God as Mother : Essence of Devi Mahatmyam-. Sri Swami Chidananda.
================================================= ================================================== Monday, January 10, 2022. 6:00. AM. 13. Saptashati’s Lesson 14. FOURTH NIGHT : Lakshmi: The Supreme Sustainer =============================== ================== Next, we have to transcend even the human nature with all its wrong conceptions and with its ego-sense, if we are to reach the higher divine consciousness. This process of overcoming even the human side of the aspirant’s consciousness is symbolised by human sacrifice or Narabali. The arrangement of the Saptashati in the three aspects of first the killing of Madhu-Kaitabha, secondly the killing of Mahishasura, and thirdly the killing of the brothers Shumbha and Nishumbha with their host of demons, symbolises the different stages of Sadhana. Madhu and Kaitabha represent the gross form of the lower nature of man. Mahishasura represents the next stage, the annihilation of the Rajo-Guna aspect. When we come to the third part, we fi