‘Navratri’ and Professional Takeaways!!

‘Navratri’ and Professional Takeaways!!

Hello friends!!

Here comes a new boon of positivity to all aspirants.

 

The festival of Navratri is commencing tomorrow. This festival signifies good succeeding over evil and therefore this festival embraces supreme prominence, with a nine days long celebration of ‘Shakti’ of Maa...the Goddess Durga. The interesting fact that today’s blog article refers to ‘Navratri’ has a reason that follows…..

 

Sometimes the negative environment around us makes us full of toxic thoughts that we carry throughout a day and in turn get clutter of negativities in our mind that in turn has many ill effects on our body.

 

Let us learn to stay positive this ‘Navratri’ and train our brains to be optimistic and calm. Let us worship Maa Durga to relieve ourselves from the feelings of laziness, depression and raise ourselves as an evolutionary and cheerful soul.

 

This is an honest attempt to relate ‘Navratri’ with our journey as a professional. This article is an attempt to understand the significance of ‘Navratri’ celebrations with 'Nine avtars' of Goddess Durga who is universal source of power.

 

Every day of ‘Navratri’ holds a special meaning. The nine days and their relevance in our life will bring feelings of joy, satisfaction, success and prosperity to our lives. So here is the list of nine different ‘Avtar’ of Maa Durga and significance of their celebrations:

 

Day 1: Maa Shailputri

The Goddess represents awakening power, the Goddess signifies start point of discipline.

Professional Takeaways

Let us worship first day by becoming aware of our own capabilities and skills. Personal awakening starts with self-evaluation. Let us assess our technical knowledge and hidden skills. Let us examine our flexibility to learn new technology and upgrade ourselves with personal traits that make us distinguishable from others.

 

Day 2: Maa Brahmacharini

Maa Bramhacharini is divine radiant and majestic deity. Her quiet appearance embraces Tapa and hard penance. She bestows freedom from anger and desires, greed, delusion, arrogance and envy.

Professional Takeaways

Let us learn to be selective with our battles. Let us learn to control our anger and emotions and try to avoid sins during anger. Let us equip ourselves with the supernatural ability to forgive those who hurt us and move on. May our hearts stripped with anger get re-filled with joy.

 

Day 3: Maa Chandraghata

She is also known as Chandrakhanda, Chandika or Rannchandi. Her third eye is always open. She is always ready for war against demons.

Professional Takeaways

Let us pray for bravery and courage. Ask Maa for relief from physical sufferings. May her grace shower upon us the power to tackle every trial in our life and make us sustain as gold. Let us always keep ourselves ready to grasp new technologies dynamically. Let us adapt ability to take right decisions at right time in life.

 

Day 4: Maa Kushmanda

Maa Kushmanda produced the cosmic egg with her smile and removed darkness from the universe. Her power and strength embraces luminosity to the Sun. She is considered as a source of directions to the Sun God, Surya.

Professional Takeaways

Let us worship her to lead a change from within. Let us trap worth our time and energy to understand our authority and reputation to make ourselves capable for facing challenges. Let us inculcate in us the ability to focus on solutions rather than on problems.

 

Day 5: Maa Skandmata

Maa Skandamata on fifth day is worshiped for Removal of negativity. She showers the prosperity and wealth on her devotes. She bestows her divine energy and fulfills the need of her worshipers so that they can lead a serene and contented life ahead.

 

Professional Takeaways

Let us look at positive people as they stay firm in the deepest of darkness in their lives, and evolve as the strongest, and the brightest source of inspiration. May all the negativity in our life is training ground and let us learn to love this life without any complaint.

Day 6: Maa Katyayani

Maa Katyayani on sixth day signifies accomplishment of mind, body and soul on pure dedication to the Goddess. She grants the wishes of her devotees and helps them achieve the impossible. She blesses her devotees with good health and great wealth simultaneously.

Professional Takeaways

Let us employ our entire mind to step towards brilliance. Let us employ our heart to step towards excellence. Let us employ our soul to step towards nobleness. Let us employ our mind, heart, and soul as a step towards grandness.

 

Day 7: Kaalratri

Maa Kalratri, is the greatest conqueror of anger and illusion.

Professional Takeaways

Let us try to remove anger from the roots and limit our ego.  Let us bow down to seek wisdom and may bestow your divine protection to us. The first key to success is self-control, particularly the management of ego, so swallow your pride, you and lead the world. Keep up the good work and one day people will recognize you.

 

Day 8: Mahagauri

The eighth day is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati who is the store house of wisdom. She is the supreme source of knowledge, idolized by her children to receive the knowledge of Truth.

Professional Takeaways

Being a researcher requires inspiration and constant commitment. Maintaining a high level of intensity of research can be extremely difficult. Therefore let us constantly remind ourselves that we have to achieve our goals even if our mind is distracting us from it.

 

Day 9: Siddhidaatri

Goddess Siddhidatri blesses us to be able to focus on Perfection, accomplishment and Perseverance. She bestows the virtues of curiosity and openness to new experiences.

Professional Takeaways

Perfection, accomplishment and Perseverance are the key attributes of a successful researcher. With curious minds even a raw research idea can lead to inadvertent discoveries and amazing outcomes that benefit society and change the world. So let us be curious and see and see where it accelerates us. Goddess Siddhidatri also regulates our emotions and develop a strong sense of social responsibility that could be cultivated to evolve as a researcher.

 

Dear all, these divine days are full of holy thoughts and positivity. These days bring a balance in life as devotees and a professional. It connects us to our inner spiritual side. May this ‘Navratri’, Maa removes all obstacles and defects in our lives.

 

Furthermore, this festival signifies to the prominent battle between Maa Durga and demon ‘Mahishasura’ and celebrates the victory of Good over Evil. We too in our lives are endlessly fighting with evil things and negativity. Let us look at the ‘Navratri’ period practically and cherish the significant virtues that Maa confer on us!!

 

Have a great day and happy researching!!