Purifier of silver- to Kali

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Namaste Kali

 

Well, I put Maa and Swami's names in place of the silversmith, and it

was a perfect fit.

Thanks for sharing that verse. Our Gurus will never alow us to be

destroyed. But, they will keep the fire as hot as we can stand it. I

think we usually back away from the fire sooner than they will pull us

out of it.

At least that is my experience.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

love

 

vishweshwar

 

 

-- In , "kaliananda_saraswati"

<kaliananda_saraswati wrote:

>

> Dear friends,

>

> This came into my box today and though a bit lengthy seems

> appropriate to the recent threads, also it reminds very much of dear

> Sadhu Maa's recent heart flowing poem to Mother, many thanks to all

> involved in the process.

>

> Malachi 3:3 says:

>

> "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."

>

> This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study, and they wondered

> what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One

> of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and

> get back to the group at their next Bible Study.

>

> That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to

> watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for

> her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining

> silver.

>

> As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the

> fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one

> needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames

> were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.

>

> The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she

> thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and

> purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he

> had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was

> being refined.

> The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the

> silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it

> was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the

> flames, it would be destroyed.

>

> The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the

> silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?" He

> smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image

> in it."

>

>

> Jai Maa, Jai Swami

>