To Shree Maa ~ Question 2: What is Devotion?

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ramya posted:

Recently Maa was talking about devotion and She asks all of you "What is devotion?"

Dear Beloved Shree Maa ~ I have been quoting you and Swamiji a lot

lately when referring to having a sacred attitude toward life, which

I believe is another way of referring to devotion.

I wholeheartedly believe, first by instinct, second by common sense,

and third because my beloved gurus have said so, that "worship means

paying attention," and that we show our love by respectfully paying

attention.

 

To me, this attention that is respectful and loving is the epitome of

devotion. Devotion is also taking care, being care -- full, like

taking care of the seedling we are digging the hole for by saying our

mantra while we dig the hole; or like taking care of our altar (one of

my favorite things, even when I can do little else, is to take care of

my altar ~ dust everything off, in some cases let water run over it

(like my Shiva Nataraj statuette), to make sure there is a candle in

the candle holder and incense in the incense holder). Devotion is

also efficiency in organizing our lives. There is devotion in the

efficiency, and there is devotion in the space the efficiency creates

for our worship, our work, the things we do.

 

Devotion is love in action, and devotion is love in stillness.

 

Jai Shree Maa ~ Linda