Merry Christmas from the Mandir

[Guest guest]

Namaste Vish,

 

watching (part of) the celebrations via the webcam was a very

exhilarating experience for me, precisely because, as you said, Shree

Maa and Swamiji know no boundaries. Even though I was convinced there

is no conflict between my spiritual 'roots' and the path I have found

here and both the Lord Jesus and Lord Shiva are on my altar, some

uneasiness must have been lurking somewhere deep down, because when I

heard the mantras being chanted at the fire and watched the puja and

communion, I felt an amazing sense of freedom and liberation and such

a joy at having my deepest convictions confirmed. There truly are no

boundaries in the Love of God. But rare are the places where this

Truth is demonstrated. May we all in our own way be such a place and

may the fire in our hearts be a light for all to see,

 

with love,

Henny

 

P.S. loved Swamiji's hat, by the way.

 

 

 

, "inspectionconnection108"

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> Namaste

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> To all of you, brothers and sisters, Merry Christmas. Tonight at

the

> Mandir Temple, we celebrated the birth of Christ. Maa and Swami

love

> this day, and the celebration was fully of love and joy. Starting

> with Artri, then many mantras at the fire, specifically verses and

> concepts from the New Testimate. For example, "I am the Father and

> the Father is Me." This and other mantras, in English, we all

chanted

> together at the Divine Fire.

> It is so amazing that Maa and Swami can take a verse like this, and

> chant it at the sacred fire. They know no boundries. Every

tradition

> is sacred and holy. Every tradition will lead to God if practiced

> with pure devotion.

> Next, Swami performed puja to Lord Jesus at Maa's place at the

altar,

> to a wonderful murti of Jesus that She made several years ago. He

> used the beginner's Shiva puja, and inserted Jesus's name in place

of

> Shiva and used the mantra: "On Namao Bhagavatai Shree Jesu Christia

> Namah".

> Then, imagine Swami performing a High Mass in Latin. Well, He did.

> And then he blessed the bread, and the wine, and offered it to each

of

> us. When we went up to the altar, first Maa placed the sign of the

> cross on our third eye with sacred ash, then we knelt before Swami,

> and received the blessed wine and bread.

> What a high time.

> Then we went back to our seats and sang Christmas carols for 45

> minutes. The last carol was "We all want our Figgy Pudding", and we

> sang the last chorus over and over till Maa brought us all real

> homemade figgy pudding which She made Herself.

> After all this bliss, Maa and Swami jumped up, and started singing

> "When the "Saints go Marching In", and for the next 20 minutes, we

all

> danced together, jumping, circling around the entire Temple, hand in

> hand, and then smaller circles, with Maa in the center, dancing and

> singing and clapping.

> Finally, the singing stopped, and Maa and Swami hugged each and

every

> one of us and blessed us again.

> As they left the Temple, we exchanged a huge pile of presents,

> laughing and hugging and smiles ear to ear. No one could stop

smiling.

> Christ was truly born. Each of our hearts was full of the Divine

> Light, the Eternal Light, the Light that lead us to be born, and the

> Light that shines in every smile of every being on this Earth.

> Glory to Jesus, born among us this day.

> Please join us all in spreading this Divine Light, this Love

Eternal.

> Make a sankalpa, a firm commitment, to spread this Love Divine to

> everyone, in every thought, word, and deed.

> Maa and Swami came to Earth with this sankalpa. We can do it too.

We

> just have to make that sankalpa. How the Earth could change, would

> change, if we did this.

> Let's Do It.

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> Jai Maa Jai Swami

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> love

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> vishweshwar

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> In , "Karen" <forall10q@> wrote:

> >

> > We are so excited to be listening to the Devi Mandir Christmas

Carolers

> > on a chilly, snowy night in Colorado. It's amazing. Every time

we

> > said, "sure wish we could see the singers or the band," the camera

> > person seemed to hear us, and zappo, the camera moved. Thanks for

> > hearing and responding. Right now both web cams are perfect!

Sound is

> > really good, too. This is most definitely a wish fulfilled. It

must

> > take great effort to produce this, and we thank you again and

again.

> > Our holiday plans were dashed by a huge holiday blizzard so we

can't be

> > with family. However, being with the Devi Mandir Family in this

way

> > brings an endearing warmth that is truly uplifting. Though we

won't be

> > spending Christmas Eve with our relatives this year, we will be

looking

> > forward to inviting Devi Mandir into our home through the magic

of

> > technology. What an unexpected delight! Love, Michael and Karen

> >

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