Archive for December, 2009

The Invisible Embrace

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Namaste,

There is a great moment in life when you know that you are being watched by the Mother.
Your whole being is blessed, and you know it, you feel it, and you become it.
Something inside tells us that we have always been blessed, yet we were not aware.
It is all about awareness.

Be aware this moment of the beauty around you, which has always been.
We were just too young to always notice – too young to be grateful, too young to seek ways of showing our gratitude.
So we take this moment of the invisible embrace to be embraced, to be loved fully, and to feel flushed with happiness and gratitude.

The question today is, “How can we begin to trust our own spiritual abilities?”
Answer:

What answer do you think you want for this question?
First of all, what do you think the answer will be?
Are you satisfied with this answer, or do you want more?

Ask a question of yourself, perhaps a question of the chakra system.
“How do we understand chakras?”
This is the question.

The answer is
I just know the answer to be in me; therefore I can answer as completely as I want to.
The vibrations of the sevenfold chakra system represent to me that which I understand to be true.

So what if you are wrong?
You are asking no one to believe you, so you are beginning to believe yourself.
How profound is this?
You are asking and answering.
You have the question, and you have the answer.
One or another, it must be true.

At this point, begin to ask of the Universe, “Who am I? Who am I?”
Then the answers come flowing in. flooding you with truths you did not know existed.

The higher the chakra, the better I feel.
And then the question comes: “Which is higher, and which is lower?”
We all have been taught to stay away from the lower chakras.
What does this mean to me?
What is wrong with the lower chakras?
You begin to ask and then answer, and you become more complete in your answers.
You begin to be kind of sure with your answers, and happy with the question.
You have become the teacher, one who is answering, and most important, one who is learning.
The questions are locked up inside of you

You are not afraid to let the answer come from you.
And if it is a wrong answer, they will know, you will know, and the Universe will know.
Now you are beginning to trust in yourself.
If you do not trust in yourself, then you are trusting in others to pull you out of the wrong space of non-trust.

Perhaps you are learning.
Someone will get it right.
It is not a big tragedy.
Answer and question flow together.
What do you associate with this chakra?
Look around you.
There is no stress because you are not alone with your answers.
It all becomes exciting and so does life.
You will begin to understand more and more each and every day.
I love you all.

Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

Change for Good Karma

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Namaste,

The question is, “How do we change our behavior to bring us good karma?”

The answer:

People cannot change their behavior only to bring themselves good karma.
Change must come from the heart, without any seeking a reward of any kind.
In other words, you learn to live unconditionally.
Unconditional love in everything you do is how you live on the shore of the river of positive karma.
Karma becomes reduced or added as one lives his or her life.
Yet if you can see beauty in your life and see your life in color instead of always black and white, there is a new beginning for you.
How wonderful to have life with color; then karma takes place in your heart instead of your head.
Everything does not look the same.
All has its own color, thus it own beauty.
When there is dark karma swirling around you, you can feel it before seeing it.
It does not feel good, unless it is the Universal Mother protecting and taking care of you.

How do you know the difference between the two?
Be silent, and let your heart speak to you.
Learn what it has to say to you.
Soon you will find that you have awakened your intuition.
Your intuition brings such joy to you once you have begun to pay attention.
Intuition can bring awareness of actions that can sometimes be partly harmful.

The knowledge that the Mother exists brings joy.
You are not alone; we all love to be touched by the Divine Mother.

You may ask, “How does it feel to be touched by Mother?”
It feels differently to different people, yet always it feels warm and soothing.
You begin to know the Mother’s touch.
Karma is forgotten because the Mother is leading the way.
She wants nothing from any of you except to make your journey upon Earth a pleasant experience.
Karma takes its own place in your life in a continuous pattern of learning.
What we want from the Mother is She Herself.
And if this is so, then we must grow and be.
We must never hurt anyone; thus karma will take care of itself as well as others.

Write your story of life in pencil so you can change the ending any time you want.

This is changing your destiny for the better.
I will help you to learn all you can about karma, both positive and negative.
For once you learn of one, understanding the other will come.

I love you all.
Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

Honoring Death when Afraid

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Namaste,

The question this day is “How do we honor death when we are afraid?”

Answer:

I will answer you as deeply and honestly as I can.

This is everyone’s question at one time or another, especially as we enter into spiritual life.
As you live a life of spirituality, you learn more about death.
You also learn to embrace Death rather than fear him.
If you can keep still this very moment and sit and listen to your Beloved’s voice, you will find that your Beloved is always talking and listening to you.
He or she will take your fear and leave you to enjoy your spiritual journey, which includes Death.
As you sit and begin to enter into the Formless, you breathe more inside of yourself.
This is mental breathing; in doing this, you will find that you have less fear – not only of death, but of many things.
You will feel that you have become one with Death’s breath, without fear.
You will learn to keep the incense burning night and day in your heart, and you will be able to feel the gentle flow of death’s magic.
Your Soul will allow you to know that it never dies; the Soul is always to be found.

