Shiva puja

August 8, 2005

NAMASTE

BY THE GRACE OF SHREE MAA AND SWAMI, I HAVE LEARNED SHIVA PUJA. THRU

THEIR CONTINUED GRACE I HAVE PERFORMED HIS WORSHIP DAILY FOR 7 YEARS.

IN 1997, MAA AND SWAMI TAUGHT A SHIVA PUJA CLASS IN FAIRFIELD, IOWA,

AND I FELT COMPELLED TO TRY.

HOW STRANGE IT WAS, NEVER HAVING HEARD OF SHIVA BEFORE, TO WORSHIP THE

SUPREME LORD IN THIS SIMPLE FASHION WITH LIGHT, INCENSE, FRUIT AND

FLOWERS.

THEY SAID DON'T WORRY HOW IT SOUNDS, OR WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER, THE

LORD KNOWS YOUR HEART. HE WILL HEAR AND COME TO YOU WHEN YOU CALL.

AS RAMAKRISHNA SAID, TAKE ONE STEP TOWARDS GOD, AND HE WILL TAKE 10

TOWARDS YOU.

I FUMBLED THRU IT, WITH THEM LEADING, MISRPOUNCING AND STUMBLING, BUT

BY THE END, I FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE LORD,

TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF INFINITE GOODNESS WAS SWEET.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING. BUT I HAD TO TRY AGAIN.

CREATING A SMALL ALTAR AT HOME, I READ THE ENGLISH WORDS DAILY. I

WANTED TO KNOW THAT PERFECT AND FULL, ETERNALLY LOVING CONSCIOUSNESS

OF INFINITE GOODNESS.

MAA AND SWAMI HAD LIT A FIRE IN MY HEART, AND WORSHIPPING SHIVA WAS

THE BEST WAY TO FAN THE FIRE INTO A BLAZE.

THE GURU GIVES THE INSPIRATION, AND THEY ARE THE EXAMPLE OF THE DIETY

THEY WORSHIP. MAA AND SWAMI, EACH IN THEIR WAY, SOON BECAME THE

EMBODIMENT OF SHIVA TO ME. THE MANTRAS BECAME A WAY TO CALL AND TALK

TO THEM WHEN I FELT LONELY OR OVERCOME BY THE DARKNESS OF MY EGO.

WHETHER IN ENGLISH OR NOT, WHAT LOVING GOD AND GURU CAN FAIL TO HEED

THE CRIES OF THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER?

JUST READING THE VERSES IN ENGLISH AS I PAUSE DURING THIS POST, IS SO

PROFOUND. READ ALONG WITH ME ON PAGES 12, 13, 14 IN THE LARGE SHIVA

PUJA BOOK. SHIVA AS THE RELIEVER OF SUFFERING, CONSCIOUSNESS OF

INFINITE GOODNESS, THE LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THE SEER OF ALL- THIS

IS WHO MAA AND SWAMI ARE, AND THIS IS WHO WE ALL ARE.

I ALWAYS BEGIN BY ASKING MAA AND SWAMI TO TAKE OVER THE PUJA. TO USE

ME AS A VESSEL AND PERFORM THRU ME. SOMETIMES THIS BODY DOES NOT

PRONOUNCE THE MANTRAS WELL, AND MISTAKES ARE MADE. SOMETIMES I RUSH

THRU, OTHER TIMES I SAVOR THE FLOW OF SWEETNESS THAT COMES WITH THE

VERSES. BUT ALWAYS I FEEL SOFTER AND SMOOTHER AND MORE LOVING WHEN I

AM FINSIHED, AND ALWAYS THANKFUL.

WHAT GRACE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW A PATH BLAZED BY THE GREAT ONES, TO MEET

OUR LORD FACE TO FACE. HOW THANKFUL AND GREATFUL CAN WE BE FOR THIS

CHANCE TO UTTER THESE SWEETEST OF SOUNDS?

EACH LETTER IS AN EMBODIMENT OF THE DNA OF SHIVA, OF THE UNIVERSE, OF

OUR SELF. ANY ONE LETTER IS ENOUGH. YET WE HAVE A WHOLE BOOK FULL OF

LETTERS. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED.

DOES THE VISOIN OF THE LORD COME QUICKLY OR SLOWLY? IN LIFETIMES OR

IN- BETWEEN A BREATH?

WHO KNOWS? DOES IT MATTER? WITH EACH REPITITION OF THE MANTRAS,

COMES THE POTENTIAL FOR GRACE.

