Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 This is well said but maybe we should not wait until we are down and out, call on Maa even when we are in bliss and continue to see Her beautiful smile and hear Her gently voice calling out to us this lessens the "down and out" time. , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > I believe the purpose of any spiritual practice is to establish a > distance between the thinker and the thought . With Her Grace, > stopping the thoughts and becoming "thoughtless" will come later in > the practice. > > I was full of negative thoughts just yesterday and was having a full > blown battle in my head. All the Asuras were dancing and winning and > roaring mercilessly at me . > > While I was struggling , I also kept thinking of the last question > that Swamiji had asked us in this forum, on the Destroyers of > Worship - how negativity seeps like poison , gets all the attention, > and ruins all the good thoughts/intentions that I have built up. > > It was then, a small tiny thought said "Hey, you dont have to > identify with all this misery. Do you choose to identify with the > Goddess or with the thought that is dragging you down ?" > > Time to put into practice what I had been reading/talking/chanting > about all along in the Chandi. > > The moment there is a separation between the thought and the thinker, > the power of that negativity disappears. It no longer has a hold over > me. I guess this is what Maa means when she says "Wake up" . And the > moment the thought has no hold over me, I can take a > dispassionate/compassionate look the trouble and handle it without > getting emotional or overwhelmed. > > A two step process the next time we are down and out > 1) Call Maa and visualize her near. > 2) Make the conscious choice to identify with Her. Look at the > thoughts as clothes we wear in our minds. We can take off the > negative ones and wear the positive ones. > > Simple really ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Wow, Latha, Thank you. Do you mind if I share this? THis is so pertainent to what I and a lot of others are going through right now. Every time I hear Swamiji and Ma talk I am enlightened. Those thoughts can be very powerful but they are nothing to the Goddess. -td , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > I believe the purpose of any spiritual practice is to establish a > distance between the thinker and the thought . With Her Grace, > stopping the thoughts and becoming "thoughtless" will come later in > the practice. > > I was full of negative thoughts just yesterday and was having a full > blown battle in my head. All the Asuras were dancing and winning and > roaring mercilessly at me . > > While I was struggling , I also kept thinking of the last question > that Swamiji had asked us in this forum, on the Destroyers of > Worship - how negativity seeps like poison , gets all the attention, > and ruins all the good thoughts/intentions that I have built up. > > It was then, a small tiny thought said "Hey, you dont have to > identify with all this misery. Do you choose to identify with the > Goddess or with the thought that is dragging you down ?" > > Time to put into practice what I had been reading/talking/chanting > about all along in the Chandi. > > The moment there is a separation between the thought and the thinker, > the power of that negativity disappears. It no longer has a hold over > me. I guess this is what Maa means when she says "Wake up" . And the > moment the thought has no hold over me, I can take a > dispassionate/compassionate look the trouble and handle it without > getting emotional or overwhelmed. > > A two step process the next time we are down and out > 1) Call Maa and visualize her near. > 2) Make the conscious choice to identify with Her. Look at the > thoughts as clothes we wear in our minds. We can take off the > negative ones and wear the positive ones. > > Simple really ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Namaste TD, Please feel free to share with whoever needs them . I believe that what is posted the forum is to be shared with anyone that needs it. I am moved that the words are relevant to you as well. With best wishes Latha , "turtle dragon" <turtledragonscove> wrote: > Wow, Latha, Thank you. Do you mind if I share this? THis is so > pertainent to what I and a lot of others are going through right > now. Every time I hear Swamiji and Ma talk I am enlightened. Those > thoughts can be very powerful but they are nothing to the Goddess. > > -td > > , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> > wrote: > > I believe the purpose of any spiritual practice is to establish a > > distance between the thinker and the thought . With Her Grace, > > stopping the thoughts and becoming "thoughtless" will come later > in > > the practice. > > > > I was full of negative thoughts just yesterday and was having a > full > > blown battle in my head. All the Asuras were dancing and winning > and > > roaring mercilessly at me . > > > > While I was struggling , I also kept thinking of the last question > > that Swamiji had asked us in this forum, on the Destroyers of > > Worship - how negativity seeps like poison , gets all the > attention, > > and ruins all the good thoughts/intentions that I have built up. > > > > It was then, a small tiny thought said "Hey, you dont have to > > identify with all this misery. Do you choose to identify with the > > Goddess or with the thought that is dragging you down ?" > > > > Time to put into practice what I had been reading/talking/chanting > > about all along in the Chandi. > > > > The moment there is a separation between the thought and the > thinker, > > the power of that negativity disappears. It no longer has a hold > over > > me. I guess this is what Maa means when she says "Wake up" . And > the > > moment the thought has no hold over me, I can take a > > dispassionate/compassionate look the trouble and handle it without > > getting emotional or overwhelmed. > > > > A two step process the next time we are down and out > > 1) Call Maa and visualize her near. > > 2) Make the conscious choice to identify with Her. Look at the > > thoughts as clothes we wear in our minds. We can take off the > > negative ones and wear the positive ones. > > > > Simple really ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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