথা বলতে বা ডাকতে পারি না , তাও আমার কতো গুরুত্ব ! আমাকে ছাড়া ঠাকুরের পুজো হয়না , নৈবেদ্য হয় না , আমার পাতা , ফল, কাণ্ড সবকিছুই তোমাদের কতও কাজে লাগে ! আমি একবছরের আয়ু নিয়ে আসি, চলে যাই , আবার আসি । এই নিয়মেই প্রকৃতি আমাকে গড়ে তুলেছে । আমি ছোট থেকে অনেক বড় হই , একটু মাটি আর জল পেলেই আমি ডাল পালা বিস্তার করি । আমার পাতায় খাবার রেখে তোমরা খাওয়া দাওয়া করো । কি সুন্দর উপহার আমি বল ! প্রকৃতির উপহার । আবার কলা হওয়ার আগে আমি যখন মোচার জন্ম দিই , সেটাও তো তোমরা খেতে কতো ভালোবাসো ! রান্না করো কি সুন্দর করে ! আর আমাকে দেখো , জল আর আলো থেকেই আমি খাবার তৈরি করি , আর তোমাদের অক্সিজেন দিই ।  আমাকে কেটে ফেলে দিলেও আমি আবার জন্মাই । আমার মৃত্যু নেই । আমিও তোমাদের মতো অনন্ত শাশ্বত এক আত্মা । তোমরা প্রানীরা মৃ...

WHAT IS REAL PEACE?

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Real peace, normally we think that it lies in achieving prosperity- money,fame, success etc.But these are actually the source of happiness. Peace and happiness is different in the sense happiness cannot be achieved by everyone but peace is always within our grasp which we normally miss to realise and grab. Here in the picture there is a human being with grief stricken face, overburdened by sadness. And the flying bird is a symbol of Soul in search of peace. The symbol of prosperity is the plant, the picture means that though one has prosperity still she is letting her soul fly in search of peace.  What I have realised that peace lies in independence and enough comfort of body and mind. Enough means that it should have a limit. Limitless hankering after ambition cannot bring peace. If your ambition is achieved you feel happy. But it can snatch your peace if the situation demands so. Hankering has no limit and it brings the cry of peace disturbed by your daily suppression of positive...

RECIPROCATION (MICRO STORY)

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 Once a lady swan came to a lad swan telling him the sad story of her previous life," In my previous life, I still remember, I was a beautiful nymph playing a harp and living in a jungle. There came a prince for hunting and I fell in love with him. While proposed by me, he denied to make love with me,as I was not a human kid, the Prince could not have faith in me." He told," you are a nymph, I don't know how you were born,and I am a human being, so I don't think you to be reliable enough to make love." " Thus my emotion was unreciprocated and After my death I got a birth of swan." The lad swan said, " now please tell me, how can I help you?"The lady swan said," the only thing You can do is to reciprocate my feelings, you can take the place of that prince and marry me, I will be very happy then." The lad swan said, " you are thinking only about yourself,you didn't ask me what is my feeling for you? You are a selfish bein...

THE WISE KITE (MICRO STORY)

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 Once there was a kite flying in the sky. The kite was very wise and he had two friends flying in the sky too. His friends were two small birds. They were quarelling about how much they have right to occupy the sky as their own property. They couldn't decide anything,so,they finally went to their friend kite and asked for his judgement on the matter. The kite asked,"what you both actually want?" They answered," We want to know who has more right to occupy the sky forever,we both are flying equally high for a long time,so, we think now the time has arrived when we should divide the sky zone as per our ability of flying high." The kite smiled and said,"I equally fly high but I never think to occupy the sky, the sky is for everyone and there is no one's right to divide and occupy it."  The birds said, " you fly high but your flight is dependent on human hands but we are independent and fly at our own will,so, the matter is different." The wi...

