Adorations to Goddess Durga,
Mother of all auspiciousness,
May She Bless us in the journey to 2019 and onwards,
Wherever time takes us.
May Goddess lead us to the destruction
of all negative forces within us.
May Maya Shakti destroy all ignorance.
May Chamunda, the Deviji who destroyed
the demons Madhu and Kaitabha,
symbols of attachment to pleasure
and all forms of hatred (and fears),
liberating us from petty ties to matter
in the Manipura Chakra,
the chakra of Creation and will power,
render us fit to ascend
to the challenges and glories
of higher Chakras.
And may Her message of discernment
shine through our movement to wisdom!
May SHE guide us from within!
Adorations to Goddess Lakshmi
who conquered Mahishasura,
the demon of mental distractions
caused by subtle unconscious desires
–and its buffalo-mind
that changes forms like magic–
allowing the Lotus of higher
talents and aspirations to blossom
deep within.
May She confer upon us
the health of body and mind
to pursue unbound wealth
in ethical qualities and unbound
Love Divine for Dharma,
Jewel of jewels.
May Her spear or Shakti
penetrate the heart within us
ending all negative tendencies,
and obstacles
to the victory in body-mind-spirit!
May Her message of discernment
shine through our movement to wisdom!
May SHE guide us from within!
Adorations to Goddess Saraswati
who conquered the demon Dhumralochana,
the smokey-eyed expression
of perverted vision
by simply uttering HUM!;
to Her who conquered Chanda and Munda,
servants of the limited/mortal
I-mine concept,
hiding at the source of all afflictions
and corrupted identity
expressing in illusions
related to action and inaction;
to Her who conquered the sly Raktabija,
an evil force as cunning
as perverted rationalizations,
that produced a clone of the demon
from every drop of his blood
–just as externalization of mind and senses
gives rise to endless fields of illusions–
as She extended Her mighty tongue
to absorb the evil multiplied to infinity
until no drop was left
to torture goodness in this world;
to Her who conquered Shumbha and Nishumbha,
rulers of egoism and mineness,
centers of dualistic epistemes,
sources of terror
to all that is good, noble and lasting
within us,
ending thus all our afflictions
by the shining sword of Viveka Khyati,
the intuitive knowledge awakened in samadhi.
To Her,
to Tridevi,
Goddess in Her three forms,
to Maha Shakti, as One,
to that Goddess,
I offer endless adorations!
Namastasyai, Namastasyai, Namastasyai Namo Namah!
Sarva Mangala Mangalye
Shive Sarvardha Sadhike
Sharanye Triyambhake Gauri
Narayani Namostute
Narayani Namostute
Narayani Namostute!
Om Shantih, Shantih, Shantih!
(Meet Mago Contributor) Swami Pujananda Saraswati