Tag: environment and health friendly shanty home

Friends, in the previous post, we were seeing how nowadays the physical progress a man is making, his material, spiritual and natural sorrows are also increasing. All the vices of the mind are nearing their peak, and are ready to become demons and devour man. Also, that demon can be killed only by Kundalini Shakti. The meaning is clear that today human civilization is standing at that point, where only Kundalini Yoga can save it. I recently went on a trip to the mountains. Where there was such a cooler in the plains, in the mountains people were sleeping covered with quilts and blankets, and were getting heated by burning fire. All the seasons of the year could be seen within a day. Saw a wonderful sight. A local acquaintance was also found there. He has land at every prime location on its way from the depths of the river to the top of the mountain. He wanted to use that route as a tourist trekking route and to realize the fantasy of hut-like tourist rooms and flower gardens at the prime points of the track. Although it requires initial investment and manpower, but he wanted to do it cheaply and in a natural way so that the least artificial resources are used, and the risk in the business can be removed, because he appeared not more prosperous financially. This is often the case. Those who want to do it don’t have money and those with money can’t do it. He also practices Homeopathy and Naturopathy. He said that such patients and other people come to him every day, who spend up to four lakhs by going to a distant and expensive place like Goa to reduce their weight by 2 kg. So he says that he can lose their four kilos of weight just near to them and in much less time and money. But it is the same thing that people don’t even like 100% natural, some artificial construction has to be done to create attraction. Nowadays people have a great hunger to live in the midst of nature, because there is indiscriminate abundance of artificiality everywhere. There is just a shortage of those who serve properly to satisfy that hunger. Nevertheless, the horses of the mind can be made to fly. The biggest problem seems the decreasing graph of courtesy and discipline among the tourists day by day, the fear of anti-social elements remains separate. By the way, there is also a shortage of efficient tourism related staff to guide and serve them properly. Concrete forests are taking the place of the natural forests of the mountains. There seems to be little and insufficient control over the rising population. I found success in my tantric yoga practice leaving the big, grandiose and beautiful concrete mansion and in a small, old and dilapidated house built in a quiet area, allowing natural air, water and Sun to enter inside and having lovely harmless microorganisms and tiny lives like ants, lizards, cockroaches, wood and soil eating insects etc. Even snakes and scorpions live around meditative Shiva. Although it’s deadly extreme in case of us human beings. Of course my old house was also visited by bats and rats twice or thrice. The bats were chased away through the window with great difficulty because they cannot see. Then the holes and cracks in the walls were sealed with packing of envelopes etc., because they penetrate even through small spaces. Similarly, the rats also had to be driven away due to the fear of snakes. Its roof was not of RCC, but thin beams of RCC were laid at intervals. The gaps between the beams were covered with tiles, which rested on the beams on the both sides. There was a very thick layer of clay like smooth soil over the tiles. Tiles were then again joined together on top of the soil, so that rain water does not enter inside. The soil would have absorbed some leakage and evaporated it out. Due to this, the roof did not get too hot from the sun, and it did not get too cold in winter. See, things open up like layers of onion. Circumstances like darkness are the symbol of Muladhara. Under the influence of such an environment, the energy easily ascends to the Sahasrara, provided proper spiritual practice is done. That’s why Shiva lives in the crematorium. Perhaps it happened only later, because of the subtle and indirect force of the same magnificence, because the day feels good only after the night. Anyway, after spending more than one’s capacity on building, vehicle etc., or giving them unnecessary expansion, a man gets entangled in their maintenance and other worries, due to which he is not able to give enough time and energy to Yoga. Think, an average grand house is built for at least fifty lakh rupees. Putting this much money in the pension scheme, a pension of fifty thousand is made every month, for the whole life, and the principal amount of fifty lakhs remains safe as it is. There is no need to worry about earning for the whole life. Living comfortably in a shanty-like environment-friendly and health-friendly house, continue doing yoga with a blissful life and keep playing guitar. Playing the guitar is also a high-quality meditation, witnessing meditation. Many people take a loan from the bank, then by paying the installments, that house doubles, that is, costs around one crore. Many clever people borrow money