The longest Hindu festival that continues for nine consecutive nights following the day of the new moon in Ashwin, in praise of Lord Rama. Continuous chanting from the Ramayana, along with evening performances from the episodes of His life, is held for all nine days. The last four are associated also with the worship of Goddess Durga (Durga Puja), the female principle of energy of the universe, to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Rama is said to have worshipped the Goddess, seeking Her blessings in order to overpower the evil force of Ravana, the abductor of His beloved wife Sita.

In the beginning the goddess was worshiped as the consort of a number of gods as they were the Shakti, the divine strength and cosmic power of their spouses. A god was visualized as inactive and transcendent and it was the goddess who was active and immanent. Somehow it is as the consort of Shiva that the Devi gained the most prominence and with it the maximum number of myths. The generous but reclusive Shiva allowed his consort to capture the limelight when it came to the important business of killing demons. The icon of the Ardhanariswara, half Shiva and half Shakti is a graphic portrayal of this union of divine forces.

Hindu Goddesses Statues

The worship of the Devi is intimately intertwined with the worship of Shiva. For instance, in South India, Shiva is believed to be a passive force that is energized only when he is combined with the active shakti of the Goddess they call Amman. And so every temple to Shiva has its separate shrine dedicated to the Amman. She is often portrayed with the physical characteristics that also belong to Shiva. Durga also has a third eye, she wields the trishula, the trident and at times she has matted hair and like Shiva possesses a destructive and angry face. Both Shiva, and the Devi have the Ugra roop, the angry persona and the Saumya roop, the benign persona and this is unique to these two enigmatic deities.

The worship of the Devi, especially as Durga and Kali is the most prevalent in Eastern India, in Bengal, and Assam. Here the warrior goddess receives devotions in her own temples and has her own festivals where Shiva is just a token presence. The Devi is mother and protector who even has a family that comes down to earth with her and it is in Bengal that one finds books of praise and hymns composed for her. One of the finest poets who wrote on the Devi as Kali was Ramprasad and his hymns are sung even today.

The idea of "creating one's reality" is only creative when one's process is awakened and in touch with Shakti, the divine energy of creativity and manifestation. In truth, we never really know if we will wake up the next morning; every day and every way is an act of trust and abandon.  Awakening to Shakti need by no means eradicate the ego, for its sense of separation and desire for experience is also a part of her play and has its own gifts to offer.

For too long, however, we have been trained to use ideas about our life to protect us from life itself: our projections, imaginings, and thought constructs build a cocoon that enfolds us in incompleteness. To open to the raw energy of presence and to the intelligent and beauteous unfolding in every moment is to leave the cocoon, and to feel so alive and vital, so connected with each and all, that there is no need for living in contraction, doubt, and hesitation.  Unfolding one's wings and opening to "the Way" does not preclude pain or suffering, for these are purifying fires that burn away our misalignments and clear us deeply.  If the starting point is faith, then we can relax and know that we are always in the hands of a living and loving universe.

Opening freely to the fullness of presence, rather than dissolving the structures that support us (families, jobs, houses, communities), gives these structures the space to renew themselves--to morph in accordance with what it best for ALL.

Since we do not know what is best for us (not to mention for anyone else) we have a choice. We can continue with one effort after another to conjure up scenarios that ought to make us happy, or we can be happy just to be here, and let that joy reveal the path that we take. Such joy is real, and its path is miraculous, a way of grace and authenticity that ever affirms that we are here to share in the sweetness of the Creative Flow of Reality.

Announcing our New Website:  http://rickjarow.com - a comprehensive information station for the work of life alignment and manifestation, a place to "check in" (instead of checking out), and a place of remembrance. Also the Alchemy of Abundance BLOG (http://alchemyofabundance.wordpress.com), a docking station for shared inspiration, information, and renewal.

Announcing this year's Advanced Manifestation Gathering at Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York on November 22, 23rd. In the midst of political and financial chaos  - a calm and creative center, we continue to gather together. We become stronger. We claim the lives we were meant to live ("It is never too late to be what you might have been" - George Eliot).  We open to the Creative Source that can move our hearts, transform our circumstances, and guide us to our peace.

For more information on this workshop, email Sheri Bresson at manifestation44@cs.com

In this video Gabriel Cousens makes some statements regarding the power of raw foods to alter consciousness. And he offers tons of scientific data on how alive raw foods are versus cooked. And any one who follows a raw food diet reports an increase in 'energy'.

So the questions are:

* is food an indirect way to get prana?
* is the increase in energy reported on a raw food diet symptomatic of kundalini awakening?
* is Cousens as a Kundalini Shaktipat guru more adept than the other 99% of them who are (probably) cooked food eaters?
* what 'state of consciousness' do raw fooders achieve that cooked fooders do not? In India, the keyword for heightened consciousness is 'sattvic', not 'raw'. Raw food can be tamasic, rajasic, or sattvic. In most raw food diets I see an attempt to recreate the cooked tamasic and rajasic diet. At 7:55 Cousens says that raw fooders they become filled with understanding and wisdom and more of a connection to the 'Living Field' --- but the living field is far more comprehensive than waking state annamaya kosha consciousness. All actions, everywhere in the universe occur via shakti and one who feels this is said to have experienced Brahman, the all-pervading changeless divine.

Personally: I have experienced tons of difficulties on cooked food since starting with raw food about 10 years ago. I have been beaten into a raw diet. And a simple non-gourmet raw diet. Nonetheless, I am not a naturist raw foodist. I am a transcendentalist and practitioner of a kundalini-based meditation.
My opinion is the same as what Klaus Wolfram stated in 'Fruits: Best of All Foods' http://static.livingcosmos.org/fruitarian/wolfram-fruit --- all food harms the body, raw food simply does less so.

As transcendentalist, I see the animal drives (food, sex, fear, sleep) as something to be mastered, not celebrated. Thus, I am a minority in the raw foods community, which tends to see Nature and God as one in the same. And all natural acts are godly acts.

Creating a healthy body is nice, but if it leads to a body fetish, then dropping the body (at death) will be an unpleasant experience. It is best to know exactly what you are, where you are, and what you are capable of instead of knowing exactly what a temporal body needs.

Didnt have net access last two weeks. You know how bad that was?Like Tulsi Virani without her mangalsutra.So went and bought a plug and play connection and now I am going to have a very bad case of typing diarrhea. First bullet points update.

