Stop my mind

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Namaste: Upon reading a verse in the Advanced Shiva Puja text, I was

reminded of the goal of all forms and techniques of worship. On Page

161 the verse reads: " He {Shiva}, takes away the difficulties of the

ocean of the three worlds: for the purpose of liberation, do what is

necessary to stop the changes and modifications of consciousness. "

We are asking Him to remove the difficulties of the 3 worlds so that

we can experience our True Self. Not to have an easier life or more

money or perfect children.

We worship He / She, to take away our mind, to stop all modifications

of consciousness. We use the sacred mantras to take away our minds.

That is the definition of the word mantra in Sanskrit: " that which

takes away the mind. "

My small ego has to surrender to the infinite unbounded eternal Self,

my own pure and eternal nature. i become absorbed into " I " .

Swami said in class recently that when diving into meditation, we will

all come to a point where we have to decide to surrender and give up

our mind, and thus dive into pure consciousness, the Oneness, or,

decide not to surrender, and thus stay on a grosser level.

So wonderful. We just have to remember the goal.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar