Indian citizen here, resident of Doha for last 20 years. Spend 6 months an year in the minimum in Doha. Left Doha in January, scheduled to return by mid April. Never in the last 20 years have I heard of or come across this kind of crisis that my heart almost breaks.
Praying for peace in the middle east, especially to my beloved second home Qatar with who we have grown in the past 2 decades. What a carefully nurtured country. So disciplined and orderly.
Praying for peace not only in Qatar but also in the entire gulf block including UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi.
I don’t want to discuss or debate who is right or who is wrong. The sheer terror and horror the residents there are experiencing is shattering my heart. You can’t be holding innocent masses to ransom. Millions of lives at stake.
I think its by sheer stroke of luck I am out of the war zone. You know something. I get strong intuitions probably due to my Mantra Japa sometimes. When I got into the car to go to Hamad International airport to catch my flight out of Doha this January, I got a strong and strange vibe that it could be my last. I am not just taken by surprise but also by shock that its proving to be true. My puja is still there in our flat sitting pretty. I disclosed this to none. I kept praying to my Devi that this should be a false alarm. But frankly I never anticipated any war in the region. I was worried about our health frankly. I took that intuitive warning as a personal thing as we are middle aged people. Rare my intuitive alerts could be, but mostly have proved true kind of.
Of course Sani peyarchi, the realignment/transit of sani/saturn has taken place in last 10 days. As a Hindu, I believe this would have tremendous ramifications not only in our personal lives but also in world politics. Luckily for some horoscopes, this is supposed to turn out good. Can give some kundalis growth and prosperity. But mostly the realignment is NOT good. In fact friends therefore are reciting ‘Kolaru Pathikam’ for this, praying for benign effects of the transition on their personal lives and economic situation. As an average middle class Indian, our concerns stop with that. In fact I had booked for a parihara puja for march 6th by last month end itself, in a Shiva temple in all our names. The exact transit date was 6th. After that, it was believed that things would start stabilizing gradually. Whether you believe or not in ancient Vedic Hindu astrology, whatever they predict seems to come true. 5-6 planets are realigning and these are believed to have tremendous effect on world politics. Throughout India therefore pujas have been going on to ward off the ill effects of this transition. Every transition shall have effect in all our lives. Every year we therefore make parihara pujas for planetary transitions in our temples.
A 4th dimension may open up for many between 2026-2030 as the number of the awakened/ enlightened may increase manifold throughout the world. Already predictions are there in Hindu astrology that 2026 is to be a very turbulent year. 2026-2030 will see many upheavals. For me and for my family in general as well as friends, whether it is sani dasha or kethu/rahu dasha or whatever, the predictions have by and large proved true in real life. May be not to 100% but to a substantial degree.
Those who have no belief in all this may dismiss all this as trivial and baseless.
Anyway I believe 100% in all this. Praying can have a positive effect on world peace. In a world full of violence and chaos, be someone to add positive aura to the atmosphere. That is what I do.
Holding Qatar within the protective aura of my staunch prayers and beliefs.
LOVE YOU QATAR. STAY STRONG. PRAYERS FROM INDIA.
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Have friends and family in middle east. None of us have anything to do with world politics or even local politics. We are the hardworking people of developing nations who came to middle east only for some tax free earnings. Breaks my heart to hear my friends’ hopelessness and sheer terror. At times they sound optimistic, at times they sound totally defeated. There is a heavily pregnant woman in my compound whose delivery date is nearing, and there are higher secondary children who missed their math exam this 9th (CBSE Board, Indian schools). In matter of days, the destiny of millions of those caught in crossfire is held to ransom by cruel fate. A couple of friends who dared to go for a walk to breathe fresh air in almost 10 days after the so-called ‘promise’ came scurrying back home after a few more drones/missiles got intercepted by the defence. They have vowed now never to venture back into the open. Folks are sleeping in living room floors foregoing bedrooms with windows. Pathetic. Easily it could have been my case.
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Some powerful shlokas and mantras to recite during this critical period, for world peace (if you cannot chant, play in you tube):
Lalitha Sahasranama
Vishnu Sahasranama
Siva Puranam
Kanda Sashti Kavacham
Kolaru Pathikam
and of course the one and only
DEVI MAHATMYAM
Dear Hindus/Indian, keep praying intensely for world peace to prevail and to save lives.
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