What attracts women to Shaktism? ( A repost )

[Guest guest]

Sugarandbrine

 

Let me first say to Penkatali: your post is very moving! I can feel

the love and devotion flowing from your words. May Mother guide you

and protect you always, sir.

 

I'd like to ask why the members here feel that men and women are

attracted to Devi differently. Do you think there's a difference

between devotion of a man and a woman? Why should it matter what this

body appears as, as long as we are devoted and loving?

 

As to the question at hand...

 

I, too, was drawn to Mother. She came to me in a vision when I

needed her most (I see that now...after the fact). She made her

presence known and very strongly at that, and it hasn't changed since.

 

I think I am so attracted to Her because of that. I had always

thought that there was more to God than what I was being taught

(traditional Catholic ideals...very male-oriented), but didn't know

how to put my feelings into words or even direct thoughts. After She

came to me, and my life changed so drastically, and I suddenly felt

love all around me - it permiated everything around and still does --

I *knew* that I'd been lead towards Divine Love. I didn't need words

any more.

 

In life, my mother is my best friend. We are very respectful of

our "roles" of mother/daughter, but we also have a very deep

friendship. To me, seeing Divinity as Mother makes sense in that

way. Mothers and daughters have a very special bond (if they can make

it past those teen years ) and to me, the Divine equivilent is, of

course, Devi. I approach Her as Mother, and I find I am treated as

daughter. I get gentle pushes in one direction, advice, yet I am

still able to fall down on my own. She is always there to help me

back up, and point out what it is I did to get me there. She is

graceful and elegant, lovely, yet powerful and stern. She is in all

things.

 

I feel her empowerment in my personal love relationship. It really is

amazing how different I see even that now that Devi is so strong a

presence in my life. I feel She shows me what it is to be a woman in

the purest form. Thus I try to be a good example to the people around

me.

 

 

Nora55_1999

 

Thank You bro Penkatali for that lovely confession. May Mother shine

her light to you always.

 

And thank you Erica for your response to this question. I have to

admit that I am the culprit who asked Devi_Bhakta this question and

it is

because I'm curious. There always this talk about the difference in

Man and Woman : like man are more in tune to technical field whereas

woman are more linguistic etc. And I personally believe that man and

woman do attract to Devi differently. I might be wrong, but I like an

opinion from others about this.

 

Just like you Erica I came from a totally different background. Born

and brought up as a muslim, I grew up having this personal conflict

between what I am being taught to believed and what I personally

believed. It is like waking up after a long sleep, feeling confused

and trying to make sense of the things around me. I grew up with this

conflict going on all the time and I refused to accept that male

dominance still prevail in my religious community. Thus you can say

that my attraction towards Shaktism is more of defiance against my

religious upbringing. And again as I have mentioned in my previous

post, the relationship between goddess and us is just like a human

relationship "Sometimes you meet a stranger and immediately you feel

connected to this person. You could feel the bond inside your heart

and mind. Thus the immediate love" And this is the love that you

never want to let go. My relationship with Devi is this immediate

love and I can still feel her love inside me growing each passing

years. I believe each and everyone of us still have this child crying

for either the love of a mother or father, and for me the cry of the

mother is much stronger. It is being said that Devi will manifest in

each devotee in the form that we are comfortable with. For me the

Devi manifest in a form of an elderly person, because I'll get

attached to elderly person very easily. And being a nurse, posted to

a geriatric ward, my passion for elderly person just seems so

natural. Whenever I look at my patients (esp elderly ladies), is

like looking at the Devi herself. The smile and the look in the eyes

pierced deep inside my very soul. And when they put their hand on my

head to bless me, its like the Devi herself blessing me. This is the

connecting I have of the Devi.

 

 

Om ParaShaktiye Namaha

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Nora, it's always a blessing to share this affirmation

with you.

 

Sorry I've been away so long. Haven't been able to keep up with

everything, too many things requiring my attention, too little time

online. But I do want to resume where I left off with this beautiful

community. I think we all appreciate how rare and blessed it is to

have an online community like this that is so filled with the love of

the Divine Mother, so harmonious and gentle and intelligent.

