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Endings of Love
 


 
January 22, 2014
No less than the most important part of love is the ending! For those who have chosen to be on the 'love path', which is one of two spiritual paths, total awareness, compassion, and full love is necessary that is filled with empathy for the other. Most have chosen a love path that is filled with 'holes' of consideration for the other, and one of insufficient 'self love'. In a sense, that is not a commitment to the path of love. On the path of love, the best part of the beginning, and an ending should exhibit the same sensitivity and compassion for the other.

An 'ending' is an opportunity to see that loves source is in yourself, anything that shows up less is also coming from you. You have picked this time and place after millions of years that life has existed on the planet. Why blow the incredible opportunity? Is there anything more precious than love? Can you say you have experienced all there is to love's depths? If you're possessed by any unresolved issues, you have not yet. The real let go in love is beyond who you think you are, and always is being able to see that you are on the mountain top of rarified clear emotion of the heart.

Love both unfulfilled, or involved in initiating a reversal of love with another is exemplary of an abuse of love's meaning that deserves to be one of the 'seven deadly sins'. Real love can't be kicked down the street for any reason without karmic consequences. Shunned love of anyone who has felt the blessings of your love needs to be treated like a small child who is dependent on the heartfelt trust that your care for them is always available. Love in your heart and/or for someone who has received your love needs your complete sensitive emotion from beginning to end. The question arises, do you love yourself enough to see that the other is really an extension of you?

In a sense, we are all 'air beings' that breath the same air as each other. It's not your air or mine, but 'love's air' that needs to be acknowledged with the awareness of your mind and heart. It's been said in song and other exchanges that 'love is in the air'. Well the air is love - the breath of love! Love is meditation, and vice versa. Love takes your breath away, and then in a circling of love, fills you with the 'breath of love'. Always, there is no end of love, and the beginning is always ready to start, just let go and breath it in!

 
 
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[www.keralites.net] American Lady To Rural Indian Housewife

 

From cocktail parties to cow-pat cakes: The Californian party girl, 41, who became a traditional Indian housewife after meeting farmer husband, 25, on Facebook

  • Adriana Peral, 41, met Mukesh Kumar, 25, online in February last year
  • She travelled to Haryana, India, in August and wed within months
  • The Californian now lives in a remote farm house 30 minutes drive town
  • She has no inside toilet, a bucket for a shower shared with cows
  • Mother-of-one said leaving her daughter, 25, in the U.S. was traumatic
  • Mr and Mrs Kumar now plan to have children of their own
     

 

 
An American woman has ditched her comfortable, fun-loving Californian lifestyle to become a traditional housewife in rural India.
Adriana Peral, 41, took a leap of faith last August when she flew to the sub continent to meet a man young enough to be her son who she had fallen in love with over Facebook.
Within months she was married to Mukesh Kumar, 25, and had assumed her new role as a doting housewife - sweeping, cooking, cleaning and mucking in on the family's farm in an impoverished rural community in Haryana, India.
Adriana Peral, seen at a  nightclub in Merced, California
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Adriana Peral
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Transformation: Adriana Peral, seen at a nightclub in Merced, California, left, swapped parties for a quieter life in India after travelling to the subcontinent to marry a man she met on Facebook 
 
It is a far cry from sun-kissed, body-conscious California, where Mrs Kumar enjoyed clubbing with friends, hitting the gym and shopping with daughter Lucy. 

