To senka ~ more on Durga, Chandi and Goddesses (was Question on Chandi Path)

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Dear senka ~ now it is my turn to be amazed. How similar our stories. I just

got up from my nap, with tears in my eyes because my husband will be moving

out on Sunday. This is a great blessing, and I should be celebrating, but, as

you said, even though a person may be abusive, it is still possible to love

him or her. My therapist warned me against "demonizing" Doug. He said that

couples who are in the process of splitting up often do this because it makes it

easier. So instead my soft heart is open, and it is broken, but the Goddess

will mend it with Her Divine Love, and I know that I have the support of Maa

and Swamiji and this sadhu family to do what I know is right for me, even if

it is hard.

 

About.com has a wonderful section about spirituality. I to their

enewsletter, which briefly covers festivals, dieties or other aspects of

Hinduism with links to the About.com site. The most recent one was all about

Navaratri.

 

Durga is a Goddess. I believe Kali is an aspect of Durga, but I'm not sure.

Someone else may be able to be more specific about this. In any case, part of

the story of the Chandi Path is how all the Goddesses emerge from Durga

Herself to aid in fighting the Army of Negative Thoughts. For more information:

about Durga and Navaratri:

_http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa101701a.htm_ (http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa101701a.htm)

 

There are also links to pages that have information about Laksmi and

Saraswati.

For information about Kali, go to this link:

_http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa051202a.htm_

(http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa051202a.htm)

 

What is wonderful about these pages is that the information is very "user

friendly" and easy to understand. On each page, to the left of the main article

is a box that says "Related Resources." Some of these are pages with images

of the particular Goddess.

 

This page has a lot of good information about Navaratri:

_http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa100502a.htm_

(http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa100502a.htm)

 

Happy exploring. To my sister in spirit ~ Linda

 

P.S. Truly, everything is a gift from the Gurus. Even though I didn't quote

it, your account of your illness and your coming to accept it and move more

into the spiritual realm really gave me a sense of hope. I think I've accepted

my illness, but, when I look inside, instead I am really fighting it, trying

to be the person I used to be, able to do all that I used to do. That doesn't

work because when I push, I just get sicker. So acceptance, of a number of

things is the order of the day for me.

 

you are the first post i read with this description. i am slow and ill

health limits my ability to be online at times so i might have missed any other

answeres. i am indeed amazed. i had no idea what this all was. so now i see i

can purchase this book and learn what chandi is. that is fantastic news. i

dont really know who durga is...i know what it is to be with some one and long

for their presence even though they may be abusive. my husband was very

violent and i had to put him in jail when he tried to murder my oldest daughter. it

was hard to do as i loved him and was

loyal. but he was dangerous. many years later i still missed him....i feel

it is a gift from the Gurus. but i am much to fallen to actually know anything.