WITH EACH REPITITION COMES THE THOUGHT THAT IT IS ALL SHIVA AND THERE

IS NOTHING ELSE.

LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM. MY DYING FRIEND WANTED TO CHANT SHIVA'S

NAME. WE CHANTED TOGETHER AND THEN AS HE DEPARTED, I CHANTED SOFTLY

IN HIS EAR. AND HE DIED HAPPY.

WE ARE ALIVE NOW, AND THE CHANCE TO CHANT WITH JOY AND FERVOR IS HERE

NOW. DO NOT WAIT ANOTHER SECOND. CALL ON HIM. HE WILL REMOVE ALL

DARKNESS AND THE FEAR OF DEATH. HE WILL TAKE AWAY ALL THAT BINDS US.

PLEASE TAKE THE INSPIRATION OF MAA AND SWAMI, AND CHANT THE VERSES AS

OFTEN AS YOU CAN.

MY THEY GRANT YOU THE GRACE OF THE LORD AND GIVE YOU HIS DARSHAN

JAI SHIVA

VISHWESHWAR

August 8, 2005

Namaste Vishweshwar,

thank you very much for taking the time to share your experiences

with Shiva puja. A very inspiring post, and although I have started

performing puja only a few months ago, I recognize some of my own

experiences in what you've written. The value of the gift Shree Maa

and Swamiji give to the world by teaching people how to perform

worship is incalculable and I'll remain forever grateful that I have

been led to their door,

with love,

Henny

-- In , "inspectionconnection108"

<inspectionconnection108> wrote:

> NAMASTE

>

> BY THE GRACE OF SHREE MAA AND SWAMI, I HAVE LEARNED SHIVA PUJA.

THRU

> THEIR CONTINUED GRACE I HAVE PERFORMED HIS WORSHIP DAILY FOR 7

YEARS.

>

> IN 1997, MAA AND SWAMI TAUGHT A SHIVA PUJA CLASS IN FAIRFIELD, IOWA,

> AND I FELT COMPELLED TO TRY.

>

> HOW STRANGE IT WAS, NEVER HAVING HEARD OF SHIVA BEFORE, TO WORSHIP

THE

> SUPREME LORD IN THIS SIMPLE FASHION WITH LIGHT, INCENSE, FRUIT AND

> FLOWERS.

>

> THEY SAID DON'T WORRY HOW IT SOUNDS, OR WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER, THE

> LORD KNOWS YOUR HEART. HE WILL HEAR AND COME TO YOU WHEN YOU CALL.

>

> AS RAMAKRISHNA SAID, TAKE ONE STEP TOWARDS GOD, AND HE WILL TAKE 10

> TOWARDS YOU.

>

> I FUMBLED THRU IT, WITH THEM LEADING, MISRPOUNCING AND STUMBLING,

BUT

> BY THE END, I FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE

LORD,

> TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF INFINITE GOODNESS WAS SWEET.

>

> I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING. BUT I HAD TO TRY AGAIN.

> CREATING A SMALL ALTAR AT HOME, I READ THE ENGLISH WORDS DAILY. I

> WANTED TO KNOW THAT PERFECT AND FULL, ETERNALLY LOVING CONSCIOUSNESS

> OF INFINITE GOODNESS.

>

> MAA AND SWAMI HAD LIT A FIRE IN MY HEART, AND WORSHIPPING SHIVA WAS

> THE BEST WAY TO FAN THE FIRE INTO A BLAZE.

>

> THE GURU GIVES THE INSPIRATION, AND THEY ARE THE EXAMPLE OF THE

DIETY

> THEY WORSHIP. MAA AND SWAMI, EACH IN THEIR WAY, SOON BECAME THE

> EMBODIMENT OF SHIVA TO ME. THE MANTRAS BECAME A WAY TO CALL AND

TALK

> TO THEM WHEN I FELT LONELY OR OVERCOME BY THE DARKNESS OF MY EGO.

> WHETHER IN ENGLISH OR NOT, WHAT LOVING GOD AND GURU CAN FAIL TO HEED

> THE CRIES OF THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER?

>

> JUST READING THE VERSES IN ENGLISH AS I PAUSE DURING THIS POST, IS

SO

> PROFOUND. READ ALONG WITH ME ON PAGES 12, 13, 14 IN THE LARGE SHIVA

> PUJA BOOK. SHIVA AS THE RELIEVER OF SUFFERING, CONSCIOUSNESS OF

> INFINITE GOODNESS, THE LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THE SEER OF ALL-

THIS

> IS WHO MAA AND SWAMI ARE, AND THIS IS WHO WE ALL ARE.

