#anandmayi

[nurtureoneslife]

"Listen within and follow your own intuition. . . If your aim is to please God, you don't need to worry about pleasing anyone else."

~ Sri Anandamayi Ma

(Words spoken to Atmananda, Dunga, Dehradun, 30th December, 1945, as recorded in Atmananda's diaries in the book "Death Must Die" by Ram Alexander, page 180)

[ambidextrousarcher]

3,4,10,18 for bhagirath. Both are for the two word headcanon meme. Thank you

3. Hogwarts House

The Sorting Hat sat snug on Bhagirath’s head. Hmm, it mused. You have a lot of bravery, young man, there is recklessness in you too, so Gryffindor might be your friend…No. The Sorting Hat’s no was final. Brave as you are, it is overshadowed by something more…loyalty. 

Indeed, there was no virtue Bhagirath held closer to his heart than loyalty, so he was glad when the Hat called: HUFFLEPUFF!

4. Greatest failure

Bhagirath was not a man for regrets. Yet, in his life, one regret haunted him. That he wasn’t good enough. Bhagirath was not a good Crown Prince, he knew. He could not be the Prince he wanted to be, tied to his father as he was, even though the man had tried to assassinate him more than once. Bhagirath knows that. And he regrets. Regrets that, somewhere, even as he strove to be as honorable as he could in his own way, he could not be the man he wanted to be, the Prince he wanted to be.

10. Bad Habit

For all that Bhagirath was as talkative as Anandmayi, he never could talk about his feelings openly. So, as Anandmayi rues for a long time, Bhagirath is overprotective to a huge extent in the beginning, so much that men fear approaching Anandmayi until she convinced her brother that, no, thank you, she can protect herself. 

But Bhagirath does not change. Not in the slightest.

18. Holiday Traditions

Bhagirath did not care much for holidays. Oh, he respected the Gods, honored them, but he could not see what the fuss about these special days was.

Anandmayi, of course, cannot let her brother be such a spoilsport, so she drags him around Ayodhya every holiday eve, be it Holi or Diwali, to “have fun” with her, until that in itself becomes their own tradition.

Thanks for the ask @1nsaankahanhai-bkr! Hope the headcanons are fun!

[nurtureoneslife]

He alone knows to whom

He will reveal Himself

under which form.

By what path and in what manner

He attracts any particular man

to Himself with great force

is incomprehensible

to the human intellect.

The Path differs indeed

for different pilgrims.

❤ Anandamayi Ma

[nurtureoneslife]

"Everyone runs after happiness and enjoyment. Yet, supreme happiness and bliss- are ever There and nowhere else. That which is eternal must be revealed, and then the question of going in search of anything does not arise."

~ Anandamayi Ma.

[nurtureoneslife]

To find God is to find yourself. ~ Sri Anandamayi Ma

[nurtureoneslife]

If the Name that appeals most to you is constantly repeated, you will realize that all names are His Names, all forms are His forms.

- Sri Anandamayi Ma.

[nurtureoneslife]

The Universal Body of the Lord comprises all things--trees, flowers, leaves, hills, mountains, rivers, oceans, and so forth. A time will come, must come, when one actually perceives this all--pervading Universal Form of the One. The variety of His shapes and guises is infinite, uncountable, without end.

Just as ice is nothing but water, so the Beloved is without form, without quality, and the question of manifestation does not arise. When this is realized, one has realized one’s Self. For, to find the Beloved is to find one’s Self, to discover that God is one’s very own, wholly identical with one’s self, the innermost Self, the Self of the self.

~Sri Ma Anandamayi

[nurtureoneslife]

Those who lead a life that is aligned with the Will of God and take shelter at His Feet, will remain unperturbed and at peace even when faced with numerous challenges and afflictions.

- Sri Anandamayi Ma