Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 Sometimes small children want to play with everything. For instance, when a small child wants to play with a microwave oven or something more dangerous like a cooking range, its mother will refuse its request and even punish the child. The natural reaction of the child is to cry and scream at its parent, whom the child sees as someone who restricts its freedom and frustrates its desires. But in reality, its mother is protecting the child from something bad and taking care of it. All the actions of the mother, spring only out true love for her child and its welfare. When I read the line, rushhTaatu kaamaan sakalaan abhiishhTaan, it struck me that ambaa, does not frustrate HER children's desires out of anger. Rather that anger is feigned, and the true reason is love and welfare It is immaterial to HER whether we worship HER or not. As a mother HER goal is to take care of us. Yet, sometimes we want things which we should not have. We go after desires which may destroy us. When SHE denies those, we think SHE is frustrating us and not helping us. I think it is possible to read that line in a different way instead of "SHE destroys one's desires and welfare, when angered". It is more in the line of, "SHE feigns anger to destroy those wrong desires, for providing welfare and all good things" in the long run. Hence, when some our dream and desires are thwarted to dust, and we are left frustrated. The correct attitude or thought is, SHE is guiding me according to my prArabhda karma, and doing all that is necessary to ensure my welfare in the long run. I should surrender myself completely to HER and learn to abide according to HER will. This is nicely summarized by jnAna mAta's words -- "Change no circumstance in my life, change me" -- so that I will not fret and complain about how things happen and instead understand why it is so. Then as Vijaya Ganapathy recently pointed out, we will learn to accept everything as a HER prasaada, not just the apparently good things. Ravi ===== ambaaL daasan Ravi sharaNAgata raxakI nivEyani sadA ninnu nammiti mInAxI http://www.ambaa.org/ http://www.advaita-vedanta.org Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 Respected Ravi, I very much liked these lines in your post. This is nicely summarized by jnAna mAta's words -- "Change no circumstance in my life, change me" -- so that I will not fret and complain about how things happen and instead understand why it is so. Yes, Ravi! Mokshadatri has a purpose. GURUDEVA always said when worshipping devi keep four flowers in hand and offer three flowers to her and reatain one flower in hand. when asked the significance of this, gurudeva explained - " Ask devi to tale away Artha, Kama, and Dharma represented by three flowers and retain one flower representing Moksha." well, ravi and other members ! i have been thinking on this lately. what are your comments? Jai ambe bhavanu durge maa! , Ravi <miinalochanii> wrote: > Sometimes small children want to play with everything. For instance, > when a small child wants to play with a microwave oven or something > more dangerous like a cooking range, its mother will refuse its request > and even punish the child. The natural reaction of the child is to cry > and scream at its parent, whom the child sees as someone who restricts > its freedom and frustrates its desires. But in reality, its mother is > protecting the child from something bad and taking care of it. All the > actions of the mother, spring only out true love for her child and its > welfare. > > When I read the line, rushhTaatu kaamaan sakalaan abhiishhTaan, it > struck me that ambaa, does not frustrate HER children's desires out of > anger. Rather that anger is feigned, and the true reason is love and > welfare > > It is immaterial to HER whether we worship HER or not. As a mother HER > goal is to take care of us. Yet, sometimes we want things which we > should not have. We go after desires which may destroy us. When SHE > denies those, we think SHE is frustrating us and not helping us. > I think it is possible to read that line in a different way instead of > "SHE destroys one's desires and welfare, when angered". It is more in > the line of, "SHE feigns anger to destroy those wrong desires, for > providing welfare and all good things" in the long run. > > Hence, when some our dream and desires are thwarted to dust, and we are > left frustrated. The correct attitude or thought is, SHE is guiding me > according to my prArabhda karma, and doing all that is necessary to > ensure my welfare in the long run. I should surrender myself completely > to HER and learn to abide according to HER will. > > This is nicely summarized by jnAna mAta's words -- "Change no > circumstance in my life, change me" -- so that I will not fret and > complain about how things happen and instead understand why it is so. > Then as Vijaya Ganapathy recently pointed out, we will learn to accept > everything as a HER prasaada, not just the apparently good things. > > > Ravi > > ===== > ambaaL daasan > > Ravi > > sharaNAgata raxakI nivEyani sadA ninnu nammiti mInAxI > > http://www.ambaa.org/ http://www.advaita-vedanta.org > > > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2003 Report Share Posted February 3, 2003 Adi Ma, infinite respect to your Guru. I will give up the fourth flower of moksha also. Even the desire for moksha must EVENTUALLY be given up. Devi will be completely satisfied then. AUM lalitAyai namaH , "adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16>" <adi_shakthi16> wrote: > Yes, Ravi! Mokshadatri has a purpose. GURUDEVA always said when > worshipping devi keep four flowers in hand and offer three flowers to > her and reatain one flower in hand. when asked the significance of > this, gurudeva explained - " Ask devi to tale away Artha, Kama, and > Dharma represented by three flowers and retain one flower > representing Moksha." > > well, ravi and other members ! i have been thinking on this lately. > what are your comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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