Sunday, March 29, 2020

Book Review: 'The Rise of Yogamaya' by Vidya Shankar - You are Mother of your thoughts and evolved self! Thank you

A poet is the one who emotes her every thought into words.  Poets bring in life to the thoughts and blossom as words with meaning.  Only poets can understand the real meaning and how it reflects to their own lives...its all ups and downs...learning and teachings..beautifully woven into the verses 

Vidya....Your 'The Rise of Yogamaya' is a true reflection of you.    Several of women who fight life in their own way and find solace in the poetic verses.  

Each poem in the book reflects various dimensions of life you have experienced.  It reflects how we become a Krishna, the infinite.     

Motherhood is no doubt a blessing..but it is not the end of womanhood.. or more specially of being what you are as a woman.  I could feel your pain and experiences that you have beautifully evolved from.    You are truly a great Mother...to your thoughts..to yourself own new self and to this amazing book of yours.   I bow to the amazing motherhood in you that reflects in the consciousness to spread awareness again mental illness issues.   As you become the mother to your new 'YOURSELF'.   Truly, I would like to dedicate my poem 'Finding Her' to you!

I echo the words '  Every Time I look at fear in the face,  Life happens to me.'  The story shared by your Yoga Guru Sri. Swami Shivarishi,  of how we forget to water the roots of the plant and keep dusting the leaves...is true need of the hour for each one of us.  There are plenty of pages, you made me pause, keep underlining the lines I loved keeping note of it.

'It was in her silence that she heard His Love;. That she saw HIS infinite Grace.
....many a time in our quest and hurry to find love forever, we speak million words that are meaningless where as we can find depth of loves in sheer stillness or silence...

'the ending running into the beginning'......how reflective this is to the truth of life...in every end there is a beginning and every beginning will one day come to an end!

'The Strength of her femaleness,  The beauty of Liberation, and the love for herself, she discovered she was poetry.'.    This is a perfect tribute to the amazing poet in you.   Respect

Amidst every page, the quotes on 'What Say you on Mental Health?'  makes this a perfect awareness guide to mental health awareness.  Kudos to you for speaking up for this cause.   Not many can do what we are doing and that is the strength of us I guess

Even showing Puthanai....and her liberation, you have showed that with Lord Krishna,  even a demonic woman can transform towards moksha....

Blue Baby's special Mother is a great tribute, showing ' Genuine in love, fierce n caring, Deep in compassion, ardent in patience, only such a mother of special strength'...

How Dare you?  If a great way of telling how we have to be conscious about her environment.  Kudos to you for bringing this up.

'Its because of you that I have come to believe,  I have magic inside of me, and like you, emanate
This magic to a longing world where, Age, Gender, ability, prosperity stands no discrimination. -  My book, my little love.  is deeply showing  the fact that 'You Love me with No pretense'

You touched me with the 'Jasmine Love' for the one flowers that I am dearly fond of ..and I keep telling my family, that be lay me in the bed of jasmines, in case I die...that is the fondness of mine towards the fragrant jasmines....  truly its not every memory of a lost love that re-lived in time and again

Your absence at my window,  a vaccum create -    means to the emotions that dearly mean..when we miss someone whom we truly love.   The pining threads of a languishing heart!

Truly,  ' I always am!    As life moves through me , I always am!   This is beautiful.   

The ending Uni-Verse  what speaks about 'What is the supreme infinite without the minuscule finite...
The undaunted truth that is love!'    Truly a tribute to the real love

Thank you for this amazing book of poems....You emerged as Draupadi.. a Krishna,  a Kodai..  a Mother.   

Keep your poetry flowing..may all your struggles for ever end as you keep evolving..may you find love in yourself and those around you who truly love you.   May our tribe of heartfelt poets increase...May you shine and spread the message of mental health...God bless you and Shankar

I am truly happy I found a friend in you.  Thank you Vidya.  God bless you .