744. Om daurbhagya-tula-vatulayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is the gale that drives away the cotton wisps of misfortune.
I met a friend after 4 years and amidst all the catching up, realised we had both sought shelter within the mantras of the Lalita Sahasranamam. I told her about this blog and she told me how some days she chanted the mantras over and over again. What power lies hidden within these mantras! The power to heal and console even when one gets accused of something low down; even when one is in the very darkest abyss. For the past few months I have been saying it almost like a routine. But today I wished to break that and said it with a bit more concentration. Hopefully, soon I can bring back the detailed attention I have paid to it in the past. On that note, I look into the matruvani archives and find something said by Amma which is a perfect thought for a day that has made me think, consider and wonder.
"There is no point in becoming despondent brooding over what has befallen us. What’s over is over. Strive to proceed carefully from now onwards. Understand that happiness and sorrow are the nature of the world. It is like the oscillation of the clock’s pendulum – happiness, then sorrow; happiness, then sorrow. The very momentum gained in moving towards happiness takes it to the other end, that of sorrow, and vice versa. The principle that teaches us how to accept both these states with equanimity is spirituality. To acquire equanimity, we need to have surrender towards God. We should neither leap up to the sky in times of success, nor sink like a wrecked ship in times of defeat. When success comes our way, we should regard it as God’s grace and thus strengthen our attitude of surrender. When we fail, we should reflect upon and understand the reasons for failure, and strive again with renewed enthusiasm. Only if we fail after trying several times to the best of our abilities may we accept defeat, taking it as God’s will."
Om Amriteswariye namah!
I met a friend after 4 years and amidst all the catching up, realised we had both sought shelter within the mantras of the Lalita Sahasranamam. I told her about this blog and she told me how some days she chanted the mantras over and over again. What power lies hidden within these mantras! The power to heal and console even when one gets accused of something low down; even when one is in the very darkest abyss. For the past few months I have been saying it almost like a routine. But today I wished to break that and said it with a bit more concentration. Hopefully, soon I can bring back the detailed attention I have paid to it in the past. On that note, I look into the matruvani archives and find something said by Amma which is a perfect thought for a day that has made me think, consider and wonder.
"There is no point in becoming despondent brooding over what has befallen us. What’s over is over. Strive to proceed carefully from now onwards. Understand that happiness and sorrow are the nature of the world. It is like the oscillation of the clock’s pendulum – happiness, then sorrow; happiness, then sorrow. The very momentum gained in moving towards happiness takes it to the other end, that of sorrow, and vice versa. The principle that teaches us how to accept both these states with equanimity is spirituality. To acquire equanimity, we need to have surrender towards God. We should neither leap up to the sky in times of success, nor sink like a wrecked ship in times of defeat. When success comes our way, we should regard it as God’s grace and thus strengthen our attitude of surrender. When we fail, we should reflect upon and understand the reasons for failure, and strive again with renewed enthusiasm. Only if we fail after trying several times to the best of our abilities may we accept defeat, taking it as God’s will."
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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