Guest guest Posted December 14, 2003 Report Posted December 14, 2003 thanks Shree maa for posting these qualities of humanities true wealth. It is good to be reminded once in a while. It helps amke us more vigilant. jai maa siddhananda --- wrote: > ------------------------ Sponsor > > > > > > ------ > > There are 8 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Bhuutaapsaarana > "dhkerrmail" <dhkerrmail > 2. Re: Love will come .... when it has to. > "Latha Nanda" > <lathananda > 3. story about the three gunas > "parvati_saraswati" > <parvati_saraswati > 4. A Story about the the Three Gunas > "parvati_saraswati" > <parvati_saraswati > 5. Re: Re: Love will come .... when it has to. > Brian McKee <brian > 6. Re: Gayatri Sahasranam > "aseemananda2003" > <aseemananda2003 > 7. From Shree Maa The real wealth of > humanity > "Sarada" > <sarada_saraswati > 8. Re: Digest Number 106 re: Gayatri > Sahasranama > mal5wic > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:13:22 -0000 > "dhkerrmail" <dhkerrmail > Bhuutaapsaarana > > This really works! I use it after my puja to Kali, > and even though > it came from Shiva Puja, it still works. Ma hears > and keeps 'em > away. I like how it honors the spirits that are > willing to play a > helpful role. > > It also works to ask Mother Herself to protect you > from inimical > spirits...as a child would do. The Bhuutaapsaarana > is nice though, > in how it enkindles a group effort between one's > consciousness and > the conciousness of other beings...to create peace. > > "parvati_saraswati" > <parvati_saraswati > Mantras for dispersing inimical energies > > The following mantras Bhuutaapsaarana(dispersion of > inimical > energies) are within many of Swamiji's texts and can > be added to any > puja if you are interested. > Here is Swamiji's interpretation of Bhuuta: Bhuuta > has a number of > meanings, which makes the following verses to play > on the words, > switching meanings even while using the same word. > Its noun forms > mean variously: a purified being, a good being; > created thing, world, > uncanny being, spirit, ghost, goblin, past, fact, > reality, actual > occurence, welfare, elements, especially as applied > to the five gross > elements of earth, water, fire, air, and ether.(See > Bhuuta Suddhi) > Here we are calling upon the friendly or good > Bhuutas to destroy > obstacles by unfriendly or bad Bhuutas. > > 1. om apasarpantu te bhuutaa ya bhuutaa bhuvi > samsthitaah > ya bhuutaa vighnakarttaaraste nasyantu sivajyayaa > > We consign to you friendly spirits, friendly spirits > that are > situated on this earth plane, the activity of > destroying any > obstacles placed by unfriendly spirits, by order of > the Wisdom of > Infinite Goddness. > > 2. Om bhuutapretapisaacaasca daanavaa raaksasaasca > ye > saantim kurvantu te sarve iimam grhvatu madbalim > > Hey, ghosts, goblins, various forms of negativity > projecting forms of > negativity projecting egos; you have been made > entirely at peace. > Please accept this offering from me. > > 3. Om vetaalaasca pisaacaasca raaksasaasca > sariisupaah > apasarpantu te sarve naarasimhena taadhitaah > > Other demons, goblins, various forms of negativity > projecting egos, > creeping and crawling things: I consign to you > completely the > striking blows of Naarasimha, Vishnu in His > incarnation of man-lion. > > > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 2 > Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:18:15 -0000 > "Latha Nanda" <lathananda > Re: Love will come .... when it has to. > > Dear Kelly, > > Glad that you are signing on and responding from > time to time I am glad for this forum and glad > for people's thoughts because it helps me articulate > and define my own. > > I think there are two different points here > 1) How do I feel that love that some advanced souls > feel for automatically for God (Answer:Keep doing > Sadhana) > and > 2) How do I keep the inspiration alive for doing the > Sadhana. (Your suggestions help here) > > My original post was addressing the first point. > > As for the second point I can take either one of > Maa's or Swamiji's suggestions depending on the > current frame of mind. > > If I am feeling rational , then I go by Swamiji's > suggestion " I cannot feel love , but I WILL keep my > knees down and keep going" . This is sheer > determination. > > If I am feeling emotional, then I go by Maa's > suggestion "I just surrender to You. How do you want > me to continue". > > So I think I have a plan of attack for continuing my > Sadhana depending on my frame of mind. > > As for the first point , there have been rare > moments in my life when I felt at complete peace > with everything. Troubles ? Bring 'em on. I wont > feel a thing . Just total and cheerful acceptance. > > Is this love ? Is love even better than what I felt? > Wow. Then I want THAT! > > So I have had some small, tiny, inkling , > tantalising demos of what some great souls in Love > might be feeling continuously . And this feeling > happens when I unconditionally accept the situation > without trying to control it . This is my real > Sadhana and puja,meditation etc are only methods to > keep reminding me of that state of being open. > Advisable to stick with whatever gets me in that > state and what methods drew me there in the first > place, simply because of the power of repetition. > > I think the dark night of the soul happens to > advanced practitioners after years of sadhana . I am > flattered to think that my little attempts at > mourning the lack of love could be compared to that > ) > > > === message truncated === Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion./ Quote
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