THE DIVINE MOTHER- can she be realized by means of mere scholarship ? n

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" who is there that can understand what MOther Kali is?

Even the six darshanas are powerless to reveal HER.

it is SHE, the scriptures say, that is the INNER SELF

of the Yogi, who in SELF discovers all his joy,

SHE that of Her own sweet will, inhabits every living thing.

 

The macrrocosm and microcosm rest in the *mother's womb*

NOW do you see how VAST it is ? in the muladhara

the yogi meditates on HER, and in the sahasrara

who but SHIVA has beheld Her as SHE really is ?

within the lotus wilderness She sports beside Her mate, the SWAN

(shiva, the absolute)

When man aspires to under HER , Ramprasad must smile

to think of knowing Her, he says, is quite as laughable,

as to imagine one can swim across the boundless sea.

but while my mind has understood, alas!my heart has not;

Though, but a dwarf, it still would strive to make a captive of the

moon. "

 

Ramprasad- a bengali poet- a devotee of mother kali.....

 

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CAN our mother kali be realized by means of mere scholarship?

 

shri ramakrishna says .....

 

" one must have faith and love. let me tell you how faith is. A man

was about to cross the sea from ceylon to india. Bibishana said to

him "TIE the thing in a corner of your wearing-cloth, and you will

cross the sea safely. ypu will be able to walk on the water. but be

sure not to examine it , or you will sink. "

 

the man was walking easily on the water of the sea -such is the

strength of faith-when having gone part of the way, he thought, "what

is this wonderful thing Bibishana has given me, that i can walk even

on the water? HE UNTIED THE KNOT AND FOUND ONLY A LEAF WITH THE NAME

OF rAMA WRITTEN ON IT. 'oh just this!he thought, and instantly he

sank."

 

There is a popular saying that Hanuman jumped over the sea through

his faith in Rama's name, BUT LORD RAMA HIMSELF HAD TO BUILD A BRIDGE.

 

"FAITH AND DEVOTION. " BHAKTHI -THAT IS THE KEY.

 

 

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