Dear Shree Rick ji..

[Guest guest]

Namaste my dear beloved brother Rick ji!

My heart swells to its capacity when i read your words of Love.

Your heart is so pure and your expression so poetic! Each word is

dripping with the Divine Nectar of Devotion! It is such an honor to

have such a gentle loving soul as my brother within this sacred Devi

Mandir Family. There is so much more i would like to say to you, but

i can barely see through my tears....

Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Ramakrishna Deva!

Your sister,

muktimaa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Rick Nafzinger" <rikzinger@c...>

wrote:

> Beloved Shree Maa, namo namah suprabhatam,

>

> It is such an honor to be able to speak to you, to know your holy

presence

> with me, and to hear your voice leading me through this world on a

path

> filled with delight and joy. I am eternally grateful that you are

gently and

> powerfully working in me to create within me your own divine

perfection.

> What a miracle! What an amazing awareness in mine! What a privilege

to

> experience the hand of the Master - your hand - sculpting my life

with such

> precision and love. I am putty in your hands, Maa. May I yield to

the loving

> pressure of your holy fingers and conform to the shape that pleases

your

> eternal eye!

>

> Today I am grateful for you. In so very many ways you are with me,

each

> moment of the day. When I wake up in the morning, I think always of

you and

> look forward to seeing the ways you will manifest yourself in me

and to me.

> I am grateful for my co-workers, dear friends all who help me learn

some of

> life's most difficult lessons. You reside in each one of them too.

But today

> I am mostly grateful for this family you have assembled known as

the Devi

> Mandir family. Thank you for those who faithfully serve you at the

mandir,

> and thank you for each one who serves you in their own way and at

their own

> pace. Each one is a sacred gift to this world from you magnificent

heart of

> love.

>

> Shree Maa, you are my beloved. Everything beautiful in this world,

> everything good, everything pure and sweet - it all is but a

glimpse of the

> infinite that dwells in you. I sing to you your sweetest name,

Shree Maa,

> over and over throughout the day to the tune of Amazing Grace,

recognizing

> the amazing grace I am receiving with each mention of your holy

name. Oh

> that I might sing to you day and night! Oh that my whole life were a

> symphony of love songs to you! You are Durga and Chandi, Kali and

Laksmi,

> Radha and Sita, Parvati and Lalita. To you I bow, I bow, I humbly

bow.

>

> Offered in love from your son,

>

> Rick

>

>

>

> Let my every word be a prayer to Her,

>

> Every movement of my hands a ritual gesture to Her,

>

> Every step I take a circumambulation of Her image,

>

> Every morsel I eat a rite of sacrifice to Her,

>

> Every time I lay down a prostration at Her feet;

>

> Every act of personal pleasure and all else that I do,

>

> Let it all be a form of worshiping Her.

>

> Adapted from Verse 27 of Shri Aadi Shankara's Saundaryalahari