All family: WebFAQ - 29 - Why do we chant the Kavach

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Namaste Vish and All Devas and Devis of Devi Mandir.

 

 

What you have reported about Swami's statement seems

really poignant. Yesterday I was reading Pantanjali,

and the first sentence is:

yogaschittavrittinirodhah. So succinct in Sanskrit,

but in English roughly: Unity with the Divine occurs

through ending the modifications of our

consciousness(mind).

 

What causes our minds to fluctuate are our past

memories. Every time we get irritated by an apparent

problem, it's our conscious mind receiving an

impression, a previous experience from the

subconscious mind.

 

The subconscious mind is littered with memories, and

plays these tapes back to the conscious mind because

it wants help to in union with the Divine, it wants to

know Divinity, but how can it with all these memories

assailing it?

 

The conscious mind starts to vacillate in grief,

anger, fear, sadness, or joy upon awareness of the

memory. We have a volitile reaction of 'Oh poor me,

and so and so and such and such is to blame' and we

relive the memory as the experience of the problem all

over again. We become more and more frustrated with

life. We feel misery and project our woes onto

ourselves and others. The situation worsens.

 

At the conscious level, We don't know what the source

of the problem is, we just think it's happening to us,

we don't realise the cause, that's why it's

subconscious. The subconscious thinks it can manage

and cope with everything that happens, even when it

doesn't have a clue. We don't have to know either, we

have the choice to do Kavacham and Chandi, or the

choice to be tortured by our memories (if that can be

termed a choice )

 

Who's really in Charge? Only Maa, and she is the one

who can send her Shakthi to transmute our

modifications, obscurations, misunderstandings, and

problems. So we must Kleen! Kleen! Kleen! to be free

of problems, memories, unpleasant modifications,

caused by our own thoughts. Thanks for helping me

clarify this further in my own understanding.

 

Jai Maa! Jai Swami!

Eric

 

 

 

 

 

--- inspectionconnection108

<inspectionconnection108 wrote:

 

> Namaste all family: Swami's answers are so clear

> about why we cahnt

> the Kavasch. I especially liked one: what do we

> protect ourselves

> from: Answer: the changes and modification of our

> own minds.

> That really defined the whole purpose of chanting

> the Chandi, and,

> performing any sadhana. I think I will type that

> and post it

> everywhere in my home and at my altar.

> Protect myself from me. Whew.

> So amazing that Swami and Maa give us the direct

> answers to life's

> most pressing issues, and keep us on the straight

> and narrow path to

> freedom.

> God Bless Them Both with every blessing possible in

> all Creation.

>

> Jai Maa Jai Swami

>

> vishweshwar

>

>

>

> , " jrholm1007 "

> <jrholm1007 wrote:

> >

> > Dear Everyone, I want to express my gratitude to

> Srini and Swamiji

> > and everyone who has been participating in this

> exploration of the

> > Kavach. In reading Swami's answers this morning,

> I wrote in my

> > notes, Complete Faith = Total Protection = Abiding

> Presence of Divine

> > Mother. It reminds me of the Chandi class where

> Swamiji says (I

> > apologize for forgetting which verse he is

> referring to) " If we can

> > see Her in everything, then no one can take Her

> away from us " .

> >

> > For me this lesson also connects with that other

> question that we

> > have been discussing, about surrendering to God.

> I have a friend who

> > says frequently, " act as if it all depends on you,

> at the same time

> > believe that it all depends on God " . By Her Grace

> and through Her

> > Love we are earnest stewards, active witnesses of

> Divine Mother

> > caring for Her creation and celebrating Her

> eternal birth through us

> > and through all.

> >

> > Thank you all for supporting my learning with such

> light and joy on

> > this journey! Jennifer

> >

> > , " srini_sadhu "

> <srini_sadhu@>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > >

> > > Dear Ramya and Papia,

> > >

> > > Thank you for your series of questions on the

> Devi Kavach and

> > wanting

> > > to know why we chant the Kavach.

> > >

> > > Please see Swamiji's responses here --

> > >

> > > Question 12 to 16 at

> http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/chandi_path_1

> > >

> > > under the section " Devyah Kavacham, Argala

> Stotram, Kilakam "

> > >

> > > Hope this helps.

> > > Jai Maa

> > > Srini

> > >

> >

>

>

>

 

 

 

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