THE MESSENGER (POEM)

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 Dear Flower, I am here to make you fruitful, I have carried a News for you Truthful, You have plenty of Beauty, the blooming bud, I have to obey my Duty,to avoid the Air thud, To protect you from every Human hamper, To help you to be Fruit's harbinger! I also bring the message of your sole mate,  Flower of another Tree, without threat, I am the nurturing friend of your Soul, Creating the cycle of fruits is my Goal, Open your eyes after the long Sleep, Me too can assure you the feeling Deep. I am a Little Butterfly,the Messenger, I am to Obey God, to save you from danger, Long long ago I started my Journey, Me bring the Smallest friend - the Honeybee. Believe me friend,I never destroy Trust, Mine is the Friendship to Flower 's Crust. So, I message to all of you, Never lose faith on Drops of Dew.

নিশুতি রাতের অতিথি (অলৌকিক কাহিনী)

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 ভবভুতি বাবু একজন অবসরপ্রাপ্ত ডাক্তার । শান্তিপ্রিয় নির্ঝঞ্ঝাট মানুষ , বিয়ে থা করেননি । শহরতলির শেষপ্রান্তে ছোট্ট দোতলা বাড়িতে থাকেন তিনি । কাজের লোক রামু সারাদিন তাঁর দেখাশোনা করে রাত্রে চলে যায় । অবসরের দিনগুলো ভালোই কাটছে ওনার । একদিন হঠাৎ প্রিয় বন্ধু অনিলের চিঠি পেলেন তিনি । অনিল তাঁর ছোটবেলার বন্ধু , থাকেন কোলকাতায় । পিওন এসে চিঠি দিয়ে গেলো । রামু ভবভুতি বাবুর হাতে চিঠিটা দিলো । চিঠি পড়েই ভবভুতি বাবু একগাল হাসলেন । বললেন , -" অনিল টা অনেকদিন পর চিঠি দিলো । কেমন আছে কে জানে?" ভবভুতি বাবু রামু কে বললেন -" অনিলের পরিচিত এক ব্যাক্তি দিন সাতেকের মধ্যে এখানে আসবেন । ওনার একটা কাজ আছে এখানে । দুইতিন দিন থেকে ফিরে যাবেন কাজ সেরে ।" রামু বললে ," ভালো তো ! কয়েকদিনের জন্য আপনি একটা বন্ধু পেয়ে যাবেন । " ভববাবু -" ওনার থাকার সব ব্যাবস্থা তৈরি রাখিস রামু , যেকোনো দিন এসে পড়বেন । যেন কোন অসুবিধা না হয় ।" রামু -" আজ্ঞে আমি সব গুছিয়ে রাখছি । কোন অসুবিধাই হবে না । আপনার চিন্তা নেই ।" এইভাবে আরও দুইদিন কেটে গেলো । তিনদিনের দিন রাত্রে ভববাবু অভ্যাস মত...

SURRENDER (POEM)

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 Oh Cloud, you are the harbinger of Rain, Earth is broken down by Drought, Yours is the duty to pass the cool air, I am Surrendering to your will, Please send the Vernal Shower, From Heaven take away the Dryness tough, And send your blessings to my land. We are the Play dolls at the hand of Nature, Ours is the only duty of complete Surrender, I am a Lady having heart of a Mother, I can realise the Sadness still, There is lack of water everywhere, The tremendous heat is too much to kill. The Creation is going to turn to Ash. The only way is to Pray and Surrender, To bring out the kindness of Nature, Stopping the Destruction and Nurture trees, To win over the crisis and heat to decrease.

DRY BRUSH PAINTING TECHNIQUE

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 Dry brush painting is a special technique where almost no water is used. Take a paper and draw anything you like, with pencil.Then take a water colour brush. Wet the brush with water and then press a tissue paper over it and squeeze out the excess water. Then load colour into the brush and put strokes on the drawing. The colour effect takes a dry look and the strokes of the brush hair remains visible. Base colour and highlight both are done in the same process.Wash out the brush and then again take the second colour.Here is an example of dry brush painting. You can observe minutely how the thing is done and try it yourself at home . Beautiful pictures and portraits are done using this technique. Always load your brush with a minimum amount of colour. Don't overload your brush with too much raw colour. You can load one brush with two colours at the same time. The technique needs care and intelligent handling of colour and brush.

