Day 4 of Navaratri Sankalpa -Its springtime, in more ways than one !

[Guest guest]

Yes Aravind , it is Aparajita Stuti in chapter five. Yes, noticing

the dhyanam from Chapter 8 is from Lalita Sahasranam - yes it IS nice

feeling to recognize old friendly shlokas.

Padmanabhan has the concern that is shared by many people -

pronunciation. Think of any mother, Padmanabhan, that has a child

that goes to kindergarten. The child comes home and chants a nursery

rhyme to please its mother. And it probably makes LOTS of mistakes.

But to ears of the mother, it is music . She picks up and hugs the

child.If an ordinary mother disregards mistakes made by a child, then

what can we say about the Divine Mother ? I encourage you to read

Swamiji's book "Pronunciation and Chandi Samputs" available at

http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

Linda, dear , you are in the spotlight today. I was thinking about you

when I chanted today. You have sooo many people on the group rooting

for you - Jay telling you how he had the people from this group on

this prayer list (isnt that sweet ?)... you have had many of the

regulars come and cheer you on ... hey you even had a shy lurker

(Kanna Krishnan ji) speak up to prod you on.

Just think how wonderful it is to have people not just sympathize ,

but also to encourage you. As Ardis pointed out, she broke her fast

due to certain circumstances, but she went right back at it. That is

the spirit we are trying to cultivate - bouncing back up / springing

back to action, however much you are pushed down.

I know , as much as anyone that has taken a sankalpa and been unable

to keep up - that what matters is the we take a moment to reassess

ourselves - why did the sankalpa fail ? what could I do to be more

prepared? What is my contingency plan ? For example, if I know that I

am trying something ambitious for me and there are chances that I wont

be able to keep up my word, is there a "default" sankalpa that I could

do ? Can I listen to Chandi even if I am not able to chant it ? Or can

I do 100 times of "Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundaye Vicche" instead?

.....ENDLESS possibilities! But we have to spring back up first !

Swamiji once said this to me when I asked him the question "What do

you do when you feel you cant chant anymore?"He said" I do it anyway

and thats when I get the most benefit".

Granted, we may have physical problems that might prevent us for doing

it anyway.. but the important thing is to not let yourself think that

you are beaten ! We do what we need to , to feel like a winner, even

if that means compromising on the sankalpa.

Dear Linda, the answer usually comes from our hearts. Dont worry that

you broke the sankalpa. See what you can do to fix it so that you can

come through this Navaratri with some valuable insight and as a

winner!

Hope everyone is doing well. Take care, lets keep at it and meet tomorrow!

JAI CHANDI MAA

Nanda

[Guest guest]

on target here too, day 4 complete

 

steve

 

, Nanda <chandimaakijai> wrote:

> Dear All,

> I just finished my day 4 sankalpa !

> Yes Aravind , it is Aparajita Stuti in chapter five. Yes, noticing

the dhyanam from Chapter 8 is from Lalita Sahasranam - yes it IS nice

feeling to recognize old friendly shlokas.

>

> Padmanabhan has the concern that is shared by many people -

pronunciation. Think of any mother, Padmanabhan, that has a child that

goes to kindergarten. The child comes home and chants a nursery rhyme

to please its mother. And it probably makes LOTS of mistakes. But to

ears of the mother, it is music . She picks up and hugs the child.If

an ordinary mother disregards mistakes made by a child, then what can

we say about the Divine Mother ? I encourage you to read Swamiji's

book "Pronunciation and Chandi Samputs" available at

http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

>

> Linda, dear , you are in the spotlight today. I was thinking about

you when I chanted today. You have sooo many people on the group

rooting for you - Jay telling you how he had the people from this

group on this prayer list (isnt that sweet ?)... you have had many of

the regulars come and cheer you on ... hey you even had a shy lurker

(Kanna Krishnan ji) speak up to prod you on.

>

> Just think how wonderful it is to have people not just sympathize ,

but also to encourage you. As Ardis pointed out, she broke her fast

due to certain circumstances, but she went right back at it.

> That is the spirit we are trying to cultivate - bouncing back up /

springing back to action, however much you are pushed down.

>

> I know , as much as anyone that has taken a sankalpa and been unable

to keep up - that what matters is the we take a moment to reassess

ourselves - why did the sankalpa fail ? what could I do to be more

prepared? What is my contingency plan ? For example, if I know that I

am trying something ambitious for me and there are chances that I wont

be able to keep up my word, is there a "default" sankalpa that I could

do ? Can I listen to Chandi even if I am not able to chant it ? Or can

I do 100 times of "Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundaye Vicche" instead?

>

> ....ENDLESS possibilities! But we have to spring back up first !

>

> Swamiji once said this to me when I asked him the question "What do

you do when you feel you cant chant anymore?"

> He said" I do it anyway and thats when I get the most benefit".

>

> Granted, we may have physical problems that might prevent us for

doing it anyway.. but the important thing is to not let yourself think

that you are beaten ! We do what we need to , to feel like a winner,

even if that means compromising on the sankalpa.

>

> Dear Linda, the answer usually comes from our hearts. Dont worry

that you broke the sankalpa. See what you can do to fix it so that you

can come through this Navaratri with some valuable insight and as a

winner!

>

> Hope everyone is doing well. Take care, lets keep at it and meet

tomorrow!

> JAI CHANDI MAA

>

> Nanda

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