Om Ganesha. Morning Pujas and Prayers August 23, 1999
Namaste my chelas,
Fear is one of the most destructive diseases of the chelas mind. Fear can dampen your entire spiritual outlook. Fear can fill your mind with dark, negative thoughts.
Fear of death can take the beauty out of life. When you are on a spiritual path, fear of death is lightened and eventually disappears.
Do not hurt others or put fear in their hearts. This way fear has no power over you.
You are the one attached to the universal Atman. If you put your life in Gods hands, fear will have no place in your life.
The fruit of this knowledge is in all the scriptures and known by the great ones.
There is a gentle vibration in ones mind and hearts when they conquer their fears of death and life and God and Guru.
This vibration is felt by all who they come in contact with. This vibration teaches others the existence of God through the joy of the Guruji. Those who have actions void of knowledge and love live in the dark part of their souls. The thought waves of those who do not care of Karmic consequences are dull and slow. Those who live in the courage of God and Guru, understand that the heart must be open at all times and all should be allowed in that same heart space as Guru.
The great joy I get from simply sitting at the feet of my own Guru, fills up the whole of Kashi Ashram. The mental vibration of Kashi is that of Shiva and the Mother and Shivas form of Lord Hanumanji. The true self of ones being is the hearer and the thinker and the knower. The true self comes up to the surface of consciousness of one who meditates on the feet of Guru. There is a courage which is born in the children of Mother Kali as She the Black one dances on the strong and wonderful chest of Lord Shiva.
For a yogi to receive liberation He must attain consciousness of Guru at all times in his life.
Having known Guru then, all is known. Breathe deeply my chelas when you finish reading this mornings pujas, breathe in and out and feel the Mother all around you. See what comes into your mind. Do not try to stop the mind, simply watch the mind without attachment or concern. Over and Over say the words Jai Ma Jai Ma Jai Ma. The breath will slow down as the Mother fills your heart with peace and courage. With the rising of the sun each day give thanks for your life at the feet of the Mother as She gives thanks for the feet of Her Guruji. At the setting of the sun each day, again give thanks for the Mothers feet as she Herself gives thanks for her Guru, your Parama Guru.
When the moon rises be sure to glance at it and know that all lovers of God can see that same moon, the moon that is filled with the essence of Shiva. The Morning Sun, the Mother Usha will come soon and one can start all over giving thanks and gratitude.
Three times a day, try to do this, and the fear of death will disappear.
In fact by doing these three things, life will be greater for all of you.
This is the three states of consciousness that transcends all states and is in every one who has ever looked toward God and Guru.
My children, learn that God is in every one and every one is in God. Yogiji teaches his Sikhs this way and so does every great Guru.
My Babas greatest teaching is to treat every one like the Christ and you will be treated as such by God.
Some times, due to meditation on the feet of the Guru the prana pattern begins to change and one begins to go deeper and deeper within themselves.
It is the universal prana that every one is connected to that allows one to become filled with courage and truth.
This universal prana lets one become attached to the Universal Atman as the Jiva Atman ( individual soul ) is made stronger and stronger in conviction and truth.
Death can not have any jurisdiction in Kashi. On Kashis sacred soil, Shiva reigns over all with His consort Kali. Death must bow to Shiva and does this with great respect. So you see my children, there is nothing to fear when one thinks of death when you live at the feet of the Guru.
The prana over and in and through Kashi is filled with the hundreds and hundreds of prayers and pujas done for so very long and is thick with compassion and truth.
The individual person lives with what they can absorb of the prana that rises in the Sushumna. If your life is filled with compassion then you will be wide open and able to receive all that you need to have in order to feel the Mother at all times.
These are wonderful days for the Mothers children. The Murtie of our Shiva is almost ready for his place of honor in our Ganga. People will come from all over the world to see this wonderful Shiva. Who can fear death when such a God lives with them on Kashi Ashram. Who can fear life when such a Mother as Kali walks this Sacred Ashram. This is the time to come toward Kashi and feel her warmth in your heart and soul. Judge no one and love every one. This is the path of Shiva and Mother Kali. Open to the moment. The Mother will keep you close. Run toward the Mother, not away. Run toward Shiva, not away. The Mother dances with death and laughs with life.
Do not live in fear. Live in joy.
These are my pujas and these are my prayers.
I love you.
Love, Ma
Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai