Om Ganesha, Morning Pujas and Prayers from our Sacred Kashi Ashram. Sept. 19, 1999
Namaste my chelas, The Ashram is filled with the Shakti of 150 woman from all over the country. Darshan was wonderful. This intensive is so fulfilling to so many of the woman who have come to be with their Ma. It is the time of the woman in the history of all things spiritual. I am proud to be their Ma. And now for the Morning Pujas and Prayers. Love Ma Jai Kali Goddess Ki Jai
Namaste my chelas. Life is so big and complete within itself. Every time you cheat your selves out of moments by wasting time, you make your life small. By not trusting your own heart you with hold the great spirit of the self from being known.
Do not keep your higher self back by being petty and small. The way one lives fully is to be present, fully present in the moment.
Listen well to the sounds of your life. Hear how the frogs sing to God and how the dogs and other animals recognize the deep spirit of their masters. Look closely to all that is in your life. Things your never paid attention to before.
Start this moment and see what has been in front of you all the time. Open your God eyes and see what you have ignored before.
Perhaps miracles are happening all around you. Miracles can not be miracles unless they are acknowledged by human beings.
Ponder the moment. This moment. There is always something new. Make your life happen. There is no need to wait for the words to appear on your computer screen to have Darshan. Hear the voice of the Guru in your own heart.
You have to begin to give up every thing you do not need to get past the ego and become real. To find the core of your being, you must sit, at first in silence, and then when God talks to you, to live your life always listening to God in every sound.
Kindness is every thing. Kindness can lead you to the Mother.
I just heard a story of a young man jogging on the beach each day and seeing a old woman picking up sea shells and putting them in a brown paper bag. This had gone on for many months. They just nodded to each other as he jogged passed her. Then one day the young man stopped and said what kind of sea shells are you looking for.
Young man, the woman said I am not picking up sea shells, I am picking up pieces of glass, so when the people come out of the ocean they do not get cut and ruin their vacation. Why should people be sad when I can pick up the glass and save them pain?
The young man could not answer the old lady. He was so taken back by her deeds and words. Needless to say, his whole out look on life was changed for ever.
One kind thankless act which would go unnoticed will live in this young mans heart for a long time.
You never know who is watching. For sure God is.
Being kind keeps your life flowing and your mind and heart alert.
Try to reflect on the Divine Plan of the Mother. What does Mother want of me? How can I keep Mother in my heart at all times? In asking questions like this, you begin to develop a relaxed mind.
My chelas, do you not think it is time to move forward in your practice? Then take your meditation and put it to motion. Transcend the moment as you know it by living in the moment as it is.
Wake up all your senses. You may ask what does this have to do with being kind? When you are kind you use up the Shakti that the Mother has given you. Now you are ready to be filled up again. The Shakti is flowing like the Sacred Ganga. Consequently nothing in your life stagnates. Not your spirituality nor your physical life stand still. You begin to live and move by and with the Grace of Mother Kali and Lord Shiva.
What do you see when you look at a sparkling brook? Running clear waters. You can have the same Shakti. There is no inertia, there is no stagnation in a running brook. Gain insight in all things big and small.
There is such joy in selflessness. Feel the joy inside your heart right now just thinking of getting rid of what you do not need.
You begin to feel empty and yet not alone. The spirit of the Mother is always with you.
I bow my head to the Mother Shakti in all of us. I ask her to show my chelas the beauty of kindness. These are my Pujas and these are my Prayers.
I love you all so very much. Love Ma Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai