Trappings of the mind : Change and Transformation

[Guest guest]

Navarathri is about change… about transformation… about how we can

transcend to be Durga herself. Who is Durga.. or rather what is a

DURGA? Bhavaninama Sahasrstutih names 047 said DURGA is "The one

difficult of access…. The nature of DurgA is free one from peril …

seated above all the powers " T.V Narayana Menon commentary "Durga

is one who turns the mind away from its thirst for evil and

establishes it in the pursuit of good".

 

The Sadhana of Durga both the goddess and the demons are perceived

as being within oneself. The Durgic process allows us to see the

shadow of the self, the pleasant and the unpleasant within ourself,

goading us onward to continue strengthening the pleasant aspect in

us till we shine, truly shine - like HER - and this process of

strengthening is a continuous one until one is refined and

amalgamated.

 

How often have I've encountered this statement as I chatted with

people :"I'm told in my previous life I'm a high priest from Tibet….

Or I think maybe in my previous life, I'm a high cast Brahmin,,, and

I treated the lower caste people badly… maybe that is why I'm back

here to learnt humility etc…." At one moment we talk about

humility.. to accept others equally but at the back of our mind, we

have this fancy thoughts of ourselves being a high caste or high

priest etc. Isn't this a trap.

 

Most often evil takes hold of us when we are trap and couldnt find

our way out.

 

Its much easier to nurse another person's wound but it is much more

difficult to dress our own wounds especially deep wounds. When we

see the dirts or the dead cells or the infected slough, do we have

the courage enough to remove them, to slice them off from our flesh,

to let it bleed so that the new cells can grow.

 

Lets reverse this whole statement, its much easier to escape the

trappings of another, but its much more difficult to escape the

trappings of our own mind. How do u get out of it, or are you aware

of the trappings? Are you able to remove it yourself? How much are

you willing to let go, for letting go too is like slicing the

infected slough. It will def causes pain. Do you have the courage to

do it? That is why it is said Durga is difficult to access. To do

that, its like trying to slice ureselve into pieces or looking at

ureself in the movie, seeing ure self being decapitated

and not feeling anything at all. How many of us can actually do that?