Om Ganesha,
Morning Pujas and Prayers
Oct. 2. 2008
Namaste my chelas all over the world.
I would like to thank you for so many letters about my best friend my Puja.
I really appreciate them. Thank you again and again.
I am going to miss this big fellow.
Namaste my Ma,
I am so sorry to hear about your loss of Puja, and so grateful to know you had eachother as you did. Thank you for sharing how he came to be with you. I will hold special thoughts of Puja as I am home on Kashi soil this weekend to celebrate Durga Puja.
I love you, your Amrit Jaya
Namaste Ma,
I’m so sorry to hear about Puja’s death.
He was such a lover.
All my love,
Sati Devi
Namaste Ma,
I am so sorry to hear about Puja. He was such a sweet boy. I am holding you Ma and all of those who took such great care of him. I love you Ma, Sadhu Bhagavati
Om Ganesha Namaste Ma, Oh Ma, sending you all the love in the world and praying for your beloved boy Puja this morning. Praying that he may be free and light and never in a place of pain again. Sending you every good prayer and wish, knowing how difficult this day is…we will miss him too. Asking our Baba to hold and comfort you, All my love, Sati
Namaste My Ma, ** I can remember when you brought him home. Such a beautiful loving dog he was. One can only guess what he meant to you. I love you *your son…..Swami Laxman Das Jaya
*Namaste Ma,
I am so sorry about Puja. What grace that Shakti and Minakshi could find a vet to come to him when it was time. What grace that he was with you and could communicate what he needed.
Ma, my heart is with you during this time and always.
All my love, Ambika Jaya
Namaste Ma,
I am so very sad and so very relieved for Puja all at the same time. I could see how he had begun to suffer and yet there were still those moments when he seemed to rebound. The last time I walked him, I couldn’t stop kissing his face as he managed to trot around the Yamuna, so brave and somehow determined to hang in there.
Thank You for your beautiful acknowledgment of the incredible specialness of our doggie children and of the absolute need to act in the moment to send Puja on his way.
I will really miss that big lug who always took up most of the “bed” as Jivan and I snuggled in one corner and Shiva lay on the floor right by our heads. Puja had no doubts whatsoever that he was King of the pack!
Jai Puja!!! Jai his Mommy!
I Love You,
Your Soma Jaya
amaste my Ma,
I am so very, very sorry.
Love, Your Brooklyn Anjani
Dearest Ma, I was so sad for you, to hear about your sweet baby Puja’s passing. I know only too well how the loss of a pet that has loved you dearly for so long, can break your heart in pieces. Ma, as you held me and my pets who have passed in your heart, I want you to know that I am praying for you and for your Puja, and am holding you both very tightly to my heart, to try and ease your pain. Ma, you have taught me everything I know about loss and death and love. I love you and I pray for your heart to heal from this. Its so wonderful to be loved unconditionally by a pet, and I know that even though he is now out of pain and in a safe place, you will miss him forever. Lots of love, your Sunanda
Namaste Ma, I am so sorry about Puja. I cannot even imagine the grief you are feeling. As I read your email, i had tears in my eyes. I will miss seeing Puja around the ashram. Seeing an animal in pain is the hardest thing to deal with. I almost lost yogi (my dog) recently and he is finally recovering. I don;t even know what to say except that I love you and and am thinking of you today - as always. Love, Mohini Jaya
Ma, Thank you for sharing the story and your love of your Puja, he was the best! Everyone will miss him. I’m sorry he was in pain. I often think about the day when I will lose my Olive (black cat) and it hurts the heart so badly. Our animals are truly the essence of unconditional love like you said.
I’m sorry Ma and hope your heart eases. I love you always, your, Tara
Namasté Ma, Thank you for sharing with all of us about your Puja and his passing out of this world. Every animal is such a pure piece of unconditional love - we are all lucky to have that gift of love. I know your Puja will always be in your heart, and Sunanda and I will be sending thoughts of gratitude and love his way. Thank you for your kindness to us when Sunanda has written to you about the loss or death of our pets. Thank you for being our Ma, and thank you for the unconditional love of Guru. Thank you for the chance to live at your feet. Love always to you, Ma Sodashi
Namaste Ma,
*I’m so sorry for the loss of your Puja- and am so glad that he was surrounded by so much Love as he passed. *
*All my heart, *
Mukti
** Dearest Ma:
I am so sorry about Puja. I will miss him for a long time, as I know You will, but certainly did want him to be in such pain.
