Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Namaste Shankari and family: Maa has told me to chant the Atha Sapta Sloki Durga daily because it is very powerful. I experience it as the essense of the Chandi Path text, and of Shree Maa Herself. Reading the English. one understands that Maa is EVERYTHING, and to study and worship Her, will bring the knowledge and experience of the Oneness of all Creation. Swami and Maa have said repeatedly that chanting the Chandi will resolve all difficulties, even changing the effects of the planets on our lives, as well as removing the great ego from our actions. We have to trust that they speak the truth. If we have faith in our Gurus, and practice the same sadhana they have practiced, in the way they have practiced it, then we will get the same results they have achieved. We know from experience we cannot change others, so, we have to work on ourselves. Then, as we change, and negatively leaves us, and positivity and harmony and balance become the predominate characteristics of our daily experience, then, wherever we go, we will carry that positivity with us, and, it will effect those around us. This is how we can change the world. By purifying ourselves, using our discrimination, and acting from love and harmony, we can change the world. So, chant some verses of the Chandi daily, or even just the Atha Sapta Sloki Durga, and give up everything to Her. Lay your woes on Her lap, and She will heal you and make you Whole. Jai Ma Jai Sami viwhweshwar , Shankari Kali <shankari_kali wrote: > > Namaste Vish: > > Thanks for this post. I intend to participate in this month's reciting of the Chandi Path as well. I was wondering though if I can recite the " Sapta Sloki Durga " daily to connect more with the divine mother? > > I have a number of raw relationships. My husband and I have a very strong relationship, but I have issues with children and my own parents. I also seem to get into a tangle with bosses and coworkers even if I am trying to appease them. I think Swami once pointed this out as karma. It makes us painfully aware of how intimately connected we all are in this web of existence. > > Peace, > Shankari Kali > > inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108 wrote: Namaste: The answers to all your questions are contained in the > Chandi. Meditate on Chandi, She who tears apart thought and destroys > the great ego. Remember that the ego is the part of us which says: " I > am the doer. " It thrives on division and separation. It says: I am > angry, or, I am a doormat, or I am better than him and he is weaker > then me " . It does whatever it needs to do to prevent us from > remembering and experiencing our TRUE NATURE: that We Are Divine Gods > and Goddesses. > Swami writes in the " Introduction to the Chandi " about our aimless > wandering on this Earth, looking for permanence in a world of utter > impermanence. yet, the ego has us convinced that we can find true > happiness if we buy new clothes, or belong to the best club, or drive > the coolest car. Everywhere we look this concept is reinforced in > modern culture. It is all false and untrue. It is all ego based. It > is all I, Me, Mine. > What is the cure to your problems? Indeed, to all of our problems? > > Swami states in the Introduction to the Chandi: " Through the study > and practice of this work,{reciting the Chandi}, according to the > prescribed procedure, we seek to free ourselves from this habit, to > take the " Ego I " out of thought, to find the remedy of that all too > chronic disease, Attachment, and to expand our awareness beyond the > relationships of this physical body so as to intuit by direct > perception the Bliss of the Universe. " > " Daily reciting the verses, we offer to Mother all our troubles, > afflictions, all manner of thoughts and perturbations-even the very > Ego itself; and one by one She cuts them down, purifies them with the > vibrations of Her mantras, until we, too, become the One of Intuitive > Vision who only desires the Highest Wisdom that removes the > attachments of the Ego. " > So, Shankari, and Linda, and all of our family, we need to recite this > text and have faith that it will work for us, just as it has worked > for those who have come before us, and now guide us with their wisdom > and love. > A new sankalpa for Chandi is coming up. Make the time, give up > something " important " , in order to " go for the gold " , and win Maa's > Grace. I have seen amazing changes in the relationship between my > wife and I since we have been chanting the Chandi with Maa and Swami > every Sunday at the Mandir. After almost 30 years of being together, > we are experiencing a True Divine Relationship for the first time, and > it is rocking my world. > This is the real thing, and we have been given this technique by the > foremost Masters of it: Maa and Swami. > Please, know that Maa Chandi can heal all your wounds and solve your > problems of self conceit and self deprecation. It says so in the > text, IT IS THE TRUTH. > > > Jai Maa Jai Swami > > love > > vishweshwar > > > , Shankari Kali <shankari_kali@> > wrote: > > > > > > Namaste Linda: > > > > That's great news! I'm glad to hear that you are going to get back > together after so long. Let us know how you are progressing. > > > > I have some questions myself that I have been wrestling with. Now > the Chandi Path teaches us to not be to self-serving and to also not > be too self-hating. Either way the ego is sticking out. I on the other > hand have been pretty much a doormat for most of my life and reading > the Chandi Path got me to thinking. I was thinking that by doing that > I'm not only harming myself and restricting myself, but I'm hurting my > family as well. I feel guity at times for not allowing the doormat > status to continue. Does Swami recommend anything that would heal this > issue and am I correct in saying that the Chandi Path states that > either way is an ego attachment? > > > > Thanks always for your wisdom, > > Shankari Kali > > nierika@ wrote: srini wrote: > > Swamiji has been answering questions of a devotee on various aspects > > of relationships. > > > > Please check out the latest installment of this conversation: > > > > http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal-4.7.3/taxonomy_menu/69/152 > > > > Dear srini ~ thank you so much. I am embarking on a real adventure, > and that is to re-unite with my husband after nearly 30 years of > separation. We never stopped loving each other, never stopped missing > each other, never stopped wanting to be together. When I read what > Swamiji wrote, and I saw there were also other Q's & A's on the topic > of relationships, so I will go back and read more ... but when I read > that, and having looked back at what went " wrong, " I have to > acknowledge that much was due to my selfishness. As I look to reunite > the circle of our love, I am ready to give up whatever > self-centeredness might stand in the way. Of course, now I have Durga > and all the Goddesses to help me slay these thoughts, and I have > discovered that " Too Little " is often at the basis of selfishness. We > never did get divorced, so really we are still married. I ask the > blessings of all the Gods and Goddesses because I have felt all along, > as did David, that, in truth, our > > destiny was to be together. Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See what's free at AOL.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Give spam the boot. 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