• We finished the factory stint. It was as exciting as a walk in Thar desert at mid noon. We learnt valuable lesson that even "happening" places like Goa can be dampner if you go there a) during monsoons b) with 0 company.
• Then we came to the famous, much bandied about rural stint. This has resulted in life changing experience for certain BLTs, for others it means watching Splitsvilla on MTV at the chummery (which can be life changing in its own way). of course I am no way hinting I am doing the latter.
• I am involved with the Shakti program. For the entire day I work with women who earn anywhere between 500-1500 for a month of hardwork. They are further saddled with alcoholic, non working husbands or maybe are widows with 2-3 daughters approaching marriageable age. I come home and watch Carrie and her gang on SATC in their world of Jimmy Choos and casual sex. Difficult to believe often its the same specie I am watching.
• My project involves raising micro-finance for these enterprenuers. However bank managers are far more interested in my education qualifications and how much I earn. Very very dicey playground that.
• I get a car to travel so no more hanging onto dear life on trekkers, buses or cattle. Colored glasses in the car gives you its own moments in our gaons. When balding uncle at red light decides to look into the glass and felao haath on remaining chaman, give shape to his teeka, and settle hair on moustache. After this impromptu grooming session is over, you quietly roll down the window and look ahead with perfectly straight face. Uncle will tie up the lungi double fast and walk while the face-color will resemble that of beetroot. or small children with broken tooth, running noses who will press onto the glass or run after the car. Or women who will push themselves in through the window and ask which gram you are from.
• The village panchayat secretary who said he will do my work only if I come the next day but since I have a car with me, I may as well drop him home.
• We are slowly accepting that we have for all practical purposes we have attained gol-matol behenji status. This is what happens when you pump nothing but junk into your system on weekends. Indijoes-cornerhouse-carmelpopcorn at Inox and you develop natural cushions which can make any seat a Gold class comfort.
• We went into a Guess showroom populated with skinny-pianted-on-jeans and oversized-tee type of girls. The innards burnt with envy I tell you. So when no one was looking we quickly slipped with a slink fit into the dressing room. The effect of that trial was as good as this.
• I havent gone home for 5 months now. Discounting a week long stay make that 7. Spent Onam eating masal dosa at a non descript highway hotel. Sob!
• One Cafe Coffe Day every 10 kms on Bangalore-Mysore highway. And Baskin Robbins and McD. at Mandya? Why?
• Villages visited so far : Chickbelapur, gauribidanaur, chickmaralli, hanakere, hathahalli, bannur,thornalli, jodipura, shivarpatna, barnalli, malyagodan koplu. Tomorrow Tumkur.
• Saw couple of good movies. Rock on rocked. Despite the filmi masala. Despite Farhan Akhtar's voice. It reminds of when life was about living your dreams and not student loan, car loan and house loan. The songs where nonsensically catchy-like rock songs are. I couldnt really decide whether to salivate more for Farhan, Arjun Rampal or Farhan's home. Wasnt the home gorgeous?
• And Farhan played i-banker in it. Just before Merril got lynched and Lehman got broken. Hmmm. All B-schools are worried about the placement scenario. Summers-Lehmann-PPO-New York-fat paycheck route seems temporarily closed. But one B-School must be getting sound nights sleep. Finally we alums can see and appreciate the foresight in being bombarded with FMCG companies and other "safe" sectors on Day 0 at alma mater.
• Reading "IIM to Ganjdundwara" by Rohithari Rajan. Another one set on the BLT program. Liked "Earning the laundry stripes" by Manpreet Sodhi just a tad more. Maybe because it was the adventure of the first woman in big FMCG Co's all boys sales club.
• I av bought close to 14 books this year- 4 of which are currently lying bedside waiting to be read. including "The namesake", "Everyone worth knowing", The Zoya factor" and "Watch me Disappear". All originals. I gave up buying pirated copies. The authors deserve it dont they? I am still open to downloading illegal music though. Madonna has enough money. hmph!

Have run out of steam. Breather. Then next post!

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2. Chase.mp3
3. West Eats Meat.mp3
4. Ragas in Minor Scale.mp3
5. Tarana.mp3
6. Tana Mana.mp3
7. Sadhanipa.mp3
8. Friar Park.mp3
9. Reunion.mp3
10. Prashanti.mp3
11. Shanti-Mantra.mp3

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für das reine Wissen,

für die kindliche Reinheit und Unschuld,

für die Spontaneität

für den kindlichen Magetismus,

für die innere Balance,

für die Schwerkraft und Ausgeglichenheit in allen Menschen

gebetet und meditiert.

Diese Qualitäten sind in Jedem, mehr oder weniger versteckt, angelegt. Sie ruhen tief in unserem ersten Energiezentrum unter dem Kreuzbein, dem WURZEL- oder MOOLADHARACHAKRA.

Es ist die Basis unseres Wesens.

Es ist der Beschützer unserer göttlichen Energie, der Kundalini.

Es ruht wie ein unzerstörbarer Diamant in uns.

Nach unserer Selbstverwirklichung werden alle Qualitäten der Energiezentren durch die regelmäßige Meditation nach und nach freigelegt. Wir können diese Entwicklung staunend beobachten!

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SHRI MATAJI NIRMALA DEVI sagte im September 1992 bei einer großen Meditation in Australien:

"Wenn Kindern etwas über "ihre Schwerkraft",

über ihre Würde, über ihre Größe gesagt wird,

werden sie diese Eigenschaften mit großem Stolz entwickeln.

Sie werden Personen, die alles sehen,

die nicht gestört werden,

die nicht versucht werden,

die mit sich selbst zufrieden sind,

die nichts verlangen,

die nichts brauchen,

die keine Rache üben,

die vergeben.

Es gibt keine Möglichkeit aus dieser Schwerkraft herauszutreten,

man ist einfach über den Dingen!"

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"...wie man die Balance in unserem Charakter entwickelt,

in unserer Natur, natürlich hilft die Meditation im Zentrum zu beiben.

Aber trotzdem rutschen wir manchmal aus.

Es gibt einen Weg,

wo man wirklich seinen Charakter in einer solchen Weise beeinflussen kann,

sodass man die ganze Zeit im Zentrum bleibt.

Im Gegenteil, wenn es eine Krise gibt,

springt man auf seinen Schwerkraftmittelpunkt,

das sollte passieren.

Wenn das geschieht,

gibt es kein Problem.

Ich weiss sofort,

dass ich tief in meiner Schwerkraft versenkt bin und von dort kann ich alles sehr klar sehen und das Problem lösen.

In diesem Schwerkraftsbereich vergleicht man sich nicht mit anderen.

Man muß nicht daran denken, daß man etwas verliert oder etwas gewinnt,

überhaupt nicht.

Man macht sich keine Sorgen,

es gibt keine Eifersucht,

auch keine Angst,

man ist keinen Versuchungen ausgesetzt,

sondern man ist einfach da und über nichts besorgt."

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi schilderte 1986 bei einer Rede in San Diego, Amerika:

"Zu Beginn also,

als die Shakti ( die Urmutter ) das Universum erschuf und

Sadha Shiva ( der Urvater ) ihre Schöpfung beobachtete,

war das erste, was sie auf dieser Erde erschuf,

die Unschuld und die Verkörperung dieser Unschuld war

Shri Ganesha.

Das gesamte Universum war erfüllt mit Unschuld,

die wir als Omkara bezeichnen.

Diese Unschuld beschützt die Schöpfung der Welt und sickerte in jede Materie ein.

Materie ist Unschuld.

Wenn du die Materie schädigst, wird sie dich auch schädigen,

weil es ihr entspricht, weil sie einfach so ist.

Sie will euch nicht verletzen, aber wenn ihr versucht, sie zu schädigen,

schlägt sie ihrem eigenen Wesen gemäß zurück."

SHRI GANESHA, der Beschützer der Kinder - eine Tonplastik von Brigitte Saugstad, Mag. Art. ,einer begnadeten Künstlerin aus Österreich.

Ihr Kommentar zum Arbeiten mit Ton:

"Ich forme das rohe Material der Erde

mit den Händen nach meiner Vorstellung

und dennoch entzieht es sich mir zum Teil;

der alchimistische Prozeß des Brennens fügt immer etwas überraschend Anderes dazu.

Je nach meiner Befindlichkeit ist das Material willig

oder setzt mir Widerstand entgegen.

Es ist in meiner Gewalt und hat dennoch seine eigene Kraft.

Das Material ist stark und unschuldig zugleich,

und durch die gestaltende Auseinandersetzung versuche ich

diese Eigenschaften auch in mir aufzuspüren."

Draupadi.

The ultimate aim of Guru Siyag's Siddha Yoga, as mentioned on his website
www.the-comforter.org, is the spiritual upliftment of mankind. With
this lofty goal in sight, Guru Siyag speaks of the enlightenment and
complete evolution of the final three stages of consciousness (also known as
"Kosha" in sanskrit): Anand (Bliss), Chit (Becoming) and Sat (Being).

The Siddhis that you mention lie below these three levels. Though many of
Guru Siyag's disciples, including me, acquire Siddhis, we DO NOT become
attached to them. This means that we do not try to hold on to them and make
an exhibition of these powers. Guru Siyag warns us that doing so would
hinder our progress. By becoming attached to a Siddhi, we would limit
ourselves only to that particular state of consciousness and not evolve
further.

He suggests that these are just mere reminders of the immense and eternal
energy and light that we are. On the path of realization we discover many
precious stones. But if we get attached to only one stone we will never be
able to discover the vast treasure that lies ahead.

On his part, Guru Siyag too, does not exhibit his Siddhis.

So to answer your question: Yes, I do have Siddhis. I have been practicing
Guru Siyag's Siddha Yoga (which awakens the Kundalini) for the past 8
years.

Here, I would like to add that though I have Siddhis, I NEVER make use of
them. Certain Siddhis manifest themselves involuntarily by the Supreme
Shakti's command. I, as an individual, do not have a play in it.

My perspective

I have no siddhis as of yet. But I sure am ready to run my mouth on the subject:

I think Guru Siyag hints at his power. If you look at his 15-year record
of healing incurable diseases, it is a sign of tremendous power. From
what I understand, you could goto India and meet some students who
demonstrate some common siddhis. However, all attempts to record
levitation have resulted in the camera failing.

I have asked many groups about Siddhis in my spiritual search. Some dont
have them and try to downplay it. These are the weak groups who are not
tapped into unlimited power. Others are tapped in but mis-use them. Others (like our system) have them but have goals beyond the limited life span of this body.

I think Siddhis are wonderful way to show that you are truly on a
powerful path and I am glad that my colleagues in this system have them.
But at the same time, I think the mission of this group is a great and
useful one.

And dont forget the last thing Zui said: this path is one of
surrender, not will. We are turning this body over to higher powers for
it to use as it sees fit.

Then it hits... something completely beyond words shows up. And the first thing that kicks in is my doubting mind: "oh you havent practiced long enough. you paid all that money before and nothing this good ever happened. that cant be real - you're just making it up"

Now over time, these phases will pass. I have given over my development to the Shakti and gradually she is laying her path to the end of the rainbow.

So dont worry. Just keep practicing. And fasten your seatbelt!

I know some people have Guitar Hero. In my household, we have not one, but TWO guitars. And of course, Jeremy being the techy geek he is, just had to get the wireless one.

There are a lot of songs that I would have never heard if I hadn't been rocking out to Guitar Hero, and thought to myself, "Self? That's not a bad song."

So I give you Thin Lizzy.

This guy looks like the generic version of Lenny Kravitz and the fashion sense of Hendrix if Hendrix had been worried about glitter and nipples.

Kansas! The time way back in the day before I was even thought of was filled with bands named after geographical places like Kansas, Chicago, Boston. And for some reason, to me, they all sound the same.

AND NOW! For the video completely in left field that has nothing to do with anything that will remotely come up in your extended weekend.....

BOLLYWOOD!

Now. I stumbled upon this video this morning and I laughed my butt off. Everyone complains about the campy-ness of High School Musical and all those Disney-produced movies, but this is what Bollywood is all about. The song is called 'Ishq Kameena' from the movie "Shakti"

Apparently, in Bollywood, each movie must have a song and dance number, and usually each movie has more than one. The concept is all the same. Guy wants girl. Girl wants guy, but plays hard to get so she doesn't seem like a tramp.

What gets me is that all the facial expressions and the movement is exaggerated. Some people will think it's exaggerated to the point where it's ridiculous, but this is how their government wants Bollywood movies.

And I'll admit, Aishwarya Rai is hot.

Torstaina 28.8.2008 klo 19.03-21.40

Torstai-illan suorassa konserttiradioinnissa kuullaan uutta musiikkia Eero Hämeenniemeltä. Huvila-teltan konsertti tarjoaa vahvoja elämyksiä eteläintialaisen klassisen eli karnaattisen musiikin sekä eurooppalaisen ja intialaisen taidemusiikin kohtaamisten parissa.

Ennakkoluuloton suomalainen uuden musiikin kärkiorkesteri kohtaa eteläintialaisen karnaattisen musiikin merkittävimpiä taiteilijoita. Suorassa lähetyksessä Huvila-teltasta kuullaan kantaesityksenä Eero Hämeenniemen uusi teos Sade ja punainen maa. Laulusolistina esiintyy eteläintialaisen karnaattisen musiikin tämän hetken tärkein edustaja Bombay Jayashri Ramnath. Orkesterina on John Storgårdsin johtama Avanti! vahvistettuna intialaisilla lyömäsoittajilla. Sade ja punainen maa on musiikkia, joka puhuttelee niin intialaista kuin eurooppalaistakin kuulijaa. Sävellyksen perustana on viisi ikivanhaa tamilinkielistä rakkausrunoa. Konsertin alkupuolella Jayashri soittajineen esittää eteläintialaista karnaattista musiikkia.

Bombay Jayashri, laulu
Pungulam Subramaniam, mridangam-rumpu
Dr. S. Karthick, ghatam-saviruukku
Minna Pensola, viulu
Heikki Nikula, bassoklarinetti
Avanti!
John Storgårds, musiikin johto

Eero Hämeenniemihän tunnetaan yhtenä "korvat auki"-sukupolven keskeisistä säveltäjistä Magnus Lindbergin, Jouni Kaipaisen, Esa-Pekka Salosen, Kaija Saariahon ja muiden vastaavien aikalaisten muassa, mutta siinä missä edellämainitut ovat sävelkielessä tiukassa kytköksessä länsimaisen taidemusiikin modernismiin ja jatkumon traditioon, on Eero valinnut "toisin"; hän on mennyt sinne, minne jo the Beatles meni 1960-luvulla, sinne, minkä kanssa länsimainen populaarikulttuuri on flirttaillut aik'ajoin enemmän tai vähemmän, sinne, mikä on toiminut kriisiterapiana järjestelmällisyyden, yltäkylläisyyden, kiireen, rationaalisen ajattelun ja tappavien rutiinien uuvuttamalle länsimaiselle ihmiselle - Intiaan.

Heti kättelyssä on todettava, että Eero Hämeenniemi ei ole mikään "Intiassa kaikki on niinku tosi erilaista ja tosi siis niinku tiätsä ihanaa niinku"-hörhö, vaan mies on syvällisesti tutustunut erityisesti eteläintialaiseen kulttuuriin opiskellen sekä kieltä, että tietenkin paikallista musiikkia/musiikkikulttuuria, ja lisäksi hän on elänyt maassa huomattavan pitkiä jaksoja tehden yhteistyötä paikallisten muusikoiden kanssa. Hämeenniemen suhde Intiaan ei ole kritiikittömän palvova, mutta ei myöskään länsimaisen itsetyytyväisen omahyväisyyden kyllästämä; vuosien varrella kuultujen kommenttien/luettujen artikkeleiden perusteella hän on kyennyt muodostamaan suhteellisen objektiivisen kuvan tuon nousevan jättivaltion olemuksesta.

Nyt lätinät sikseen ja konsertin antiin (tai siis antiin Hämeenniemen "Sade ja punainen maa"-teoksen osalta, sillä ennen väliaikaa ollutta intialaisten muusikoiden omaa esitystä en kuullut kuin pari viimeistä minuuttia); miltä se musiikki vaikutti?

Kappaleen alkupuolta kuunnellessa tuli mieleen joitain ajatuksia säveltäjän mahdollisesta identiteettikriisistä ja siitä, kuinka Hämeenniemen suomalaiset kolleegat alkavat armottoman selkäänpuukotuksen ja suunnittelevat miehen lynkkaamista "Aatteen pettämiseen" vedoten, mutta musiikin edetessä oli pakko antautua sen edessä, että musiikki oli viihdyttävää - siis Voi Hyvä Luoja Paratkoon; VIIH-DYT-TÄ-VÄÄ!(?!?!) - ja ajoittaisista eloisistakin hetkistä huolimatta lähinnä...mieltä rau-hoit-ta-vaa...(voiko nykysäveltäjänä esiintyvä ihminen tehdä suurempaa "isänmurhaa" kuin säveltää viihdyttävää ja rauhoittavaa musiikkia?...).

No; välillä tuntui kuin intialaisten muusikoiden olisi ollut hieman hankalaa sopeutua seuraamaan sekä kapellimestaria, että koko sitä "systeemiä", josta länsimainen iso orkesteri koostuu, ja vastaavasti suomalaiset muusikot tuntuivat alussa olevan kuin studiomuusikot Bollywood-elokuvan äänityssessioissa, mutta laulusarjan edetessä nuokin ajatukset häipyivät, ja huomasin kuuntelevani musiikkia siten, kuin länsimaiseksi taidemusiikiksi luokiteltavaa musiikkia harvemmin kuuntelen; vailla tarvetta analysoida mitään.

Minusta Hämeenniemen sävellys on "vain" musiikkia; se ei ole viihdettä, ei länsimaista taidemusiikkia, ei ihan intialaistakaan musiikkia - ja mikä ilahduttavinta; ei myöskään "cross overia" - vaan se todellakin on musiikkia; hetkessä soivaa ja sitten olemattomuuteen katoavaa todellisuutta, tai ehkä sittenkin unta?...

Bombay Jayashin laulu oli pakottomasti lumoavaa; ei dominoivaa, mutta kuitenkin kaiken keskipisteessä olevaa iätöntä ja ajatonta Ihmisen Ääntä. Tämä seuraava ajatus voi olla ehkä hieman kerettiläinen, mutta hyvin usein intialaisia laulajia kuunnellessa tulee mieleen, kuinka Robert Plantin äänenkäyttö ja fraseerauskin on usein hämmästyttävän lähellä intialaisia ihanteita - ainakin joissakin Led Zeppelinin/Plantin oman soolotuotannon orientaalisemmin värittyneissä kappaleissa - ja kuin sivujuonteena tuolle, tuli Hämeenniemen teosta kuunnellessa  väkisinkin mieleen Jimmy Pagen ja Robert Plantin "Unledded"-projekti vuodelta 1994, missä Page & Plant esittivät osin intialaisten muusikkojen kanssa vanhoja Zeppelin -klassikkoja varsin hyvin toteutetun orientaalisen marinadin läpi käytettyinä.

Koska intialaisen musiikin tuntemukseni on yhtä huonoa ja pinnallista kuin suurimmalla osalla läntisen pallonpuoliskon lajitovereistanikin, toimivat monet "Sade ja punainen maa"-teoksen intialais-elementit verrannollisina esim. fuusiolegenda John McLaughlinin Shakti ja Mahavisnu Orchestra -yhtyeiden tuotosten kanssa, mutta Hämeenniemen tapa käyttää länsimaista isoa orkesteria oli kuitenkin sikäli "länsimaista", että sitä ei alistettu latteaksi sointimatoksi, vaan kaikilla soitinryhmillä oli pienistä kommenteista kasvavan suurmuodon kehittymisen kannalta aktiivista sanottavaa.

Varsinkin laulusarjan loppupuolella oli orkesterille kirjoitettu välillä hieman rock-henkistäkin riffittelyä, mutta tuotakaan elementtiä ei Hämeenniemi alleviivannut - josko edes tehdessään sellaista edes ajatteli.

Henkisesti Eero Hämeenniemen nyt kantaesitetty teos ei ole välttämättä kovinkaan kaukana tässäkin blogissa viime keväänä arvioidun Kimmo Hakolan kitarakonserton kanssa; elämmekö länsimaisessa kulttuurissamme jälleen orientalismista vitaliteettiaan etsivää aikakautta, aivan kuten tapahtui 1900-luvun alkupuoliskolla - etenkin Ranskassa?

Tällä kertaa odotan mielenkiinnolla sitä, miten musiikkimaailman "viralliset valvojat" reagoivat Hämeenniemen tekeleeseen; veikkaisin, että osa tyrmää täysin, ja osa hymistelee jotain jostakin "etsimisestä", tms...

Among the ten it is Chandika-Kali who has acquired a rounded persona that often leads to the Worship of a deity and with it Durga has gathered her own myths. The most important being her long battle against the asura brothers Shumbha and Nishumbha. As found in the Chandi Mahatmaya, it is one of the most rousing tales of a battle with dramatic scenes of conflict, strategy and triumph of Righteousness.

Goddess Durga Brass Statues

Goddess Kali Brass Sculptures

The goal of this programme is to open a well equipped computer institute whereby the short term computer courses can be provided to the girls absolutely at no charge. We further envisage liaising with various organizations in order to offer employment opportunities to these girls.

How will this help?

* The short term computer courses will open more job opportunities for these girls.
* These courses are instrumental in creating interest among them to pursue bright career like engineering etc.
* The basic knowledge of how to operate computer is essential in order to keep pace with the modern world. Hence, these short term courses will fortify their confidence and boost them to excel further.

A well equipped computer learning centre, offering wide range of job-oriented IT education and training courses to the under privileged girls. Empowering these girls with the key tools of zooming internet age so that they can get ahead in life and explore the vast choice of computer related jobs. This is the vision of SHAKTI and we urge you to come forward and share with us your innovative thoughts on how you can help us achieve this objective.
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Till date, more than 125 girls in
India are the beneficiaries of the Shakti Program. The initiative is also supporting girls who wish to pursue higher courses such as Nursing and Pharmacy. Special meditation camps are organized for the youth where Gurumaa introduces them to spirituality and they are also taught how to defend themselves by experts in the field. Gurumaa has also adopted 40 orphan girls in Mumbai. Plans are afoot to make a documentary on the Shakti Project to increase awareness about it. A Computer Learning Centre for Girls is also on the anvil. All these measures require a large amount of funds, which is being made possible from the sincere efforts of the global Rishi Chaitanya family. Contributions to this noble cause are accepted online through www.gurumaa.com as well as through DD/cheques payable to Shakti Vidya Nidhi Kosh.

In conclusion, I can’t deny what I felt, and yet I also cannot prove it to anyone, I realize. If you want to know for yourself, you have to do some kind of practice and have a good teacher or teachers. “If you want the experience, you have to do the experiment.” Happy spinning.

• A national decline from 945 to 927 in the number of girls per 1,000 boys aged 0-6 between 1991 and 2001.
• 1981-91 census shows 1.37 crore more boys than girls.
  2001 census shows there are 42 crore children, with boys outnumbering girls by 1.98 crores.
• A grave situation in states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat where the ratio has drastically declined to fewer than 800 girls for every 1,000 boys.
• A low child sex ratio in certain districts, including the South West District of Delhi, which are "amongst the most prosperous in the country".

Experts predict that if the trend continues, and reaches the dangerous levels of Haryana or Punjab, the Indian society will have to grapple with severe problems including spiraling crime, trafficking of women and related social problems.

Killing of girls by putting a sand bag on their face or by throttling her within hours of being born is not a rare phenomenon. Besides, the practice of pre-birth-elimination of female foetuses is one of the major factors responsible for this decline. And the cause of more women resorting to this practice is because of their preference for sons. In Indian context sons are preferred as they are considered a source of support during old age and for performing religious rites at the time of cremation and subsequently. Preference for sons shall not disappear until girls are empowered as much as boys.

Empowering the girl child through education is an indispensable tool to curb the growing menace of gender inequality, declining sex ratio, and discriminatory treatment given to women in India. Empowered woman is strong enough to stand as a support for her family and community at large. She further contributes to the prospects of next generation.

for More Logon to Gurumaa ]]> http://thelesseroftwoequals.wordpress.com/?p=137 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:13:41 +0000 lesismore http://thelesseroftwoequals.hi.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/cardinal-column-8-holiday-book-shopping/ (Editor's note: Last column of the semester. Not a whole lot to say here, except that I wish I'd pushed harder for Avol's Bookstore. It's easily the best store on State Street and I've found some excellent books there, particularly the gem "Novel with Cocaine." A further write-up of the store is coming for the future, as are my second half of columns [which I admittedly have a preference for].)

Search Madison's bookstores to find perfect literary gifts

Originally published in The Daily Cardinal, December 14, 2005

As those wonderfully dedicated and frostbitten Salvation Army representatives remind us every day, Christmas is the season of giving. With two weeks before the big day, I’m rushing to fill the stockings of my friends and family with books.

While I won’t try to give tips on what books should be gifts - it's too personal of a gift to make individual recommendations - after two and a half years of college, I’ve entered almost every bookstore around town and know where the best are. So in the spirit of giving (and in hopes of getting a book in return) here are some tips for finding the best book for the holiday season.

For the student who is too deep in finals for a serious shopping trip, the best place to go is the University Bookstore. I’ve said this before, but its collection of used books is perfect for a one-stop shopping trip - you can get some Philip K. Dick for the sci-fi fan, Jack Kerouac for the hipster and Michael Moore for the family’s angry liberal. Shopping there is also convenient, as you can sell back your textbooks for more holiday money.

But if you’d like to spend more time picking out a gift, try one of Madison’s older, independent bookstores such as Paul’s Books, 607 State St., or Shakespeare’s Books, 18 N. Carroll St. With tight hallways and overstocked shelves to the ceiling, these stores are made for browsing. Additionally, the battered covers and yellowed pages of a used book make an impact and are far more unique than a paperback from the grocery store.

There are also plenty of specialty stores to pick up books around campus. Shakti, 320 State St., has an interesting selection of New Age theories and books on witchcraft, A Room of One’s Own, 307 W. Johnson St., provides feminist and lesbian literature and Rainbow Bookstore, 426 W. Gilman St., offers titles on liberal and activist beliefs.

If you really want to make an impact on someone significant - or can’t find the time to leave the apartment - I recommend making the ultimate sacrifice and giving them something from your personal library. It suggests you care enough to entrust them with something dear to you, and since you’ve read it yourself you know exactly what they’ll appreciate about it.

Two notes on that tactic though: do not use it as an excuse to clean bad books off your shelf. When you give them a personal book they’ll ask what you liked about it, and any hesitation will be noticed and remembered when they realize the book sucks.

Also, do not give away books you yourself got as gifts. The odds are good that someone will remember you getting it earlier. If you’re like me, the odds are even better you’ll wind up giving it to the person who gave it to you in the first place, and that makes Christmas dinner very awkward.

I hope these tips help you get just the right literary gift and I hope you all enjoy a restful holiday season. Me, I’ve got 20 pounds of books that have been ignored in favor of that studying thing, and it’s time to catch up.

सुवर्ण सिंहासन पर विराजमान, तीन नेत्र वाली, पीत वस्त्रों से सुशोभित, स्वर्ण आभा वाली, चन्द्रकलारूपी मुकुट धारण करने वाली, चम्पा की माला पहिनने वाली, हाथों में मुद्गर, पाश, वज्र एवं रिपुजिव्हा लिए हुए, आभूषणों से अलंकृत अंगों वाली तथा तीनों लोकों को स्तंभित करने वाली बगलामुखी का ध्यान करना चाहिए|

La Grande Madre è una divinità femminile primordiale, presente in quasi tutte le mitologie, rappresentante la terra, la generatività, il femminile come mediatore tra l'umano e il divino.

Il culto della Grande Madre risale al Neolitico e forse addirittura al Paleolitico, se si leggono in questo senso le numerose figure femminili steatopigie ritrovate in tutto il mondo.

l periodo storico è antichissimo (dal 30.000 al 1000 a.C.): la fase più fiorente si situa dal 7000 al 3000 a.C. (Neolitico). La spiritualità della Grande Madre si rivolge verso l’aspetto femminile e materno di Dio.
La Madre Terra diventa il simbolo della Grande Madre, Dea della Natura e della Spiritualità. Fonte divina di ogni nascita dà e sostiene la vita; è a Lei che la vita ritorna per rinascere come nei cicli della vegetazione. La Dea è, in tutte le sue manifestazioni, il simbolo dell’unità di tutte le forme esistenti in natura. Il suo potere è nell’acqua, nelle pietre, negli animali, nelle colline, negli alberi, nei fiori. La grande creatività di quel periodo caratterizzò la cultura come cultura dell’arte. Templi, abitazioni, ceramiche, statuette, abitazioni, portano evidenti tracce di questo culto. Sono state rinvenute molte veneri che presentano i simboli della Dea. In esse sono incisi o dipinti semi, boccioli, germogli, uova, crisalidi e segni acquatici come rappresentazione della rinascita e rigenerazione, del divenire e della trasformazione.

Lungo le generazioni, con gli spostamenti di popoli e la crescita di complessità delle culture, le "competenze" della Grande Madre si moltiplicarono in diverse divinità femminili. Per cui la Grande Dea, pur continuando ad esistere e ad avere culti propri, assumerà personificazioni distinte, per esempio, per sovrintendere all'amore (Ishtar - Astarte - Afrodite - Venere), alla fertilità delle donne (Ecate triforme), alla caccia (Artemide - Diana), alla fertilità delle sementa (Demetra - Cerere e Persefone - Proserpina)  analoga alla domanda dell'uomo di rinascere come il seme rinasce dalla terra.

L’area geografica analizzata riguarda Africa, America e l’Europa. In Africa la Grande Madre viene chiamata Nana e Iside; in America la Dea dall’abito di serpente;presso i Navajos e gli Apache la Estsanatlehi era la Madre di tutti gli esseri viventi che all’alba del mondo, quando si unì al sole, partorì due gemelli che sconfissero i mostri che popolavano il suolo terreste. In Asia, in area mesopotamica (V millennio AC) e in area anatolica (II millennio AC), viene adorata come Ninhursag, Cibele, e Anahita, in Cina è chiamata Quan-Yin, in India Durga. Per l’Europa in Grecia con Gea e Athena, l’Italia con Cibele, Bona Dea, Minerva ed Uni, con l’antica Dea Mater Matuta degli etruschi, Spagna e Malta con la Dea Astarte, l’Irlanda con la Dea Brigit, la Russia con la Dea Lada ( famosa incarnazione di Lada è Matersva, la dea uccello ).

Reperti molto interessanti si trovano in Bulgaria, in Russia ed in Lombardia (Val Camuna) del 2000 a. C. dove vi sono incisioni rupestri in mezzo alla natura con evidenti simboli che appartengono al culto della Grande Madre: serpentine, labirinti reti, bande ondulate, motivi a zig-zag. Per Jung questi sono i frutti interiori che emergono dall’inconscio collettivo, il regno della spiritualità della Grande Madre. Per lui la Grande Madre è una delle potenze numinose dell'inconscio, un archetipo di grande ed ambivalente potenza, salvatrice e distruttrice degli aspetti negativi della nostra personalità, nutrice e divoratrice. delle nostre ossessioni.  Altri reperti significativi sono due statuette della Dea rinvenuti in Turchia e a Creta. In quello della Turchia, risalente al 6000 a.C., la Dea è rappresentata seduta in trono, maestosa e regale con 2 fiere accanto; le sue mani sono posizionate in modo forte e tranquillo sulla testa delle fiere.

In quello di Creta ha in mano 2 serpenti. Il serpente era il simbolo della saggezza oracolare della Dea, infatti nell’antica Delfi la sacerdotessa che dava consigli ai capi di stato era raffigurata in associazione con il serpente. Anche il serpente era un simbolo collegato alla Grande Madre; il suo movimento verticale ascendente rappresentava la forza vitale e l’energia (la Kundalini) mentre il letargo e la muta rappresentavano il divenire e la trasformazione, l’immortalità ed il risveglio ciclico della natura. Questo tipo di cultura e di spiritualità si inserisce in una società di tipo agricolo dedito alla cura della vegetazione, dell’artigianato, del commercio. Fu un periodo di stabilità e pacifico.

Le donne erano considerate e valorizzate – regine, sacerdotesse, artigiane, membre anziane del clan – la società era di carattere egualitario. Si evidenziava un particolare rispetto verso la Madre Terra come simbolo della Grande Madre. Il potere della donna era inteso non come dominio ma come capacità di illuminare e trasformare la coscienza umana. Più tardi nell’epoca medievale tutto ciò sarà simboleggiato nel vaso femminile: il calice del Sacro Graal. Un potere, quindi, non terreno ma spirituale che si estrinseca non solo nella conoscenza e nella saggezza, ma soprattutto nella verità, nell’amore, nella giustizia. Queste qualità verranno in seguito attribuite alla Vergine Maria. La dispensatrice della nascita e la Madre Terra si fusero con la Madonna. Alla fine di questo periodo la spiritualità antica della Grande Madre gradualmente si attenuò fino a scomparire come risultato delle scontro tra culture diverse e del successivo affermarsi delle religioni patriarcali.
Seguì l’alienazione dell’uomo dalla natura e da se stesso i cui effetti sono ben evidenti nella società odierna. Per nostra fortuna il culto della Grande Madre ed i suoi simboli non sono andati perduti in quanto hanno costituito lo strato primario dell’inconscio collettivo, presenti come archetipi e visibili nelle fiabe, nei miti, nei sogni. I cicli storici non si fermano mai; e la spiritualità della Grande Madre riemerge in tutte le sue forme (ecologia ed interesse verso i temi dell’unione, dell’integrazione, della pace) a donarci speranze per il futuro ricollegandoci alle nostre più antiche radici.

Iside

Iside è spesso simboleggiata da una vacca, in associazione con la Dea Hathor, ed è raffigurata con le corna bovine, tra le quali è racchiuso il sole. Nell'iconografia è rappresentata spesso come un falco o come una donna con ali di uccello e simboleggia il vento. In forma alata è anche dipinta sui sarcofagi nell’atto di prendere l’anima tra le ali per condurla a nuova vita. Solitamente viene raffigurata con una donna vestita, con in testa il simbolo del trono, che tiene in mano un loto, simbolo della fertilità. Frequenti anche le rappresentazioni della dea mentre allatta il figlio Horus. Il suo simbolo è il tiet, chiamato anche nodo isiaco.

Cibele

Cibele fu un'antica divinità anatolica, venerata come Grande Madre, dea della natura, degli animali (potnia theron) e dei luoghi selvatici. Cibele viene generalmente raffigurata seduta sul trono tra due leoni o leopardi, spesso con in mano un tamburello e con su il capo una corona turrita. Il culto di Cibele, la Magna Mater dei Romani, fu introdotto a Roma il 4 aprile 204 a.C., quando la pietra nera, simbolo della dea, vi fu trasferita da Pessinuntee collocata in un tempio sul Palatino.

Anahita

Anahita era una divinità dell'antica Persia, delle sorgenti d'acqua della fertilità e della maternità. I suoi simboli erano la colomba e il pavone, era la madre di Mitra, il nome con cui Zoroastro attribuiva a Dio. Il tempio selucide di Kangavar in Iran (c. 200 a.C.), è dedicato a "Anahita, l'Immacolata Vergine Madre del Dio Mitra". La terminologia cristiana della vergine Maria è fortemente legata a questa dea che era insieme madre e vergine immacolata.

Durga

Presso la religione induista, Durgā è una forma della Devi, la Madre Divina (che assume anche molte altre forme, tra cui Sarasvati, Parvati, Lakshmi, Kali). È raffigurata come una donna che cavalca un leone, con numerose braccia mani che impugnano diversi tipi di armi e fanno le mudra (gesti simbolici fatti con la mano). Questa forma della Dea è l'incarnazione dell'energia creativa femminile (Shakti). Secondo il racconto del Devi Mahatmyam del Markandeya purana, la forma di Durga fu creata come dea guerriera per combattere il demone Mahishasura. Grazie ad intense preghiere a Brahma, Mahishasura ebbe la grazia di non poter essere sconfitto da alcun uomo o essere celeste. In virtù di questo potere, attaccò i Deva che andarono in aiuto della Trimurti (Brahma, Viṣṇu e Śiva), ma Mahishashura sconfisse tutti gli dèi compresa la triade stessa. Scatenò un regno di terrore sulla terra, in cielo e negli inferi. Dopo diversi giorni di battaglia durante i quali l'esercito di Mahishashura venne decimato, Durga uccise finalmente Mahishashura il decimo giorno della luna piena. Questa vittoria viene ricordata nella festa del Navaratri in autunno.

Quan-In

Conosciuta In cinese Quan-In o Guan Yin, in giapponese Kannon o Kanzeon, in coreano Gwan-eum o Gwan-se-eum, in tibet come Avalokitesvara.  E' una divinità molto venerata, soprattutto come dea della misericordia: una sua statua è presente in tutti i piccoli altari che si trovano nelle case, nei negozi e nei laboratori dei Paesi in cui il buddismo è diffuso. In tutte le lingue, il primo nome sta per "Osservatrice dei suoni del Mondo".

Sempre in Cina, Guanyin indossa generalmente una lunga veste bianca, e spesso una collana delle famiglie reali indocinesi; nella mano destra regge una brocca d'acqua pura, e nella sinistra un ramo di salice.

Una leggenda Buddhista presenta Guanyin nell'atto di far voto di non riposarsi fino ad aver liberato tutti gli esseri senzienti dal Saṃsāra. Nonostante il suo strenuo impegno, realizzò che c'erano ancora molti esseri infelici che dovevano ancora essere salvati; sforzandosi di comprendere le necessità di tanti, la sua testa si divise in undici parti. Amitabha Buddha, vedendo la situazione, gli donò undici teste con cui udire le suppliche dei sofferenti; avendole ascoltate e comprese, Avalokitesvara cercò di raggiungere e soccorrerli, ma così facendo le sue braccia si divisero i mille pezzi: ancora una volta, Amitabha venne in suo aiuto e gli assegnò mille braccia per soccorrere le moltitudini.

Gea

Gea o Gaia nella mitologia greca è la divinità femminile che impersona la Terra. La Teogonia di Esiodo racconta come, dopo il Caos, sorse l’immortale Gaia degli ampi seni, progenitrice degli dei dell’Olimpo. Da sola e senza congiungersi con nessuno ella generò Urano rappresentante il cielo stellato, l'universo.

Dunque, per primo fu Caos, e poi

Gaia dall'ampio petto, sede sicura per sempre di tutti

gli immortali che tengono la vetta nevosa d'Olimpo,

Teogonia di Esiodo (Versi 116-119)

Gaia per primo generò, simile a sé,

Urano Stellato, che l'avvolgesse tutta d'intorno,

che fosse ai beati sede sicura per sempre.

(Versi 126-132)

Alcuni studiosi credono che Gea fosse la divinità che originariamente parlava per bocca dell’Oracolo di Delfi.

Athena

Nella mitologia greca, Atena era la dea della sapienza, particolarmente della saggezza, della tessitura, delle arti e, presumibilmente, degli aspetti più nobili della guerra.

Atena ha sempre con sé la sua civetta, indossa una corazza di pelle di capra chiamata Egida donatale dal padre Zeus, ed è spesso accompagnata dalla dea della vittoria Nike. Quasi sempre viene rappresentata mentre porta un elmo ed uno scudo cui è appesa la testa della Gorgone Medusa, dono votivo di Perseo.

Non ebbe mai alcun marito od amante, e per questo era conosciuta come Athena Parthenos (La vergine Atena), da cui il nome del più famoso tempio a lei dedicato, il Partenone sull'acropoli di Atene. Dato il suo ruolo di protettrice di questa città, è stata venerata in tutto il mondo greco anche come Athena Polis (Atena della città). Il suo rapporto con Atene era davvero speciale, come dimostra chiaramente la somiglianza tra il suo nome e quello della città.

Minerva

Minerva fu la divinità romana della guerra, e la protettrice degli artigiani. La figura di Minerva deriva da quella di Atena, suo corrispettivo nella mitologia greca.

Publio Ovidio Nasone la definì divinità dai mille compiti. Minerva fu adorata in tutta l'Italia, nonostante solo a Roma assumesse un aspetto da guerriera. Viene solitamente raffigurata mentre indossa una cotta di maglia ed un elmo, completa di lancia.

Astarte

Astarte fu una dea venerata nell'area semitica nord-occidentale. Astarte era la Grande Madre fenicia e cananea, sposa di Adone, legata alla fertilità, alla fecondità ed alla guerra e connessa con l'Ishtar babilonese. I maggiori centri di culto furono Sidone, Tiro e Biblo. Era venerata anche a Malta, a Tharros in Sardegna, ed Erice in Sicilia, dove venne identificata con Venere Ericina. Suoi simboli erano il leone, il cavallo, la sfinge e la colomba.

Brigid

La celtica Brigid era una triplice dea sposa di Dagda, potente signore della fertilità. Egli era il dio dell'abbondanza in quanto il suo magico calderone dava sostentamento, non solo materiale ma anche spirituale, a tutti i popoli della Terra, essendo custode del sapere infinito.

Questo portentoso oggetto fa parte della tradizione di molte culture antiche, come quella asiatica, per esempio, secondo cui esso è il "progenitore" del Graal. Si narra, infatti, che alcuni messaggeri degli dei, forse angeli, sarebbero scesi dal cielo e fermatisi nel deserto avrebbero insegnato agli uomini tutto ciò che sapevano, facendoli partecipi della loro cultura superiore. Prima di partire, avrebbero lasciato quattro oggetti magici: una pietra, un calderone, una lancia e una spada, che sono rispettivamente la pietra nera de la Ka'ba, la spada di Re Artù, il Graal e la lancia di Longino.

Aveva altre due sorelle, anche loro chiamate Brigid, considerate come una sola triplice Dea. Brigid era associata al sacro fuoco perpetuo. Il suo culto è sopravissuto come Santa Brigida. La figura della Signora del lago nel ciclo di Re Artù potrebbe essere ispirata a Brigid.

La dea Brigid aveva come oggetti sacri a lei dedicati la coppa, la ruota del filatoio e lo specchio. La coppa era il simbolo dell'abbondanza ed anche il ventre da cui ha origine tutto il creato, il filatoio simboleggiava il centro del cosmo, la ruota delle stagioni e la durata della vita degli uomini.

I suoi animali totemici erano in primis i serpenti come simbolo di della vita che si rigenera, il gallo che annunciava il nuovo giorno e la mucca immagine della fertilità per antonomasia (fonte).

La spiritualità della Grande Madre è oggi presente in 100 paesi del mondo per merito di Shri Mataji che il 5 maggio 1970 ha permesso il risveglio della Kundalini a livello collettivo, l’energia spirituale materna che tutto sostiene e tutto comprende.
Attraverso Sahaja Yoga (fondato e sviluppato da Shri Mataji) ognuno può mantenere risvegliata questa energia fonte di benessere, equilibrio ed armonia. L’archetipo della Grande Madre si è destato dal suo millenario letargo e, grazie a Shri Mataji, è completamente attivo e pronto a manifestarsi in tutta la sua bellezza e potenza.