HI!

[Guest guest]

Shahan here, the latest newbie, saying 'hi' to everyone.

 

I'm very happy to have discovered this group, as I have so many

questions about the Devi.

 

I'm part Indian on my dad's side, and though I'm officially Hindu, my

father's not exactly the religious type, though he's 'officially'

Shakta. My mom's a Chan Buddhist, and yep, not religious either.

 

A couple of years ago, I got interested in my 'roots', so to speak,

after a painful episode in my life forced me to question a lot of

things around me, including my religious (at that time, virtually

nill) beliefs. At the risk of sounding cuckoo, I 'found' Kali (whom

my dad usually only worshipped when he really needed something,

hehehe).

 

Since then, I've travelled back to India (currently in the

Philippines, now, though I call UK and Mallorca home) and read up on

a lot of the literature. I even forced my dad to teach me

devanagari, only to later discover that though it allowed me to read

written Hindi, it didn't do much to help me understand Sanskrit... so

irritating!

 

It's been a long haul, many trips, books and seminars, and much flesh

burned off my feet at the Ramakrishna Maath in Calcutta (they don't

let you wear slippers, but some of the attendants there do) and I'm

still learning a lot. I know I still have a long way to go, and I

hope to make friends here while I continue to do so.

 

prem, jyoti, shantih & ananda

Shahan