To Brinndavanshaktia and all : Shiva and Parviti

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Namaste Brindavanshakti: Swami responded to your request for

understanding of the Shiva / Parviti story with the following short

reply.

Note: in the request I sent him I copied and pasted the portion of the

story which you discussed.

" After a short time Parvati did in fact lose the dice game and she

became very angry. She thought that it was because of the Brahmin's

prediction that she had lost the game. Shiva advised Parvati to remain

calm and to control her anger, but Parvati would not be easily

appeased. Her anger grew into a great rage and she cursed the Brahmin

who had said she would lose the game. Parvati cursed the Brahmin that

he would suffer from leprosy.

 

The Brahmin priest was immediately attacked by the disease, and he

became very sad and was filled with great pain from the leprosy that

developed. Many days passed and the priest suffered a great deal. He

thought, " For what karma have I received such a curse from the Divine

Mother? What will I ever be able to do to get her grace once again? "

In this way his mind was extremely agitated, and his body pained. "

 

 

Swami's response: " Where is the rest of the story?

I am sure you are going to find that the curse evolved into a

blessing, and that because of this blessing we received a new form of

worship with which to purify all our desires.

 

I hope this helps you to understand the full import of this teaching

story.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

Vishweshwar

 

 

 

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> inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108

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> Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:03:56 PM

> [www.ShreeMaa.org] Brinndavanshaktia and all : Shiva and

Parviti

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> Namaste: I have forwarded your request for clarity on the story of

> Parvati and the curse, to Swami.

> From my humble opinion, stories like this reflect different levels of

> experience and reality. And one can relate to the story from so many

> different points of view.

> The play of the Gods and Goddesses in the relative world is portrayed

> in human terms, but, the we have to consider that the perspective a

> Divine Being has is far fuller, broader, and deeper than our limited

> perception.

> So consider this one perspective on the story. If we assume that God /

> Goddess knows our past, present, and future, then we could imagine

> that Parvati gave the priest a blessing in disguise. If he had past

> karma coming to fruition, then it was his good fortune that Parviti

> delivered the curse, then, another aspect of Divinity, brought the

" cure " .

> Also, keep in mind that the priest never became angry with Parviti.

> He accepted his fate, and prayed to discover a way to get back into

> Her graces.

> His prayer was answered, he was granted the " cure " , he had faith and

> performed the worship, and was blessed with many levels of success.

> From his successful worship, which was the result of faith and pure

> devotion, flowed a chain of events which spread the knowledge of that

> worship far and wide.

> In fact, it has flowed right up to this very moment.

> Each of us worships according to fulfill our own needs. Each has our

> own goals and our own karma and samsaras. So, one cannot judge

> another by the goals of their worship.

> If one is at the stage of life where one seeks only to merge with

> Mother, then that is what they will ask from Shiva after their 16

> Monday vow of worship. If they seek another goal, then so be it.

> That is their need at the time.

> I worship Shiva twice daily, performing Shiva puja, for many years. i

> never miss a day. Why?

> Because He is my God. He attracts me like no other. He has given me

> fruits beyond anything I could desire. He has answered prayers,

> provided the means to solve problems, and made some problems simply

> disappear.

> Only He knows what i really need, so, whatever I ask for, I trust that

> He will give me exactly what I need, and that whatever He gives me

> will be perfect. For how can I, of limited perspective and wisdom,

> judge what He gives me?

> Just like the story of the 3 blind men touching an elephant for the

> first time. Each felt a different part of the elephant, and each had

> a totally different experience to report to the others. And, each was

> totally right based on their direct perception. But, it was different

> for each. And each had to accept the others perception as truth.

> In other words: knowledge is structured in consciousness, and

> knowledge is different in different states of consciousness.

> Now, I hope you " see " a different perspective on this story and

> consider Shiva worship as a means to reach your goal.

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> Jai Maa Jai Swami

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> , brindavanshakti brindavanshakti

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> > Namaste

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> > I went to the spiritual calander and read the story of the 16 days

> of worship and to be totally honest it blew me away and has made me

> totally confused. How can anyone want to worship people like this.

> What sort of a man would let his wife curse a person with leprosy

> just because she lost a dice game?. These are supposed to be gods!?

> Am I missing something here? And then to make up a 16 day worship to

> ensure that you get health, wealth, the cessation of disturbances and

> the fullment of all desires? Tallk about total selfishness and me me

> me. I thought we were supposed to be moving away from the me and

> joining into the Divine. Please help me here as I thought that we

> were supposed to be practicing unconditional love to the Maa. I am

> confused?

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> > Love Brindavanshakti

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