MENSTRUAL UNTOUCHABILITY

This is another dictum that women are following in day to day due to the impact of society. There is a lot of prejudice against menstruation in spirituality. What is the real reason behind? Well said by “SADHGURU”-

“We can’t have menstrual cycles spiritually, it is only physiological one”. Many women have been facing those sweeping statements, isn’t it? While if we dig deep “Menstrual cycle is a form of purity birth” and if one states its impure then who came from the birth is also impure right?

In this modern world, everyone passes an assertion but, do not know the reason behind it. Agreed?

We have come a long way from sleeping on mats-bed, cast-cast off. Yet women are still encountered with a degree of untouchability.

Off from:

Pickles

Pujas/Temple’s

Meditation

Kitchen

Visting next door and what not?

To all the reader’s out there forget, about today’s situation of how women are handling her body, mind and works. Look back decades ago menstrual cycle is a period where women were kept off from their regular base since their sanitary facilities, her kind of works(cooking for 13ppl) each session was at a different level those days. So, they raised a voice to keep women protected, taken care of at that duration. Isn’t it a wonderful thing?

Don’t think of today decades ago these things where the steps to help our women. But, over a period somebody made a discriminatory process and it's been carried forward till date. Off from temples but should serve love, off from touching pickles but should keep cooking all day right?

There are many temples that kept women off irrespective of their cycle. Yes, it’s “Sani Shignapur and Sabarimala”. These restricted women at age 10 to 50 to enter the temple borders. Later after 50yrs of battle, it allowed women entry. Once I read an article about “A women being meditating during her periodic cycle is a valid statement or not”?

Not everything down the hysterical line should be blindly accepted as right. The following statement was revealed by “Maharishi Ramana”, to his lady disciple “Suri Nagamma”. A day prior to Maharishi’s birthday Nagamma got her periods. She was greatly distressed as could not attend Maharishi Ramana’s birthday and many visits at the Ashram and be a part in the meditation and she put herself in seclusion due to her regular cycle on her body. As she didn’t turn up at the Ashram at the usual hour, “Ramana” sent “Subbaramayya” a devotee, to enquire the reason for her absence. He visited Nagamma and this lady explained her predicament. Subbaramayya said few words in consolation and returned to the Ashram. On seeing him Maharishi asked the reason. Subbaramayya explained that she is disappointed and distressed. On listening to his words he replied “Why? Why should she feel sorry?”

She can sit and meditate said from Ramana’s observations. And Nagamma says that in her book too that “There is no refrain from the practice of meditation during under such circumstances”. What is really important is to get rid of the “impurity’s of mind”. Periods are not a case of impurity and it doesn’t offend god in any way. What matters to God is the extent devotee has cleansed mind of from impure thoughts, selfishness, laziness, greed etc. So, do allow women in her comfort zone and never drop a restriction when she is a need of you.