Merry Christmas from the Mandir

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, "henny_v_i" <henny_v_i wrote:

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> Namaste Vish,

>

> watching (part of) the celebrations via the webcam was a very

> exhilarating experience for me, precisely because, as you said, Shree

> Maa and Swamiji know no boundaries. Even though I was convinced there

> is no conflict between my spiritual 'roots' and the path I have found

> here and both the Lord Jesus and Lord Shiva are on my altar, some

> uneasiness must have been lurking somewhere deep down, because when I

> heard the mantras being chanted at the fire and watched the puja and

> communion, I felt an amazing sense of freedom and liberation and such

> a joy at having my deepest convictions confirmed. There truly are no

> boundaries in the Love of God. But rare are the places where this

> Truth is demonstrated. May we all in our own way be such a place and

> may the fire in our hearts be a light for all to see,

>

> with love,

> Henny

>

> P.S. loved Swamiji's hat, by the way.

>

>

>

> , "inspectionconnection108"

> <inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste

> >

> > To all of you, brothers and sisters, Merry Christmas. Tonight at

> the

> > Mandir Temple, we celebrated the birth of Christ. Maa and Swami

> love

> > this day, and the celebration was fully of love and joy. Starting

> > with Artri, then many mantras at the fire, specifically verses and

> > concepts from the New Testimate. For example, "I am the Father and

> > the Father is Me." This and other mantras, in English, we all

> chanted

> > together at the Divine Fire.

> > It is so amazing that Maa and Swami can take a verse like this, and

> > chant it at the sacred fire. They know no boundries. Every

> tradition

> > is sacred and holy. Every tradition will lead to God if practiced

> > with pure devotion.

> > Next, Swami performed puja to Lord Jesus at Maa's place at the

> altar,

> > to a wonderful murti of Jesus that She made several years ago. He

> > used the beginner's Shiva puja, and inserted Jesus's name in place

> of

> > Shiva and used the mantra: "On Namao Bhagavatai Shree Jesu Christia

> > Namah".

> > Then, imagine Swami performing a High Mass in Latin. Well, He did.

> > And then he blessed the bread, and the wine, and offered it to each

> of

> > us. When we went up to the altar, first Maa placed the sign of the

> > cross on our third eye with sacred ash, then we knelt before Swami,

> > and received the blessed wine and bread.

> > What a high time.

> > Then we went back to our seats and sang Christmas carols for 45

> > minutes. The last carol was "We all want our Figgy Pudding", and we

> > sang the last chorus over and over till Maa brought us all real

> > homemade figgy pudding which She made Herself.

> > After all this bliss, Maa and Swami jumped up, and started singing

> > "When the "Saints go Marching In", and for the next 20 minutes, we

> all

> > danced together, jumping, circling around the entire Temple, hand in

> > hand, and then smaller circles, with Maa in the center, dancing and

> > singing and clapping.

> > Finally, the singing stopped, and Maa and Swami hugged each and

> every

> > one of us and blessed us again.

> > As they left the Temple, we exchanged a huge pile of presents,

> > laughing and hugging and smiles ear to ear. No one could stop

> smiling.

> > Christ was truly born. Each of our hearts was full of the Divine

> > Light, the Eternal Light, the Light that lead us to be born, and the

> > Light that shines in every smile of every being on this Earth.

> > Glory to Jesus, born among us this day.

> > Please join us all in spreading this Divine Light, this Love

> Eternal.

> > Make a sankalpa, a firm commitment, to spread this Love Divine to

> > everyone, in every thought, word, and deed.

> > Maa and Swami came to Earth with this sankalpa. We can do it too.

> We

> > just have to make that sankalpa. How the Earth could change, would

> > change, if we did this.

> > Let's Do It.

> >

> > Jai Maa Jai Swami

> >

> > love

> >

> > vishweshwar

> >

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> > In , "Karen" <forall10q@> wrote:

> > >

> > > We are so excited to be listening to the Devi Mandir Christmas

> Carolers

> > > on a chilly, snowy night in Colorado. It's amazing. Every time

> we

> > > said, "sure wish we could see the singers or the band," the camera

> > > person seemed to hear us, and zappo, the camera moved. Thanks for

> > > hearing and responding. Right now both web cams are perfect!

> Sound is

> > > really good, too. This is most definitely a wish fulfilled. It

> must

> > > take great effort to produce this, and we thank you again and

> again.

> > > Our holiday plans were dashed by a huge holiday blizzard so we

> can't be

> > > with family. However, being with the Devi Mandir Family in this

> way

> > > brings an endearing warmth that is truly uplifting. Though we

> won't be

> > > spending Christmas Eve with our relatives this year, we will be

> looking

> > > forward to inviting Devi Mandir into our home through the magic

> of

> > > technology. What an unexpected delight! Love, Michael and Karen

> > >

> >

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