Kali Puja and my relationship to Her (belated reply)

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, "Om" <muktimaa wrote:

> Jai Kali Maa, beloved Gautamji!

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> Thank-you so much for sharing your wonderful story! i personally have

> found it incredibly sweet and inspiring!

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> Om Kring Kalyai Namaha!

> Muktimaa

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> , "artsofnapa" <artsofnapa@>

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> > When living at the Temple in Martinez, California with Shree Maa,

> Swami Satyananda, and

> > devotees, Shree Maa answered an inner question I had kept secret by

> saying "Gautam, why

> > don't you get a Kali Murti (statue of the goddess Kali) and do puja

> to Her?Yes, Shreemaa,

> > I will do this as I am going down to San Diego to visit relatives

> and on the way I will buy or

> > order a Kali Murti from the Vedanta Society bookstore in Santa

> Barbara." As they did not

> > have one in stock that I liked, I ordered one and asked the

> attendant to send it to me.

> > After waiting several days in anticipation of receiving my first

> and only Kali Murti, it finally

> > came in the mail, and having showed it to Shreemaa, she replied by

> blessing it and saying,

> > Kali is now your Ishta Devi; do worship to her regularly; She is

> the one who takes away the

> > darkness unto Herself and causes us to shine, bringing out our true

> nature of goodness,

> > light, and love for all to see." Thank you Shreemaa and Swamiji,

> for your unmeasureable

> > gifts of always guiding our path to increasingly higher

> understanding... Blessings Always

> > to you and all devotees--

> > Jai Maa, Gautam

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