Guest guest Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 > > Namaste Eric, I agree with your post. There are so many levels to this notion of " expect nothing. " All the wonderful teachings from Maa and Swami about surrender, faith, moving in the world to God's commands rather than my own desires, selfless service, being established in being and performing action. Wow There is no goal higher than this. When I read Maa's new book, " Living with the Soul " , I have the intellectual, emotional, and metaphysical realization that this goal is attainable. But, it is only realized by Maa's Grace, for how can one surrender one's own ego? Who is surrendering what? To whom? One's head spins with these dizzying notions. So, as you say, we devote our self to pure devotion, to pure love, and the petals of the lotus will unfold by Her grace. Oh Maa, make me mad with your love. Jai Ma Jai Swami vishweshwar > > This is an interesting topic <do not expect anything>. > I have had different experiences with this, and > sometimes you do not need to expect anything from your > puja, prayers, healing work, sadhana, and other times > you do not expect something, but you simply have the > knowing of results and that which transcends any > notion of them, and no matter what happens, you get > what you desired and more.. Doesn<t Puja mean birth of > merits, and if so then you are asked to know that what > ever you offer in your puja will take birth, so it > doesn<t matter if you expect any result, it is a law > that you will be given the fruits of your worship, > whatever you put in you will get out, so focus on your > devotion and not worrying about the expectations seems > like wise protocol. > --- henny_v_i <henny_v_i wrote: > > > Namaste Nanda and Vish and all, > > > > thank you for these very useful recommendations. One > > that struck me as > > very important: > > > > 'do not expect anything'. > > > > The thought that if one offers something, something > > else (and most > > often, a particular something) should be received in > > return is very > > hard to get rid of and forms the root of feelings of > > disappointment > > and discouragement. Makes me wonder how much of my > > effort (in learning > > puja, watching classes etc.) is actually driven by > > expectation of > > something. > > > > 'do not expect any thing' > > > > seems to be the most excellent advice... > > > > thank you, > > with love, > > henny > > > > > > > > > > > > , > > " inspectionconnection108 " > > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote: > > > > > > Namaste: thanks for this post. I would add the > > following: > > > > > > 1. prepare yourself in every way: wear clean > > clothes, use the > > > bathroom prior so you can sit for the 2.5 hours, > > stretch prior to > > the > > > body is as flexible and comfortable as possible so > > you can sit as > > > still as possible for the entire Chandi, and eat > > enough food to be > > > comfortable and well fueled. > > > 2. prepare your heart and mind: remember your > > goal and purpose-why > > > are you here, and come prepared to give your best, > > and surrender to > > > the Guru's instructions, and example in every way. > > > 3. bring some offering to the Guru: food, > > flowers, etc., as an > > > expression of your love and thanks > > > 4. bring a coconut to offer at the end of the > > Chandi > > > 5. offer your ego and all your thoughts, emotions, > > desires to the > > > Divine Fire > > > 6. accept whatever Ma Chandi gives you as Her > > prasad, as a blessing > > > for your participation. Do not expect anything. > > > 7. give more than you get: help clean up and > > organize the Temple > > for > > > the next homa and worship service > > > > > > > > > Jai Maa Jai Swami > > > > > > vishweshwar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , " Nanda " > > <chandimaakijai@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > Here is an extract from the 'Inside Sutras'. > > Acknowledgement and > > thanks > > > > to Swamiji,Rami,Srini. > > > > > > > > " Guru: The most important thing we can do is to > > support the Guru's > > > > sadhana. The second most important thing is to > > keep doing our own > > > > sadhana. Now of course, as a Guru Ashram, the > > Guru will define > > what the > > > > appropriate sadhana is and who is qualified to > > perform what > > sadhana " > > > > > > > > > > > > Some thoughts on the above lines... > > > > > > > > We are sometimes lucky to stay at the Mandir and > > watch Maa and > > Swamiji > > > > as they perform their pujas in the morning. It > > is very important > > that > > > > we conduct ourselves so that we do not intrude > > on their bhava and > > > > sadhana . Sometimes we are also invited to > > participate in the > > sadhana, > > > > like the Sunday morning Chandi. Here are some > > of the etiquette > > rules > > > > followed for the Chandi. > > > > > > > > 1) Try to arrive punctually so as not to disturb > > the group once > > the > > > > chanting has commenced . If you do come in > > late, then sit behind > > and > > > > not try to push forward to the front. > > > > 2) Find out in advance (if possible) what will > > be chanted, so > > that we > > > > do not need to disturb our neighbor to know the > > page number during > > the > > > > sadhana. > > > > 3) Do not get up and walk around during the > > chanting , as we want > > to > > > > keep the focus and attention on Chandi. > > > > 4) If our legs fall asleep, and we need to > > shift, then do so > > > > unobtrusively so as not to disturb our neighbor. > > > > 5) Do not talk to the neighbor during the > > chanting . > > > > 6) If not seated close to the fire, then offer > > the masala to an > > empty > > > > bowl. All offerings will be given to the fire at > > the close of the > > > > Chandi. Swamiji will request everyone to come > > forward to offer > > them. > > > > 7) Chant in the same pace as Swamiji. Again, we > > are trying to > > chant > > > > along with Him and Maa, so we respect their > > pace. If we are unable > > to > > > > keep up, then we read along silently, but always > > always respect > > > > Swamiji's pace. > > > > 8) If you bring small children, then please > > ensure that they do > > not play > > > > around with the masala. Also you might want to > > sit towards the > > back of > > > > the hall so that the group's bhava is not > > disturbed. > > > > 9) Chanting IS meditation. So we try not to > > disturb the chanters > > in any > > > > way, as we would if they were sitting silent > > with their eyes > > closed. > > > > > > > > Hope Vish and the others might add to the above > > points based on > > their > > > > experience and observations over the years... > > > > > > > > Also, please post and write in your thoughts on > > the above topic. I > > would > > > > love to hear what you have to say ... > > > > > > > > JAI MAA > > > > Nanda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________\ ____ > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. > http://answers./dir/?link=list & sid=396545433 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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