A SPECIAL BHAAI DOOJ OF OUR FAMILY

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 Dhriti and Devyank - the princess and prince of our family, celebrated their first BHAAIDOOJ ceremony at home. Dhriti gave bhaaifota to Devyank and my cousin Debraj, their father captured the moments. Their mother Priti helped in that matter much. 2023 is a special year when the Third generation of my family celebrated BHAAIDOOJ. My pisi Mita Bhattacharya and my uncle Agradut Gupta is the 1st, I and my cousins are the 2nd generation, Devyank and Dhriti is the 3rd generation. At morning, they woke up and got fresh by bathing,then they wore new dresses. Plates of food and Cadbury was ready in front of them. They sat together and then the moment of BHAAIDOOJ Priti and Debraj, their parents took them on the lap and the 2 years old darlings performed the ritual. Thus the day became immensely successful.

THE RED PARROT (FANTASY STORY)

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 Once a princess had a Red feathered parrot as her pet since childhood. When the princess grew up, she felt that her heart is in need of a prince who can marry her. The princess sent her Red parrot in search of a prince who can become her suitor in future. The parrot flew to complete the search. After 3 days the parrot came back with a lad who was a very poor farmer boy and not a prince. The princess got angry as the parrot didn't come back with a prince.  The princess said, " who is he? I hate him." The parrot said,"he is your perfect suitor, I think." The princess - " I will never marry a farmer boy, go again and find out a prince for me." Now the lad said, " You are hating me because I am not a prince. But are you sure if a prince enters your life he will love you as much as I will?". The princess was silent. The parrot said, " I asked every boy I met that who will love you the most? This farmer boy answered in positive. None other....

DIWALI - THE GRAND FESTIVAL

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 Diwali is the grand festival that people celebrate all over India, even in foreign countries they celebrate Halloween. To ward off darkness from life and bring light and hope to us - that is the meaning of Diwali. The deeper meaning is more great. The crackers we burst, the candle we exhibit; all means to boost up the inner power and brightness. And destroy the shattering effect of evil from the journey of life. Sun is the only source of light on Earth. We mould its energy in different forms to create different sources of light i.e electricity, fire, solar flares etc. We have created current from the flow of water too. There is light everywhere in our outer lives. But is there the true light reaching our soul in the tantrums of all worldly matters? The answer is a Big 'No'! The celebration of light has got a place in calendar itself. But all over the year there is only a faint beam reaching only a few souls. Other spirits are still now in slumber.To wake them up, is the most i...

FLOWERS AND LEAVES (POEM)

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 Flower proudly says, " I am the creation", Leaf assures, " Me the protector,no tension". Flower says, "I am the Beauty of the Tree," Leaf says, " You are incomplete without me". Flower Argues, "I have many colours," Leaf says," Your Beauty is on my valour ". Leaf says, " I make Food to grow", Flower says,"Your Green colour is a show". Leaf says, "I am the Base of a Plant", Flower says,"With me people offer chant", Leaf argues,"Bloom never exist without me" Flower says" Fruit never comes leaving me". Atlast The Vase awakes and says as Father, "You are incomplete without each other", "So stop Quarrel and Organise yourselves," "Flower and Leaf brings eachother 's helps," "I am the Base holding you two," The Mother Tree now awakes too, The Vase and Tree brings silence of the two, So, no way to furthermore argue. If the Vase rem...

PRAYER TO MOTHER KAALI

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 O Mother Mahakaali , the Auspicious power of Darkness, I pray to you to give me immense strength to fight the battle of life, fight every Evil to tackle all the situations correctly. At the time of hazard and frustration you are the only light to show the Right Path. At the time of happiness you teach how to be cautious to handle the soon coming sorrow. At the time of worship you put immense devotion within me so that I can surrender myself completely to your energy. You are the origin of the World, you are the most omnipotent shape of creation, you are the Divine Mother nurturing every child devoted to you. The Active Energy you are, the Active silence you are. You only shower love and kindness to the lovable and destroy the cruelty of mankind, you control all disturbance in mind and give us a calm brain and heart that can Devote itself to your worship. You are the Ruler, you are the controller, you are the prehistoric power who creates the Universe and guide the other Gods how t...