to Henny :" the back of God"

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, "henny_v_i" <HvI@S...>

wrote:

 

"I guess what I'm trying to say is that perhaps sometimes She does

show us Her back, only to entice us to come running after Her, to

teach us to rely on Her only and seek shelter at Her feet"

 

"My dear sister Henny ji!

That is stunningly beautiful! You, my dear, have the heart of a

Kavi, a Divine Poet!

Your sister running to you with open arms,

muktimaa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Dear Kalia and all,

>

> I'd like to share some thoughts about the 'back' of the deity.

> Muktimaa said in a recent post (I paraphrase) that the challenge is

to

> see God, who IS all, shining through what to us seems ugly and

> terrible. This has really been a challenge for me this past week.

> Ofcourse terrible things happen all the time, but recent events in

my

> part of the world really got to me. I felt awful, my sadhana

suffered

> and I felt like I saw the 'back' of Mother as She walked away from

me.

> I could see no light at all. All I could do was run after Her,

crying.

> And then She stopped, and turned, and the world changed. I guess

what

> I'm trying to say is that perhaps sometimes She does show us Her

back,

> only to entice us to come running after Her, to teach us to rely on

> Her only and seek shelter at Her feet,

>

> with love,

>

> Henny

>

>

> , Kali Kali

<kaliananda_saraswati@y.

>

> ..> wrote:

> > Dear (Nanda) and All,

> >

> > Thanks Nandaji, will change the linga back into position.

> >

> > I read the posts on direction of yoni in Shiva Lingam last night

but

> was unable to respond (msn browser). A question came to mind

though

> which I would like to share - True we talk about front and back but

> knowing that the thousand eyes of the Diety see everywhere and in

all

> directions where exactly is the back of the Diety? Goddess Kali is

> the aspect of Mother to which this child is most drawn and I have

> never been able to visualize that Goddess as having a back per se,

to

> me if She turns to whatever side it is just another aspect of Her

> Divine Self : where we perceive Her hair to fall to me is Durga /

> Parvati and Her glorious ears are Lakshmi and Sarasawati. No front

> nor back only constant energy flow.

> >

> > Jai Maa!

> >

> >

> >

> > , "Nanda" <chandimaakijai>

> wrote:

> > > Dear All esp Eric,

> > > I put together a rough picture of the position of the

> Devotee/Shiva

> > > Linda/Yoni and the cardinal directions .It is in a file called

> > > shivalinga.JPG and is in the Files Section of the group under

the

> > > Beginner Shiva Puja folder.

> > >

> > > Hope this clarifies the direction question. Please let me know

if

> I

> > > can help further.

> > >

> > > Jai Shiva

> > > Nanda

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