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Dear Swami Brian-ananda,

 

I bow to you. You know and understand the essence of what Swamiji is

trying to drill into us repeatedly.

 

To see the Chandi in our lives. How do we recognize the asuras in us

and around us ? And not just recognize, now we know how to remove

the asuras too. We have the technique - keep chanting her praise .

 

One thing though, it has been my experience and this is my personal

opinion based on that experience, that the Goddess will not withdraw

even if I do . She gives me a break from time to time, but She

creates the situations for me where I have no choice but to turn

back to her.

 

The chaos is plenty - I find that the best way to deal with them is

be honest with myself. A "so what" attitude . And willing to live

with the chaos and see it through, not simply turn away. Why is this

demon torturing me ? What is the Goddess trying to teach here ?

Understanding and do something about it , or understanding that I

cannot do something about it and leave it up to her?

 

Of late, the more I chant, the more I feel on firmer ground. It is

like an intimate one on one with her, and the "so what" attitude

comes more naturally without even striving for it. If I stop

chanting, the attitude lingers, but the strength is gone... and

attitude too begins to go down. So introspection helps a great

deal , but it is all in the sadhana of chanting really.. to me

anyway.

 

I was saving all these for my diary , but looks like I said most of

it here anyway ... :)

 

Love

Latha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Brian McKee" <brian@s...> wrote:

> The following are mere thoughts and feelings about divine mother.

They are the best parts of me at this time in my life. Chandi is the

energy of transformation. Chandi is the energy by which we grow

beyond the limitations of mind and body. Chandi exists all around us

at all times. She comes in the form of Maha Maya and in the form of

the souls in motion around us. Each and everything around us is a

reflection of her and that reflection itself is her energy in

motion. Chandi is also a book which tells an allegory of how one man

discovered and was transformed by this goddess energy and it is also

a recipe for how anyone can find and be transformed by her energy.

Everything that happens in Markandeya's book happens in reality all

around us, all the time and it also happens within us continuously

all the time. Perfroming a recitation of the Chandi is the same

thing as being conscious through our lives and recognizing the

purpose, intention, and love behind the illusion around

us.Performing a recitation of the Chandi causes a desire within us

to capture that goddess of the hill, it causes us to recognize her

beauty, her peace, and her simplicity. It is only through desire

that we may call her to us to perform the purification of our minds

that is necessary to realize her as ourselves. Everything

experienced in the recitation of the Chandi is experienced in

reality, in our lives. When you perform the Chandi in her name with

good intentions then be on the look for the characters of the Chandi

around you and you will begin to see them in the people surrounding

you, in the objects around you, and in the occurances in your life.

Then you will begin to see the characters within you and recognize

that everything without is within and you may begin to feel Chandi

not only at your alter while you read a book but also everywhere all

at once. That is the realization we seek, the realization that all

is one, all is Chandi, all is Shiva, All is I am. If you think you

are in the midst of chaos, remember that the chaos is mother's doing

and she does it because she wants you to recognize her. Once you

recognize her and accept her, the chaos will likely begin to

diminish, as long as you are continue seeing her and most

importantly surrendering to her. The english Mantra that I like to

use is this, "I am not in control, mother is, I surrender to her

greater wisdom, her greater understanding and her truer love."When

you recite the Chandi you are invoking her energy into your life. By

focusing your attention on her, all the attention you give will be

given back to you nine fold. Those who do not recognize her actions

in their lives will cause her to get louder and louder until she is

heard as long as you keep doing the Chandi recitations. If you give

up, so will she by virtue of the law of freedom of will. There is

another prayer I'd like to suggest. When things get chaotic and

you're doing your best to surrender to her but are still having

problems letting go, simply say, "Maa please be gentle with me." And

she will. Brian

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Dear Latha,

I would be delighted to do the Navarna vidhih as well as the

Kunjika Stotram...but I don't want to take a spot someone else might

like???? I love to do nyasah...so. Let me know.

sadhvi

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