All my love, Bagala
Om Ganesha Namaste Ma, I am so sorry for your loss, my Ma. Puja served you long and well and has gone on to his reward. The Buddhists say that the dogs are monks who haven’t made it; maybe Puja has earned his way to a human body next time. The most comforting thought I have is about all the dogs that you have ever loved come to meet you when you pass over; I bet that they guard us in the inbetween, too. I love you and hold you in my heart this and every day. Ever grateful at your feet, Ganesha Ma
Namaste Ma,
I am so sorry for your loss. I loved that big old dog too.
Love, Trishula
Dear MA,
Please allow me to extend heartfelt condolences on the loss of Puja.
We all loved him though he may have been a handful at times.
As much joy as he brought You (and the rest of us), it was ultimately grace on his part to stand by Your side.
I will miss him too.
Love,
Sadhu Hanuman
Namaste Ma,
My heart goes out to you for Puja’s loss.
I love you so very much Always, Bean
Namaste Ma,
I’m so sorry for your loss… I can’t imagine either one of our pups living in constant pain or leaving the body at this point. I feel like I understand your words about animals very deeply… I truly cannot remember what life was like before these guys came along.
All my Love…
Your Son,
Agni Das
Om Ganesha Namaste my Beloved Ma, There are really no words to express the sense of loss that came with hearing of Puja’s passing. My heart and soul hold you tight as the tears pour down with so many sweet memories of his incredible presence over so many years. Puja brought me so much awareness and appreciation of how very loved and loving a dog can be. Shakti Durgaya’s love for Puja and devotion to his care has also taught me so much. I pray for your heart to be held and to heal through this Durga Puja, my Ma, as we remember and thank Puja with every breath for all he brought to our Ma and all of us at Kashi throughout his life. I love you Ma. at your feet in love still and beyond all ways, Your Shanti Mayee Jaya Jai Durgaya Ma Ki Jai
Dearest Ma, I am so sorry. We will all miss Puja. He’s been with us for so long. Last night he greeted me when I was leaving Shodie’s office… he was right there, smiling. And later, in the living room, he made a point of getting our attention. I remember how he used to sit on me in yoga class years ago – make me laugh. What a gentle, loving fellow. It’s gonna seem strange without him. Thank you for sharing him with us. Love, Kashi
Namaste My Ma,
I hold you in my heart so tightly. Puja was so special to us all and always will be. He will remain a part of our hearts.
I love you and kiss you gently, Sanyasi Ma Jaya
Dear Ma… I was so sad to hear about Puja. I knew how you started that it wasn’t going to be good. I just started crying. I was so sorry that he was in so much pain…and I noticed that when I was doing phones 2 weeks ago…he was so uncomfortable, but I am glad he did not have to linger. I’m sorry for your loss of a good little dog. It won’t be the same just seeing 2 pups now. I will miss him. I was glad to have seen him this Sunday and able to give him a hug and kiss. Take care, Ma. I love you very much and thinking of you very specially. Love always, Sr. Jaya
Namaste My Ma,
Thinking about You today as You adjust Your step and cadence and breathing, Your heart (once again) to shift as Puja moves on.
Puja always struck me as such a mensch. I am so grateful that he loved You up so well.
Love, Raja Ma
Namaste Ma, I’ve just read how your little Puja has crossed over into spirit. We’ll keep Puja in our thoughts and prayers, and you too, Ma. What a fortunate dog to have you for a mom and guardian. xoxoxoo, love you so much, Kali Ma -
My heart hurts for you, that you have lost Puja.
I love you so.
