Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 terryramji yes! i am not one of those living with shree maa, or a representative, but i think i know what this is about. ch. 16 of the bhagavad gita describes the divine attributes of a person. it starts with fearlessness, purity of heart, and goes on. these characteristics are sort of a doorway to the divine. we can contemplate them, and notice our success or failure at manifesting them in life. slowly, these qualities replace the more negative attributes of our character, and we are then closer to god. that's in essence how i understand it. peace! steve connor , "terryramji" <terryramji@s...> wrote: > For the new year Shree Maa sent a blessing to the family where she > said "I bless you all with these characteristics, the real wealth of > humanity". One of the characteristics is "Sacred fire sacrifices". > > Can someone describe what this means and what is its value? > > Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 terryramji, oops, i only asked the first part of you question ... someone else will have to tell you about the fire ceremony. steve c. , "terryramji" <terryramji@s...> wrote: > For the new year Shree Maa sent a blessing to the family where she > said "I bless you all with these characteristics, the real wealth of > humanity". One of the characteristics is "Sacred fire sacrifices". > > Can someone describe what this means and what is its value? > > Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Namaste Terryramji, I really thought long when you asked what Shree Maa meant by this statement. It is an honor to attend a sacred fire and especially to be Pujari. Every thing else dissolves into the fire and we are left with ourselves, the beautiful part, the solidness of knowing we are holy and all of life is as holy. Remember when we did the 30 day Lakshmi homas in the temple in our house in Fairfield? The excitement of rushing home from work to prepare and then settling in to Agni and His Divine Energy and then inviting Lakshmi to come when we recited Her 1,000 names. OH WHAT BLISS. And how it continued while cleaning up as we sang Shree Maa's songs. We went to bed feeling the Divine in us and around us and all a part of us. Maybe that is what Shree Maa meant when She wished us Her New Years Blessing. JAI JAI MAA BharatiMa , "terryramji" <terryramji@s...> wrote: > For the new year Shree Maa sent a blessing to the family where she > said "I bless you all with these characteristics, the real wealth of > humanity". One of the characteristics is "Sacred fire sacrifices". > > Can someone describe what this means and what is its value? > > Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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