To Lindaji and Steveji and, well every ji! Hee! Hee!

[Guest guest]

Lindaji wrote:

 

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

> my poor memory and understand that I mean no disrespect."

 

and then Steveji answered in part:

 

 

"we will all forget sooner or later

>

> we will all be forgotten

>

> oh what joy this is

>

> to forget and be forgotten..."

 

 

Jai Maa, beloved Lindaji and dear Steveji!!!

 

i was so touched by what you said, sweetie pie Lindaji, and prfoundly

moved by your prayer/poem answer, Steveji!!! :<) They both triggered

a " forgotten prayer/poem i had penned many years ago. i share it

with all of you now.

 

THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

 

I place myself upon the altar

As the ultimate sacrifice, O Maa.

 

Devour me with the hunger

Of a thousand starving wolves.

 

Leave not a hair, mind nor word.

 

May "i" be but a memory

In a forgotten year. OM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>

> 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.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

may your poem be realized again and again

 

steve

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa wrote:

>

> Lindaji wrote:

>

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

> > my poor memory and understand that I mean no disrespect."

>

> and then Steveji answered in part:

>

>

> "we will all forget sooner or later

> >

> > we will all be forgotten

> >

> > oh what joy this is

> >

> > to forget and be forgotten..."

>

>

> Jai Maa, beloved Lindaji and dear Steveji!!!

>

> i was so touched by what you said, sweetie pie Lindaji, and prfoundly

> moved by your prayer/poem answer, Steveji!!! :<) They both triggered

> a " forgotten prayer/poem i had penned many years ago. i share it

> with all of you now.

>

> THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

>

> I place myself upon the altar

> As the ultimate sacrifice, O Maa.

>

> Devour me with the hunger

> Of a thousand starving wolves.

>

> Leave not a hair, mind nor word.

>

> May "i" be but a memory

> In a forgotten year. OM.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > 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.

> > >

> >

>