Guest guest Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Namaste Gauri: Thanks so much for sharing your personal conversations with Maa. It really helps when we can hear how Maa gives suggestions to make spiritual life applicable to daily life. Jai Maa Jai Swami vishweshwar , " maadevi55 " <maadevi55 wrote: > > > Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai Maa indeed. > > Thanks Gauri Maa. > > > , " gauri_108 " <gauri_108@> wrote: > > > > Namaste Maadevi! > > > > I was just going to write about another conversation I had with Maa. > > This subject is to me the essence of what Swamiji means when He says, > > " We don't teach a spiritual practice, but a spiritual life " . > > What good is it to do the worship if it doesn't spill into your daily > > life, right? > > > > Anyways, Maa was talking to me about meditating in the morning and > > that I should say, " God/Siva, I offer my every action to You " . > > > > Simple! > > > > Just offer every calculation we make, every letter we type, every > > lesson we present to our students. And by making this offering before > > we even take a step, we are covered for the whole day. > > > > Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaai Maa > > > > > > , " maadevi55 " maadevi55@ wrote: > > > > > > Dear Gauri, > > > > > > Since reading this very inspiring message I was wondering if it is > > > appropriate to ask Mother at Her convenience if She could say how > this > > > attitude can be applied to the various services offered in our > different > > > jobs. Accounting, Administrative, Secretarial, Teaching etc. > > > > > > Thanks for sharing. > > > > > > Jai Maa > > > > > > , " gauri_108 " <gauri_108@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Namaste Devi, > > > > > > > > Maa's specific instructions are as follows: > > > > > > > > For each person i should chant offering mantra: > > > > > > > > Om satpatram shuddasuvavirv > > > > vividhanekabhakshanam > > > > nivedayami deveshi sarvatrptikaram param > > > > > > > > Om Annapurne sada purne > > > > Shankara pranavallabhe > > > > jnanavairaghyasiddhyartham > > > > biksham dehi namo-stu te > > > > > > > > Mata ca Parvati devi pita devo Maheshwara > > > > bandhavah sivabhaktashcha svadesho bhuvanatrayam > > > > > > > > Om namah Sivayah bhog naivedyam samarpayami > > > > > > > > > > > > Maa said to recite the mantras very quickly (and very quietly) > since i > > > > am serving on average 200 people. Make adjustments to your > particular > > > > situation > > > > > > > > Hope this helps you, Angel, and everybody else who is interested! > > > > > > > > lots of LOVE, > > > > gauri > > > > > > > > , devi student61754@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > THank you for posting this Gauri, > > > > > What a blessing to hear. > > > > > THis will make me see such things much diff., in the light of > > > seva. > > > > > And in that light what would be a quick way to offer each plate > to > > > > siva as we are delivering the food to the table in this situation? > > > > > And what would be the correct manner in which to bless our foods > > > > at home? > > > > > THANK YOU GAURI > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gauri_108 gauri_108@ wrote: > > > > > Namaste everybody! > > > > > > > > > > i was talking to Shree Maa the other day and the conversation > turned > > > > > to my job. I work in the service industry and don't necessarily > > > enjoy > > > > > it all the time. Some of the benefits are really cool, but it's > not > > > > > very challenging and becomes quite boring. > > > > > > > > > > Shree Maa didn't see it that way at all! > > > > > > > > > > " What a wonderful job you have! " She said, " You are blessed to > be > > > able > > > > > to do seva all day long! In your job you serve food and you can > say > > > > > mantras and offer the food to Siva before you serve it to them. > This > > > > > way everybody you serve is getting prasad! What a joy! " > > > > > > > > > > I was speechless. And then i was sooooo grateful! > > > > > Thank You, Maa, for showing that spirituality is not a lofty > showy > > > > > thing, but a truly simple and humble DAILY experience! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Autos > > > > new Car Finder tool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Namaste Gauri Okay, I found the prayer in the Adv. Shiva Puja book (wow, that is a long book -- I'm still working on the beginner's version. Seems I have a loooooong way to go!!) Thanks for your patience with me. This practice of blessing the food is something I want to incorporate more into my life and this really helps me to know just what to do. But most of all, thanks for sharing all your stories and conversations with Maa and Swamiji. Remembering that our sadhana helps make our lives more aware and connected to spirit is something that I, for one, cannot be reminded of too often. In fact, I have always felt that Sam is the perfect example of this. He has no real sadhana, yet he is one of the most spiritual, unconditionally loving people I know. Anyway, your words have been a continuing reminder and inspiration. Thank you for sharing them. When anyone shares their conversations with Maa with us, we are all blessed. lovelove to you w , " gauri_108 " <gauri_108 wrote: > > Namaste Maadevi! > > I was just going to write about another conversation I had with Maa. > This subject is to me the essence of what Swamiji means when He says, > " We don't teach a spiritual practice, but a spiritual life " . > What good is it to do the worship if it doesn't spill into your daily > life, right? > > Anyways, Maa was talking to me about meditating in the morning and > that I should say, " God/Siva, I offer my every action to You " . > > Simple! > > Just offer every calculation we make, every letter we type, every > lesson we present to our students. And by making this offering before > we even take a step, we are covered for the whole day. > > Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaai Maa > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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