To Linda about the puja quote

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Namaste Lindaji,

 

the quote is from 'Before Becoming This. Conversations with Shree Maa

and Swami Satyananda about Life, Love and the Cosmic Play' and you can

find it on page 280. I don't know if you have the book, but if you

don't, I strongly recommend it because the author has a knack of

asking all the questions that you and I would like to know the answer

to:),

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

 

, nierika wrote:

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>

> Henny wrote:

>

> >> ...First, let's listen to Swamiji telling us what puja is:

> >> "You can create a ritual of worship, which will focus your mind

and

> >> make it habituated to sitting still. We call that ritual of

worship

> >> puja. Puja is a guided meditation, It will calm your mind. All

you

> >> have to do is follow the instructions and recite the mantras and

you

> >> will be guided into a state of meditation. There are many forms

of

> >> puja. A simple puja would begin by lighting a candle and a stick

of

> >> incense and putting a flower on an altar. Then sit there for a

few

> >> minutes and say "Om namah Shivaya" either internally or out loud

[...]

> >> From that simple puja, you can get more sophisticated and

elaborate."...

>

>

> Dear Henny ~ your post was so beautiful, with so many good ideas,

that I

> have made a copy to keep for reference. But this quote from Swamiji

above

> reached right into my heart. When did Swamiji say this and under

what

> circumstances? Was it a message to the digest group; is it in a

introduction to one of the

> books; was it at a retreat? This has changed everything for me. Even

though

> I too recommend starting simply, in some ways, it was just me

babbling, based

> on not a whole lot of experience, but knowing that Swamiji, knowing

of my

> illnesses, had given me permission to being slowly. I can't find the

words to

> tell you what sharing these words of Swamiji's means to me. It is

like the sun

> just came out on a cloudy day, lighting up the whole world. Jai

Swamiji ~

> Linda

>