Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 NAMASTE Sal: I have been following your analysis of the ego's hold on our lives. Personally, I have found that reading the English translation of the Chandi quenches my intellectual thirst, while chanting the Chandi brings relief to my overheated ego. I hope you can join Maa and Swami and the Devi Mandir family every Sunday at 9:30 am Pacific and chant the Chandi with us. Log onto www.shreemaa.org and scroll to " live web cast " , and join us in front of the homa in the Temple chanting. For the next 2.5 hours, our entire life is condensed to its most basic components: body, mind, ego. How quickly we discover that we cannot control our mind, we cannot remove " I and Me " from the action taking place, and the body-well, thru Maa's Grace we can at least keep our knees on the floor for the 2.5 hours we chant the Chandi. That is the only thing we seem to have any control of! We have to surrender all fear, worry,self conceit, self deprecation, physical pain, mental fluctuations, and ultimately our sense of individual self, in order to merge with the group consciousness and stay in the bhava of Maa and Swami. That is the " sweet " spot we all aim to experience: Being One with Maa and Swami. In that mood of surrender, Chandi, She Who Tear Apart Thought " , can fight with our ego, and, we can feel Her removing His defenses, one by one, as we chant together. It is an awesome experience, and, when my wife and I chant together, the feeling of unity and strength carries thru the week. Jai Maa Jai Swami vishweshwar , " sal. " <salpaulsen wrote: > > Greetings all! > > Oh this is making my brain work....! This is only my humble opinion, > but worry is simply a progeny of fear. Worry from a root fear causes > paralysis. That is not living. Fear and worry, both unknowns > attached to the Ego, stifle the energy of moving forward, of living. > > An example: I fear that I will not be able to provide for my > children. I spend my time worrying where the money will come from. > The heavy, negative energy prevents me from moving forward > creatively, actively finding a solution and trusting that the > universe provides all anyway. I am so consumed in my worry that I > cut myself off from allowing the energy flow of Source. I freeze > with my worry and my fear...which is retreating or > contracting...metaphorical death. One can also escape, which is > energy moving the other way, but is it based in love? > > The next obvious question, is it possible to eliminate (or at least > greatly diminish) fear and live always, actively in " love? " Only if > one can consciously recognize that: 1)worry is a waste of time; and, > 2)the fear is an unreal projection, an illusion, of what is not > known. The fear is rendered useless, and energy is allowed to flow > once again. > > Easier said than done....! But it does work! > > love to all! > sal. > > > > , " ty_maa " <dsjames@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Sal, > > > > Thank you for your reply. > > > > " To be or not to be " -to love or to fear- " that is the question " > (we'll > > have to imagine the skull here). > > > > A saint-a disciple of Ramakrishna-said all expansion is life; > > contraction is death. That pure love is infinite expansion; fear > leads > > to ultimate contraction-death. > > > > But what is the relationship beween fear and worry? > > > > With Respect, > > > > Tanmaya > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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