Taylor Calvert

Hello, I am the great god shiva! I am the mountain mendicant! My wife Parvati is the mountain princess. I not sure what I would with out her. We have two beautiful sons names Ganesha and Kartikeya. Today just so happens to be a big day for the both of them! Kartikeya has been super energetic and excited about the race today. Ganesha however, has not seemed too worried about losing against his brother. They both are competing for the biggest mango in our country. A mango has spiritual significance in our religion. The mango represents prosperity and happiness. Which ever one of my sons win this race will be one of the happiest and successful person in our village. Every year the people of our village hosts this race for one family. This year we were lucky to be chosen. The start of the race will begin when the sun is at the peak of the sky. My wife and I started to prepare our sons for the race. My wife prepared a healthy meal for us and we spent quality time together be...

In the beginning of Seven Secrets from Hindu Calendar Narayan's Secret, they show a picture of Narayan waking up. When Narayan wakes up the call this the moment that the world becomes into being. Narayan is known as a great and when he sleeps the world does not exist. I find that a bit extreme. It made sense whenever the video talked about the urgency for the Greeks to be heroes, the Christians to be saved and the Muslims to surrender to their god. The urgency is there because these religions do not believe in re-birth. Therefore, they all feel the need to be accomplished in the eyes of their god while they are here on earth. However, Hindus believe in re-birth!  I find it interesting that Narayan sleeps on an ocean of still milk. Narayan is quite powerful in the world of Hindu gods. The milk represents possibilities and all things emerge from the milk when Narayan opens his eyes. What I am understanding from the video is when Narayan sleeps all things are still and do not exi...

The beginning of this video starts off by showing an image of Shivas family. Shiva was known as a mountain mendicant. His wife is the Goddess Parvati who is a mountain princess. They had two children one named Ganesha who has a head of an Elephant and Kartikeya who holds a spear. While watching the video I could not help but to wonder why Kartikeya was holding a spear and why Ganesha head is a head of an elephant. Like the video says, some may find it hard to accept that hindus have different gods and goddesses. I think it is weird that the gods and goddesses have different physical characteristics, such as the elephant head and four arms. I also agree with what the video was saying about Hinduism and their different gods. I don't understand how they worship so many different gods but that it is normal to them because that is all they know. As I was listening to the video, I wondered what is the significance behind a mango. The mango is what Kartikeya and Ganesha raced around the...

It was Senior year at Chocolate High, two weeks before Prom night. I was not at all in any way apart of the popular crowd but I had a few good friends, teammates and of course some haters. There was always typical High School drama. How could there not be drama with the different clicks in High School. There were the blacks, whites, hispanics, athletes, band geeks, cheerleaders and many more. The few weeks before prom, the tension was rising. I can remember there was  great excitement too because there was  not always a prom night at Chocolate High. My senior year was the first year Chocolate High had a prom. The three other High schools had prom nights for years but Chocolate High did not. They said Chocolate High used to have a prom night but it caused so much drama that they stopped having prom night. Therefore, everyone was so excited to find out who will be Prom King and Queen. I was also excited but I knew I would never be selected to be on Prom court. However, it actual...

Why the  Owl is Not the King of Birds is a relatable story in my opinion. I am choosing this story to focus in because it reminded me of a high school prom situation. The birds realized that there was not a king for the birds but there are kings for fish, humans, and beasts. The Crows and the Owls never got along with each other. Therefore, the owls and the crows did not get a long. The birds decided that the owl should be the king and the crow threw a fit. In result of that, the birds made the turtle dove the king of the birds.  In my retelling of the story I want to create a high school scene between the crow and the owl. I think is t would be a pretty cool idea to have a drama filled background story to why the crow and owl dislike each other. I am thinking about having the story lead up to Prom night. There we will see what bird shall be king of all birds ! I think bird drama sounds pretty funny.  King Owl Bibliography:  Wh...

This week I have decided to continue the Jatakas Tales! The story that is most interesting to me is the "Measure of Rice story". I like this story for many reasons. The main reason is, I liked how to horse dealer "checked" the new valuer. In the story the king was feeling greedy and wanted to make more wealth. However, the people of the town and the horse dealer was not as naive as he thought they were going to be. The king went out and got a new valuer. The new valuer was a poor man and he wanted the new valuer to increase the value of everything so he can gain more wealth. However the horse dealer went to the old valuer for advice and he went to question the new valuer in front of the king. The new valuer ended up getting showed up by his questions and ran away from the crowd of people laughing at him. In my retelling of the story I want to create the same thing except from a Chocolaty perspective. I could have Willy Wonka turn into a money hungry boss. Willy Wonk...

