to Eric about the Lion

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Dear Eric ~ what you wrote about the lion touched me so deeply that tears came to my eyes ... maybe they will be a fountain or a river, I don't know, because I am still feeling that deep sense of recognition. It could have been written just for me. I am a sheep, hiding from the lion of my Self. Jai Maa Jai Swamiji

~ Linda

 

 

Eric wrote:

Opened a book by Paramahansa Yogananda, Living Fearlessly ( as I am due to make an order for some of Maa's and need some supplementary material), however it opened to a page that really resonated with what is going on in with Maa andNavaratri right now, and especially with Her Vehicle, the lion of Self (and with my own struggle): Perhaps some of you will find it helpful."Invicible Lion of the Self:A cub of the Divine Lion, somehow I found myself confined in a sheepfold of frailties and limitations. Fear-filled, living long with sheep, day after day, I bleated. I forgot my affrighting bellow that banishes all enemy sorrows.O Invincible Lion of the Self! Though didst drag me to the water hole of meditation, saying "Thou art a lion, not a sheep! Open thine eyes, and roar!"After thy hard shakings of spiritual urge, I gazed into the crystal pool of peace. Lo, I saw my face like unto Thine!I know now that I am a lion of cosmic power. Bleating no more, I shake the error forest with reverberations of Thine almighty voice. In divine freedom, I bound through the jungle of earthly delusions, devouring the little creatures of vexing worries and timidities, and the wild hyenas of disbelief.O Lion of Liberation, ever send thoughme Thy roar of all-conquering courage!"- Wispers From Eternity Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499.