Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Namaste all family: this Thursday July 3rd, Summer Navatri begins. Our Mandir family will be celebrating for 9 days, honoring and worshiping Mother. This is a powerful time to dive into Her worship: To deepen one's relationship with Her and surrender our hearts to Pure Love and Pure Devotion. Mother's devotees typically take sankalpas to perform additional sadhana and decrease their intake of food. Some do complete fasts, others refrain from all by fruit and nuts, while others simply eat less. Each of us has a personal relationship with Her, and each of us decides what we wish to surrender in order to become closer to Her, to receive Her darshan. Jai Ma Jai Swami vishweshwar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Namaste Vishweshwar, thank you for announcing the beginning of Summer Navaratri. As I am contemplating how to make these days special, a question arises: why is it that the four Navaratris are especially auspicious for devotees to grow closer to our Divine Mother. Is She not always close to us? Are these days special because it somehow easier for us to be open to Her presence? Or is She somehow closer to us than on other days? Why these four periods? I would very much appreciate your input and perhaps you could ask Swamiji, if that is not inappropriate? with love, Henny , " inspectionconnection108 " <inspectionconnection108 wrote: > > Namaste all family: this Thursday July 3rd, Summer Navatri begins. > Our Mandir family will be celebrating for 9 days, honoring and > worshiping Mother. This is a powerful time to dive into Her worship: > To deepen one's relationship with Her and surrender our hearts to Pure > Love and Pure Devotion. > Mother's devotees typically take sankalpas to perform additional > sadhana and decrease their intake of food. Some do complete fasts, > others refrain from all by fruit and nuts, while others simply eat > less. Each of us has a personal relationship with Her, and each of us > decides what we wish to surrender in order to become closer to Her, to > receive Her darshan. > > Jai Ma Jai Swami > > vishweshwar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Peace to you, Vish, I would deeply appreciate to hear Swamiji's wisdom as to why devotees need to give up something in order to receive Mother's blessing, and in particular, over the course of four times in a year. Is this not sort of like the Christian Lenten season? What does one gain by sacrifice? For truly, dear Mother, this naughty, naughty child only wants to offer her love to you and wonders why decreasing her consumption of beloved chocolate over prayers of love for you would make you happy... blessings to all, sal. , " inspectionconnection108 " <inspectionconnection108 wrote: > > Namaste all family: this Thursday July 3rd, Summer Navatri begins. > Our Mandir family will be celebrating for 9 days, honoring and > worshiping Mother. This is a powerful time to dive into Her worship: > To deepen one's relationship with Her and surrender our hearts to Pure > Love and Pure Devotion. > Mother's devotees typically take sankalpas to perform additional > sadhana and decrease their intake of food. Some do complete fasts, > others refrain from all by fruit and nuts, while others simply eat > less. Each of us has a personal relationship with Her, and each of us > decides what we wish to surrender in order to become closer to Her, to > receive Her darshan. > > Jai Ma Jai Swami > > vishweshwar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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