Divya, what about me then? naa jeevitamlo imta varaku eppuduu successful gaa upavasam cheyaledu. okka saari matram emi tinakundaa strict gaa unnaanemo.
porapatuna, e rojainaa upavasam umdaamu anukunnaana, aa roju pichchi aakali vestumdi :)) puujalu, vratamulu cheyagalenu, kuurimito eda kolavaga lenu ani baba meeda edo paata undi. alaga annamaata. emta sepu aayanato (I mean Shirdi Baba) to taguvu pettukovadame tappa....... I think we devitated to devotion :) Before other members scold us for filling up the mail box, let me stop here :) --- In [email protected], "divyapryga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I dont know what to reply about this tirupathi experience. Naa bhakthi > philosophy veru. Nenu upavaasalu okka vrataalaki thappa inkeppudu > cheyyanu. Chakkaga thinesi...aah tharavatha bhakthi mukthi anni. > > Aina I dont think I can live without food...for a day..forget about > more than that. Specially after I had my baby....poddunne levagane > food lekapothe bandi kadaldhu. I HAVE to eat so that I have enough > energy to run around with her all day. Food is a very important > subject in my life right now :)) > > Nachaki..babu....please donot attempt these FEAR FACTORS again. I > think one experience is good enough. > > -Divya > > --- In [email protected], NaChaKi <nachakigroups@> > wrote: > > > > << Also...I didnt' know that the 3 sisters (sort of excusable) and > BIL (Needs to be kummufied like hell) along with the dad stay > home...happily (if I may say so). I just dont get it!! >> > > > > I don't get it either!! And, I don't get the "sort of excusable" > thing too... I mean, like you said, people work even in physically > challenged conditions in such a state, and even most among us work > under mentally or emotionally challenged conditions anyway. And, > didn't someone write the sisters were educated too? Even if they're > not educated, I'd not show a condonable attitude towards those women, > truly speaking. Of course, we don't know their end of the story, like > you put it again. > > > > >> she would hold back the food sayin why should we waste such > good food. > > > > Not proud to say this, but one thing I learnt my own way is not to > waste food except in dire conditions. Being in the USA, you and I know > that the food doesn't go stale so easily even if not refrigerated, and > I sometimes "carry forward" cooked rice for as long as a couple of > days (Well, it'd be over by then, or I might carry it forward further.) > > > > I'd not want to write at length about "miracles" here, but I did > strongly adhere to not wasting food after a lesson I learnt on my way > up the hills of Tirumala. I was going uphill on foot by a different > route than the usual, and I didn't know there were no shops or > anything on the way (literally) - it's a less-known and less-traversed > route from Sreenivasa Mangapuram. I didn't have any food since last > evening except for a cup of pongal, and I had by then already embarked > the hill at Chandragiri (to the fort). I was obviously exhausted, but > I didn't know I'd be so exhausted that I'd fall on the steps worn out! > (A thing to mention here: I sometimes went without food for days > together, just to keep my body prepared for anything... and I went > without food for at least a week, living only on drinking water, long > before then.) I was literally lying down on the steps when some people > walked down from Tirumala, saw my sorry state, and offered me puffed > rice (maramaraalu or boruglu) that > > they had. I was about to weep, when they asked me "do you have > anything to hold these?". I cupped my hands and asked them to pour a > handful, they did, and left. I was about to eat the same, and the > heavy hilly wind gushed in to blow it all away! I could see the God > before going up the hill... while I was searching for each of those > swept away morsels of "maramaraalu". (These were, in fact, not exactly > constructed steps... they were the original walkway up the hill... > never rennovated... cut out of the hill, no parapet wall or > anything... a fall, though improbable, would land one in the valley!) > Since then, I never wasted a morsel of food, until at least 70% of the > rice, say, is hardened beyond chewing. > > > > So long, > > NaChaKi > > >
