Face and Respect through sprituality
The festival of Mahashivratri is a very meaningful and respected festival for most Hindus it known as a “Grand night dedicated for the worship of Lord Shiva”, it is also considered the longest and the darkest night of the month when Shiva and Parvati married. It is also about creation and destruction.
Lord Shiva is also known as a Lord of Ego so that even after achieving all that was difficult in ones life our mind should not distress by egotism.
I only focus upon this event to reflect back on the Month of February from Mercury retrograding, the solar and lunar eclipses, and many other aspects that made us very resistant, angry, volatile, resentful, rude and cruel to those that mattered to us. Some people may have lost very dear friends because of their assumption and issues going on in their own lives. If there was chaos in your life in February and you were not focused upon spiritual inclination, then this aspect was crucial and very damaging to relationships of all kinds.
Within in every relationship there elements which are vital to sustaining and stabilizing a vital part of the miracles of knowing that some one cares, however, disrespect and face can kill a relationship in seconds where it took years to build.
First lets look at Face, I do not mean face as in a face of a persons body but then it is just that how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us. There are many books written on the concept of face. Defining face is very difficult to do even though there are plenty of dictionaries that can simplify the meaning but in the concept of philosophies “face” is also known as respect.
Respect has killed many relationships. Though as humans we have been given the ability to feel, speak and take actions sometimes when we are angry because someone that we care for has not given us respect or has gone against our ethical standards we lash out and sometimes we suppress. This could only mean that there are two dilemmas that could occur during anger either that we lash out this can kill a relationship where the other person may never speak to you again and after a week or two you may feel guilty that you did it. The second dilemma is suppression eventually we all know that suppression will create a bomb that will eventually blow open and that lashing out will turn into a heated battle of the wits and there is no going back.
Shiva, the lord of Destruction and peace said to his people talk I have given you an ability to talk and don’t be afraid, as long as you are honest you know that you have no need to suppress, insult or disrespect. Humanity is cultivated in love and we must cultivate this with truth and respect.
So whether you are in a romantic relationship that is going in a direction that you are finding difficult to handle or having just a misunderstanding among friends, talk! The person on the other side will respect you more for being honest instead of ignoring them or playing games because you felt disrespected.
March brings beautiful things such as spring equinox. Open your heart and talk, respect and most of all be honest no matter how difficult it may be because disrespecting or fear will not heal any relationship rather it will create chaos of a kind which hurtful and perhaps you will loose that friendship forever.
So this month be honest with your self, respect your self, and perceive a positive face thus pouring the same on to another. Fear not honesty fear the anger fear not the face fear the disrespect fear not the love fear lies and most of all fear not the truth fear that you will always be human.
Namaste
Maharani