Arrival of Divine Mother Shakti ...
The Nine Nights of the Divine Mother Approaches!
Well in four days Goddess Sri Durga Devi Maa will come to Earth for the nine day celebration of Shakti (feminine universal consciousness responsible for all living things). Here she is flanked by her children Sri Kartikeya, Sri Ganesha, Sri Sarasvati Maa, and Sri Lakshmi Maa.
She has defeated already all of our inner demons. She is the remover of all conflict. She bestows spiritual and physical accomplishment, wealth, and wisdom through her children which are actually emanations of her!
This is a time to realize the Mother of the Universe who is song/shakti and responsible for EVERYTHING that lives, moves and breathes.
Durga Navratri is almost here! This is the time during which millions of people all over the world are actively invoking the Goddess-Healing through prayer, chanting, ritual, fasting, rejoicing and meditation. This happens in celebration of the manifestation of the Divine Shakti of all of the Deities as Ma Durga who overcomes the forces of ignorance, cruelty and servitude. Her influence is needed especially during this critical time challenge and change as the US population seeks to throw off the demon British and European royal bankers.
This year, Durga Navratri occurrs from September 30th through October 8th. This is an invitation to join together in whatever form of invocation of the Divine Mother feels appropriate for you. One each of these nine days and nights, call out to the Living Force that animates all things, and offer prayers for all of Her children, all sentient beings. Realize that we are each a global link, a vessel through which Durga-Ma can act in order to bring the wisdom of all cultures to save the isolated and oppressed.
A special invitation is given to those who may wish to create a work of art that expresses or transmits this Divine Spirit through any medium or method. These can become sacred vehicles for conducting the electrifying presence of the Divine Mother...blessed imagery to circulate to all the healing discussions, gatherings, and communities of Mother Earth.
The practice of invocation can be as simple as chanting "MA" as intuitively guided, or as a full-breath tone. Inhaling a silent "OM" and exhaling the vibration of "MAAAAAAA". If this is done for a prolonged period of time (27 breaths? 108 breaths?) the nervous system can become such a channel for Her energy and Inspiration! This, or any sincere chant, intoned on each of the Nine Nights can have a profound effect on our lives and the world. This is especially true if we dedicate the gathered Shakti to the blessing of all life-systems, to all of the planetwide children of the Divine Mother.
Let us join together at this time of our global dispossession of the demons of industrial warfare, as we chant the closing of the doors of the monetary economy of materialism, and sing the universal replanting of Mother Earth's forests and rainforests. Return life, divine nature, the garden of Shakti herself.
For all our world family. All our ancestors, all our progeny.
Om Kali-Durge Namo Namah!
Om Jai Ma!
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HI All, If any are interested, and want to celebrate the days; I have some gorgeous Sri Ganesha, Sri Sri Lakshmi, Om, Sacred Geometry and other marvelous and mystical crystal and gem stone gold and silver necklaces at my little shop; jones & Company on N. Montgomery St. stop and see which ones you might like to purchase.
S. Jones at Jones & Company
Comment #1 Posted by: Anonymous | September 26, 2008 11:14 AM
S Jones,
haven't dropped by your shop in some time...
looking forward to visiting you and the celestial
Ganesha and Lakshmi artwork ...
Comment #2 Posted by: millennium | September 26, 2008 05:54 PM
Thanks for this, since I have committed 4 days of prayer beginning Sunday night through Thursday. So it looks like the vigil will continue past my fourth day - all is good.
Comment #3 Posted by: Xielolixii | September 27, 2008 10:59 AM
I say, "Happy Roshashona and Yom Kippur" to the Three Ma's and may they have many children...and I suggest instead of saying OM that you all chant YOM...Love to all my Hindju's - your friend Dvorahju!
PS. Hi Tyler, and all my others friends on the post, including: EL-A! ( where are dju? I miss you?) and Suza - (weren't we meeting for lunch sometime?)
Comment #4 Posted by: dvorah | September 29, 2008 12:16 AM
Hey Devorah, No problem, over here at Jones & Company beside Buddha and Lakshmi and Quan Yin, I also have Mezzuhas, gold and silver jewelry with star of David, Tree of Life. and I have some beautiful ornate menorrhas and some crystal jewelry that are in tune with the with mytical Kabbala.
So I got you covered Dear Girl!!
Happy Roshashona and Yom Kippur
Much Love, S. Jones
Comment #5 Posted by: Anonymous | September 29, 2008 12:34 PM
Thanks. Just discovered this thread while scrolling down.
This is the beautiful alternative we have and you've illustrated it well.
Personally, I've gone this route and now I strip the ceremony and ritual down to the underlying essentials but I still love the external beauty. Even the patriarchal Krishna would be proud and Radha must be pleased.
The pre-patriarchal womam culture precedes even this and is better represented by Gardening and Gathering Eve, more specifically African Eve or Mitochondrial Eve who appeared as the Mother of our femina sapiens species 150,000 years ago.
Patriarchy's counter myth of the Great Hunter with its animal killing and eating, blood power lust, pet enslavement and alienated God (and Goddess) worship obscures the true herstory--but why spoil the celebrations of this ritual time, diluted as they might be.
Thanks again for this beautiful thread. You've helped make my day.
Comment #6 Posted by: Dennis Leary | September 30, 2008 06:41 AM
Prayer of this 3rd night is devoted to the Chandraghanta. This 3rd night Ma Durga Shakti is astride her tiger, displaying a golden hue to her skin, possessing ten hands and 3 eyes. Eight of her hands display weapons while the remaining two are respectively in the mudras of gestures of boon giving and stopping harm. Chandra + Ghanta, meaning supreme bliss and knowledge, showering peace and serenity, like cool breeze in a moonlit night. Ma is worshipped in this form in Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) India.
Teesari ‘Chandra Ghanta Shubh Naam
Jay Ma Chandra Ghanta Sukh Dham
Puran kijo mere kaam
Chandra saman tu Sheetal daati
Chandra tej kirno mai samaati
Krodh ko shaant banae wali
Meethe bol sunane wali
Man ki malak man bhati ho
Chandra Ghanta tum Vardaati ho
Sunder bhaw ko laane wali
Her sankat main bachane wali
Her budhwaar ko jo tujhe dhayae
Shardha sahit jo vinaye sunaaye
Murti Chandra akaar banaaye
Samunkh ghee ki jayot jalaaye
Sheesh jhuka kahe man ki baata
Puran aass karo jagdaata
Kanchipur sathaan tumhara
Karnitika main maan tumhara
Naam ter rattu Maharani
Vandna ki Raksha karo Bhawaani
Comment #7 Posted by: Nirmala M. | October 1, 2008 01:10 PM
As the walls of materialism come crashing down I would rather not have to read any commercial ads on this website.
Comment #8 Posted by: peter harwood | October 3, 2008 09:41 AM