Guest guest Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 I offer the deepest respect and a gratitude that will never cease, thank you and your wife for turning a gigantic fear into a managable belief; and helping me to understand it's meaning. You see I have asked Amma to lay her sword upon my neck when I first met her, and she gently pounded my back while I was on her lap and started talking really loud. I am careful about asking Kali Ma these days since I have been sliced open and had 4 feet of my stomach removed, and I just had a full hysterictomi. I start my interferon treatment next month, and I know Amma will be with me; during the past 2 operations they pinned Amma's picture to my heart! Amma is also helping me through a 20 year marriage that is the process of divorce. So you see the stress is constantly chasing me. I breathe and do japa and know my Mother is with me, I justg could not take it if I made Amma mad. That's why I'm doing my treatment then going to San Jose to be at the satsangs at the ashram. Blessings at her perfect Lotus Feet vaishnavi Whatever merit is acquired by one, through pilgrimmages and from bathing in the Sacred Waters extending to the seven seas, cannot be equal to even one thousandth part of the merit derived from partaking the water with the Guru's Feet are washed. Guru Gita Verses 157, 87 At Her Perfect Lotus Feet Vaishnavi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Namste dear Vaishnavi Amma and love and blessings to you as you begin another round of your healing journey. . .dear Sister thought you might enjoy this poem and some quotes by Marion Woodman's book; The Dark Goddess, " The Essence of the journey and the true nature of the sword of the Goddess have been captured in a poem by David Whyste entitled " No one told me " . " Marion Woodman No one told me it would lead to this. No one said there would be secrets I would not want to know .. No one told me about seeing, seeing brought me loss and a darkness I could not hold. .. No one told me about writing or speaking. Speaking and writing poetry I unsheathed the sharp edge of experience that lead me here. .. No one told me it could not be put away. .. I was told once, only, in a whisper " The blade is so sharp--- It cuts things together ---not apart. " .. This is no comfort. My future is full of blood from being blindfold hands outstretched feeling a way along its firm edge. " The feminine leads us to the sharp edge of experience. There we have to feel our feelings in our bodies; there our secrets become visible in the darkened, unvisited corners of our psyches. Claiming the unswept corners of our psyches leads us to compassion for ourselves and for others. Knowing we have done our best and it simply wasn't enough opens our hearts to other human beings whose best has likewise failed. The mind has its logic; the heart alone can know wisdom, bridge chasms, make peace. . . .It is only by recognizing and healing the dualities that exist in ourselves that we can come to a true sense of interdependence with the rest of creation. We are just beginning to have some understanding of the interdependence of nature and all natural systems. " With the firm foundation of RESPECT for all we begin to truly see things differently. Through the eyes of wisdom born of embodied experience. Justice is no longer blind. " Marion Woodman .. If all we have know of the feminine is the old devouring Mother, we may become stuck in the black hole. If, however, we are able to recognize the Great Goddess in her role as the transformer of the energy, then we can trust, even if we don't know where we are going. The blackness will reveal its gold. Sometimes with humor, sometimes with bluntness, and even harshness, sometimes with tenderness, she will both challenge and guide. Marion Woodman May all suffering and fear be turned to gold for you Sister. . . Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha marci ordinary sparrow Ammachi , Vaishnavi Fantuzzi <vaishnavifantuzzi wrote: > vaishnavi > > > Whatever merit is acquired by one, through pilgrimmages and from bathing in the Sacred Waters extending to the seven seas, cannot be equal to even one thousandth part of the merit derived from partaking the water with the Guru's Feet are washed. > > Guru Gita > Verses 157, 87 > > At Her Perfect Lotus Feet > Vaishnavi > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Dear Vaishnavi, We are praying for you and pulling for you. I can feel your faith and stress and fear and courage. You're going through the wringer for sure. May this hard road you are on open undreamed-of doors and bring you freedom and bliss, however far down the road those might be. Tonight is Durga's first night of Navaratri and it is also the day of Saturn, which is going through some very interesting (challenging and liberating) astrological weather (western-style, exact opposition to Urania), so it is a good time for insight inside extremity and difficulty. blessings and all-pervasive nectar to you, Max > I breathe and do japa and know my Mother is with me, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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