To purify the Ganges

[Guest guest]

If I think (microcosmically) that my whole psycho/physical being is

animated by the universal Mother's flow of everpure chit-shakti, or

consciousness and energy, then it is not difficult to see how the flow

of my individual tributary of that cosmic Ganges can become (as it

were) polluted, and be in need of purification.

 

Every wrong movement of body, mind and emotion, due to ignorance or

impulsiveness on my part, would have contributed to darken (as it

were) that eternal river of joy and light, so that, by the time I come

to serious spiritual life, a lot of water has passed under the bridge

of ignorance and become (apparently) darkened.

 

To correct each and every unwise choice of the past seems like an

impossible task, because most lie in the shadow of complete

forgetfulness, and because it would be like trying to cleanse a river

by straining out each impure object individually for the whole length

of the river.

 

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During his most intense sadhana period, Sri Ramakrishna developed a

burning sensation over his whole body; He had been practicing,

according to the scriptures, that "the sinner within me is being

burnt, and I am pure and perfect". The effect of that practice became

so intense--and painful--that it scorched the very ground where he sat

for sadhana under his tree of meditation.

 

One day, after a long period of enduring this discomfort, He saw in

vision, "a red-eyed man of dark color came out of this body, reeling

as if drunk, and began to walk about in front of me. Shortly after,

another figure, calm, wearing an ocher cloth, and carrying a trident,

also emerged and attacked the former killing him. After that, the

burning sensation departed."

 

He added, "Who knew then that in everyone there actually lies hidden a

personification of evil that can be destroyed?"

 

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What interests me particularly about this incident in the Great

Master's life is the understanding that all the diverse acts of

long-forgotten error in one's life can be gathered up as a single

thought form (called the Papa-purusha "being of sin", as Sri

Ramakrishna called it, or Mahisaasura: consciousness associated with

all that separates one from God), and dispensed with at one stroke.

 

And exactly how did Sri Ramakrishna dispense with this troublesome

entity? He tells us that when he saw it, he called out, "Mother, kill

the Papa Purusha!"

 

And since his words come from one who was the very embodiment of Truth

as well as indomitable faith, the Mother did so.

 

And, what is the Chandi other than a guided meditation to the same

end? Only awaiting our calling forth--with the power of Truth and

Faith which is potential in each sadhaka who sincerely turns to God--

to awaken Maa Chandii, and release one, like a captured fish back into

the Infinite Divine River of Light and Joy?

[Guest guest]

So I say, "Mother, kill the Papa Purusha!!!!!!"

, "ty_maa" <ds.james wrote:

>

>

> If I think (microcosmically) that my whole psycho/physical being is

> animated by the universal Mother's flow of everpure chit-shakti, or

> consciousness and energy, then it is not difficult to see how the

flow

> of my individual tributary of that cosmic Ganges can become (as it

> were) polluted, and be in need of purification.

>

> Every wrong movement of body, mind and emotion, due to ignorance or

> impulsiveness on my part, would have contributed to darken (as it

> were) that eternal river of joy and light, so that, by the time I

come

> to serious spiritual life, a lot of water has passed under the

bridge

> of ignorance and become (apparently) darkened.

>

> To correct each and every unwise choice of the past seems like an

> impossible task, because most lie in the shadow of complete

> forgetfulness, and because it would be like trying to cleanse a

river

> by straining out each impure object individually for the whole

length

> of the river.

>

> --------

>

> During his most intense sadhana period, Sri Ramakrishna developed a

> burning sensation over his whole body; He had been practicing,

> according to the scriptures, that "the sinner within me is being

> burnt, and I am pure and perfect". The effect of that practice

became

> so intense--and painful--that it scorched the very ground where he

sat

> for sadhana under his tree of meditation.

>

> One day, after a long period of enduring this discomfort, He saw in

> vision, "a red-eyed man of dark color came out of this body,

reeling

> as if drunk, and began to walk about in front of me. Shortly after,

> another figure, calm, wearing an ocher cloth, and carrying a

trident,

> also emerged and attacked the former killing him. After that, the

> burning sensation departed."

>

> He added, "Who knew then that in everyone there actually lies

hidden a

> personification of evil that can be destroyed?"

>

> ------------

>

> What interests me particularly about this incident in the Great

> Master's life is the understanding that all the diverse acts of

> long-forgotten error in one's life can be gathered up as a single

> thought form (called the Papa-purusha "being of sin", as Sri

> Ramakrishna called it, or Mahisaasura: consciousness associated

with

> all that separates one from God), and dispensed with at one stroke.

>

> And exactly how did Sri Ramakrishna dispense with this troublesome

> entity? He tells us that when he saw it, he called out, "Mother,

kill

> the Papa Purusha!"

>

> And since his words come from one who was the very embodiment of

Truth

> as well as indomitable faith, the Mother did so.

>

> And, what is the Chandi other than a guided meditation to the same

> end? Only awaiting our calling forth--with the power of Truth and

> Faith which is potential in each sadhaka who sincerely turns to

God--

> to awaken Maa Chandii, and release one, like a captured fish back

into

> the Infinite Divine River of Light and Joy?

>