Kali worship

October 11, 2006

Namaste

Parvati will be teaching the Kali puja on - line. What a perfect gift

to ready us for the Kali puja. Puja, the guided meditation into the

presence of Mother Kali. Read the inspired foreword to the Kali puja

by Swami and think and feel the divine blessings She brings.

As I think about Kali this evening, I remember the experience of the

Camunda homa that was performed during this recent Navaratri. Camunda

is that manifestation of Kali which destroyes anger and passion and

this homa is performed near the end of Navaratri. In the Chandi, it is

She who swallows all thoughts, attachements, and seeds of desire. She

swallows them all in order to free us. To remove the chains which

bind us to the ever changing relative existance, bound by space and

time. To bring us to meet and merge with Shiva, the Consciousness of

Infinite Goodness.

Worship of the Divine Mother to bring us to Father.

Imagine yourself with us at the sacred fire. Swami was leading the

homa, and Maa was at the fire too. The devottees all sat around the

fire chanting together and offering their anger and passion into the

fire.

In our hearts, and aloud, we prayed to Kali, Camunda, to remove anger

and passion. The chanting grew more spirited, and the waves of energy

around the sacred fire grew and grew. A whirlwind of energy, Kali's

blessing, swept thru us all.

Sudddenly in the midst of this tidal surge of energy, this writer only

experienced silence and deep quietness, then nothing. Nothing at all.

Kali removed all impulses. No action, no thought, no mantras, no

sound. Just beyond it all.

By Her grace, she removed all darkness and suffering, and attachment,

and left only pure awareness.

Was it for a second, or an etermity, who knows. who cares?

Then, coming back to awareness of the mantras, the crashing sound of

unified voices chanting together, asking, no begging, Camunda to

remove even the seed of desire. To root it out, and let us all unite

with Shiva, pure awareness. To come home to our true nature.

This is the blessing of worship of Mother Kali.

Whether we can perform the puja perfectly, or sing the mantras

accurately, it does not matter. Kali knows our hearts and is

committed to our liberation.

So, prepare to take up the Kali puja book with Parvati, and begin, or

renew and strengthen, your relationship with Maa.

Now we have the chance to dive into the mantras and the system of

worship, so we can develop a relationship with Her, and with Shiva.

Namaste

Vishweshwar

October 11, 2006

Truly, there is nothing that can compare to being in the presence of

Maa and Swamiji and worshipping the divine.

Jai Maa!

Chris

, "inspectionconnection108"

<inspectionconnection108 wrote:

>

> Namaste

>

> Parvati will be teaching the Kali puja on - line. What a perfect gift

> to ready us for the Kali puja. Puja, the guided meditation into the

> presence of Mother Kali. Read the inspired foreword to the Kali puja

> by Swami and think and feel the divine blessings She brings.

> As I think about Kali this evening, I remember the experience of the

> Camunda homa that was performed during this recent Navaratri. Camunda

> is that manifestation of Kali which destroyes anger and passion and

> this homa is performed near the end of Navaratri. In the Chandi, it is

> She who swallows all thoughts, attachements, and seeds of desire. She

> swallows them all in order to free us. To remove the chains which

> bind us to the ever changing relative existance, bound by space and

> time. To bring us to meet and merge with Shiva, the Consciousness of

> Infinite Goodness.

> Worship of the Divine Mother to bring us to Father.

>

> Imagine yourself with us at the sacred fire. Swami was leading the

> homa, and Maa was at the fire too. The devottees all sat around the

> fire chanting together and offering their anger and passion into the

> fire.

> In our hearts, and aloud, we prayed to Kali, Camunda, to remove anger

> and passion. The chanting grew more spirited, and the waves of energy

> around the sacred fire grew and grew. A whirlwind of energy, Kali's

> blessing, swept thru us all.

> Sudddenly in the midst of this tidal surge of energy, this writer only

> experienced silence and deep quietness, then nothing. Nothing at all.

> Kali removed all impulses. No action, no thought, no mantras, no

> sound. Just beyond it all.

> By Her grace, she removed all darkness and suffering, and attachment,

> and left only pure awareness.

> Was it for a second, or an etermity, who knows. who cares?

>

> Then, coming back to awareness of the mantras, the crashing sound of

> unified voices chanting together, asking, no begging, Camunda to

> remove even the seed of desire. To root it out, and let us all unite

> with Shiva, pure awareness. To come home to our true nature.

