To Linda and all about Shiva Puja and Shivaratri

[Guest guest]

Namaste Linda and all: Glad you are settled in your new home. Change

is hard, but Shiva is the Lord of Change, so keep his name going all

the time in your head and heart and I know he will help you. We all

get attached from time to time, that is the nature of living in this

world of duality. But the Grace of Shiva is that he will always remind

us, always.

I remember standing in front of Napashwar late at night in the rain

during Shivaratri. Just me and Napashwar, this huge stone Shiva

lingum in the woods of the Mandir. As I stood there, completely

still, " i " watched a thought come into " my " mind. The thought said to

" Shiva " , " i know you created this body, and I know you created this

mind, and filled it will all kinds of thoughts about " who am " i " , and

why am " i " here. You even created this Earth so your body could have a

place to live out your desires and dramas.

So why do " i " have to worry or be concerned? For this is all your

play, " i " am nothing, just another thought in the script you

conceived, wrote, and directed for your enjoyment.

So just BE. Nothing more is required of " me " , NOTHING.

In this harmonious state " i " stood in the rain. Nothing needed to be

done, or said, or thought.

The next day, " i " forgot the wonder and bliss, and became absorbed in

some worry, the drama seemed so real again. How could this be? How to

be in complete harmony one minute, and complete duality the next?

 

It is all Shiva's Will, nothing more, nothing less. Surrender to Him,

don't resist, let the changes occur. As Ramakrishna said: " ...be

like a mudfish who lives at the bottom of the lake, covered with mud,

yet, he is never dirty. "

I pray that we all be mudfish.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami Jai Ramakrishna

 

love

 

vish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, nierika wrote:

>

> Dear vish ~ well, first, I am writing probably 3 days after this was

posted.

> I have been without internet during our recent move. So, it's good

to be

> back. I'm glad you reminded me of this. Reading the words, I can

hear Swamiji

> saying them. I wasn't able to attend the class, but I have been

going through

> them, one by one. Because I am already in a process of changing,

these words

> had much meaning to me.

>

> Even though we were only moving to a different apartment in the same

> building (right down the hall from our old one, in fact), my body

and my emotions

> were responding as if this were a major move ... not really required

by the

> circumstances, but it did give me a chance to observe how, once the

> body/emotions/mind have learned to respond to something, they may do

it again, even at a

> greater level.

>

> I also especially liked what you wrote about the influence of the

Shiva Puja

> on women and men. I don't remember reading that so maybe it was

something

> added by Swamiji during the class, but it struck a deep chord. Of

course, I want

> to achieve all that he speaks about, and so not only in speaking,

Swamiji

> has given me the very tool. Thanks for the reminder, vish. In the

move, I fell

> a bit off the bandwagon. I'm glad Sivaratri gives us a special time to

> remember. Jai Maa!!!! Jai Swamiji !!!! Shiva Ki Jai !!!!

> ~ Linda

>

>

> vish wrote:

> Namaste all family: Since Sunday is Shivaratri, let us remember the

> reasons we meditate and perform puja to Shiva, the Consciousness of

> Infinite Goodness.

> The following are quotes taken from the book Maa and Swami wrote

> called: BEFORE BECOMING THIS. Page 286

> " By worshiping Shiva we cultivate the qualities of infinite

> consciousness, detachment, and freedom from bondage to the material

> world. Shiva is the Lord who causes transformation. He makes changes

> happen. Before we can construct a new edifice, we must excavate and

> clear the land. Shiva is the Lord of Excavation. He makes changes

> happen by clearing the old and making way for the new...

>

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