>

> I ALWAYS BEGIN BY ASKING MAA AND SWAMI TO TAKE OVER THE PUJA. TO

USE

> ME AS A VESSEL AND PERFORM THRU ME. SOMETIMES THIS BODY DOES NOT

> PRONOUNCE THE MANTRAS WELL, AND MISTAKES ARE MADE. SOMETIMES I RUSH

> THRU, OTHER TIMES I SAVOR THE FLOW OF SWEETNESS THAT COMES WITH THE

> VERSES. BUT ALWAYS I FEEL SOFTER AND SMOOTHER AND MORE LOVING WHEN

I

> AM FINSIHED, AND ALWAYS THANKFUL.

>

> WHAT GRACE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW A PATH BLAZED BY THE GREAT ONES, TO

MEET

> OUR LORD FACE TO FACE. HOW THANKFUL AND GREATFUL CAN WE BE FOR THIS

> CHANCE TO UTTER THESE SWEETEST OF SOUNDS?

>

> EACH LETTER IS AN EMBODIMENT OF THE DNA OF SHIVA, OF THE UNIVERSE,

OF

> OUR SELF. ANY ONE LETTER IS ENOUGH. YET WE HAVE A WHOLE BOOK FULL

OF

> LETTERS. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED.

>

> DOES THE VISOIN OF THE LORD COME QUICKLY OR SLOWLY? IN LIFETIMES OR

> IN- BETWEEN A BREATH?

>

> WHO KNOWS? DOES IT MATTER? WITH EACH REPITITION OF THE MANTRAS,

> COMES THE POTENTIAL FOR GRACE.

>

> WITH EACH REPITITION COMES THE THOUGHT THAT IT IS ALL SHIVA AND

THERE

> IS NOTHING ELSE.

>

> LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM. MY DYING FRIEND WANTED TO CHANT SHIVA'S

> NAME. WE CHANTED TOGETHER AND THEN AS HE DEPARTED, I CHANTED SOFTLY

> IN HIS EAR. AND HE DIED HAPPY.

>

> WE ARE ALIVE NOW, AND THE CHANCE TO CHANT WITH JOY AND FERVOR IS

HERE

> NOW. DO NOT WAIT ANOTHER SECOND. CALL ON HIM. HE WILL REMOVE ALL

> DARKNESS AND THE FEAR OF DEATH. HE WILL TAKE AWAY ALL THAT BINDS

US.

>

> PLEASE TAKE THE INSPIRATION OF MAA AND SWAMI, AND CHANT THE VERSES

AS

> OFTEN AS YOU CAN.

>

> MY THEY GRANT YOU THE GRACE OF THE LORD AND GIVE YOU HIS DARSHAN

>

> JAI SHIVA

>

> VISHWESHWAR

August 8, 2005

NAMASTEBY THE GRACE OF SHREE MAA AND SWAMI, I HAVE LEARNED SHIVA PUJA.

THRUTHEIR CONTINUED GRACE I HAVE PERFORMED HIS WORSHIP DAILY FOR 7

YEARS. IN 1997, MAA AND SWAMI TAUGHT A SHIVA PUJA CLASS IN

FAIRFIELD, IOWA,AND I FELT COMPELLED TO TRY. HOW STRANGE IT WAS,

NEVER HAVING HEARD OF SHIVA BEFORE, TO WORSHIP THESUPREME LORD IN

THIS SIMPLE FASHION WITH LIGHT, INCENSE, FRUIT ANDFLOWERS.THEY SAID

DON'T WORRY HOW IT SOUNDS, OR WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER, THELORD KNOWS

YOUR HEART. HE WILL HEAR AND COME TO YOU WHEN YOU CALL.AS

RAMAKRISHNA SAID, TAKE ONE STEP TOWARDS GOD, AND HE WILL TAKE

10TOWARDS YOU.I FUMBLED THRU IT, WITH THEM LEADING, MISRPOUNCING AND

STUMBLING, BUTBY THE END, I FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. TALKING

DIRECTLY TO THE LORD,TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF INFINITE GOODNESS WAS

SWEET. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING. BUT I HAD TO TRY AGAIN.

CREATING A SMALL ALTAR AT HOME, I READ THE ENGLISH WORDS DAILY.

