To Brian on flowers and kittens (and rainbows and mittens? ~ just kidding)

November 24, 2004

Brian wrote:

Krista and I do a Suryargyam every day for our soon to be born baby.

(Its basically the Gharba Dharna Vidhi up to and not including the

bed blessing.)We offer 10 flowers from our garden to the Sun, god's

and goddess' to bless Krista's womb and our child.

Dear Brian ~ this sounds so wonderful ~ to start doing these things

for your baby even while still in the womb. I did not know of this

practice, and I am too old for any more babies (in any case,

God(dess) "fixed" me when I was 31 by putting me in early

menopause!), but how wonderful to be with a partner who shares your

views and your sadhana. :::feeling wistful:::

And, of course, the story of the kitten was just rousing good mystery

and fun. Have you ever thought of writing for a living? (Or maybe you

already do.) Are you keeping the kitty? I too have rescued many

animals. I found homes for all but Pepper, my beloved dog, who was

also "dumped." I can't understand why people do this. Why not just

take the animal to the pound where at least it will have a chance of

finding a home? My Pepper was 7 when he was dumped, even harder to

understand ~ and a real sweetheart of a dog. He follows me everywhere

I go. Right now he is sitting under my feet at the computer table. I

always felt he was a gift from Maa. Jai Maa ~ Linda

November 24, 2004

All Sadhus are.

The baby is amazing. She can hear, and she reacts to our voices and

when we talk to her and tell her we love her she wriggles.

We do that piece of the Kali puja every day and we do the beginner

Durga and Shiva pujas to each other every Sunday or Monday. Imagine

the opportunity to put a piece of the Kali, Shiva, and Durga pujas

into the baby's head before she's even born.

I intend to give her every spiritual opportunity that I could never have dreamt possible.

We bow down to her feet (she's upside down in her little home, so its easy).

I realized that by loving her and worshipping her as the goddess from

even before the day she was conceived we are teaching ourselves how

to respect her the way we should. We will not be able to spoil her

with objects, or smother her with "love" or neglect her because we

will always have her best interest in our hearts. We will always

place her best interest over our desires for quiet, our fear of her

crying, our fears about her being hurt, our anger at her mis-deeds,

etc etc etc.

By loving her as Maa loves us, we will make her know herself, love

herself and will break the chain of affliction that has been passed

down from generation to generation for thousands and thousands of

years.

She will experience a freedom from mind that at this moment I can only dream about.

My goal is to be her guide, her friend, her supporter ... her Shiva.

"Purity is within the eye of the beholder. To god, everything is perfectly pure."

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Re: To Brian on flowers and kittens (and

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