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Hello Everyone, So it’s my first blog on this new website that I created. Obviously it would be rude if I don’t introduce myself in this one and tell the reason why I created this blog. So, My name is Saloni. Currently I am 21 years old but 22 this year🙃😭 (This reaction as I am scared of adulting). Right now, technically I am a college student but also doing an internship in a very nice company…
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My first real trek: Triund trek
PS: This was written on 6th June 2023. I came to Dharamshala yesterday, then came to Bhagsu at our resort. Our check-in time was 12. We reached it at 5:30. So, because of the non-availability of rooms, we were sitting in reception and then decided to do a mini Trek to a beautiful waterfall after being tired from a 10-hour bus journey. That trek was quick and beautiful. It was a very peaceful…
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Sometimes you have to forget what you feel, and remember what you deserve.
Unknown (via perfectquote)
I am finding my way back to myself again. slowly, patiently, intricately. I am finding roads in between my heart and my mind that connect. I am finding melodies that taste good on my soul. I stray and i take detours occasionally, but I am finding my way back to myself again.
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It’s not insane to imagine that sometimes even horrible people are searching for a way out of their own darkness.
Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me (via thebookquotes)
PAIN
““Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you will finally feel it”“ Many people feel this emotion on every day basis. But do you ever wonder what actually pain is? It is not just an emotion that will come and go just like anger but it is something that will always stay in your heart. Even if you want it or not. It will always stay with you no matter where you go and no matter how…
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PAIN
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you will finally feel it”
Many people feel this emotion on every day basis. But do you ever wonder what actually pain is?
It is not just an emotion that will come and go just like anger but it is something that will always stay in your heart.
Even if you want it or not. It will always stay with you no matter where you go and no matter how many new happiness you encounter.
There will come times when you will want to escape it by either trying to forget it or burying it deep inside you. But I can assure you that it will be there no matter what.
So now the questions remains the same that what to do about it? We obviously can’t let that pain take over us. It will do nothing but destroy us. So, the best way is to feel the pain, accept the fact that it will always going to be with you, make peace with it and then simply move on with your life.
I very well know that this seems easier when you will read this but trust me it’s not. You have to fight with yourself every day to accomplish this. And fighting yourself is the toughest fight. When you fight with someone else, you either lose or win but in this fight you will neither lose nor win.
But one fine morning you will surely wake up, feeling nothing and you will feel like that pain is vanished but it’s not but that day you finally accepted and it was all just because of the fights you had with your own. So you must take that moment to credit yourself that it all happened because of you and make yourself ready for more such battles that will come in your way in future.
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End note: You can really trust what you just read because it was not meant to be posted. It was a self-note but then I decided to post it. Just to give someone the motivation to feel and embrace the pain they have in their hearts.
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little things to do every day:
open your window and feel the air
make lists
hug someone
splash some water on your face
spend a few minutes without any screens
always have water with you
doodle
clean one thing that’s messy/dirty
compliment someone
be kind to yourself
MENTAL HEALTH
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” ― John Green
What is mental health?
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
Over the course of your life, if you experience mental health problems, your thinking, mood, and behaviour could be affected. Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including:
· Biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry
· Life experiences, such as trauma or abuse
· Family history of mental health problems
Mental health can affect daily living, relationships, and physical health.
However, this link also works in the other direction. Factors in people’s lives, interpersonal connections, and physical factors can all contribute to mental health disruptions.
Looking after mental health can preserve a person’s ability to enjoy life. Doing this involves reaching a balance between life activities, responsibilities, and efforts to achieve psychological resilience.
Conditions such as stress, depression, and anxiety can all affect mental health and disrupt a person’s routine.
Although the term mental health is in common use, many conditions that doctors recognise as psychological disorders have physical roots.
Why I chose this topic?
Somewhere we all know that we are suffering from some or other mental breakdown or issue. And everybody has their own different reasons for that. But then at the end of the day we should know that it’s okay and we are not the only one facing such kind of problem but many people in the world right now are facing that problem or maybe even worse.
As a teenager I very well know that we go through lot of changes. We try to look at the world from a completely different perspective from as we saw it in our childhood.
We know that the things we do is not necessarily always correct and not even wrong. We try to believe ourselves when nobody else do. We kind of make a mistake by just thinking about what we should and should not do. As per if I talk about myself, I need answers to all the questions. I wanna clearly know that what all can happen in my life. I have all anwers ready for anything that happen and I know I am not living in present but in future and that’s wrong. So here I am writing about mental health and it’s importance and frankly the best way to take care of your mental health is to stop overthinking.
