Thursday, March 09, 2006

Emancipation is Transformation of Awareness


It is by Her infinite Love that HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has brought out Sahaja Yoga to transform the human awareness into the Divine Awareness by giving self-realization on mass scale.

We find it cures people physically mentally and emotionally. The spiritual transformation of our inner being also takes place and we go beyond the three dimensions. We attain thoughtless awareness, doubtless awareness and God- realization. Here we become a witness, detached and surrendered to the Divine Power and feel the joy within.

Diseases are the manifestations of the evil powers in us. They cause physical, mental and emotional imbalances to destroy us and deprive us the chance of our emancipation. The Devi has been fighting with these demons (Asuras) and protecting us by killing them in thousands of incarnations in the past.

One of the Asura is Bhandasura. It is described in Lalitopakhyan that Lord Shiva burnt Kamdev (god of love). The ashes of Kamdev was made into human form by Shri Ganesha while playing. The human form became alive by the power of purity and innocence of Ganesha.

This asura in human form did great penance of Shiva and got boon from Lord Shiva to reign over all the three worlds for sixty thousand years. Then by being very powerful he was always engaged in sinful activities but outwardly he was performing acts of Yagyas (sacred offerings), penances and worships of Shiva. The Indra (king of the gods) and other gods became afraid. Because of his double standards this asura was called as Bhandasura.

Shri Lalita Devi fought with Bhandasura and destroyed him by transforming him into a Satoguni (godly qualities) from a rajoguni (demonic qualities). This could be done only by Her power of Great Love ( beyond gunas ).

The seed of Kama ( lust ) can not be destroyed. It only can be transformed into pure love which comes from detachment. Though the bodies of the Asuras had been destroyed by The Goddess yet their awareness remain in the minds of the human being. The demonic awareness can be transformed by the awareness of the Divine awakened in Sahaja Yoga.

Shri Mataji had revealed the names of some Asuras who incarnated in the present times.

Bhandasura and his city was destroyed by a blazing missile Kameshwarastra by The Devi. That is why one of the name of Durga is “Kameshwarastra nirgadhas bhandasura Shunyakaya.” This is the first name out 84 names of Shri Durga Given in SAHAJA YOGA MANTRA BOOK.

In the eve of Navratri Puja we see the significance of the above description that The Adi Shakti will transform evil into good in us by Her Power of Love.

So we have to see whether all these negative forces are within us and use proper method to cleanse ourselves. By proper understanding and practice of Sahaja Yoga we can transform our selves into the pure awareness and achieve our emancipation by the grace of Shri Mataji.