To Eric and all: WebFAQ - 29 - Why do we chant the Kavach

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To Eric and All: funny, and oh so amazing, how Maa send us the data

we need at the perfect time, through every possible channel.

Here at home, I was " watching " my mind today, a " tape " of an old

" hurt " between me and my brother was playing over and over. There was

no need for the tape to play, there was no need for " me " to react to

it over and over, each time feeling a " pinch " , but i did.

Finally I had to say firmly to myself, " enough is enough " , just stop it.

Oh, the mind and ego are so tricky. Ceaseless are the attempts of my

ego to keep control and keep me from experiencing my Divinity.

But, the group Chandi with Maa and Swami was so powerful on Sunday

that I did not become totally overshadowed. I was able to remember

that the internal movie and dialogue are not " mine " , and by all means,

were not to be taken seriously.

Thanks again, to Maa for Her Grace.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

 

 

 

, Eric Cassils <Quanchula1 wrote:

>

> 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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