GOD AS MOTHER : Essence of Devi Mahatmyam-13. SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA
====================================================================== ========================================= Monday, November-15, 2021. 6:00. AM. #GOD AS MOTHER : Essence of Devi Mahatmyam 13. Manifestations of Durga in Spiritual Sadhana. - Swami Chidananda. ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mother Durga thus manifests Herself in and through the form of the Guru, in the form of an aspirant in the aspirant himself to rise to a higher plane, in the form of a ruthless self-criticism and a self-examination; and when this analysis reveals to the seeker the picture of his lower animalistic self in all its detail then the Mother has to be invoked by him as a strong resolution and a strong determination to completely root out these evil tendencies because this aspect of the Mother is absolutely necessary if one has to start progre