Cow Lakshmi on Pongal Day Bhagavan with Cow Lakshmi in the gaosala Suri Nagamma 16th January, 1946 (23) WORSHIP OF THE COW You know yesterday was the animal Festival of Cows (Mattu Pongal). On that day, all over the country, domestic animals are decorated and fed with Pongal. In the Asramam also yesterday morning, several varieties of sweetmeats were prepared and, with garlands made of those sweetmeats, puja to Nandi was performed by drawing ornamental lines with lime powder before the cowshed, by tying plantain trees around the pillars, by hanging garlands of green leaves, by bathing all the cows, by placing tilakam (vermilion marks) on their foreheads and garlands around their necks, and by feeding them with Pongal. Finally puja was performed to the chanting of mantras and the breaking of coconuts. Cow Lakshmi is the queen amongst the cows, is she not? You must see her grandeur! Her forehead was smeared with turmeric powder,
As Robert Adams reveals it:
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"You have to begin to identify with the Real Self. You have to begin to let go
of all the false beliefs, conceptions, dogmas and be yourself. Be the Self
you've always been. Be the Buddha. Be Krishna. You have that quality deep within
you. Wake up. Do not let calamity rule you any longer. Know yourself. Do not use
the mind to react to conditions. Learn to be the observer."
There is no controlling life.
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containing a tornado. Dam a
stream and it will create a new
channel. Resist, and the tide
will sweep you off your feet.
Allow, and grace will carry
you to higher ground. The only
safety lies in letting it all in -
the wild and the weak; fear,
fantasies, failures and success.
When loss rips off the doors of
the heart, or sadness veils your
vision with despair, practice
becomes simply bearing the truth.
In the choice to let go of your
known way of being, the whole
world is revealed to your new eyes.
- Danna Faulds
Let go of what has passed.
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Let go of what is happening now.
Don't try to figure anything out.
Don't try to make anything happen.
Relax, right now, and rest.
Tilopa,
The armor we erect around our hearts causes a lot of misery. But don't be
ReplyDeletedeceived, it's very transparent. The more vivid it gets, the more clearly you
see it, the more you realize that this shield - this cocoon - is just made up of
thoughts that we churn out and regard as solid. It's not made of iron. The
armor is not made out of metal. In fact, it's made out of passing memory.
Pema Chodron
People are very misguided if think that meditation is only a psychological matter.
ReplyDeleteA very good analogy: As a fish when pulled out of water and cast on land throbs and quivers,
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