for all the shaktas in this group....-sree vidya

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once brahma, shiva and vishnu had a discussion as to who is supreme

and they decided to pose this question to the great goddess

herself.....

 

the great goddess replied....

 

". "I am the abstract intelligence wherefrom the cosmos originates,

whereon it flourishes, and wherein it resolves, like the images in a

mirror. The ignorant know me as the gross universe, whereas the wise

feel me as their own pure being eternally glowing as 'I-I' within.

This realisation is possible only in the deep stillness of thought-

free consciousness similar to that of the deep sea free from waves.

The most earnest of devotees worship me spontaneously and with the

greatest sincerity which is due to their love of me. Although they

know that I am their own non-dual Self, yet the habit of loving

devotion which is deep-rooted in them makes them conceive their own

Self as ME and worship ME as the life-current pervading their bodies,

senses and mind without which nothing could exist and which forms the

sole purport of the holy scriptures. Such is my Transcendental State.

 

"My concrete form is the eternal couple - the Supreme Lord and

Energy - always in undivided union and abiding as the eternal

consciousness pervading the three phenomenal states of waking, dream

and sleep, and reclining on the cot whose four legs are Brahma (the

Creator), Vishnu (the Protector), Siva (the Destroyer) and Isvara

(Disappearance) and whose surface is Sadasiva (Grace) which is

contained in the mansion known as 'fulfilment of purpose' enclosed by

the garden of 'Kadamba' trees in the jewel island situated in the

wide ocean of nectar surrounding the cosmos and extending beyond.

 

'Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, Isvara, Sadasiva, Ganesa, Skanda, the gods of

the eight quarters, their energies of her gods, celestials, serpents

and other superhuman beings all manifestations of myself. However,

people do not know ME because their intellect is shrouded in

ignorance.

 

41. "I grant boons to those who worship ME. There is no one besides

ME worthy of worship or capable of fulfilling all desires.

 

Commentary. - All deities who receive worship and all conceptions of

God are My manifestations, because I am pure intelligence which

cannot under any circumstances be transcended.

 

 

from tripura rahasya

 

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so , devi herself says "there is no one besides ME worthy of

worship."

 

so when you worship devi, you are worshipping devi.

 

when you are worshipping shiva or vishnu, you are still worshipping

devi.

 

get it?

 

om sree vidyaii namaha