Opportunities knocking at the door, the golden door, the gateway to success... what's with the doors and the gates!?! Shri Guru Rajan ji sheds light on this aspect of house being a home.
Signified as the gateway for positive energy to enter the home, the main entrance of a house is immensely significant in Vastu Shastra.
A home is beyond a place to sleep, eat and safeguard your belongings. Packed with spiritual elements, your home is the comfort zone of your being wherein it perpetuates towards its true self and connects with the Divine.
Vastu shastra furnishes easy dos and don'ts to make your home pliable to happy energies and the instructions begin at the main door.
Paramashayika Mandala system talks about 32 different deities or energy fields in the outer perimeter of the Vastu Purusha Mandala. A main door on an energy field generates positive or negative effects as per on the nature of that deity.
Armouring your sanctuary from the heavy and negative external forces, you must fortify your home by strengthening the main entrance and you do so by adding and omitting certain features.
Well lubricated hinges of all the doors, especially the main door is a must so that it does not make a noise that disturbs the positive energy flow.
Installing a light outside the main door and keeping it lit, especially at the dusk and dawn dispels negative forces.
Allow the main door to open inwards in a clockwise manner (inwards towards the left) to allow the frictionless flow of energy into the property.
Let the frontal area of your home have an uninterrupted flow of energy by not planting any sharp cornered object, pole that may cause dwaar vedh.
Avoid having a gas hob, burner of kitchen directly in front of the main door as it tends to burn away the opportunities and energy coming into your property.
And of course, let there not be any clutter (toilet, dustbin, garbage, drain) directly in front of the main door because the positive energies would get flushed / drained away.
Something Shri Guru Rajan Ji emphasizes on is 'Toran' that adorns the top of a two-shuttered door auspiciously opening on the inside.
From the Sanskrit term torana, that means to pass, Toran is made up of two parts: 'Pradakshina' - the entrance and 'Nirvana' - the exit.
Toran is the practice of adorning the door of hone with leaves and auspicious elements.
Mango tree and its leaves are home to Goddess Lakshmi, Gandharva, Govardhan and the God of Fertility.
Loved by God Murugan as He instructed the devotees to string green mango leaves and hang above their main door as it symbolises a fruitful harvest and overall well-being.
The importance of tying a garland of mango leaves may be traced back to Lord Ganesha and Lord Murugan, who loved mangoes and are pleased with the presence of any part of the tree.
Ashok means without sadness. Likewise, the leaves of ashoka tree when stringed in a kalava and tied atop the main door, justify its name and keep at bay any stress causing circumstances besides filling the home with joy and harmony.
