To Linda on Verse 114

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Dear Linda,

 

I loved what you wrote:

 

If I am looking out of my body, and I see discord,

> unhappiness, tragedy, then I need to go within and see what is

happening

> inside, because the outside is a reflection of the inside, just as

the verse says

> in the mirror being the clear reflection of the image which stands

before

> it.

 

that's beautiful; not to blame someone else or 'circumstances' for

unhappiness or discord (and thus creating more of the same), but

instead to go within...and I realize how difficult this must be

sometimes. I myself find it often difficult to remember, and go on

blaming other people or 'situations' and then later regretting having

done that etc. etc....May we remember to go within..!

> Perhaps this is why Maa encourages us to go look in the mirror every

morning

> and greet ourselves lovingly.

 

YES! It helps! I once went to a course where we all had to look in a

mirror and say to ourselves "I love you" and although I felt

ridiculous at the time, it made me feel happy for a week! I often

forget it (and think negative thoughts about how my face looks in the

morning..). May we all remember to do what Shree Maa tells us!

 

Dear Nierika, your post showed to me that your name is very well

chosen,

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

 

 

 

, nierika@a... wrote:

>

> Kali Kali wrote (on Guru Gita Verse 114):

>

> "Just as one sees in a mirror the clear reflection of the image

which stands

> before it, just so, uniting So and Ham (nature and consciousness)

in the

> ultimate bliss, the individual soul is the reflection of infinite

> consciousness."

>

>

> Dear Kali ~ I particularly love this passage, partially because I

love the

> twin swans (as they are called in the Chandi) of So and Ham, their

meaning,

> using them as a mantra, etc. If I am looking out of my body, and I

see discord,

> unhappiness, tragedy, then I need to go within and see what is

happening

> inside, because the outside is a reflection of the inside, just as

the verse says

> in the mirror being the clear reflection of the image which stands

before

> it.

>

> Perhaps this is why Maa encourages us to go look in the mirror every

morning

> and greet ourselves lovingly. Another source that I read (sorry, I

don't

> remember) suggested going to the mirror periodically during the day

and smiling

> as big as possible, to the point of rediculousness, until you start

laughing.

> If cleanliness is next to Godliness, the I believe happiness is

even closer.

>

> Recently some people have asked me about my screen name. Since it

pertains

> to this verse, I will share the meaning with the group. Nierika is a

Huichol

> Indian word. It means "portal to other (sacred) realities" and

"mirror and face

> of the diety." It is a constant reminder to me to remember to see

the divine

> in all things because when I look out that is what the world

(mirror)

> reflects back to me, and then I am reminded that I, too, am a spark

of the divine.

> Shanti ~ Linda