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Wondering how to block negative energy at home?   As a child, I used to watch my mother and my aunts light the evening nilavilakku every day. In those days, OTT platforms and TV channels were mostly absent. Today, I appreciate and respect their unwavering routine, their deep reverence for Sandhya Vandanam or prayers at the time of sunset and their Bhakti. [ Connect on Facebook ]  [Subscribe to Madhura Aksharam podcast ] According to Jyothish Shastra, which is revered as the ancient Vedic science, our homes are not just physical spaces, but energy fields that can nurture or deplete us. Just as we have daily baths to cleanse our bodies, it is essential to purify our living spaces and to ensure a flow of positive energy. [ READ: How do you light Deepam and Best time to light Diya ] Blocking negative energy is a daily essential practice for your well-being.  How do I remove negative energy in my home? Open your windows every morning . Let the Sun's energy cleanse it. T...

You think you have all that it takes to reach the most important milestones that you have set for yourself. You have planned everything, done the work that is needed to get you (in the logical scheme of things) to reach exactly where you want to be in life and yet, surprise! Your plans go for a toss!  You feel that every relationship you worked hard at has also flown out of the window before you could even say, "Hey, what's happening?"  It happens all the time. So, does it help to cry, scream, shout names and tear your hair out over it? Not really. But there's one thing that helps - stay calm, don't panic. Nothing that has happened was ever in your control. There is always a greater force that tosses our carefully laid out plans into some wild, remote place. Not your fault. Not your failure. Tell yourself constantly, "I am at peace." Say it a hundred times if you have to. Maybe more.  The more you say th...