to visvanathan about defending the honor of the Goddess

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Dear visvanathan ~ I believe you are correct about defending the Goddess,

and are part of a long and ancient tradition. I was disappointed yesterd ay to

see the contentiousness in the digest. Many people, and especially devout

Hindus, have recentlybeen celebrating the nine sacred days of Navaratri, and

central to that is how the Divine Mother in many forms came and fought the army

of negative thoughts. Jumping in with swords and axes ... and pikes and clubs

and bows and arrows ... are just some of what Durga Ma employed to destroy

the army of the Great Ego. And she had her helpers to defend her honor, as

well as to help destroy the army of negative thoughts. These included the Lion

she rode on, the many tools she carried (battle ax, bow and arrows, pike,

conch (some thoughts were destroyed by sound), a net, sword, etc. She was also

aided by Kali, Saraswati, and Laksmi. In the end, though, she was ever

compassionate and sent the formerly negative thoughts straight to heaven.

 

At one point in the " story, " after the Gods had been driven from their very

abode, after which the Great Ego and his generals and army took up residence

there, one of the generals, to stir up more trouble, told the Great Ego about

" this goddess who is coveted by many. " He tried cajoling, verbal jabbing,

provoking, and more, which didn't take to long to get the Great Ego incensed

enough to send yet another army. And he told the general that if the Goddess

didn't come willingly to " drag her by the hair. " Imagine! What hubris! That

army was then fought and several other battalions who followed after, and all

were ultimately reduced to ashes by the Supreme Goddess.

 

So wield away; you are following a great tradition! Jai Ma~ Linda

 

 

 

visvanathan wrote::

 

....those of

us who have been Amma's devotees for some time and have some

experience of Her Love and Compassion, and Grace are not necessarily

so put off the path by these negative comments and arguments, but the

newly arrived devotees are the ones that this writer is concerned

with. he would definitely want them to get the right ideas from this

online satsang, and some of the folks posting on here will certainly

give the wrong ideas for someone longing to continue on Amma's path,

for someone longing to get closer to Her through satsang with Her

devotees on this list....thus i jump in with swords and axes swinging

in my misguided attempts to preserve and protect Amma's reputation and

honour....

 

 

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this is AMMAs sacred FIRE!

 

Ammachi: nierika: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:51:54

-0400 Re: to visvanathan about defending the honor of the

Goddess

 

 

 

 

Dear visvanathan ~ I believe you are correct about defending the Goddess, and

are part of a long and ancient tradition. I was disappointed yesterd ay to see

the contentiousness in the digest. Many people, and especially devout Hindus,

have recentlybeen celebrating the nine sacred days of Navaratri, and central to

that is how the Divine Mother in many forms came and fought the army of negative

thoughts. Jumping in with swords and axes ... and pikes and clubs and bows and

arrows ... are just some of what Durga Ma employed to destroy the army of the

Great Ego. And she had her helpers to defend her honor, as well as to help

destroy the army of negative thoughts. These included the Lion she rode on, the

many tools she carried (battle ax, bow and arrows, pike, conch (some thoughts

were destroyed by sound), a net, sword, etc. She was also aided by Kali,

Saraswati, and Laksmi. In the end, though, she was ever compassionate and sent

the formerly negative thoughts straight to heaven. At one point in the " story, "

after the Gods had been driven from their very abode, after which the Great Ego

and his generals and army took up residence there, one of the generals, to stir

up more trouble, told the Great Ego about " this goddess who is coveted by many. "

He tried cajoling, verbal jabbing, provoking, and more, which didn't take to

long to get the Great Ego incensed enough to send yet another army. And he told

the general that if the Goddess didn't come willingly to " drag her by the hair. "

Imagine! What hubris! That army was then fought and several other battalions who

followed after, and all were ultimately reduced to ashes by the Supreme

Goddess.So wield away; you are following a great tradition! Jai Ma~ Linda

visvanathan wrote::...those ofus who have been Amma's devotees for some time and

have someexperience of Her Love and Compassion, and Grace are not necessarilyso

put off the path by these negative comments and arguments, but thenewly arrived

devotees are the ones that this writer is concernedwith. he would definitely

want them to get the right ideas from thisonline satsang, and some of the folks

posting on here will certainlygive the wrong ideas for someone longing to

continue on Amma's path,for someone longing to get closer to Her through satsang

with Herdevotees on this list....thus i jump in with swords and axes swingingin

my misguided attempts to preserve and protect Amma's reputation

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