The results of the battle: Ego 0, Maa 100, JAI MAA

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Namaste all: Mother uses whatever it takes to free us from the

clutches of our ego. Our senses, our mind, our intellect, are all

trained from a young age to seek enjoyment and fleeting fulfillment in

the ever-changing outside world. How will She defeat the army of the

ego, when our entire life is arranged to comfort and feed his

insatiable demands?

So, She has to be tricky, powerful, ruthless,and cunning, if She wants

to win the battle.

This Navaratri, I was determined to provide Her with every chance to

enter into serious battle with my ego.

So it was with some trepitation that I arrived at the Temple DAY #1 at

4:30 AM with only 3 hours sleep, to join the other devotees in Her

worship.

Let the battle begin, I thought. I prayed to Maa that She would win,

and I did everything I could to help Her.

It was 3-4 days into Navaratri before I began to loose interest in the

world and enjoy the Temple and its incredible peace and shakti. The

first several days there was a fierce battle for my ego: everywhere I

turned, I was confronted with an unbalanced, unhappy, and grouchy " i " .

Nothing satisfied " me " , and everything annoyed me. " i " was miserable.

Fortunately, She had instructed me in the use of Her weapons of

virtue: avoid all outside related pursuits: TV, books, Web surfing,

secular music, etc., and perform many extra mantras, chanting, japa,

4:30 am aarti and singing both in my home Temple and the Mandir, etc.,

in order to break free of anger, passion, and the other generals in

the Ego's army. She worked tirelessly and fearlessly, countering my

howls and cries of pain and anger, and cut and hacked with Her sword

of truth and wisdom and compassion, until, finally, he was defeated.

With a final great scream of surrender, he fell to the floor,

exhausted. She gathered me up in Her arms, and put me into Her lap,

and now, I do not want to climb out.

Our lives are a series of habits and routines, organized to dull and

blind us to the ultimate reality. Serious measures are needed to

obtain serious results. And She is up to the task.

We only have to cry for help, and She comes running, leaping out of

our heart chakra, manifesting from the best of our own intrinsic

nature, Our Own Divine Mother, She fights to save us from ourself, and

She Will Win.

 

Thanks Ma and Swami, for a wonderful Navaratri. Thanks to you, loving

family, for all of our combined efforts, because, as One Soul, our

unified efforts, made Her ever more powerful.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

love

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

 

 

, " roy.papia " <roy.papia wrote:

>

> 1. It took me a week to realize that the Brahmadi sap vimocanam is

> intrinsically linked to the chapters in the Chandi. Nanda pointed out

> the bija mantras. But also, in the first mantra she is named madhu

> kaitabha mardinyai, and she kills those two in the first chapter. In

> the second mantra she is named mahisasura sainya nasinyai and in

> chapter 2 she destroys the army of mahisasura … and so on. In chapter 7

> she kills Passion and Anger and in mantra 7 is referred to as canda

> munda badha karinyai.

>

> 2.To kill Passion and Anger, the goddess creates Kali out of herself.

> We have not see her so fierce and so relentless before. Is it because,

> of all the thoughts, Passion and Anger are so difficult to control and

> eradicate?

> 3.It is interesting that this is the first time that the form we

> meditate on wears no weapons – She is the embodiment of peace and

> beauty listening to her parrots and playing a veena.

>