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| Flowers for the Mother Goddess |
Through a life full of many events and adventures, many a
time I foolishly did wrong things as perhaps most of us do or came close to grave danger but all those
time a mysterious force, a loving hand saved me from trouble. I recognize that
now as the Love of God in his various facets and manifestations, a prominent
one among them being Naini Mata, the goddess of Nainital.
The Infinite Almighty has no form that can be comprehended
but those who love him have tried to do so in various names, forms and symbols.
This is perfectly all right as long as one realizes that God is not limited to
that name and form but it is just one of his infinite facets. As a female or as
the female side of the Lord who is neither male nor female, humans recognize the
Almighty as the Mother Goddess.
The Mother Goddess too has an infinite number of shapes and
forms and a devotee may choose any that he or she becomes familiar with. In the
Himalayas the mother goddess has been recognized as the dark goddess Kali or
the snow white one Parvati, or indeed in many hues and colors as the goddess
Tara in Tibet, as the goddesses Nanda and Sunanda, as the goddess Durga or as
Naini Mata the goddess beside the lake in Nainital.
The love of the Mother Goddess is indeed huge for all. It appears to me that it is especially strong for
those who lived by the lake as infants or came to love her with a pure heart
even later in life and that she ever protects them even as a loving mother protects
a child . She too has no defined form; therefore the picture chosen for this
post is just some flowers I collected from the garden for my morning prayers,
flowers in colors I think she loves much.
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