'Conscious Emanation' of Gods and Gurus: A Remarkable Occult Truth

[Guest guest]

Hi Durga:

 

Thank you for this beautiful excerpt in observance of Guru Purnima --

I have been offline for a week or so and only read it this morning,

(but happily celebrated this past Sunday under a cloudless tropical

sky with a huge full moon looming, almost close enough to touch):

 

Based on some of our past discussions, online and off, I thought you

might appreciate this rumination by the eloquent Srividya adept Sri

S. Shankaranarayanan on the workings of the divine thru gods and

gurus:

 

'CONSCIOUS EMANATION' OF GODS AND GURUS

 

When a seeker seeks and calls a deity, the deity responds by sending

out an emanation, and if a person sticks to one deity because [that

devi or deva] is congenial to him, then the deity -- through its

emanation -- abides in him, becoming near and dear to him (ishta).

There begins a living concourse between the sadhaka and his

Ishtadevata, who takes on the burden of leading [the seeker] to the

goal.

 

Similarly, if a disciple looks to his Guru -- the deity in human

form -- for help, an emanation of the Guru goes forth and gives the

necessary help to the disciple. In the case of great spiritual

personalities, the prayers for help and succour are always answered

by the emanations proceeding from such a spiritual personality.

 

A question arises [as to] whether the conscious participation of the

spiritul personality is there in giving such help. When the calls for

help are so numerous and constant, is it possible for anybody,

however spiritually great s/he may be, to be physically aware of such

calls?

 

[The answer is that] nothing prevents a Guru or a Master from

applying his/her consciousness to the problem of a disciple who needs

help. But even if the Guru is not physically aware, as soon as a call

is made by the disciple, automatically an emanation goes out of the

Guru to help the disciple. This may not be known to the surface

consciousness of the Guru, but the help comes from his/her subliminal

consciousness.

 

This remarkable occult truth is illustrated in Saptashati [i.e. the

Devi Mahatmyam]: The gods resort to the foot of the Himalayas and

make their stuti to Devi so that She may appear before them and do

what is required to kill [the demons] Shumbha and Nishumbha. As the

gods are making the stuti, the text says, the Devi comes to bathe in

the waters of the Ganges. And the Devi questions the gods, " Whom are

you praising here? " [At which point] an auspicious goddess comes out

of Her physical sheath and explains to Her, " Ah, this laud is made to

me by the gods who have been defeated by Shumbha and Nishumbha. "

 

[Excerpted from " Glory of the Divine Mother, " by Sri S.

Sankaranarayanan, Prabha Publishers, Chennai, 2003 reprint of undated

original, c. 1970.]

 

 

 

, " durgangam " <durgangam

wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> A blessed Guru Purnima to all of you.

>

> I'd like to share with you all a few of my favourite passages from

> an invocation written by Paramhansa Yogananda (the author of

> Autobiography of a Yogi) to his Guru. The fathomless love and

> devotion expressed in these lines continue to overwhelm and inspire

> me through repeated readings. The unconditional love and guidance

of

> the Guru, and the complete surrender of the disciple?one who has

> experienced the joy of this relationship is truly a blessed soul.

>

> My Guru [Whispers of Eternity -Paramhansa Yogananda]

>

> " Thou light of my life?thou camest to spread wisdom's glow over the

> path of my soul. Centuries of darkness dissolved before the shafts

> of thy luminous help. As a naughty baby, I cried for my Mother

> Divine, and She came to me as my Guru ? At that meeting, O my Guru,

> a spark flew from thee, and the faggots of my God-cravings, gathered

> through incarnations, smouldered and blazed into bliss. ?

>

> My Guru, thou voice of God, I found thee in response to my soul-

> cries. Slumbers of sorrow are gone, and I am awake in bliss.

>

> If all the gods are displeased, and yet thou art pleased, I am safe

> in the fortress of thy pleasure. And if all the gods protect me by

> the parapets of their blessings, and yet I receive not thy

> benedictions, I am an orphan, left to pine spiritually in the ruins

> of thy displeasure. O Guru?thou didst bring me out of the

bottomless

> pit of darkness into the paradise of peace. ?

>

> I bow to thee as the spoken voice of silent God. I bow to thee as

the

> divine door leading to the temple of salvation. I bow to thee ? and

> I lay the flowers of my devotion at (thy) feet ? . "

>

> Durga

>