reverse sankalpa.... to Steve

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I live in Brazil, South America. I don't speek English, so is very

hard to me write in English ( Please excuse me my bad english, I hope

you can understand this e-mail). Only the Mother's mercy I can read

some posts with the help of dictionary. (Now all you are my

teachers).In times past I was initiated in Hare Krsna Moviment but

when I listened about Shri Ramakrishna, I loved Him. I felt He was

mine. So I was initiated in Vedanta, here in Brazil. But when I

read about Shree Maa in the book : The Daughters of Goddess ( in

Portuguese) I loved her. Now I feel: I found my family. You are my

family (and my english teachers). I bow to you. Jay Maa! Jay

Swamiji!Steve Connor <sconnor (AT) austin (DOT) rr.com> wrote:

Kalachandra can i aask you a question? i am a little like swamiji when

he was young, very curious about other sadhus/sadhvis.what sankalpas

do you do, or practices? what country are you in? how did you hear

about shree maa?i love that song too.pranams,steve--- In

, Kala Chandra <kalachandra2003>

wrote:> Namaste Brian and Steve. Thanks for your wonderful post.Jay

Maa!!! > "a child can be bad, but a Mother can never be bad" > With

love> Kalachandra > > Brian McKee <brian@s...> wrote:> Wonderful

sentiment Steve.> > I have an additional suggestion.> > When you find

a part of yourself that you don't want to be a part of > yourself

anymore, offer it to Durga, Kali, or Chandi Maa. It goes

perfectly > in the ETE GANDE PUSHPE slot. Instead of offering scented

flowers you are > offering reeking non-goddess like qualities. Maa

loves that, why do you > think some of her forms wear a garland of

skulls, and others a beheaded > ego? She loves when we offer up those

things to beautify her. In fact Maa > loves us offering up non-goddess

like qualities so much that even desiring > to give them up gets us

boons. We may not actually be willing to give them > up, but desiring

to give them up with all our hearts is the first step of > building a

bridge for consciousness to cross and once in a while it will > cause

her to leap over to us to show us what she's all about. That boon >

makes things much easier, because we recognize how unimportant most

of what > goes on really is.> > The war that exists between goddess

and the army of thoughts is for

our > benefit only. In reality there is no battle, its merely a change

of > awareness, of moving beyond thought and as Swamiji put it so very

> perfectly, into the realm of the intuitive. Its only a battle for

the > thoughts. For Maa, its tea time with biscuits. Thoughts are no

match for > her. Desires are no match for her. Fear and the other

emotions are no match > for her. The ego is smaller than nothing

before her.> > To summarize: when you see something in yourself that

you want to go away. > REALIZE that you are incapable of making it go

away. The mind and the ego > are powerless to control the unhealthy

and unproductive thoughts. It is > ONLY MOTHER who can take care of

them.> > When you see something that hurts you and those around you

coming from > within you. Stop, see it for what it is, and cry to

mother: MEW MEW MEW! > Please mother!

TAKE THESE THINGS AWAY! FOR I AM NOT CAPABLE of ridding > myself of

these things. Only you mother can give me refuge from the pain > and

the pleasure.> > There is no thought process or understanding in all

of creation that can do > these things for you. Only Maa can liberate

you.> > MEW MEW MEW!> > Brian> > At 07:42 PM 6/12/2004, you wrote:> >

>namaste all.> >> >i have not heard of this from swamiji and all, but

creative> >consciousness whispered this in my ear and said it's

alright. you> >all can be the judge.> >> >we are most often plagued

by our own demons above all else. [no> >surprise, huh.] anyway, i

used to be plagued by anger and irritation> >which expressed as

sarcasm. and if circumstances arise [like moving> >box by box 3,000

sq foot of junk into a 1,500 sq house] this

demon> >raises its head again [in a more subdued form thank discipline

and> >god.]> >> >which goes to show how battling the asuras is one

thing, but> >bringing their heads to the goddess is another. ahem!>

>> >so here is the reverse sankalpa. latha or someone better than me>

>could give you the right words if they think it is a good idea.> >>

>I WILL NOT ... [xyz] ... in my case, BE ANGRY.> >> >you can give it

a time frame ... 20 minutes ... a day ... a week ...> >etc.> >> >for

you, it might be ... not be afraid ... not be anxious ... not be>

>whatever is separating you from the divine unity. HUM! SVAAHAA>

>GLORIOUS ONES!> >> >people who are intellectual or psychologically

oriented will not> >like that as it appears too absolute or even

repressive. i can> >assure you

it is not. it is deploying one's greater sense of purpose> >for ahimsa

[restraining from harmful action.]> >> >of course, you have to know

your faults first, and be troubled> >enough by them to want to get

rid of them ... in other words, you> >will be intersecting them at

that point before rationalization and> >its army of thoughts.> >>

>jai maa to you all. thank you shree maa and swamiji and latha for>

>bringing us all together here.> >> >anybody think this is a good or

bad idea, or does it provoke other> >thoughts/observations?> >>

>steve> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Links> >> >> >> >> >> >>

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