GOD AS MOTHER : BHARATIYA SANKALPAM OF THE DIVINE MOTHER -2. SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA.
16/06/2019 GOD AS MOTHER : SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA 1. BHARATIYA SANKALPAM OF THE DIVINE MOTHER - POST-2. The Upasana or the worship of the Universal Mother leads to the attainment of knowledge of the Self. The Yaksha Prasna in Kenopanishad supports this view. Approach Her with an open heart. Lay bare your mind with frankness and humility. Lay your thoughts be pure and sublime. Become as simple as a child. Pulverise your individual entity, the egoistic nature, cunningness, selfishness and crookedness. Make a total, unreserved, ungrudging self-surrender to Her. Chant Her Mantras. Worship Her with faith and devotion. Navaratri is the most suitable occasion for doing intense Sadhana. These nine days are very sacred to Mother. Plunge yourself in Her worship. It is an occasion symbolising the victory of the higher, divine forces over the lower, negative qualities that find their expression in injustice, oppression, aggrandisement, greed, selfishness, hatred and a host of other un