To henny: Sacred Space (was It's lonely when you're drawn to a...featurless God)

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henny wrote:

....But I would like to share with you something our dear Kalachandra

told me when I had just joined this group and questioned the

possibility of entertaining a relationship with guru's living on the

other side of the globe. She said (and I paraphrase) that physical

distance is of no importance at all because what matters is what's in

your heart. If you are willing to open your heart, the guru's and the

Devi Mandir will come to you, no matter where you live and take up

residence in your heart. I found this to be true. Just by hanging

around here, joining in and participating in the sankalpas, I've been

led to find people who've shared their wisdom and love with me, who

picked me up when I was are down, and who've gladly shared with me

the spiritual treasures they've brought back from their individual

journeys, who've inspired me and made me laugh (and cry sometimes). I

have found that it is possible to pray together, to sing and dance

together and to come together in worship, all in the sacred space we

might call the Divine Heart of the Infinite, for lack of a better

word, the Sacred Space created and nurtured by our beloved

teachers...

Dear henny ~ I love and appreciate all you wrote. You describe exactly

to a "t" my own experience with the digest, with Shree Maa and Swamiji

and with all those who come here.

Even though we may live across the world, and some of us have none

others with this same burning desire and interest, still we are

together, a cyber satsangh, a cyber "Sacred Space." I feel this sense

of the Sacred when I read the digest; I feel it when I'm doing my

practice;

I feel it when I go to our Page and read or look at any of the

messages, files and images. And yes, there is laughing and crying,

singing and dancing, praying and learning, and all we need do to

begin is show up. I show up and this wonderful experience begins

unfolding. We each experience it in a slightly different way,

according to our natures and capacities, and what a lovely experience

it is. Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda