There are fashions in tattooing, just like there are in clothing, hairstyles and most other items and one of the rising trends is flower tattoos. This has much to do with the fact that more and more women like tattoos nowadays than ever before especially in the West. The good things concerning flower tattoos is that you do not have to modify them if you become divorced and their meaning is not blatant...
Hindu End Of World BeliefsHindus believe that the world and its population goes through four reiterating cycles. These are the Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga. We are currently in the Kali Yuga, which is characterized by a wide-ranging deficiency of virtue. At the end of this era, Kali will judge everybody...
In my twenties I carried on reading books on philosophy and religion, but I tended towards Buddhism and Hinduism, which seemed very closely related to my family's spiritualist beliefs. I practiced yoga, but being physically lazyish by nature, I preferred the more esoteric exercises.I meditated. I used to not drink alcohol for 48 hours before the evening that I had sought permission to meditate; then I would exercise, bathe and lie down in a dimly lit room...
By the time I was a teenager, I had four younger brothers, the youngest of whom was eight years younger than I and I was trusted to look after them for short periods during the daytime on the weekends, which gave my Mum a little more time to get out of the house. Therefore, I presume, there was no longer any need to take me and my next brother to church on Friday nights to give her a rest...
I was born in 1954, the first child of my parents, who later had five more children, four of whom were still alive into adulthood. My parents seldom went out together: my father worked and my mother took care of us all and the home. When I was six, seven or eight, my Dad used to take me to church with him on a Friday night, presumably to give my mother a bit of a break...
If you are not a Catholic, you may not understand the significance of a string of Catholic rosary beads. This is because a Catholic's rosary beads are an aid to prayer and penance. It is because of this that Catholic rosary beads have the same number of beads all over the world. The beads are ticked off as the prayers are recited...
It is a common fact that more people used to go to church than they do now - in the West at least - and it is another well-known fact that it tends to be the older people who go to church, perhaps because they want to hedge their bets before it gets too late. Well, now the Baby Boomers are getting old, so does that mean that the Western religions will see a revitalization?It is also a fact that people have got used to travelling away from their place of birth to find a job, which has been made easier by a better road and rail network, better public transport and cheaper cars, so lots of people might find themselves in an region, where they have been for years, but where they do not know traditional institutions like the churches...
Buddhism was begun by the adherents of Siddhartha Gautama (circa 563-483 BC). He was born into a Hindu family of the kshatriya caste in what is now known as Nepal. At the age of 29, he left his wife and infant son and went in search of enlightenment.He achieved enlightenment some time later whilst sitting under a bodhi tree near Patna...
Hinduism is a complicated blend of polytheistic religion, a (belief in numerous gods, rather like the Greek and the Roman deities) and philosophy. It originated from Vedism, which dates back to the second millennium before Christ. It is not astounding therefore that many sects have developed or broken away from a faith of this age...
Without any trace of a doubt at all, St Valentine’s Day is the most special day of the year for lovers. Although numerous people contend that St Valentine’s Day is just a commercialized holiday created for the reason of encouraging people to purchase cards, flowers and gifts. On the other hand, there are others who do not care how St Valentine’s Day began and are just pleased to have a day when they can plan a romantic day with the one they love...
