WE DID DAHI HANDI AT OUR LOCAL JANMASHTAMI FESTIVAL IT WAS SO FUN!!!!!!

radhe radhe! i think memes is a great idea!! defo for me having memes was an amazing way to connect, it made dharma feel lighter and less seriousss yk. also its just funny 😂 and for me i really connect to things through humour.

i think comics are a great idea too, I grew up reading amar chitra katha, watching cartoons like krishna,, I think they're a nice way to engage children or form a part of ppls childhoods.

personally I think sm of these things comes from one's own inner callings or interests. but what defo helped me connect the strongest was having a community like gopiblr where we could explore dharma or krishna together in a way that's super relatable for young people, and a safe space to explore hot takes outside what the elders teach us haha. I think applying tiktoks reels etc. to kanhu (like I and others have done 😅) is again a way to make young ppl see kanhu in a diff light to just someone their elders make a fuss about. other ones are fanfics and modern AUs, which defo makes things a lot more interactive haha.

omg what a coincidence this post encompasses a lot of diff things I wanted to talk abt anyway, but I also found this the other day!!!:

as someone who's loved anime (really just naruto tbh 😅) I just thought it was a really super cool way to present durga devi's story ahaha, and another medium that might reach young people. devi mata is so badass pls watch!!! (also in a similar fashion there's that post going around abt making a Disney movie abt durge! which they have to be really careful to do well, but if they do could be epic af.)

I think one thing very important is to not get too preachy. this is why I think the best ways involve communities, because they make space for exploration and for people of all opinions or relationships with the object/s of interest (in this case with the divine), and also a feeling that you're not 'alone' or 'weird' in your interests. it's a space to connect with similar people going through similar things as you, and you may even see your thoughts being voiced aloud by others which reallyyy makes u feel less alone.

tldr; it is finding ways in which people of the modern day connect to things, and try to replicate the same dharmically, and creating a community surrounding it where these things can be shared and consumed.

e.g. music: u can experiment with genres and apply this to bhajans as well e.g. bhajan lofis which are so good omg.

so yeah, this is my humble opinion. radhe radhe!! 💙✨️🦚

Gopis and gopas, a question Krishna made me think about -

If he says that it's our duty to spread the knowledge and gyana of our dharma to today's generation and present to them in a way that they find cool and interesting, how would you approach it ?

You can think of ways that you think we can do it and let me know :D

Some ways I thought of :

1. Creating cute comics of stories and scenarios of the stotras and present to them as a story, for example taking a bhagavat Gita line and turning it to a story in a way they understand

2. Creating a trend that knowing these stuff is the real cool thing instead of so much of other materialistic stuff

do you guys have any strange names by which u call krishna in ur head, like i call him "bhaijaan" for some reason

(completely Not referring to salman khan connotations 🤢)

Ok one thing they don't show on screen of Mahabharat Adaptation is Draudapi was “Rajasvala” meaning “a menstruating woman” when the whole cheer-haran happened.

At that time, a Rajavala used to wear one single cloth or “Ekvastra”, so when the horrific vastra-haran began, it was that vastra that turned to a never-ending miracle.

One thing that I also noticed is how there's now this disgusting taboo that a woman is "impure" during her period, but Kanha ji listened and he came to her rescue when she called. He turned that same blood-stained cloth never-ending just to save her honor!

I wish this taboo will go away because God is in You so how can you ever be “Impure” especially experiencing something very natural and perhaps healthy too? He would've come to her rescue whether she was menstruating or not, but I love this detail because this signifies that nothing makes a difference to him, so why are we making women feel bad or worse "impure" in the name of God when not even God feels this way?

Day Six of Navratri

9 days, 9 Godesses

Day Six: Maa Katyayani

Once there lived a sage called Katyayana who prayed to the goddess to be born as his child in order to kill Mahishasura. She agreed and was born as his daughter and thus was called Katyayani. When the gods invoked Mahashakti – the primordial feminine power to protect them from the demon, Mahisha, she emerged from the sacrificial fire of the sage Katyayan. All the male gods bestowed their special powers and weapons on her. She is the avatara of Parvati in the form of the warrior goddess and is one of the most well-known and beloved of her forms.

Riding a lion, she proceeded towards the Vindhya mountains where the demon lived and killed him. Hence, she is also known as Mahishasuramardini.

Jai Maa Durga 🕉️🔱

still don't understand how i can properly respect kanha as literal origin of everything ever but still say wassup bro to him in my head

And Abhimanyu and Uttara’s story is very sweet, fast, short and… red&white, I think… And our cunning Govind takes part in every love story :p

had a dream that I went to vrindavan ! but it was really chaotic and disorganised and i rber sort of feeling the presence of krishna and sort of not, and not taking enough photos and we got really hung up on where to have dinner. so what was that haha

Maa Durga is worshipped as Shailputri, Daughter of King of mountains ie Himvan on first day of Navratri . Just the way a baby spreads joy when it comes to home, mata Shailputri arives in our home and spread the joy . Orange is color of joy but also Of confidence, Power of fire and rebirth . Here on first day Orange as shade of power is the color of the day .

(My desperate and sad prayer.)

I…

I pray…

I pray for Israel.

I pray for Palestine.

I pray for all of us now.

And if you condemn me for taking sides,

or judge me for not taking sides,

then maybe you don’t understand

the depths of this love.

Because love itself is the prayer.

And the one who prays.

And the longing and the light.

And the darkness and the answer.

And so I pray for you too.

For all of your conflicting parts.

For all the children fighting within you.

And I pray for you to know

the Consciousness prior to identity.

I pray for you to know

the I Am itself.

Before I am a Palestinian.

Before I am an Israeli.

Before I am Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, or an atheist.

Before division itself.

Before any notion of God or her absence.

Before time.

Before all of this began.

Before the world,

the joy and the sorrow of living.

Before territory and history.

I am what you are.

I am your rage, your grief, your loneliness.

Your fear. Your vulnerable heart.

Your powerlessness. Your shaking.

And through these non-dual eyes,

perhaps we can finally love each other.

In spite of our beliefs.

In spite of our ancient rage and our lust for revenge.

In spite of religion.

In spite of what the holy books

tell us to think.

You are my brother.

My sister.

My child.

My mother.

My father.

I pray for love to permeate the world.

Before it’s too late.

I pray for awakening.

I pray for Palestine.

I pray for Israel.

Before it’s too late.

I pray for all the children.

All the babies.

All the mothers and fathers.

Sisters and brothers.

Friends and enemies.

I pray for the end of hostilities.

Before it’s too late.

I pray for all those who are scared right now.

I pray that my small, sad prayer helps in some way.

Even in some small way.

Even in some tiny way.

I pray for you.

I pray for me.

I pray for us.

I pray…

I…

- Jeff Foster

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