 
But despite the radical lifestyle change, she insists she is happier than ever.
The former receptionist at an acupuncture centre said: 'I love my life here with Mukesh - I wouldn't exchange it for anything in the world.'
In love: Adriana Peral, 41, and her husband Mukesh Kumar, 25, met and fell in love online
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In love: Adriana Peral, 41, and her husband Mukesh Kumar, 25, met and fell in love online
Rural: The pace of life in the remote rural village of Panipat, India, is a far cry from the modern homelife Adriana Peral, left behind in California
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Rural: The pace of life in the remote rural village of Panipat, India, is a far cry from the modern homelife Adriana Peral, left behind in California
Adriana Peral makes some tea for her husband and in-laws at her house in a village in Panipat, India
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Adriana Peral makes some tea for her husband and in-laws at her house in a village in Panipat, India, and sweeps the outside
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Home comforts: Adriana Peral makes some tea for her husband and in-laws, left, and sweeps the courtyard , right, at her house in a village in Panipat, India, during a typical day as a housewife
 
Mrs Kumar - who admits she had plenty of relationships back in the U.S., but had never found true love - began talking with Mukesh, sixteen years her junior, on the social networking site in February.
Over the next few months the pair grew closer, until one evening Mukesh unexpectedly called.
She explained: 'Mukesh declared his love to me right there and then on the phone. I didn't know how to react, and at first just laughed it off.
'But after we talked some more, I realised he was serious and so I said if you win my heart, I will consider marrying you. We spoke for around three more weeks and it was during that time I decided I wanted to move to India to be with him.'

 
Change of pace: Adriana Peral stands beside a cow at the front yard of her house in a village in Panipat, India, as she gets used to a rural existance
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Change of pace: Adriana Peral stands beside a cow at the front yard of her house in a village in Panipat, India, as she gets used to a rural existance
Adriana Peral
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Adriana Peral stands in front of the bed room of her house in a village in Panipat, India
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Culture shock: Adriana Peral stands in front of house old Californian home, left, and outside the bed room of her house in a village in Panipat, India, right
 
Leaving behind her 25-year-old daughter Lucy Cortez was a heart-wrenching moment, with many friends and family fearing for her safety in India. 
 
Mrs Kumar, whose parents moved to the U.S. from Mexico, said: 'When I walked in and told everyone I had decided to leave and move to India, they were in complete shock.
'My daughter was crying, she was in floods of tears. She was worried something bad would happen to me. 
 
'She said India was unsafe for women. I had to turn to her and reassure her everything would be alright.
Hard work: Adriana Peral has left the creature comforts of an electronic dishwasher behind as she does the dishes by hand at her house in a village in Panipat, India,
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Hard work: Adriana Peral has left the creature comforts of an electronic dishwasher behind as she does the dishes by hand at her house in a village in Panipat, India,
Youthful: A young Adriana Peral, suns herself on a beach in Merced, California
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Youthful: A young Adriana Peral, suns herself on a beach in Merced, California
'Some people thought Mukesh was a fake, an online scam and that he didn't really exist. I can't describe the moment I finally saw him at the arrivals gate at Indira Gandhi airport - it was a big relief to finally see him in person.'
But she admits nothing had prepared her for the culture shock she was about to experience.
Her new home was a modest farm house in Popran, a large village over 30 minutes drive from the nearest town.
Mrs Kumar found the family used cow pat cakes, made by drying out the excrement of the families herd, as fuel.
And with no inside toilet, a bucket for a shower and cows roaming around the communal area, the lack of amenities was tough to adapt to.
Day to day: Adriana Peral gets on with the  chores at home in her new front yard - a far cry from the Californian house
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Day to day: Adriana Peral gets on with the chores at home in her new front yard - a far cry from the Californian house
Home from home: Adriana Peral, pictured with her husband Mukesh Kumar while enjoying their lunch at their house in a village in Panipat, India, says she has no regrets about leaving California
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Home from home: Adriana Peral, pictured with her husband Mukesh Kumar while enjoying their lunch at their house in a village in Panipat, India, says she has no regrets about leaving California
She added: 'When I first stepped off the plane it was a complete culture shock.
'It is stricter here - women have to cover up more.
'In Haryana many people live off the land, there are few basic amenities. We cook on a stove which is outside, and my living room doubles as the place where we store the cows at night.
'We sometimes use the bull and cart to ride around, and the toilet is a communal one. The shower is just a bucket in a closet sized room with a hole in the floor.
'If people back home could see where I am living they would think I am crazy.
'At first it was a real struggle, but soon you realise you don't need a fancy toilet or power shower to be happy.'
One of the biggest challenges, says Adriana, was being accepted among the largely impoverished locals.
Adriana Peral, during her younger days in Merced, California
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Adriana Peral stands at the balcony of her house in a village in Panipat, India
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Then and now: Adriana Peral, pictured during her younger days in Merced, California, left, now lives in a remote rural village in India, where she has adopted the lifestyle of a traditional Indian housewife, right
 