> This is the blessing of worship of Mother Kali.

>

> Whether we can perform the puja perfectly, or sing the mantras

> accurately, it does not matter. Kali knows our hearts and is

> committed to our liberation.

> So, prepare to take up the Kali puja book with Parvati, and begin, or

> renew and strengthen, your relationship with Maa.

> Now we have the chance to dive into the mantras and the system of

> worship, so we can develop a relationship with Her, and with Shiva.

>

> Namaste

>

> Vishweshwar

>

October 11, 2006

Such a moving account. I wish I was there. i wish I could get all

the mundane stuff out of my mind and go to that place.

I am not clear when this class is going to take place. I have read

that the class will also teach the establishment of the pot. I am

very eager to join the class. Please let me know when the class

starts.

I wanted to share a dream I had last night. I vaguely remember that

Shree Maa was saying that she loved Kali and worshipped her and then

she realized that kali was EVERYTHING. My understanding is that she

meant the whole entire cosmos, our thoughts actions everything.

Amazing mother.

Thanks,

Ruchi

, "Chris Kirner"

<chriskirner1956 wrote:

>

> Truly, there is nothing that can compare to being in the presence

of

> Maa and Swamiji and worshipping the divine.

>

> Jai Maa!

> Chris

>

> , "inspectionconnection108"

> <inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste

> >

> > Parvati will be teaching the Kali puja on - line. What a perfect

gift

> > to ready us for the Kali puja. Puja, the guided meditation into

the

> > presence of Mother Kali. Read the inspired foreword to the Kali

puja

> > by Swami and think and feel the divine blessings She brings.

> > As I think about Kali this evening, I remember the experience of

the

> > Camunda homa that was performed during this recent Navaratri.

Camunda

> > is that manifestation of Kali which destroyes anger and passion

and

> > this homa is performed near the end of Navaratri. In the Chandi,

it is

> > She who swallows all thoughts, attachements, and seeds of

desire. She

> > swallows them all in order to free us. To remove the chains

which

> > bind us to the ever changing relative existance, bound by space

and

> > time. To bring us to meet and merge with Shiva, the

Consciousness of

> > Infinite Goodness.

> > Worship of the Divine Mother to bring us to Father.

> >

> > Imagine yourself with us at the sacred fire. Swami was leading

the

> > homa, and Maa was at the fire too. The devottees all sat around

the

> > fire chanting together and offering their anger and passion into

the

> > fire.

> > In our hearts, and aloud, we prayed to Kali, Camunda, to remove

anger

> > and passion. The chanting grew more spirited, and the waves of

energy

> > around the sacred fire grew and grew. A whirlwind of energy,

Kali's

> > blessing, swept thru us all.

> > Sudddenly in the midst of this tidal surge of energy, this

writer only

> > experienced silence and deep quietness, then nothing. Nothing at

all.

> > Kali removed all impulses. No action, no thought, no mantras, no

> > sound. Just beyond it all.

> > By Her grace, she removed all darkness and suffering, and

attachment,

> > and left only pure awareness.

> > Was it for a second, or an etermity, who knows. who cares?

> >

> > Then, coming back to awareness of the mantras, the crashing

sound of

> > unified voices chanting together, asking, no begging, Camunda to

> > remove even the seed of desire. To root it out, and let us all

unite

> > with Shiva, pure awareness. To come home to our true nature.

> > This is the blessing of worship of Mother Kali.

> >

> > Whether we can perform the puja perfectly, or sing the mantras

> > accurately, it does not matter. Kali knows our hearts and is

> > committed to our liberation.

> > So, prepare to take up the Kali puja book with Parvati, and

begin, or

> > renew and strengthen, your relationship with Maa.

> > Now we have the chance to dive into the mantras and the system of

> > worship, so we can develop a relationship with Her, and with

Shiva.

> >

> > Namaste

> >

> > Vishweshwar

> >

>

October 20, 2006

Dear brothers and sisters,

For a short time I had the amazing opportunity to live with Maa and Swami Ji. Now it is very hard to even go for a visit, due to physical distance and limitations of work and other various concerns, etc. etc.

Any of you who are lucky enough to be with Maa and Swami on a regular basis, all I can say is, keep that situation as long as you can. Keep it forever. You are sooooo blessed. I think of you all everyday, and wish I could be there.

Jai Maa

Jai Swami Ji

Love forever,

Nirmalananda

Chris Kirner <chriskirner1956 > wrote: