to Kalia (Re:Henny) The 9 days of Kali

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Kaliaji,

 

please feel free to butt in anytime:). Just as our Mother sent us

Nanda to help us help each other, just so did She send you to bring me

these beautiful words. Thank you for reminding me it is all Her,

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

, "kaliananda_saraswati"

<kaliananda_saraswati> wrote:

>

> Jai Kali Maa Henny,

>

> Pardon my butting in (to borrow Steve's words) but this post is so

> touching, of particular import are the words ....

>

> "I don't need to 'comprehend' or know exactly why I am doing this

> and what it means. I (we) can stop all this, and just sing... for

> Her, and let Her take care of the rest."

>

> We've got a Mother like no other like no other Mother at all. This

> is why She has sent us Nanda who always seems to know the right

> questions to ask of our Gurus and who continues, through Guru's

> grace, to keep this forum going. Thank you Nanda, the support of

> this forum is invaluable.

>

> Much love and blessings to you Henny. Let us all remember that

> everything is Her Desire and NOTHING can be done unless She wills

it.

>

> Jai Guruji

> Jai Kali Maa

>

> Kalia

>

>

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

> >

> > Dear Nanda,

> >

> > your post touched me, because I have just experienced a little bit

> of

> > 'letting go' in connection with the sankalpa.I have been

> struggling

> > lately, trying to comprehend the meaning of all that I have

> learned

> > since I've come here, and trying to get a mental grip, so to

> speak, on

> > the Divine Mother (all that grasping and mental struggling made

> > Navaratri a rather painful experience, by the way). I had gone

> into a

> > kind of mental cramp, wanting to hold on to what I think I know

> and

> > trying to fit Her into the conceptual building I'd made of all my

> > beliefs, 'translating' everything in terms I'm more used to etc,

> etc.

> > (I'm sure many of you have had the same problem somewhere along

> the

> > way). So I wondered if I should participate in the sankalpa at

> all, as

> > long as I had not figured it all out (oh, the delusion...).

> Anyway,

> > this morning I decided to do a pre-recital of the 1008 names of

> Kali,

> > to see how long it would take (I was 'sure' it would take me to

> long,

> > so I could not commit to the nine days, etc, etc). So I read, and

> then

> > sang the names, or rather, they gradually started to sing

> themselves.

> > And I felt so much lighter and happier. And I realized I don't

> need to

> > 'comprehend' or know exactly why I am doing this and what it

> means. I

> > can stop all this, and just sing...for Her, and let Her take care

> of

> > the rest. So that's what I am going to do, just sing, nothing

> else,

> > and I am very much looking forward to it. Thank you all for being

> here

> > and creating the opportunity to share,

> >

> > with love,

> > Henny

> >

> > , "Nanda" <chandimaakijai>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > Dear fellow devotees of Kali,

> > >

> > > When I met Swamiji yesterday, I asked him a question on Kali

> that

> > has

> > > been on my mind for a long time - "Why do some people fear Kali?

> Why

> > > do some of us hesitate to worship Her?"

> > >

> > > And Swamiji said (I paraphrase) "It is those people that want to

> > hold

> > > onto their attachments that fear worshipping Her. She is dark

> > because

> > > She has taken our darkness. "

> > >

> > > Let us not hold on to our attachments - let us simply surrender

> to

> > Her

> > > will. Easier said than done ? Well, how about an experiment ?

> Let us

> > > live the next 9 days chanting Her names and praying for Her to

> show

> > us

> > > the way to surrender our attachments.

> > >

> > > If you would like to join our Kali Sankalpa, please respond to

> the

> > > poll /surveys?

> id=12165664 .

> > It

> > > will also be great if you can post telling us how your Kali

> sadhana

> > is

> > > going on.

> > >

> > > We are starting tomorrow - ie 24th Oct 2005. Oh and here is the

> > thing

> > > - if you dont have access to the 1000 names of Kali , you can

> still

> > > join in and chant Kali's bija mantra 1008 times.

> > >

> > > Kali's bija is "Om Kriim Kaalyai Namah"

> > >

> > > JAI KALI MAA

> > > Nanda

> > >

> >

>