to Vish : Eric and all: Sankalpa to worship Siva for 16 mondays

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Namaste Vish,

 

please accept my heartfelt appreciation for the seva you are doing

here on this forum; your posts are truly inspirational. Your speaking

about how a relationship is built with Shiva by starting with the

basic puja and then expanding, has rekindled a fire in my heart.

I perform the expanded puja Maa Parvati taught us (the 'lessons' were

posted here, so they must be in the archives, and this provided us

with a wonderful way to expand the basic puja as taught by Nandaji),

and now I would like to take it a step further. Some time ago, I asked

a question about it in the group, but no response came. So perhaps it

was not the right time or there was some other reason. But just in

case my question was overlooked, I have the audacity to bring post

25042 to your attention, because I would dearly love to have the

answer. If my insistence is inappropriate, I will understand and I

will continue my practice as it is,

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

 

, " inspectionconnection108 "

<inspectionconnection108 wrote:

>

> Namaste Eric and all: if you have never performed Shiva puja, and

are

> not comfortable with the process and techniques of worship, it would

> be best to begin with the Beginner Shiva puja text. It is simple and

> straight forward.

> Also, the puja in the Advanced text takes quite a bit of time, while

> the Beginner can take 20-30 minutes, once you know how to do it.

> It is all up to you. What is your goal? How long do you have each

> Monday? How experienced are you with puja performance?

> If your goal is to begin a relationship with Shiva, then start

simple,

> and become very familiar with the basic beginner puja. Learn it by

> heart so that you can focus on worship, and not on reading the text

> and fumbling with the book and the articles of worship.

> In my own experience, I have found I could focus more on building a

> relationship with Shiva by keeping my practice simple, rather than

> getting into more elaborate and technically challenging techniques.

> Then in time, after I mastered the basic puja, I naturally wanted to

> expand my puja because I wanted to find more ways to tell Shiva how

> much I love him. then I added mantras from the advanced puja text.

>

> Jai Maa Jai Swami

>

> vishweshwar

>

>

>

>

>

, Eric Cassils <Quanchula1@>

wrote:

> >

> > Namaste Vish, Devi et All,

> >

> > For the 16 Monday worship, if we have the advanced

> > Shiva puja book is it acceptable to use this book as

> > well. I know it would have been better to start with

> > something less advanced, but I was very attracted by

> > the cover of this book, and by it's sheer

> > completeness.

> > Jai Swami Jai Maa, Jai Maa Jai Swami

> > eric

> > --- inspectionconnection108

> > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> >

> > > Namaste Carie: Order the $10 book, SHIVA PUJA FOR

> > > BEGINNERS. Once

> > > you receive it, come to this club site, and on the

> > > left margin, you

> > > see a word " FILES " , click on FILES and you will see

> > > a folder for

> > > LEARNING SHIVA PUJA. This will give you point by

> > > point instructions,

> > > following the book, to perform the puja.

> > > also, you can contact me and I will be glad to help.

> > >

> > >

> > > Jai Ma Jai Swami

> > >

> > > Vishweshwar

> > > , " Carie M "

> > > <m.cirene@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Is that the book for 10.00? Peace, Carie

> > > >

> > > > On Nov 28, 2007 9:00 AM, gauri_108 <gauri_108@>

> > > wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > Namaste Carrie,

> > > > >

> > > > > This is a great sankalpa to take on. The

> > > begiiner Siva puja book is

> > > > > where a lot of us started out. It has all the

> > > components in a simple

> > > > > form that should not take more than 1/2 hou to

> > > do once you get

> > > > > compfortable with it. I always had a good time

> > > getting up in the

> > > > > morning, " cooking Siva breakfast " and then

> > > offering it in the puja.

> > > > > The sankalpa says that you perform the worship

> > > for 16 weeks...you can

> > > > > make it as simple or as elaborate as you like --

> > > it's all about

> > > > > showing your love.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > , " Carie M "

> > > <m.cirene@> wrote:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > I read it it is a beautiful story. What is

> > > required?

> > > > > > Peace, Carie

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > On 11/26/07, devi <student61754@> wrote:

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Has anyone checked out the calendar at the

> > > > > Shreemaa.org

> > > <http://shreemaa.org/><http://shreemaa.org/>

> > > > > > > ?

> > > > > > > It's great!

> > > > > > > Today is a good day to start the Siva

> > > Sankalpa for 16 Mondays!

> > > > > > > Anyone want to join in?

> > > > > > > We can all share questions & experiences in

> > > group.

> > > > > > > This is going to be fun.

> > > > > > > Look forward to seeing your posts.

> > > > > > > May each of your Mondays be blessed by

> > > haveing the honor of

> > > doing Siva

> > > > > > > Puja.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Devi

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Jai Maa,

> > > > > > > Devi

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