Family: Adriana Peral and her mother-in-law Bimla Devi share a moment together at the front yard of their house in a village in Panipat, India
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Family: Adriana Peral and her mother-in-law Bimla Devi share a moment together at the front yard of their house in a village in Panipat, India
 
Home: Adriana Peral shares this home in a village in Panipat, India, with husband Mukesh Kumar
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Home: Adriana Peral shares this home in a village in Panipat, India, with husband Mukesh Kumar
Mrs Kumar, who immediately ditched her favoured high heels and adopted sandals, saree and headdress, said: 'Foreigners are rarely seen in the villages here, and wherever I went a crowd would develop all wanting to catch a glimpse of this outsider.
'Over time I began to get used to it. It was a bit like being a celebrity, but they have accepted me as one of their own now.
'A big part of that was dressing like they do and trying to speak some Hindi. In the U.S. I loved wearing high heels and dressing up for a night out at a club with my friends, but here things are more low key.
'You can't get any of the make-up I'm used to using and women generally don't apply much of it anyway, it is an unnecessary cost.
'The locals respond when you try and fit in and live as they live.'
In November 2013 Mukesh and Adriana tied the knot in a traditional Hindu ceremony, which made headlines in India's national Hindi language media.
The event was a major occasion within the conservative community too - where women are still often expected to be doting housewives upon marriage and normally wed within their own religion and caste.
Culture: Adriana Peral and Mukesh Kumar celebrate their wedding in Panipat, India, in traditional style
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Culture: Adriana Peral and Mukesh Kumar celebrate their wedding in Panipat, India, in traditional style
Bull power: Adriana Peral and her husband Mukesh Kumar enjoy a buffalo cart ride through the fields near their village in rural India
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Bull power: Adriana Peral and her husband Mukesh Kumar enjoy a buffalo cart ride through the fields near their village in rural India
Leg power: Adriana Peral, works out in the gym in Merced, California
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Leg power: Adriana Peral, works out in the gym in Merced, California
Mukesh, who speaks broken English, but is learning from his new wife, said: 'Adriana is a good wife. 
 
'She is always doing housework and if my mum is doing dishes she say, "No, I want to do - it is my job".
'I am very happy to marry with her. It is true love.'
Crucially for Mrs Kumar, her mother-in-law Bimla Devi, 70, has given the pair her blessings - and even endorsed her housewife skills.
Speaking in Hindi, Bimla said: 'I am happy my son married a foreigner. She respects me. If he had married a girl from our village, she would probably not have respected me as much as Adriana does.
'She works all the house too, I like her a lot.'
Bedtime reading: A hindi version of The Bible is seen along with some traditional make-up items at Adriana Peral and Mukesh Kumar's bedroom
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Bedtime reading: A hindi version of The Bible is seen along with some traditional make-up items at Adriana Peral and Mukesh Kumar's bedroom
The couple now plan to have children together and build a family in India, but Adriana isn't ruling out returning to the US one day.
She said: 'I am actually planning to have children with Mukesh and my mother-in-law even wants me to have two.
'I get on really well with all the family, Mukesh's brothers and sisters, his uncles - they have all taken me to their hearts.
'If I could bring the American food and luxuries here it would be perfect. But one day we would like to return to America with our family.
'The people of India are very loving and this does feel like a second home now.'

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