Early warning signs
Not sure if you or someone you know is living with mental health problems? Experiencing one or more of the following feelings or behaviours can be an early warning sign of a problem:
· Eating or sleeping too much or too little
· Pulling away from people and usual activities
· Having low or no energy
· Feeling numb or like nothing matters
· Having unexplained aches and pains
· Feeling helpless or hopeless
· Smoking, drinking, or using drugs more than usual
· Feeling unusually confused, forgetful, on edge, angry, upset, worried, or scared
· Yelling or fighting with family and friends
· Experiencing severe mood swings that cause problems in relationships
· Having persistent thoughts and memories you can't get out of your head
· Hearing voices or believing things that are not true
· Thinking of harming yourself or others
· Inability to perform daily tasks like taking care of your kids or getting to work or school.
How can you improve your emotional health day-to-day?
There are steps you can take to improve your mental health every day. Small things like exercising, eating a balanced and healthy meals, opening up to other people in your life, taking a break when you need to, remembering something you are grateful for and getting a good night’s sleep, can be helpful in boosting your emotional health.
When is a good time to reach out for help?
Issues related to mental health can impact different people in different ways. If you start to see changes in your overall happiness and relationships, there are always ways get the support you want. Here are some ways you can get help:
· Connect with other individuals, friends and family — Reaching out and opening up to other people in your life can help provide emotional support.
· Learn more about mental health — There are many resources you can turn to for learning more about emotional health. Some examples include Psychology Today, National Institute of Mental Health, and Anxiety and Depression Association of America.
· Talk to a professional — If you start to feel like your emotional health is starting to impact you, it may be time to reach out for extra support. With Doctor On Demand, you can see a psychologist or psychiatrist and find the personalised support you want.
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At the end I just want to say that there is not always darkness. Sun will surely shine through making all your darkness and problems disappear!!!
Do we really love someone or do we only think that we do?
So let’s start with the idea of loving someone. What is love? Love is not a word but it is an emotion. Loving someone is not our choice. It’s a feeling that is not in our control.
We don’t love someone by birth or even if we want to love someone then we can’t. It’s an emotion that slowly develops. Moreover it’s a bond between two people that we name as love.
When we are born we don’t know what’s love. But then we are told that our parent’s affection towards us is called love. The way they care for us, the way they treat us is love.
But is it really love? No, according to me it’s not. That affection and care is their responsibility. From generations people are told that we should love our child. Make them capable of doing something in life. But then as it is said that kids are like flowers. To make them bloom, we need to love them and nurture them. So same way our parents love us and nurture us but it’s their responsibility to do so.
But according to me love is unconditional. If we love someone, we should not expect anything in return. But then our parents expect us a lot in return. I know the bond between a parent and child is purest bond. I also love my parents. But then whatever I am saying, is that wrong?
So, back to my original topic. Difference between actually loving someone or thinking that we love them. What does this mean?
As we know, our society has some norms that if the person is good looking or if a person is good and if a person has a good heart. Then we should love that person. Like why?
The person who is not so good looking, doesn’t have perfect heart, is not good at something. Does that person doesn't deserve to be loved by someone? Even you all must even know many people who disown their own child because for them they are not capable of their love. And in outside world too… People reject their feelings for someone just because the person is not perfect according to society norms.
And try to love person who is perfect even if we actually don’t love that person. So according to me the love for that perfect person is not real love. It’s a feeling we intentionally develop for someone because that person is perfect to be loved according to society’s rules and regulations. And that is what I am mentioning as that we only think that we love that person even if we don’t.
The person we actually love will, may or may not be perfect for society but for us that person will be more than perfect. Same way, we expect that our family should love us the way we are. Loving someone is not easy. It’s a huge thing to do. We have to accept the person the way they are.
We never have to change anybody to love them. We don’t have to make them follow the rules and regulations that our society made and expect us to follow. Nooo!!! There’s nothing like perfect. And if we see the other way round. Each and every person is perfect and different in his or her own way.
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Thanks for reading this. It means a lot to me.:):):)
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married or own a house; as if life was some kind of grocery list. But nobody ever asks if you are happy.
— Heath Ledger
Paryushan Parv
Heyy Guys….. This is the longest I have not written a blog since I started. The thing is I am super busy and super lazy these days. First of all, the bomb which suddenly fell on me was I am having my like most important common entrance test for college in next 15 days and for which I have not at all studied. Second I am jain and as paryushan parv is going on (about which I am going to tell you guys today) and I am having a 7 days straight ekashna and 8th day full fast. So yeah here I am trying to update a new blog after a long time. Peace out.
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Paryushan Parva is the king of all festivals for the whole Jain community living across the globe. Thus, it is also known as Parva Dhiraj.
