Yesterday the Divine Mother revealed a great secret to all of us. We learnt that She has enthroned Herself in our Swadishthana Chakra, which is behind our navel, as Goddess Rakini. She has also brought Lord Vishnu with His conch, wheel and mace to correct our excesses.
She showed us how our excessive use of our senses was cutting off our receptivity to Her presence within us and gave us a priceless weapon to exit this loop. When we chant ‘Om Vam’ which is the bija mantra or seed syllable of the Swadishthana Chakra, Devi will ask Lord Vishnu to release His Sudarshana Chakra to remove the wrong emotion triggered in our minds by our senses. He will reorient us towards our soul instantaneously. By using this weapon yesterday with great awareness, we have made ourselves eligible to be present here to receive the truths that Mother will impart to us today:
Mother points out that relationships play a key role in our lives. We have so many relationships in life - with our parents, children, spouse, friends, neighbours, colleagues, boss, employees etc. However, there is one relationship which is most important and this is our relationship with ‘Sat’ or Truth. When we don’t associate ourselves with ‘Sat’ in the Kali Yuga, every relationship in our life becomes a sinking ship. When we attend satsangs and immerse ourselves in ‘Sat’ or the truth of our soul, we are not bothered by problems anymore. That does not mean that we do not have problems. In the Kali Yuga, there is nobody without problems. If you think that Swamis and Gurus do not have problems, you are wrong. However, when we soak ourselves in the nectar of truth, we no longer see problems as problems. They seem as minute as mustard seeds to us. So, our mind says - “Don’t worry about this. It is too trivial to bother about.” The energy of ‘Sat’ or Truth always envelopes us and focuses our attention on our soul.
When we are in spirituality, we get knowledge. Not just the knowledge of how to tackle a problem, but of how to overtake it. So, we calmly walk past it and continue on our way. Let us take a small example. When we sweep our house, we get dust, hair, paper etc. We don’t sort all this out. We just throw it into a dustbin. So also, spirituality is a very good dustbin for all our problems. It protects us so that the pinpricks of life don’t bother us. This is the first truth.
Today, Devi says - “My child, as you walk on the path, if you allow it, all kinds of dirt will stick to you. Due to your ignorance, basically two kinds of dirt predominate in your life - your own karma and your ego.” There is no dirt as terrible as the ego. Today, if we think that we are suffering badly due to our karma, compared to that, the dirt generated by our ego is at least four times worse. This is the second truth.
Two days ago, we saw how all the grace we gather is used to erase our karma. If we think of God for even one minute, that much of our karma is removed from us. Since we still have plenty of karma left, we are notexperiencing the full impact of Grace in our lives. However, the fact that all of you are here to participate in a satsang is itself because of Grace. This is not the fruit of your good karma. It is Devi’s ever compassionate Grace. Since the component of Grace is greater than the component of karma in your lives, you are attending a satsang. In the Kali Yuga, it is relatively easy to perform charitable acts, but much more difficult to obtain the great blessing of attending a satang.
There is a place earmarked in heaven for all those who immerse themselves in satsang. All this should not be taken egoistically. Devi is telling us this to show us the priceless value of a satsang. Devi says - “All the places where satsangs are held become My divine domain and I envelope them with the protective armour of My Grace.” This is the third truth.
Extract from ‘The book of direct truths, subtle truths and the mystical truths of Devi Mahatmyam’ by Shri Shri Nimishananda