This weeks Planning post is about Krishna and his mother. Krishna as a young child was always known as a trickster. However, I do not think Krishna was tricking anyone when he showed the whole universe inside of his mouth. How this came about was, Krishna was caught eating mud! The word soon got back to his mother and she told him to open his mouth. He hesitated but when he did, his mother saw the whole universe and fainted. She cried to Krishna asking him who is he? She then realized that her son is the supreme one! During my research I realized that they believe Krishna is the Supreme Vishnu! Yashoda is the name of Krishna's mother. Yashoda is a self-less mother. She also thought she gave birth to a daughter and not a son who is Krishna. I Like this story because It shows how powerful Krishna is. It is pretty unique how he reveals his strength to his mother. I couldn't imagine how shocking it is to know as a mother you birthed the Supreme Vishnu! Im not sure if I'm go...

Today I am continuing my series over Krishna and his childhood. As Krishna became older and older he began to love music. Krishna became really good at playing the flute. He memorized people with the way he played the flute and they would surround him dancing. While playing his flute, Krishna had his eye on one person. Her name was Radha. She had the purest heart! Krishna and Radha grew up together so they already shared a special bond. The interesting part is Radha was tested by the Gopies to see how faithful she was to Krishna. They told her to drink warm milk and with out hesitation she drank the milk. Instead of the milk scorning her tongue, Krishna's tongue grew to have blisters on it! The only way for his tongue to heal was by the help of Radha. In my retelling of the story, I can write a chocolaty love story. Krishna and Radha Bibliography: Radha's Love

This week I have decided to continue my journey on Krishna life. I will be watching Krishna's epified series. I want to focus on Krishna's mouth. One day Yashoda heard that Krishna was eating mud. As a parent I would be quite surprised and appalled if I heard my son was eating mud. Yashoda then went and found Krishna and asked him to open up his mouth. Krishna hesitated. However, when Krishna did open his mouth. Krishna's mother saw everything! She saw the sun, moon, stars, the different worlds and different creatures. In my next story telling, I think it would be pretty hard to incorporate this story and the chocolatey theme that I have. However, anything is possible I just have to get a little creative! I was thinking I could have Krishna sneak into the chocolate factory and start eating all the chocolate in the laboratory and then his mom finds out! It would be pretty interesting to see how Krishna would sneak past the Oompa-Loompas! Image Info :  Inside Krishnas...

One Fish  Two Fish  Pink Fish  Red Fish Black Fish  Green Fish Big Fish Small Fish Hm! This Fish needs water  This Fish needs a bath Say! Let me take you to a pond To feel the waters raft!  How will you get me there? A Crane carrying a Fish is rare.  I will take  One Fish  Two Fish  Pink Fish  Red Fish  In my bill for heavens sake! I know of a pond The water is high not low It is somewhere safe to go I do not believe you A Fish in a Cranes bill does not make sense It sounds like a Cranes Perfect wish! I will not eat you! I will bring you to the pond And bring you back To tell the others too! Off went the crane with One Fish Two Fish Three Fish Whoops! They are gone! The Cranes stomach was full All the Fish made him drool He flew back to find more Nearby He found a crab on the shore The crab said Where did all the fish go? Those are my friends I need...

For my second reading this week, I decided to continue the Jatakas Tales! While I was reading the different stories I found myself most interested in the story about the Crane and the Crab. The Crane is quite the trickster in this story. However, the Crab came out on top! In my retelling of the story I think it would be cool to do a Dr.Seuss thing because of how the crane took the fish one by one to the pond that really wasn't there. I can hear my story now. Lol! 1 fish, 2 fish, 3 fish, FOUR! Unfortunately, they all died. Then the Crane stumbled upon the Crab. The Crab did not let him get away with such terrible actions. He was more of a trickster than the Crane! I cannot wait to start this story because I am going to deviate away from my chocolaty theme.                                                                   ...