Dignity of Life..............

A married life, where the wife enjoys the respect of her husband and authority over her household, holds as much dignity as the most esteemed of careers, because it gives her the opportunity to create, preserve and protect the most precious possessions of her country, namely, the children of the nation.In India, the servitors of a household address the mistress of the house as mother. The total stranger addresses every woman as mother. The deities of learning and prosperity are represented in the images of beautiful women, as motherhood incarnate. Before going on a journey and on returning, most Hindus touch the feet of their mothers. This apotheosis of motherhood is not the cult of a physical fact, but the idealization of the most sublime qualities of motherhood, of self-less devotion, unquestioning love and complete self-abnegation. From a woman worthy of being called mother, the Indian tradition expects perfect purity, loyalty and unselfishness. These qualities have a beauty of their own, and the Indian mother very often cares for no other aid to beauty.

role of women as the builders of nations..............

The performance of domestic duties, the management of her household, the rearing of children, the economising of the family means- these are a woman’s proper office. She is already endowed with divine power. She already governs the world by her power of gentle love and affection. To make noble citizens by training her children, and to form the character of the whole human race is undoubtedly a power far greater than that which a woman could hope to exercise as a voter or a law-maker, as a president, minister or judge.The mother's impressions strike deep root in the brain of the foetus that dwells in the womb. If the pregnant woman does Japa (repetition of Lord's name with or without rosary) and Kirtan (Singing the Lord's glories), if she studies religious books and leads a pious life during pregnancy, the foetus is endowed with spiritual inclination   or spiritual tendency.
A woman’s natural sphere of activity is the home, where she can prove most helpful to man, because she is the most adored. She can be patriotic by living in a simple homestead, bringing forth noble, cultured citizens, politicians, warriors and saints. In the West babies are born and brought up in nursery schools and maternity homes. They do not know the health giving, affectionate, tender and soul-expanding caresses of their mothers. They do not know what it is to sleep in the warm embrace of a loving mother. Brought up in the atmosphere of bargain and economics, they develop even in their teens, an unceasing devotion to the dollar and mammon.The social atmosphere in the West is overcharged with sex. Early marriages may be rare in the West but not early sex-indulgence. There cannot be real love between the parties. Marriage becomes a contract, not a sacrament. Hence there are countless divorces.India recognises the ideal of motherhood as the highest for a woman. There is so much talk in the West about the emancipation of women. Scrutinise her closely and you will find her a slave of appetites, fashions, and the dollar. In our Vedic period women enjoyed an honourable and exalted position. They occupy a high position now also. The object of marriage is mutual happiness of the parties, the raising of children, and worship and service of the Lord.Coming to the forefront in blazing daylight is certainly not the test or criterion of the true greatness of a woman.The happiness for a woman lies not in catering for carnal passions, not in challenging man in his own field by forgetting her natural course of duties, but in leading the ideal life as taught in the sacred scriptures; the crowning glory of womanhood. Then alone will woman be restored to the original dignity of the Universal Mother, which she is to every Indian now.

Bliss of Motherhood............

Three Miracles

From ‘Woman’ to ‘Mother’

The act of giving birth is the only moment when both pain and pleasure converge in a moment of time. It is in the manner of the sharp point of a needle, astride upon that point are both pleasure and pain, simultaneously assailing the female that is undergoingthe miracle of childbirth.
This is the only instance where both pleasure and pain work in unison. also a miracle. This is the second miracle.
Before the childbirth, the lady was a woman. After the childbirth, the woman is transformed into a mother. This is a revolutionary act; an evolutionary happening; in the manner of the silkworm getting transformed into some winged angel; a miracle. This is the third miracle.
This experience of transformation into motherhood is a privilege reserved exclusively for women. Men do not undergo such miraculous transformation.
Motherhood is another name of devotion. The selfless love and devotion towards the infant or child are grown from the seeds of innocence; no cunning, scheming, selfish motives here.

The Family Unit

The future happiness and well being of the child is absolutely dependent upon the proper preservation and functioning of the family unit.
The future well being of the society, of the community and of the nation is absolutely dependent upon the proper preservation and functioning of the family unit.
The measure of the level of happiness and well being of a nation is measured by the happiness and well being of the families.Family is a pious phenomenon productive of goodness that acts as a shield against the eroding influences that melt and distort culture and noble values.
Well functioning family is verily a temple that transforms a house into home. The single male or female lives in a house of bricks and mortars. The male ego and the female ego reside in the mind of the male and the female. Unbending and rigid male and female egos are destructive of family units. For married couples especially, let there be more love and less ego. Second in importance after the word ‘love’ comes the word ‘Sorry’. It’s characteristic is pious humbleness. Where the male and female egos are about to collide, let the word ‘Sorry’ intervene. It will encapsulate the egos.Mother’s time with children, guided by wisdom and properly utilized, lays the proper foundations for nation building. A well-balanced individual with solid psychological foundations is the quality thread that goes into making the fabric of the nation.
At the root of nation building are the three miracles.
Proper understanding of this fact and its implementation will be  the fourth miracle.