from relatives or friends to avoid interest. Innocent people even give them loans, but forget the interest from them, they are unable to even recover the principal amount. Due to this, there is a rift in the relationship and friendship. Some people even grind their children in the mill of loans. The hobby of a fool’s house is very expensive. Ego also grows with grandeur, and when it is destroyed, it is also destroyed. Anyway, the old and raw concrete still seems to be alive and little breathing, it seems like suffocating in the strong and new concrete. The real life takes place in a house made of mud, that’s why nowadays people’s craze towards mudhouse is increasing. It is also earthquake resistant. Now-a-days many people are making pillars and lenter made of RCC, like an earthquake resistant net and keeping the walls wide with rammed soil, and providing sealing of wooden slabs under the lenter or asbestos sheets. Due to this, it is getting the double benefit of strength and naturalness. Natural looking, wide and breathable tiles can also be installed on the floor and on the walls upto two or three feet of the ground floor. The partition between the rooms can be made of thin or thick mud wall as per space available or wood instead of brick. Kitchen and washroom cum toilet can also be kept earthen and natural, provided tiles are fixed on the floor and on the working wall and shelf up to some height. I have been living comfortably for many years in this type of British-era luxurious and completely natural, made of mud and stone, about twenty feet height till the ceiling, environment friendly kothi means bungalow just like as shown in this post’s header image. Of course, tiles etc. have been added to it later. It had an iron sheet roof over its wooden plank ceiling. It is said that it is also of the same old age, no new one has been inserted. The electrical fittings on the mud walls were also rare to see. It looked like it might fall down, but we were not to hang onto it. In a house where even the walls breathe, the mind will do pranayama, yoga etc. on its own. Soil is also flexible, and yoga also has flexibility. Soil has the basic strength of the earth. It keeps the man balanced, controlled and practical while working for Muladhar Chakra. The danger of earthquake remains every moment. Mild tremors were felt again today. For a long time, these tremors are coming continuously, which can also be an indication towards some untoward incident. I pray to God with folded hands that this should not happen, of course if they want the excess and destructive energy of the earth may be spent in small tremors only. Don’t know why people ignore earthquake so much. Why do they believe that an earthquake cannot happen if they are there? They take care of everything while building houses but not earthquakes. Perhaps everyone considers the person who talks about earthquake to be a fool and a coward. Maybe it’s like death is real, but no one wants to talk about it. I also think that one of the reasons for this is that nowadays people are already very sad and upset in the world, maybe they consider the earthquake as the solution to all the problems unconsciously in the subconscious mind, but in practice it is a form of ignoring it. Would have given The qualities of a house definitely have an impact on the person living in it. The more solid and strong a house I see, the more solid and strong the ego of the people living in it seems. Soil is malleable and connected to the earth, hence the ego of the people living in it is raw and malleable, and they also appear to be down to earth, and less temperamental to me. This means that modern houses also have a big contribution in the downfall of today’s man. They pollute the environment a lot. It is believed that cement plays a major role in the emission of greenhouse gases. In fact, cement is very raw. It gets strength only by mixing iron bars etc. in it. For big buildings in cities or for big bridges, flyovers, dams, and other water storage bodies cemented structure is also necessary, but what is the need for common houses in villages, countryside or sparsely populated places, because there is no need for much strength. There it is being adopted like a sheep run or a fashion symbol. It also consumes more electricity and water. When it was first used in Switzerland to build huge dams, it was considered a national pride, and it was considered immortal. But later it came to be known that the maximum age of concrete is only 100 years. Where there is no constraint in the availability of land, a single storey house is sufficient. It also looks beautiful, and is also connected to the ground. I think that building a home more than one storey height in the mountains is an insult to the deity, because high mountains are the form of the deity. Anyway, there trees, plants and other natural views should be visible mainly, not man-made artificial structures like buildings etc. A principle of Vastu Shastra has come recently in my own experience, I have not read it anywhere. In an open and airy place, such a crossroad where opposite paths wear almost equal compositions, Kundalini starts functioning there. In fact, such an intersection makes a symbol like a swastika.