 

, "nora55_1999" <nora55_1999> wrote:

> Sugarandbrine

>

> Let me first say to Penkatali: your post is very moving! I can feel

> the love and devotion flowing from your words. May Mother guide you

> and protect you always, sir.

>

> I'd like to ask why the members here feel that men and women are

> attracted to Devi differently. Do you think there's a difference

> between devotion of a man and a woman? Why should it matter what

this

> body appears as, as long as we are devoted and loving?

>

> As to the question at hand...

>

> I, too, was drawn to Mother. She came to me in a vision when I

> needed her most (I see that now...after the fact). She made her

> presence known and very strongly at that, and it hasn't changed

since.

>

> I think I am so attracted to Her because of that. I had always

> thought that there was more to God than what I was being taught

> (traditional Catholic ideals...very male-oriented), but didn't know

> how to put my feelings into words or even direct thoughts. After She

> came to me, and my life changed so drastically, and I suddenly felt

> love all around me - it permiated everything around and still does

--

> I *knew* that I'd been lead towards Divine Love. I didn't need

words

> any more.

>

> In life, my mother is my best friend. We are very respectful of

> our "roles" of mother/daughter, but we also have a very deep

> friendship. To me, seeing Divinity as Mother makes sense in that

> way. Mothers and daughters have a very special bond (if they can

make

> it past those teen years ) and to me, the Divine equivilent is,

of

> course, Devi. I approach Her as Mother, and I find I am treated as

> daughter. I get gentle pushes in one direction, advice, yet I am

> still able to fall down on my own. She is always there to help me

> back up, and point out what it is I did to get me there. She is

> graceful and elegant, lovely, yet powerful and stern. She is in all

> things.

>

> I feel her empowerment in my personal love relationship. It really

is

> amazing how different I see even that now that Devi is so strong a

> presence in my life. I feel She shows me what it is to be a woman in

> the purest form. Thus I try to be a good example to the people

around

> me.

>

>

> Nora55_1999

>

> Thank You bro Penkatali for that lovely confession. May Mother shine

> her light to you always.

>

> And thank you Erica for your response to this question. I have to

> admit that I am the culprit who asked Devi_Bhakta this question and

> it is

> because I'm curious. There always this talk about the difference in

> Man and Woman : like man are more in tune to technical field whereas

> woman are more linguistic etc. And I personally believe that man and

> woman do attract to Devi differently. I might be wrong, but I like

an

> opinion from others about this.

>

> Just like you Erica I came from a totally different background. Born

> and brought up as a muslim, I grew up having this personal conflict

> between what I am being taught to believed and what I personally

> believed. It is like waking up after a long sleep, feeling confused

> and trying to make sense of the things around me. I grew up with

this

> conflict going on all the time and I refused to accept that male

> dominance still prevail in my religious community. Thus you can say

> that my attraction towards Shaktism is more of defiance against my

> religious upbringing. And again as I have mentioned in my previous

> post, the relationship between goddess and us is just like a human

> relationship "Sometimes you meet a stranger and immediately you feel

> connected to this person. You could feel the bond inside your heart

> and mind. Thus the immediate love" And this is the love that you

> never want to let go. My relationship with Devi is this immediate

> love and I can still feel her love inside me growing each passing

> years. I believe each and everyone of us still have this child

crying

> for either the love of a mother or father, and for me the cry of the

> mother is much stronger. It is being said that Devi will manifest in

> each devotee in the form that we are comfortable with. For me the

> Devi manifest in a form of an elderly person, because I'll get

> attached to elderly person very easily. And being a nurse, posted to

> a geriatric ward, my passion for elderly person just seems so

> natural. Whenever I look at my patients (esp elderly ladies), is

> like looking at the Devi herself. The smile and the look in the eyes

> pierced deep inside my very soul. And when they put their hand on my

> head to bless me, its like the Devi herself blessing me. This is the

> connecting I have of the Devi.

>

>

> Om ParaShaktiye Namaha