To Sudamaa re Guru Day (was lonely when you're drawn to an infinite God)

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Sadumaa wrote:

>> One is that every Thursday (traditionally a day to honor the Guru),

at >> minimum, I do one mala each of mantra for Shree Maa and for

Swamiji. I >> hold them in my mind and heart and look at their

pictures while I do >> this. This brings me closer in my heart to

them. They are the best >> living examples of what I aspire to and so

I want to be close to them. >> I want to follow their example.

Dear Sadumaa ~ thank you very much for sharing this "Guru Day"

practice. I have been looking for ideas (one having been suggested

before to read from "The Guru and The Goddess," and especially "The

Guru Gita" each Thursday.) I really like your suggestion and have

copied it down for my DM notebook (having no more room on my fridge

.... I now have to resort to a notebook :::grin::.

Here is a mantra that someone from the Devi Mandir sent to me when I

was asking for a special guru mantra for Swamiji. I have the one for

Shree Maa, but had not seen any for Swamiji (and please note, I am

not suggesting that you use this one in place of the one you are

currently using ... just want to share what I was given). Here it is:

Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Satyananda Namo Namah

Please, for whomever* I received this from, if I am not getting this

correct, send the correct version because I am using this., Jai Maa ,

Jai Swamiji ~ Linda

P.S. Recently I was telling my hubby something during a discussion. He

began to get irritated with me, and when I asked him why, he said,

we've discussed this several times.

I felt a bit sad and reminded him that, due to my illness, I forget

things. It is not that I'm deliberately discounting what he may have

said before. I truly don't remember. I share this because, as

indicated above, I have already forgotten who sent me the mantra for

swamiji. So dear ones, if I forget who may have told me something, in

a post or off-digest, please forgive my poor memory and understand

that I mean no disrespect.

[Guest guest]

om much love to linda

 

i forget everything it is washing down a great channel into infinity

itself

 

we will all forget sooner or later

 

we will all be forgotten

 

oh

 

what joy this is

 

to forget and be forgotten

 

LOVE to you all here

 

at this moment

 

memory is just this mind

 

we will all remember

 

what we need to

 

LOVE

 

intention counts more than anything

 

everything from cleaning up to

 

planning great works to

 

detailed sadhana

 

comes direct from that well

 

praises praises praises

 

to the guru who has a great memory

 

and has no judgment

 

and forgets no one

 

and remembers only the

 

driving force of his bhav

 

LOVELOVELOVE

 

i remember to love that one

 

even if i forget his face

 

or his name

 

or his whereabouts

 

or what i am supposed to do

 

or where i am supposed to go

 

OM

 

aflame with love and steady devotion to THAT

 

what name how many arms

 

in ALL its forms

 

i have no worries

 

OM!

 

the best memory

 

is not a word or a thought

 

it is a feeling

 

that takes wing

 

and you ride that great swan

 

to forever

 

hey, i can say my own name

 

until it peels off like a candy wrapper

 

and blows away down then street

 

om!

 

such a joy in this empty space

 

filled with this loving presence.

 

 

 

 

, nierika wrote:

>

>

> Sadumaa wrote:

>

> >> One is that every Thursday (traditionally a day to honor the

Guru), at

> >> minimum, I do one mala each of mantra for Shree Maa and for

Swamiji. I

> >> hold them in my mind and heart and look at their pictures while

I do

> >> this. This brings me closer in my heart to them. They are the best

> >> living examples of what I aspire to and so I want to be close to

them.

> >> I want to follow their example.

>

>

>

>

> Dear Sadumaa ~ thank you very much for sharing this "Guru Day"

practice. I

> have been looking for ideas (one having been suggested before to

read from "The

> Guru and The Goddess," and especially "The Guru Gita" each

Thursday.) I

> really like your suggestion and have copied it down for my DM

notebook (having no

> more room on my fridge ... I now have to resort to a notebook

:::grin::.

>

> Here is a mantra that someone from the Devi Mandir sent to me when I

was

> asking for a special guru mantra for Swamiji. I have the one for

Shree Maa, but

> had not seen any for Swamiji (and please note, I am not suggesting

that you

> use this one in place of the one you are currently using ... just

want to share

> what I was given). Here it is:

> Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Satyananda Namo Namah

>

> Please, for whomever* I received this from, if I am not getting this

> correct, send the correct version because I am using this., Jai Maa

, Jai Swamiji ~

> Linda

>

> P.S. Recently I was telling my hubby something during a discussion.

He began

> to get irritated with me, and when I asked him why, he said, we've

discussed

> this several times.

> I felt a bit sad and reminded him that, due to my illness, I forget

things.

> It is not that I'm deliberately discounting what he may have said

before. I

> truly don't remember. I share this because, as indicated above, I

have already

> forgotten who sent me the mantra for swamiji. So dear ones, if I

forget who

> may have told me something, in a post or off-digest, please forgive

my poor

> memory and understand that I mean no disrespect.

>