This year it is from 15th August to 22nd August. Every Jain tries to follow the basic principles of Jainism during this festival, which are:
· Right knowledge
· Right faith
· Right conduct
These are the three most essentials for attaining liberation and Nirvana. We can easily understand the word Paryushan by breaking it into two parts: Pari means to recollect yourself and Vasan means at a place; Overall it means to know yourself or recollect yourself at a place in your spirit.
WHAT IS PARYUSHAN?
Paryushan is the time for making up and cleaning the dirt, which is in the form of karma collected on our soul. The festival stands for the celebration of spiritual awareness and is one of the most important annual festivals of Jain religion. The festival lasts eight days. Every year this festival of Paryushan starts on Shravan Vad 12th or 13th and ends on Bhadarva sud 4th or 5th (late August – September).
WHY IS PARYUSHAN CELEBRATED?
This festival gives everyone a chance for self-analysis and deep introspection. It also reminds us that life’s eventual and main aim is not the pursuit of materialism but to attain the state of Nirvana. Paryushan stands for some of the most important practices like:
· Nonviolence (Ahimsa)
· Engaging in self-discipline (Sanyam)
· Partial or complete fasting Penance (Tapah)
· Study of Scriptures (Swadhyaya)
· Introspection (Pratikraman)
· Repentance (Prayaschitta)
HOW IS PARYUSHAN CELEBRATED?
During Paryushan, Jains study religious books and scriptures which are based on principles of Jainism. Pratikraman is also performed by many Jains during the festival. The word Pratikraman is made from the combination of two words, Pra meaning return and atikraman meaning violation. Literally, it means returning from the violations.
During the Paryushan days, below mentioned are the five essential things Jains try and observe:-
· SADHARMIK VATSALYA: It means the welfare of the other fellow Jainis.
· AMARI PRAVARTAN: Following ahimsa or non-violence is also one of the major aspects of this festival.
· ATTHAMA TAP: Fasting for days is also considered as one of the major aspects. People also practice ayambils which means one meal of tasteless food, during the whole day.
Other forms of taps are:
· Ekashana: Eating only once a day
· Byasana: Eating twice a day.
· CHAITYA PARIPATI: It involves daily visits to temples, pilgrimage to holy places, paying respect and devotion to the Lord Mahavira through worship, prayers, and meditation.
· KSHAMAPANA: It is one of the most significant parts of celebrating this festival. Kshamapana means forgiveness. It involves asking for forgiveness from all the people whom we may have hurt in the past or present life. It also includes forgiving those who have hurt us and forgive them for their shortcomings and weaknesses.
· SAMVATSARI: The last day of this 8-day long festival is Samvatsari, and it is the most important of all. Most Jains try to have a fast and get together to perform the Pratikraman. This is also the day where everyone asks to ‘Forgive and Forget’ – Tass Michami Dukkaram.
Paryushan is not just a festival to rejoice and celebrate; instead, it is a ‘parva’ in which all Jains try to discipline themselves. People try to live with the utmost simplicity and try to purify everything, from food to clothes and thoughts to deeds. Jainis don’t eat underground beets and roots. Meals are avoided after sunset. People also do Vaas and Upwasa to purify their souls and body.
Unfortunately, the bad news is this festival of purity is nowadays taken as a burden by new generations. They only take it as a burden when they have to follow many regulations. They do not understand the foundation behind observing this festival. Still, the gurus and marasas are trying to rebuild the faith in the religion like it was used to be in the older days.
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I hope I told you something new today and this blog was worth reading and I didn’t waste your time!!!
Does god exist?
When I see the sky I wanna see you.
When I touch the ground I wanna feel you.
Some say you don't exist.
,But is it so that you're the one who gives my pain an exit?
People go and worship you in temples, mosques and churches.
But I wanna have you by my side when my heart crunches!!!
All the love and hatred is accepted
But why you never regretted?
You are the one who gives us hope.
Are u the one who takes away all our raws?
Written by- Saloni Jain
Sun: Our rising star
Hey guys so as I said today I am going to post a poem which is written by me 4 or 5 years ago. At that time I was in 8th or 9th std. I have always loved nature and this poem is about one of the most important element of nature i.e., Sun. I hope you like it.
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Sun rises in the east
And sets in the west
But do anyone knows
That where it rests?
When we start our day,
We want it to be a sweet morning
But when the sun do starts his day
To wish us a “Good morning”?
In evening when the sky
Is full of bright, twinkling stars
At that time, where
Is our full day rising star?
I know there are many scientific
Answers and reasons to it
But does it able to make
Your curiosity hit?
Thanks for reading it…..I hope you guys like it. I’ll try writing a new poem sometime soon!!!
