One needs self-confidence which is the foundation and this leads to self-satisfaction, which are the walls. It should be protected by the roof called self-sacrifice. Previously there were no tents or such shelters. There were only houses, which had small doors. There is a reason to build small doors. Whoever comes to our house should be humble and respectful: while entering the house, everyone has to bend and come, which signifies humility. For all the relatives who come for marriage, small houses were built and decorated with green leaves. Even the rich used to cover and decorate the house with green leaves. But now they use leaves. There is a reason why they used green leaves in the olden days. Because of the huge crowds during the marriage, a lot of carbon dioxide is exhaled which is absorbed by the green leaves. In addition to this, they used to sprinkle cow dung water in front of the house, and decorate the floor with rice flour with different designs. Modern people criticize such practices as uncultured, but this is not true. The rice flour patterns and designs on the floor in front of the house besides being decorative also serves, as food for ants and such other insects and the cow dung water mix spray will keep away poisonous insects from the premises of the house.

All the ancient practices contain such implicit meaning and uses. At this juncture one important aspect has to be mentioned. When a woman was pregnant, she used to be brought back to her mother’s house. They used to send her to her husband, 5-9 months after the delivery. At the mother-in-law’s house, she will be burdened with household chores that are not good for her. Whereas in her mother’s house, she will not be required to work and will be provided with whatever she likes. In the ninth month, they do ‘Seemantham‘. Why do they do all these things? The intention is that she should not have any confusion or depression. The mother’s confusion and depression may result in the child’s confusion or depression because of internal physiological relations. If the mother is happy, the child will also be happy. After 5 or 9 months, the child will get used to the new environment. But now, it is not happening so. The woman will be in her husband’s house and she will become pregnant again even before the first child is two or three months old.

Nowadays ladies go to see movies when they are pregnant. On seeing movies, they get loving thoughts and subsequently the child also thinks so. So cinematic children are generated. Previously it was not so. The pregnant women used to listen to Ramayana, Markandeya Charitra or Prahlada Charitra. By listening to such good things, the child also becomes good. This theory was rejected by scientists. Voltman did research in this area. In the Mahabharata, Subhadra’s child (in the womb) listened to Padmavyuha as told by Arjuna who was unaware that the child was listening. Voltman took a pregnant woman and started giving her apple juice injections daily. After the baby was born, the baby drank only apple juice. He took another pregnant woman who was poor and started telling her all bad things like polyandry and all. Finally she gave birth to a girl child.

This girl started flirting with boys all the time. Hence our Indian culture is very sacred and its traditions are proven with experiments. For instance children are born due to the flirting nature of women in England. After the child is born, the mother sells it to a medical college for dissection. Is it a mother’s heart? Society is becoming valueless. Only in Indian culture is a mother’s heart existing.

Now boys and girls are educated. What is the meaning of education and what is the essence of it, and what is its aim? What you are studying is not true education. Since all of you are going to get married next year I will tell you something. As soon as you know that your wife is pregnant, send her to her mother’s house. Don’t hold her back. Otherwise both mother and child will become sick and unhealthy. So be careful and everything will be fine. There are secrets of nature. Students should incline towards spirituality even if they do not get proper education. Divinity is present everywhere. It is there in small things as well as in big things. (M, pp. 171-172)