Q: I had chickenpox twice in life time at the age of 33. Please give me light of knowledge about this virus. Why do people have it twice or more times in their life? First my four year daughter had, and then I had. I wanted to know why people say it is Mata, if it is Mata which is giving the virus, why is that. Sometimes I get scared of Maa if she gets angry then one may get this virus.

A: Pratibha Arya, please wake up we are in 21st century and all these mumbo-jumbo which is spread by these ignoramus people is just false. Mata doesn’t give virus to anyone. Mata is not a virus, Mata is a Devi, Mata is a Shakti, it is a power, it is Jiwani shakti, the immunity with which you come out of all diseases, it is the Shakti with which your body is functioning and your body is in constant process of making & remaking new cells & tissues in your body.

Please don’t listen to all those fools who consider chickenpox as a Mata. Chickenpox is not a Mata. I know about it, I remember actually in my childhood, once I got this chickenpox and my mother took me to the temple, she offered the black gram & Gur (Jaggary), and red Chunee to Mata and she made us little kids pray Mata that Mata please go away.

And I was really bewildered about this as I had heard, about calling Mata to come to our homes & hearts but never asking her to go away. Well, if it is Mata then let her stay with us & I couldn’t understand at that time as I was hardly six or seven years old. But this is what even I have heard many-many times from many people and it is just foolish; I can only say this much.
Please take good care of yourself & may be you just need to make your immunity stronger. So have more Amla powder, grind the Amla at your home. Have more Amla, drink good nutritious drinks, eat good nutritious food, do Yoga Asana and make your body strong. No virus will ever hurt you.