IWANTED TO KNOW THAT PERFECT AND FULL, ETERNALLY LOVING

CONSCIOUSNESSOF INFINITE GOODNESS.MAA AND SWAMI HAD LIT A FIRE IN MY

HEART, AND WORSHIPPING SHIVA WASTHE BEST WAY TO FAN THE FIRE INTO A

BLAZE.THE GURU GIVES THE INSPIRATION, AND THEY ARE THE EXAMPLE OF THE

DIETYTHEY WORSHIP. MAA AND SWAMI, EACH IN THEIR WAY, SOON BECAME

THEEMBODIMENT OF SHIVA TO ME. THE MANTRAS BECAME A WAY TO CALL AND

TALKTO THEM WHEN I FELT LONELY OR OVERCOME BY THE DARKNESS OF MY EGO.

WHETHER IN ENGLISH OR NOT, WHAT LOVING GOD AND GURU CAN FAIL TO

HEEDTHE CRIES OF THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER?JUST READING THE VERSES IN

ENGLISH AS I PAUSE DURING THIS POST, IS SOPROFOUND. READ ALONG WITH

ME ON PAGES 12, 13, 14 IN THE LARGE SHIVAPUJA BOOK. SHIVA AS THE

RELIEVER OF

SUFFERING, CONSCIOUSNESS OFINFINITE GOODNESS, THE LIGHT OF

CONSCIOUSNESS, THE SEER OF ALL- THISIS WHO MAA AND SWAMI ARE, AND

THIS IS WHO WE ALL ARE. I ALWAYS BEGIN BY ASKING MAA AND SWAMI TO

TAKE OVER THE PUJA. TO USEME AS A VESSEL AND PERFORM THRU ME.

SOMETIMES THIS BODY DOES NOTPRONOUNCE THE MANTRAS WELL, AND MISTAKES

ARE MADE. SOMETIMES I RUSHTHRU, OTHER TIMES I SAVOR THE FLOW OF

SWEETNESS THAT COMES WITH THEVERSES. BUT ALWAYS I FEEL SOFTER AND

SMOOTHER AND MORE LOVING WHEN IAM FINSIHED, AND ALWAYS THANKFUL.WHAT

GRACE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW A PATH BLAZED BY THE GREAT ONES, TO MEETOUR

LORD FACE TO FACE. HOW THANKFUL AND GREATFUL CAN WE BE FOR

THISCHANCE TO UTTER THESE SWEETEST OF SOUNDS?EACH LETTER IS AN

EMBODIMENT OF THE DNA OF SHIVA, OF THE UNIVERSE, OFOUR SELF. ANY ONE

LETTER IS ENOUGH. YET WE HAVE A WHOLE BOOK FULL OFLETTERS. WE ARE

TRULY BLESSED.DOES

THE VISOIN OF THE LORD COME QUICKLY OR SLOWLY? IN LIFETIMES ORIN-

BETWEEN A BREATH?WHO KNOWS? DOES IT MATTER? WITH EACH REPITITION OF

THE MANTRAS,COMES THE POTENTIAL FOR GRACE.WITH EACH REPITITION COMES

THE THOUGHT THAT IT IS ALL SHIVA AND THEREIS NOTHING ELSE.LAST NIGHT

I HAD A DREAM. MY DYING FRIEND WANTED TO CHANT SHIVA'SNAME. WE

CHANTED TOGETHER AND THEN AS HE DEPARTED, I CHANTED SOFTLYIN HIS EAR.

AND HE DIED HAPPY. WE ARE ALIVE NOW, AND THE CHANCE TO CHANT WITH

JOY AND FERVOR IS HERENOW. DO NOT WAIT ANOTHER SECOND. CALL ON HIM.

HE WILL REMOVE ALLDARKNESS AND THE FEAR OF DEATH. HE WILL TAKE AWAY

ALL THAT BINDS US.PLEASE TAKE THE INSPIRATION OF MAA AND SWAMI, AND

CHANT THE VERSES ASOFTEN AS YOU CAN. MY THEY GRANT YOU THE GRACE OF

THE LORD AND GIVE YOU HIS DARSHANJAI

SHIVAVISHWESHWAR

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August 8, 2005

this is so lovely! thank you for sharing with us!

namaste.

inspectionconnection108 wrote:

>NAMASTE

>

Be Love,

Egyirba (Berijoy)

http://www.egyirba.net

A self of all things one and eternal are behind the appearances of the

Universe. All things are united in that One Self and Spirit. These are

divided by an ignorance of their true Self, Reality in the mind, life

and body. A certain psychological discipline can remove this thin

layer that distinguishes consciousness and become aware of the true

self, the Divinity within all of us. --Sri Aurobindo

August 9, 2005

Jai Shiva.inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108 > wrote: