Maa: Do our actions effect each other?

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Namaste Jennifer and all family:

 

I would like to relate a short story which will help clarify how Maa feels about

our connection to Her.

 

Prior to her departure to India, She sat with several devotees and asked that we

e mail Her and Swami daily reporting the daily events of our lives. Since we are

minding the Ashram in their absence, She wanted to be kept informed.

Immediately the thought came to mind that this was a waste of time, both for us

and for Maa and Swami.

If all is going well, I rationalized, then why need to send any message?

If all is NOT well, what need to tell Her since She is far away?

So, I asked, " Maa is the purpose of this exercise to improve and strengthen the

link between each of us and you " ?

Immediately, without hesitation, She replied, " YES "

Another question rose in my mind, " So even the " bad " things, you want to know " ?

Without missing a beat She said, " YES "

Again I asked, " So the purpose of these daily messages is to improve the link

between us and you " ?

She said, " YES "

 

Dear reader, there is no " good or bad " , no " large or small " when dealing with

Maa and Swami. There is only the connection between us. In my opinion, and my

direct experience, I have weakened the link between Maa and Swami by attempting

to " filter " out certain data and experiences which I do not feel were " good " or

worthy, or made me " look bad " .

When I " let it go " , and just tell them what is going on, the link is

strengthened and their love and strengthen flows to me.

They are only waiting for us to drop our defenses. They know us better than we

know ourselves. They just want us to be as honest and open as we can be. They

do not judge.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

 

, " mjfisher2005 " <mjfisher2005 wrote:

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> I think a hurdle to overcome in this idea of talking to Maa and asking for her

help in all situations is the thought of the largeness and power of the Supreme

Divinity. I did not know that I could talk to Maa about anything and ask for

help in everyday " small " problems. In truth, there is no such thing as small

problems or small karma, especially if it interferes with my conscious contact

with Divine Mother. I am in the process of asking Her to help me with various

obstacles, mostly having to do with the Great Deceiver. I want to be done with

that Asura and all his lies, big and little. The most important being self

deceptions. Oh, this small indulgence will not hurt me, this task can be put

off, I'll do it tomorrow. Now I am aware that I can go to Her with all of this.

These " little obstacles " hurt me and others so much and keep me away from Maa,

because they become big obstacles as time goes on. Shree Maa and Swamiji are in

large part responsible for this change in attitude. Mother keep me truthful,

balanced and moderate so that my life may be joyful and full of Your presence.

>

> Jai Maa!

> Kumari

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> , " jrholm1007 " <jrholm1007@> wrote:

> >

> > Thank you; very true! : ) Jennifer

> >

> > , " inspectionconnection108 "

<inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Namaste Jennifer and all family: While it is a great blessing to meet Maa

face to face, in the flesh, I firmly believe that She comes to each of us in our

hearts and minds, whenever we pray to Her. Her purity allows Her to feel our

yearning and " pick up " the signals coming from our prayerful and focused hearts.

She automatically is drawn to our devotion, and will work in spirit with us to

bring us to God.

> > > For example, She is the heart and soul of this Mandir club, everything

here is Her vibration and impulse. She lives and speaks through each of us as we

reach out to each other. She is the impulse driving us to seek Truth and Divine

Love, and She is the goal we seek.

> > > Yea though I wander in the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no

evil, for thou are with me, forever and ever, world without end. That is Her

promise and Her reality.

> > > Close your eyes and feel Her and speak to Her. Then wait for Her response.

> > >

> > > Jai Ma Jai Swami

> > >

> > > vishweshwar

> > >

> > > , " jrholm1007 " <jrholm1007@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Dear Vishweshwar, thank you for sharing this story from your

relationship with Maa. These stories are always nourishment for my soul, since

I have yet to travel to the Mandir for my first visit and meet Maa and Swamiji

face to face (though I know it will happen at the right time....)

> > > >

> > > > I am touched by the truth of Maa's statement. God(dess) has made all of

us with the capacity to be exquisitely sensitive with each other. All of the

tools that Maa and Swamiji share so generously and open-heartedly with the world

cultivate, protect, and preserve those sensitivities so that we can become

Divine Mother's presence and love in each moment. The more we practice, the

more we pray, the more we can feel the truth of that interconnection, how we are

One Soul, how my sorrow is your sorrow, my joy your joy.

> > > >

> > > > I hope that when I do make it there, to the Mandir, I am never an

occasion to cause Maa to feel that she is being poked in the stomach. This

motivates me to keep practicing now!!!! Thanks. Jennifer

> > > >

> > > > , " inspectionconnection108 "

<inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

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> > > > > Namaste all family

> > > > >

> > > > > I have been pondering something Maa said to me several weeks ago, She

said, and this is not a direct quote: whenever someone is negative in the

Ashram, I feel as if I have been poked hard in the stomach.

> > > > > She did not offer anything else on this topic, and I did not discuss

it further.

> > > > > However, I have though often about it and have been relating it to my

own daily experience.

> > > > > I am certain that I adversely effect my wife. I have been aware of my

moods swings, and observed my wife being more quiet and withdrawn when I am

unsettled, and more happy when I am full of bliss.

> > > > > Maa has said many many times that we are all one soul. How important

it is to remember that intellectually and emotionally as well as strive to

experience that reality by living consciously and performing sadhana to purify

ourselves in order to experience more subtle levels of consciousness. .

> > > > > How different this world would be if we all performed all actions as

if " I was doing something to Myself-for Myself " ?

> > > > >

> > > > > How do each of you relate to Maa's statement?

> > > > >

> > > > > Jai Maa Jai Shiva

> > > > >

> > > > > vishweshwar

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