Ganesh -My experience - Please explain!!!

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Dear Ganesh,

 

Thanks for sharing your experince with this group!! It was very

touching. Did you also feel connected to the universe in some way at

that moment??

 

This is my first posting by the way. I have been a member of this

forum for over a month and generally ready the postings twice a week.

I also bought my own rudraksh mala over a month ago and felt very

peaceful when wearing it. I don't wear it all the time for some reason.

 

Lilly

 

 

 

, ganeshandlakshmi

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>

> Namaste, All !

>

> Here is my experience with Rudrakshas over the past 2 weeks or so.

> I got my Rudrakshas on 02/13/05 and I started wearing them the same

> day; I take them off only before I shower, otherwise I am wearing

> them all the time, even while asleep. I have been using my Japa Mala

> to keep track during prayers, (also when I am driving on the highway).

>

> The past 2 Fridays (considered auspicious back in southern India), I

> prayed at the Sri Lakshmi temple in Ashland, MA. Apparently, (correct

> me if I am wrong here) the rituals in this temple are performed in the

> Telugu tradition (Telugu is the language spoken in Andhra Pradesh

> state). I am more used to the Kerala and Tamil Nadu traditions.

>

> The second visit (yesterday), especially, was a unique experience. As

> I waited in a line with other devotees outside the shrine for Goddess

> Lakshmi, the priest, after performing the rituals, came out to bless

> us all. As he walked down the line, he gently put a tall, cone-shaped

> silver cup (called "kaapu", I believe -- correct me, again) to each

> devotee's head, lightly touching the head. I bowed down my head as the

> priest approached me. He touched the "kaapu" to my head. At that

> moment I became emotional and my eyes started tearing up. Then they

> all started chanting MahaLakshmi Ashtakam("Namastestu Mahaamaaye...").

> This was a stotram that I used to recite (in the evenings) back in

> India in my childhood and I found myself chanting along as I

> discovered that I could recall much of it. After accepting from the

> priest the Prasadams (flowers), Bhasmam (sacred ash), Kumkumam

> (saffron), Chandanam (Sandalwood paste) and Naivedyams (any fruit or

> prepared sweet already offered to the deity), I proceeded to make

> Pradakshinams (walk in a circle) around the shrines. I don't recall

> having spent that much time, almost an hour, worshipping at a temple

> in my past.

>

> This morning, I read through Maha Lakshmi Ashtakam once again; then I

> proceeded to chant Arjuna's prayer:

>

> Thwameva Mata Cha Pita Thwameva,

> Thwameva Bandhuscha Sakhaa Thwameva.

> Thwameva Vidyaa, Dhravinam Thwameva,

> Thwameva Sarvam Mama Deva Deva

> Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

>

> (Meaning: O Lord You are my mother and father. You are my relative

> and friend. You are my knowledge (wisdom) and wealth (strength,

> valour and power) and you are my all - My God of Gods.)

>

> That is when I started sobbing out aloud, uncontrollably. It was as if

> all the emotions I dammed up inside me at the temple last night broke

> free this morning. I am not an emotional person, not given to break

> into tears that easily. I don't know how to explain this. Even now, as

> I recite "Twameva..." I am tearing up.

>

> My question to you all is, have the Rudrakshas begun to work for me ?

> Are they finally (after barely 2 weeks of having them) beginning to

> manifest their power and influence over me ? Is my emotional outburst

> a sign of submission to the Lord? What do I read into this incident?

> Having read thru' other people's experiences with Rudrakshas, I

> thought I would also experience something similar, such as dreams of

> Lord Shiva, etc. None of that has ocurred to me -- yet.

>

> I eagerly await your considered opinion. Thank you, All!

>

>

> GaneshLakshmi

>

>

> GURUR BRAHMA GURUR VISHNU

> GURUR DEVO MAHESHWARAH

> GURU SAKSHA PARA BRAHMA

> TASMEI SHRI GURAVE NAMAH