Dear Shree Maa

[Guest guest]

My dear and wonderful Mother,

 

I look at your image above my altar and I know there is room for me in

your heart. I can tell by the peaceful concentration of your face that

even though you are the Mother of the Universe, you can see me and

hear me when I cry to you. I feel like a pest sometimes and think

that my worries and concerns are not worthy of your time. It is in

those times that I remember how resilient Nisumbha is, and all I can

do is laugh at myself and sing a round or two of Durga Chalisa to

you. I love it when we laugh together at the foolishness of my ego.

 

Thank you for the opening awareness that you have given me. It feels

like I have come light years from where I was just a couple of years

ago. I probably haven't come all that far, but I like this

perspective much better. Thank you for filling me with love for the

Chandi and the other scriptures. I long to do Shree Maa puja to you

on your birthday, or maybe even Mother's Day. I long to show you what

I am learning and know that you are pleased with my efforts. Your

pleasure is my bliss.

 

Beloved Mother, you are the bedrock on which I am held secure. You are

the bones that form my spirit body. You are the spark of life that

animates my being and creates a million new and wondrous experiences

each day. You are my light and my darkness. You are my sadness and my

joy. You, dear Shree Maa, are my everything. Today may I live each

moment bathed in your divine grace and love. Today, let be a conduit

for your love and compassion to all that I encounter. This is my

earnest desire Maa.

 

Offered with 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