oops, made a mistake in original post- Question for everyone

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Namaste all,

 

I made a mistake in my original post; where I said that even though

worship becomes 'dry' this is no reason to not stop worshipping, I

meant to say, of course, that this is no reason to stop worshipping.

Sorry for the slip, I wonder where that came from:)

 

with love,

Henny

 

, " jaisanatanimaa "

<jaisanatanimaa wrote:

>

> Namaste Vish and all,

>

> thank you for asking the question, which in itself is an

inspiration

> because it implies that even though our worship becomes 'dry' this

is

> no reason to not stop worshipping! I confess I have often failed in

> this regard, and in my darkest moments I have even become angry

with

> God for failing to keep me entertained, left my altar and even had

> the audacity to blame the Divine for my inability to keep my

> sankalpa.. When I first came here, I did not see the need for the

two

> prayers for forgiveness in the Chandi. Now I do and I thank Divine

> Mother for Her patience and forgiveness! So the first thing I would

> like to say is that, in my view, you are blessed to experience

> 'dryness' because this means you are still at the altar to

experience

> it. I suspect that only when we are willing to sit and know

'dryness'

> in worship we will be able to feel the Water of Life welling up

deep

> within as a sign that Divine Mother Herself has come to 'moisten'

us

> and make us soft again. Thank you for making me realize this and

for

> strengthening my determination to keep my sankalpa.

> In a practical sense, Swamiji gave great advice. I asked in class

> what we should do when our fence is weak and cows come and knibble

> away at our tree of devotion. He said that Shree Maa is the best

> fence builder there is, and that we should ask Her to come and

build

> our fence. He also said that we should grab hold of the hem of Her

> sari (and He demonstrated this with gusto via webcam) and not let

go!

> This is an image that helps me very much when I feel 'dry': I look

at

> Maa's picture and ask Her to come and build the fence and I

mentally

> place myself at Her feet, clenching the hem of Her sari just like

> Swamiji did, and then I start worship. This really helps me to stay

> put.

> Another thing is that in times of 'dryness' I try to keep myself

> 'open' and look for as much inspiration as I possibly can wherever

I

> can, apart from formal worship: cleaning and rearanging/decorating

my

> altar, reading spiritual texts or poetry, listening to music,

drawing

> etc. In that regard, I now find great joy in the beautiful

> compilation of texts Sriniji has placed on the website recently,

> which I have printed out and which I intend to decorate with

drawings

> and pictures, and use as source of inspiration during the day.

Thank

> you, Srini!

>

>

> I am looking forward to learn from you all what you do in this

> situation,

>

> with love,

> Henny

>

>

>

>

> , " inspectionconnection108 "

> <inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste all family: I have a question. When one has a sankalpa

to

> > perform certain worship daily, what does one do if one becomes

> " bored "

> > or the experience becomes " dry " ?

> > Sometimes my daily Shiva puja does not give me a deep feeling of

> joy.

> > I ask for I am certain that others experience this and could share

> > their feelings and what they do when this happens.

> >

> > Jai Ma Jai Swami

> >

> > vishweshwar

> >

>