2010
Guru Purnimah Navaratri yagya celebration: July 12 - 19. |
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There
are 4 Navaratris each year [also known as the 9 days/nights of Mother
Divine]. Each Navaratri has a particular theme aside from the general
context of the enlivenment of Shakti or Nature's organizing power.
This coming Navaratri runs July 12 - 19. It culminates in Guru Purnimah
- day of the Guru or full moon of Guru Dev on July 25. |
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Kali
is depicted wearing a garland of human heads. This illustrates here
role as bestower of liberation or enlightenment by destroying the ego.
The head contains the sense organs and is thereby synonymous with limited
self concept or ego. By severing the head with the sword of self knowledge
Kali liberates the mind. The awareness expands and is freed from boundaries
and self imposed limitations. Her darshan or mode of influence is experienced
in the heart and the fullness of awareness. It is a direct experience.
It touches us deep inside at the most fundamental level of awareness;
it is experiential not conceptual. She is also depicted as standing
on or over her consort the sleeping Shiva [the absolute]. She represents
the ground state or absolute made lively. In contrast with the sleeping
Shiva, Kali arrests the mind. She is proactive and forcibly takes the
mind to the absolute. We feel her at the core at of our being. |
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Navaratri/9 nights of Mother Divine - General Context | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Durga slaying Mahishaasura the buffalo demon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aside
from the specific theme of Guru Purnimah, all 4 Navaratri's throughout
the year share the following characteristics: [nava = 9, ratri = night]
or 9 nights of mother divine. They are a time of cleansing and purification
and evolution throughout nature. During these periods, the tide of Sattva
or coherence or wholeness of life rises to purge the fragmented, imperfect
values of natural law. In vedic mythology, Navaratri is depicted as
the time when Shakti [the quintessential power of the universe], champion
of the gods, is victorious over the demons. It is a time for light to
triumph over darkness. Harnessing nature's momentum through yagya Navaratri is also known as 'Durga Puja': 9 day festival celebrating Durga: the Divine Mother -the wholeness or collectedness of God's feminine aspect. Yagyas are traditionally performed during the 9 days to harness the momentum of this highly auspicious window of opportunity. Navaratri or Durga puja yagyas serve to direct this lively flow of nature's intelligence into our daily life in order to safe guard and enhance our progress & evolution and also to achieve specific goals. |
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Background
to new approach: performing yagyas inside celebrated temples
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I have had the good fortune to verify the accuracy of Ganesh's jyotish (vedic astrology) and the efficacy of the yagyas that he arranges in my own life. I am simply left with a wonderment at the workings of the universe and an overwhelming gratitude for his help. more Just
wanted to let you know how this Maha Navaratri is going for me. You
are welcome to use any of this for a testimonial. Thank you so much
Ganesh, I feel I am being awakened from a very long coma... I feel I
have been brought back to life, back to my purpose,... and I am so grateful
to you. Bless you, bless you, bless you for facilitating these divine
yagyas. I am on fire! ...and
yes for the Laksmi/Saraswathi (as there was an almighty shift towards
the positive) Hi Ganesh Today
K. had a scan showing that Cancer has not grown for a year. So that
is great news for us, especially when the radiation professor told him
to say his goodbyes and expect very little time beyond last November.
Thought
you might like to know that J's new show (which we had the yagya done
for in July) has consistently been number one for the last couple of
months. Everyone agrees it is punching about its weight. Very cool. ...Well
only you could believe that on day one of the yagya his solicitor wrote
to us offering to settle (after 4 years). "What
a yagya. I think my whole physiology is changing... I think this must
be the best yagya ever...The impacts keep on coming. I can feel the
pundits coming and going. It is amazing...Can you book me a place for
next year?" ...So,
I have had some good things to report since the yagya, I have been given
a new position at last. It's a promotion with pay increase but the best
part is I am back in a department I started from. Only now I'm the manager.
The entrance has a sunny aspect, the floor is about to undergo refurbishment
so will end up being fabulous ,sleek and contemporary. |
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Mansa Devi Laksmi Temple in Haridwar, Uttaranchal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guru Purnimah Navaratri Mansa Devi June 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarada Devi Saraswathi Temple in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maha Navaratri September 2009. Saraswathi Temple on hilltop in background | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At completion of the day's yagya program in Saraswathi Temple | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By taking part in this Guru Purnima Navaratri yagya, along with the organizing power of the universal mother, you will enliven the principle of Guru in your life. Thereby you will generate a powerful momentum for enlightenment & life in accordance with natural law - happiness, fulfillment, affluence & success. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual yagya - 3 pandits performing @ 3 temples - AUD$ 1458 Background to new approach: performing yagyas inside celebrated temples |