It is believed that during Navratri, the Goddess principle is very active. Chanting ‘Sri Durga Deviyai Namaha’ during this period will grant immense spiritual benefit. Continue reading
865 – Mantras to chant during Navratri
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831 – Namaste International Women’s Day
Live in the presence of the Divine Mother. Close your eyes and visualize nature. Nature with her diamond, dazzling stars, the milky way, the flowers, the birds, clouds, mountains, sky – the countless beauties of creation – is the Divine Mother. In nature you behold the divine aspect of God, which is the mother. It is full of human kindness, beauty, gentleness and kindness. The beauty in the world bespeaks the creative motherly instinct of God, and when we look upon all good in nature, we experience a feeling of tenderness within us – we can see and feel God as Mother in nature. – Swami Yogananda
Dear ones, all of us love nature and it does not matter whether we are females, males or trans. This love that we experience is maternal love and love which is unconditional. We all have it in us and it has nothing to do with what gender we are. And that is the miracle of God. Continue reading
712 – Nine Days of worshipping Ma
Dear Ones, yesterday was the start of the festival of nine days of worship of the Mother Goddess. Forgive me for being slow as I had to have an emergency gall bladder surgery. I am back home now. Slow and careful and no sadhana other than meditation. Continue reading
609 – What should I do?
My dear ones, three stressors are currently dominating my life. I am praying, am justifying it and telling myself that it will pass.
The first one is that a loved one is having a major, health problem. I am chanting and hoping that it will end well.
The organization which I consider like my second home is having problems. The issues are complex and one is hoping for a favorable outcome. Continue reading
569 – Sayings by Sri Ramakrishna Parmahamsa
When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new pot; but when a baked pot is broken, he cannot do the same any longer. So, when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again. Continue reading
241 – Vedic worship of the Goddess
…as described in Devi Gita.
The Goddess explains the first kind of vedic worship to her devotees. Continue reading
216 – Enchantment of the Mother
“The most powerful method of obtaining God’s grace is worship of the Divine Mother. She is the embodiment of compassion and kindness, the pure image of mother love. She is the ocean of forgiveness. Whether it is the Divine Mother or my mother, wherever there is mother’s energy, it is always in the image of love and kindness. Her real form is forgiveness, no matter how naughty her children maybe.”
Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Continue reading