After awhile, death will not worry you at all, and you will learn how to greet Death.
It will be seen as a gift that you naturally receive each and every lifetime.
You will learn of the gentle wind that blows today with love, and the gentle sky that is so blue that it brings tears of joy.

Trees and flowers and such will bring you in death the same joy they bring you in life.
See now in the moment how much less afraid you are.
Just knowing that your Beloved will be with you always keeps life sweet and safe.
Your Beloved loves you very much, and this love follows you lifetime to lifetime, from death to death.

You are precious to your Beloved

Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

The Karmic Space of Intent

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Namaste,

The question is:

“Could you please teach about the Karmic Space of Intent? Why do we get caught in it over and over, and how do we get out of it?”

ANSWER:

When everything is going fine, you have good health, and you are in a good space, you begin to make all kinds of promises to yourself.
You make plans to do this or that.
Then, just about when you are about to proceed with the promises you made to yourself, you realize that you are tired – and so you put off what you were going to do for another day.
Procrastination is born, and soon what you wanted to do is just a thought that you had, and you have no plans to do it now.
This is the opposite of living in the flow of time.
Tomorrow continuously becomes today, and today constantly becomes yesterday.

Then you find you cannot live in the present moment, and depression begins to set in.
You begin to forget about responsibility and yesterday’s promises.
This becomes the Karmic Space of Intent, and it is hard to get out of.

The only way out of this Space is discipline.
Discipline and freedom go hand in hand.
When we take responsibility, this space of karma begins to chip away.
See how you feel when you do something as soon as you think of it.

Start with one chore every other day, and write down how you felt as you accomplished what you wanted to do.
Truly you will begin to have more time in your life to do other things, and you will get a lot more done.
You begin to look forward to doing what has to be done.
This gets you out of the Karmic Space of Intent.
When we take responsibility, each day is fresh and free.

It is written: “Faith in the workings of karma helps us to take responsibility for our actions.”
Do not procrastinate just for a day, and see the difference.
You will eventually walk quietly out of this space and taste freedom.

I love you with all my heart.
Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

The Merge of Masculine & Feminine

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Namaste,

Here is today’s question from Janaka Jaya:

“In Kali Natha Yoga you talk about the merge of the masculine and the feminine. Can you explain the importance of that merge, and also describe how we go about creating it?

Answer:

There were numerous sages, rishis, and holy people who recorded their spiritual experiences since the beginning of time in one way or another.
Many of them explained that the Soul has no gender.
This indicates that masculine and feminine merge fully when one is on the path; when they reach the presence or vibration of God or Goddess, there is only the One – who is reality.

Thus life was and can be now quite simple, void of any kind of bigotry.
Children who develop hatred toward any kind of homosexuality have learned it on the knees of their parents.
They sometimes carry this lifetime after lifetime.
Yet in a single second, one can flip into the Light of understanding The One who is neither male nor female.
This allows an open path toward Samadhi.
It is as if all color is sleeping; yet when the heart is open, one begins to realize that the rainbow of color is not male or female.
It is as if color has a path of its own.
And you find yourself inside of all color, all genders, all races, and all religions when there is understanding of the genders.
This represents freedom.
Once you have tasted this freedom, you live the life of vision.

You ask how one goes about creating the merge of male and female.
The vibration of the entire physical worlds consists of waves of acceptance; thus the male and female embrace as one.
It is always there, and there is nothing that you have to do.
If you miss the different wave lengths of Oneness, you will find yourself hungry for the truth.
You do not know on the surface of life that we are all without gender when we are only Soul.
Something in the knowing begins to feel right in the space of the spiritual heart.
This is an existence of the merge, and without it one loses balance like a world without color or music.

When you being to understand that this merge is always reaching toward you, then in future life you will reach for the merge and understand that it always has been.

There is music in this merge of understanding and knowing.
When there is one part of the body more established in the feminine, a male may be afraid of his own feminine features, feelings, and instincts.
It is the same when one part of the body is more established in the masculine; females will try to hide their own masculinity.
Yet when the heart is open, the two merge together; one becomes perfectly balanced, without fear.

So my answer is not to fear who you are, but embrace it all – for it all embraces you.
Once you taste the merge, the idea of it will never leave you; it will be part of your being, and you won’t need to go through the suffering of not knowing your own identity.
This knowing becomes part of you in the form of Shakti.
You can feel the knowing in your own power.

If you do not understand my answer, I promise you it will come.
Read my answer over and over and see if it makes sense to you.
You cannot lose what your Soul knows you have.
Therefore, the knowing of the merge is always with you, and your instincts will show you the way to understand this.
Be free in your life, void of bigotry or prejudices.

I love you all so very much.

Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

World AIDS Day Candles

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Namaste,

There is nothing in the whole world like the joy of giving and the joy in seeing others become happy.
Last night we celebrated World AIDS Day.
As we all were around the Sacred Ganga with our candles in our hands, we could feel the spirit of our loved ones reach out and touch our hearts and souls.

AIDS is not over yet, and it is a good time to once again promise to not let others forget about this disease.
I myself vow once again to serve those living with AIDS and honor the memory of those who have lost their lives.
I will never give up until there is a cure.
There must be a cure.

I love you all.

Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

Darshan at Kashi

Darshan at Kashi

Candles lit for World AIDS Day 2009

Candles lit for World AIDS Day 2009

Question: Is Trust an Aspect of Samadhi?

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Namaste,

Question from Swami Jaya Devi: Is trust an aspect of samadhi?

Answer:

All Teachers must gain trust; this goes with the territory.

I too had to gain trust in my chelas as they began to feed and teach so many.

When you are sitting by the well of your Beloved, you must have a deep trust.

The silence is deafening and quite scary at first, until you want more.

It is almost like flying without wings, except you are in bliss as you are flying.

The ego is always there trying to stop your primary drive for God.

Trust must build.

The stillness brings movement to the seeker’s heart.

Yes, trust is a big factor as one goes toward the Ultimate Bliss.

And more than the bliss and becoming liberated, one has to return to serve and to teach.

It is all a process.

As the seeker travels the road toward Samadhi, the intention becomes both the holiness of life and the truth about death.

It is all so very exciting, and humanity benefits the most.

I love teaching you all like this.

Be careful, as the ego will try to confuse your heart and mind.

Yet the Gods and Goddesses will call you and hold you as well as your Beloved.

I love you with all my heart.

Love,

Ma Jaya

Kashi Ashram

I am Always Watching

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Namaste,

The question today from Radha Krishna Jaya truly touches my heart:
“Please talk about how you are always watching your chelas.”

Answer:

When you enter into Samadhi, or the Formless, or the Emptiness, at times you can become afraid.
This is called a Kundalini experience, or deep Spiritual experience; and this can be very fearful.
When the Mother watches over you, She protects you and keeps you well balanced so you can enjoy the completeness of God and Goddess.
I want so much for you all to experience the Great Bliss that the sages and holy ones wrote about in so many scriptures of many religions.

One of your deepest fears, and there are many, is that you are inadequate to receive all the power of Shakti that goes with entering the Formless.
The Mother asks you, “Who are you not to be? You are the child of the Mother.”
You were born to become one with all that there is.
This is not just some of us; it is all of us.
And as you let your own Light shine, you unconsciously and consciously give others permission to do the same by your actions.
Once you are liberated from your own fear, your presence automatically shows others that they can also be liberated.
There is no limit in what you can accomplish.
I do not need to be your Guru for you to feel this flow of Shakti as the Mother approaches you in meditation.
And so I keep on watching you as you live your life, anywhere in the world.
I am always watching and protecting.
I guard your hearts, bodies and Souls, or you are all children of the Mother.

And then there are the choices.
I can only show you them.
I cannot make your choices for you.
I can bring you to the point where the ego cannot lure you, seduce you, or make you forget that you are a child of the Gods and Goddesses.
At times there is no need to suffer, and yet you cannot see it or feel it.
I will always continue to watch you and try to show you the great spiritual intuition in you as you learn more and more.

I love you with all that I am.
Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

Question: How do we Pray for Someone Else?

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Namaste,

This question is from Judy Jayanti:

“How do we pray for someone else- for their comfort and to release their suffering? Even when I am not liberated I want joy, ease and comfort for others.  Do we meditate, do we see him or her in a golden light, or do we use mantras or asanas to see them laughing and joyous in our hearts and minds?”

Ma’s Answer:

It is always a good thing to see anyone in the golden light and see them laughing and joyous in our hearts and minds.

Yet before you can help others, you must see yourself in the light and always in your heart.
By practicing meditation and being able to live your life with ease and comfort, others will want to be like you.

They will forget for a time their own sorrows as they watch you detach from your ego.
They will also believe by just looking at you that you are praying for them.
You will not even have to say it; they will know it.
The more you care, the more your own ego begins to melt away.
Then you begin to pray for them from the bottom of your heart.

The Mother will hear your prayers and welcome them.
Yes, you can use mantras and asanas to keep moving closer to the Mother.
She will help you to help others.
It is a good thing to want to take care of others as long as you are clear about yourself.

I love you with all my heart and will teach you how to help others as you yourself reach the Feet of the Mother.

Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram

World AIDS Day

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Namaste,

This Saturday at our open Darshan we will celebrate Worlds AIDS Day.

We are doing this on Saturday because more people can come than on any other day.
Candles will be lit and we will surround our Ganga.
As always our bells will be rung for each year this pandemic has been around.
Of course in our Ganga are the ashes of our many dead.
Their spirit is so alive that I feel they are always blessing our ashram.
I have begun to do a very intense puja for those who are living with AIDS.

AIDS is not over yet, and so many need to understand this.
All your Pujas and Prayers are needed for a cure.
Not a day goes by that I do not think of all who live with this disease.

I pray and bless every one of you from the deepest part of my heart.

Love,
Ma Jaya
Kashi Ashram