To Joan and all: Worship all Gods/Goddesses

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Namaste Joan: sounds like you are having a great time, and that is the

goal. I too have expanded, and do many parts of the Cosmic Puja daily,

specifically worshiping each of the Gods / Goddesses, Maa and Swami,

and Ramakrishna and Sarada Devi, and the 9 planets.

Yes, it is fun, and more engaging, to worship all the different

aspects of God. Each has a different bhava, flavor, and each enlivens

a different part of me.

I began this practice prior to Maa's trip to India as a result of a

talk with Swami. He asked what sadhana I was doing, and after I

replied Shiva and Durga pujas daily, he suggested that I expand and do

something new each day, adding 15 minutes to my worship.

Well, I really took that to heart, and opened the Cosmic Puja text

looking for mantras which attracted me.

Several days later, I moved into the Mandir to act as caretaker while

they were gone, and had the great privilege of being able to sit in

front of the main altar every night and worship.

Each night as I began the mantras, I would become so happy and charmed

by them, and the tremendously powerful feeling of love coming from the

Deities on the altar, that I would chant many more mantras than I

planned. So it continued for 30 days. Each day, I couldn't wait to

sit down, and when done, I felt so fulfilled.

Now I have moved back home. I miss the powerful presence of the

Deities, and whenever I return to the Mandir, I go to the Temple to

say hello and bow to them.

The Mandir is truly the Home of the Gods. What good fortune to have

had the chance to sit in the presence of such love and perform worship.

I wish that all our Divine Family can come and visit the Mandir and

have this powerful experience. it will change your life.

 

Jai Ma Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

 

 

, Joan Fisher <mjfisher2005 wrote:

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> Thank you Vish.  Yes, i have been checking this out as well.  I have

finished reading the Adavanced Shiva Puja and have gone back to

actually practicing the Beginner Shiva Puja.  I have also made a vow

to worship the appropriate Deities every day of the week (Kali on

Saturday, Shiva on Monday, Durga on Tuesday, etc) using Swamiji's

texts.  I am finding that I learn more that way and that it keeps my

mind engaged because they all have similar elements but are unique as

well.  And it is a delight to be able to do the worship of each

divinity, as they are all Parts of the Whole, which is to me

Shiva/Shakti.  This is fun to me!  I have such a good time!  Sometimes

I am reading them in Sanskrit and sometimes in English, just to get

the meaning clear in my head.  I am listening to the pujas that I have

on CD.  I offer what is immediately available.  I don't mind spending

5 or 6 dollars a week at this point to have some fresh flowers, but

sometimes

> there are no really good ones available or the amount of fresh

flowers are not what I would wish.  And sometimes I have an

abundance!  I am, as Swami invites on the back of the one of the

pujas, enjoying the priviledge of worship.  Oh yes I am!!  My mind

does not hold still very well, but I can worship and offer lights and

clothing and flowers.  And just a little bit of that peace we pray for

in the introductory parts of the pujas filters into me each time.  A

little more and a little more every day!  Jai Shree Maa!  Jai Swamiji!

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