Guidance from dreams?

[Guest guest]

Hello all.

I've known Amma for 7 years but only in the last 2 have I received my

mantra and *started* to surrender to Her (what can I say, I'm

stubborn!). It's a long story, like all of ours...

Anyway, I have dreamt several times, of the words "Mahalakshmi".

Once, in my dream, I had thrown myself into her lap, crying that I

felt so lost in this world and needed her guidance. She told me

to "take a red Lakshmi". Recently those words "Mahalaksmi" appeared

again in my dream, written on a wall, with a heart encircling them.

Now I know this is a quite obvious instruction.

The question is, what mantra or puja should I perform? Can I take

this as instruction? I only see her once a year, for a week at the

most. Is this a question I could actually email her about? The

concept of even asking her a question directly is almost overwhelming

to me.

I look forward to your suggestions.

frang.

[Guest guest]

Namaste Frang,

 

I myself had a very powerful vision of Lakshmi about four years ago.

It is a definite boon for you that you are having these dreams.

 

Do you conduct regular pujas now?

 

Here are a couple of things that were suggested to me that are very

simple, but good ways to connect to Her:

 

* You can chant "Om Sri Lakshmiyi Namahah" in front of a picture of

small statue of Lakshmi and offer flowers and/or incense. Lakshmi

likes pinks and reds.

* Do not take nonveg food on Fridays and Tuesdays, if you are not a

vegetarian.

 

Please feel free to email me privately, if you would like to.

 

Jai Ma!

 

With love,

Niseema

 

Ammachi, "frangi888" <frangi888> wrote:

> Hello all.

> I've known Amma for 7 years but only in the last 2 have I received

my

> mantra and *started* to surrender to Her (what can I say, I'm

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Thanks for that Niseema.

Thinking it's a boon is a different way of looking at it. It's

weird because in the material world I am constantly broke and

feeling a lack of career direction and have been constantly praying

for guidance. I don't wish for material wealth in itself, I just pray

for the means, financial and otherwise, to serve in the world as best

as Mother sees fit. ( I think I've spent a number of lifetimes being

a monk, and as attractive as that is to me now, I know it's not my

path this life!)

 

I don't really do regular pujas but do have a *fairly* regular hatha

yoga, meditation and japa practice. Consistency is not one of my

strong suits. I am trying to develop that.

Perhaps a regular Lakshmi puja is in order? I have the puja book but

have little experience with doing puja on my own.

frangi.

 

 

Ammachi, "Erica" <sugarandbrine> wrote:

> Namaste Frang,

>

> I myself had a very powerful vision of Lakshmi about four years

ago.

> It is a definite boon for you that you are having these dreams.

>

> Do you conduct regular pujas now?

>

> Here are a couple of things that were suggested to me that are very

> simple, but good ways to connect to Her:

>

> * You can chant "Om Sri Lakshmiyi Namahah" in front of a picture of

> small statue of Lakshmi and offer flowers and/or incense. Lakshmi

> likes pinks and reds.

> * Do not take nonveg food on Fridays and Tuesdays, if you are not a

> vegetarian.

>

> Please feel free to email me privately, if you would like to.

>

> Jai Ma!

>

> With love,

> Niseema

>

> Ammachi, "frangi888" <frangi888> wrote:

> > Hello all.

> > I've known Amma for 7 years but only in the last 2 have I

received

> my

> > mantra and *started* to surrender to Her (what can I say, I'm

[Guest guest]

Frangi888:

 

Since the instruction was very specific as to getting a "red Laxmi",

you may want to look into that somewhat assiduously; there are 108

forms of Laxmi(eg Paradeshwari when Laxmi is worshipped in the form

of Parad, mercury) that are generally propitiated, perhaps there is

at least one form that is somehow associated with the colour red; an

obvious place to start is to look at the Laxmi Ashtottaraa(108) and

Sahasranama(1008) to see if there is some mention of red.

 

Since it looks like you had several dream instructions on Mahalaxmi,

you may want to aggressively pursue some Laxmi sadhana - this is a

great blessing to receive such advice from Mother in a dream; and the

fact that you have good recall of the dream suggests that this was

indeed a dream message and no ordinary dream(BTW what were you

feelings when you had the dream, did you feel thrilled or did you

awake soon after the dream; what was the time of the dream?).

 

Consistency is key to progress in my opinion; NO progess is made

without consistency, so that is something you will really have to

work on.

 

With best wishes,

-yogaman

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply, yogaman!

I wondered if there were actually 108 names of Laskhmi- I have the

108 names of Devi but i am assuming they are not the same thing?

I'm not sure what time I had the dream, but I am sure that I woke

just after having it and wrote it down immediately. (I've been doing

a lot of work with dreams these past two years).

When I woke up it was clear it was no dream but happened on a

different plane. I actually had darshan with her in this dream in an

airport lounge somewhere! I was actually quite upset in the dream and

felt very soothed and relieved and being "looked after" when I woke

up. So I take it seriously as an instruction.

And yes, consistency is the hardest thing for me. I agree with you

that it is key to real progress. Something about being afraid of

being "trapped" into something is what scares me away often. Does

that make sense? I don't feel I'm lacking in discipline or devotion

but to keep it going at a steady pace is the biggest challenge! This

applies to all aspects of my life, to be honest. So I am asking her

for help.

And thankyou for yours!

frangi.

 

 

Ammachi, "childofdevi" <childofdevi>

wrote:

> Frangi888:

>

> Since the instruction was very specific as to getting a "red

Laxmi",

> you may want to look into that somewhat assiduously; there are 108

> forms of Laxmi(eg Paradeshwari when Laxmi is worshipped in the form

> of Parad, mercury) that are generally propitiated, perhaps there is

> at least one form that is somehow associated with the colour red;

an

> obvious place to start is to look at the Laxmi Ashtottaraa(108) and

> Sahasranama(1008) to see if there is some mention of red.

>

> Since it looks like you had several dream instructions on

Mahalaxmi,

> you may want to aggressively pursue some Laxmi sadhana - this is a

> great blessing to receive such advice from Mother in a dream; and

the

> fact that you have good recall of the dream suggests that this was

> indeed a dream message and no ordinary dream(BTW what were you

> feelings when you had the dream, did you feel thrilled or did you

> awake soon after the dream; what was the time of the dream?).

>

> Consistency is key to progress in my opinion; NO progess is made

> without consistency, so that is something you will really have to

> work on.

>

> With best wishes,

> -yogaman

[Guest guest]

this morning when my friend called and told me about the

hurrican/flood in Tampa, I immediately recalled a dream I had last

night- that i had a new place to live in an upper story of a five or

six story building. Later while drivng behind it, I noticed there was

construction being done on the back of it and thought, oh maybe ill

have even more space. then i noticed that it was right next to he

ocean and that the tide was rising and already had flooded the cars

parked there and would very soon flood the house. i thought i cant

live there...but i may have already signed for it- it was strange

interesting that i dreamed this last night...now people are

realistically dealing with this right now...

om lokah samastah sukhino bhavanthu

[Guest guest]

Frangi:

 

Yes there is a separate 108 and 1008 chant for Laxmi; check out

Shreemaa's collection of pooja books, I have seen them include a lot

of different sahasranamas and may have something for Laxmi and a

bonus is that it also includes translation.

 

Being dream conscious is a very valuable skill these days with Amma;

what with the crowds swelling up so much, there is not much

opportunity for a one on one with Amma; but in a dream you can spent

as much time as you want:-).

 

-yogaman