Anasuya
Namaste my Beautiiful Guru Mother, I am so sorry to hear of Puja and I know the heart that always breaks is breaking more. I love You, my Ma and hold you in my heart always. Yours, Vishwanath Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai
Namaste Ma, I’m so sorry to hear about Puja. He was part of the office family over the summers. I got to know him and love him. He was a special animal and I will miss seeing him . Love,Kali Shyama Jaya
Namaste Ma
I love you and cannot thank you enough for being the most amazing Guru
I am so sorry for your loss of your Puja
I love you so very much
Thank you
Your son and swami
Acharya Durga Das
Namaste Ma:
I am so very sorry that your Puja has passed. I thank you Ma for the opportunity to walk Puja, Shiva and Jivan during the summers. I always looked forward to returning home after work to spend time with the boys.
I also got to see how gentle and loving Shakti Durgaya, Minakshi and all your chelas were with your beautiful dogs.
I love you Ma. Love, Your Ganga Jaya
Dear Ma
We are so sorry for your loss. We loved Puja so very much. Natha Is very sad to think his Ma’s heart is broken. He loves you and he loved puja.
We are so sorry Ma.
Sudamini
Namaste Ma, We are so sorry for your loss of your best friend Puja. He was loving, loyal, caring and one of a kind. We Love you Ma. Love, Sita, Vajra and Jewel and our Bala Kitty
Namaste my Beloved Guru Ma, I was saddened to read about Your ‘Puja’ . I am sending love and holding You and Your “baby"in my heart. God-Bless You and Your lil’ Man-dog. There really is no-other-love like that of our four-legged companions I love You! love Maha Tara Jaya
And these were just a few of the many.
Thank you again my chelas for understanding how much animals mean to me especially my Puja.
And now for our Darshan Line
Om Ganesha,
Namaste my chelas all over the world.
Miracles are your Birthright.
Believe in miracles and believe in your self.
This will have you believe in others.
So many choices are offered to you not to be sucked into the world.
You have a heritage that is filled with the energy of love.
When you live in dark spaces, negative spaces you must know that the Light with in will eventually light up and go deeper into any of the dark spaces the more and more the Guru Mother works with you.
It may take a little while before you recognize the changes in you, but look closely and you will see small miracles happening on a daily bases.
So many are reluctant to move away from their own life styles.
Even when they know that they can.
We have so much to look forward to as satsang and living on Kashi Sacred Soil.
It will take work and lots of love and it is already happening.
Looking at your own heart, you begin to see that you have the great ability to change.
You learn to put your true power in understanding that inside of all difficulties is the possibilities of completing your life through your heart instead of your head.
Those around you will see the change in you when you begin to be positive instead of negative.
In the Mother’s Energy Patterns you learn to watch your breath and control your breath.
You are able to see how much more powerful your life has become as you watch your breath.
Not imposing your opinions on people and only listening to what others have to say is using your God given Light to hear others with out judging.
Be fair this day in every way.
There is nothing you have to fix in others only yourself.
I want to take this moment to show you how to expand your heart while you bring simplicity to every day.
Being in love, life is looking at Shakti in motion.
Do not make it any more complicated than this.
I am simply in love and being in love with life I am looking at the limitless shakti inside of my heart and simplicity begins to develop.
You begin to notice that every thing has a natural beauty.
The Universal Mother is a great expanse of light and love.
It is always lit, always there.
She is the complex understanding of the simplicity of love.
Do not go into your mind to seek out love of the heart.
Live your life in your heart.
You do this by simply practicing every day to be in your heart even when your heart hurts.
The Goddess Energy is always waiting to be used.
There is always enough.
There is never a lack of Shakti.
There is always enough love to bring every one to the heart.
We all inherit the love of the Mother.
Sometimes the negative ego tries to shade the Mother by having you seeing the Mother out side of yourself.
To understanding that She is part of you helps you get in touch with Her at any given moment.
Understand this day that you are filled with light.
When ever there is a dark thought surrounding you beam your light upon it and watch it get smaller and smaller.
Realize this moment that you are holding the Mother deep in your being.
This way you become a more powerful being holding the God Force Of Life and Death with in you.
Knowing that you have Divine Intuition flowing inside you, you can begin to use your Divine Intuition to show you how you light your path.
It is all in you my chelas.
All the beauty in the world is in you.
This you know intuitively.
And you learn about natural expansion of intuition at the Feet Of The Mother
Love Ma
Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai
Always at His Feet Of Our Neem Karoli Baba Ki Jai