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Last night coming home after the BST, tired and longing to get into my comfortable bed, seeing the house condition completely annoyed me. And of course who else could be the target of my displeasure other than Milind-my husband 😜
Since I didn’t have enough energy to calling him and sharing my thoughts, nor the patience to clean the place, crashed to bed.
Just before closing my eyes a striking thought, a glimpse of my game, a mild nagging of my conscience brought back the awareness.
I caught my game and I knew that the BST is working :):

My game, My drama, My Truth – I was expecting him to turn the mess I left on Tuesday before rushing for retreat into a heaven in just one (partial) day he spent at home . Because in his weekly weekend home visits from Plano TX where his present project is, he even came to meet me at Turlock driving for 1.5 hours, just because on previous Sunday I had made a puppy face saying “Oh so I will not see you for 3 weeks?”, before he left for Plano.
I kept my silence acknowledging my truth and peacefully surrendered to sleep:)      
This morning when I sat for my chai found 2 packs of pretzels left for me on table. These are the small packets served free on flights. I love them as they are way more tastier than those you get in stores and because I survive on them in absence of vegetarian food during my flights:).
While munching on my favorite snack, I felt overwhelmed with Milind’s silent love for me and for my silly choices:)

My Prayascitta (penance)– Without wasting a moment, I expressed my love to him by texting him for this huge love gesture with a “😘”.
I was joyfully rewarded instantly with his response “😁❤”.
This made both of our days:):)

My learning from this BST–
– It is more important to Create after Closing the past.
– Being with my Truth gives me the Courage to Create my prayaschitta (प्रायश्चित्त) – Penance,
– Samadhi brings me in my Lovingness to Create my Sanklpas 🙏🏼,
– Commitment (Sadhana) to my Samyama is my own SwaDharma ( internal code of conduct).
– It’s TRUTH and only TRUTH which leads me to my SwaDharma and fuels Atmashakti (My inner Power) to manifest my Sankalpas.

My Realization–
– Observe Self
– Acknowledge Truth,
– Accept to self n the other,
– Bring Closure with Love,
– Enjoy being one,
– Experience ecstatic love life 

Application of 5 foundations of BST attitude –
Vinay– Humility, humbleness;
Shraddha- Trust coming from love;
Bhakti– Devotion;
Preeti– Love;
Sharanagati– Surrendering unconditionally.

Feeling eternally grateful to my Guru Poojya Rishi Prabhakarji and my BST teacher Jgadishji who is a great shishya of my Guru.

A husband cuts his wife’s fingers so she can’t continue her education.

Read this post on a friend’s Facebook wall. It definitely surprised and saddened me to know that such incidents still happen in our society. But what surprises me more is the responses of people on this post. People are commenting on which community this couple belong to.

Rather than jumping on to the religious background of this family we must focus on the illiteracy and social/emotional development of people.

If in our society beliefs such as women must not be better in education, earnings or physically taller, better looking or younger than their husbands are supported then it is the matter of the social development of the whole society. We must introspect on why our education system doesn’t include value system of equal opportunity for all? Why marriage is a solution for all problems and daughter is a burden or commodity to either get rid off or used as salable asset? Is this happening only in certain communities? Caste based discrimination, gender based discrimination is there in all Indian communities. Highly educated professional couples also go through competitive jealousy and inter marital rivalry even in advanced countries.

And finally if a certain community in our society is less developed, who is responsible for it?

We must remember that a weak can never fight, it’s the stronger who must stand for the weaker.

Criticizing, looking down upon, laughing or humiliating others is bad we all know. But feeling pride for self, boasting great values of self and showing of how greater, better and stronger we are is even worst.

May we recognize our own potential in love, compassion and giving in ourselves.

May we acknowledge other’s potential in learning, receiving and reaching out to growing.

May my world, my countries, my communities be based on values of growing together towards a peaceful, loving, learning environment creating comforts and opportunities for everyone.

सर्वे जन: सुखिनौ संतु,

सर्वे संतु निरामया;

सर्वे भद्राणी पश्चंतु,

मा कश्चीत दु:ख भाक भवेत

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Original News article-

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075435/Husband-chops-wifes-fingers-stop-studying-degree.html