Guest guest Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Dear sister, I welcome your embrace whole-heartedly, in the love of our Divine Mother, Henny , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote: > , "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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Beliefs of hinduism Different religions beliefs Hinduism religion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "" on the web. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Terms of > > Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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