Talks Excerpt 505. Swamiji says: Without the Divine Mother, nothing can exist.
From Mother Radha’s recordings of Swamiji.
[on the Divine Mother continued.]
When they were praying, the question Mother asked was, ‘Who are you worshipping?’ The greatest question. When there is a question, there is knowledge, and this knowledge manifested out of the body of Mother Parvati, who said, ‘Ah, they are worshipping Me.’
Sri Ramakrishna used to say, ‘In this body [i.e. his own body] there are two – the worshipped and the worshipper.’ Similarly, in the body of Mother Parvati there were the two: the worshipped and the worshipper. The worshipper Mother Parvati, the outer form, went to the Himalayas; and the worshipped Mother Parvati manifested; and revealed who she was. She was the Self of all the devas that uplift, in the form of vidya, brahmavidya, atmanvidya, Self-knowledge.
So Mother Parvati first removed the obstacles on the path of Creation and later removed the obstacles on the path of prosperity. Lastly, she gave the Rishis the knowledge of who they were. Then Mother disappeared.
It is this Mother I worship. This Mother is my real Mother. Nay, this Mother is our real Self. This Mother is hidden – just as fire is hidden in wood and sparks of fire are hidden in stones. This Mother is present in every bit of space and solid matter, and also in that which we know or know not.
Again and again I prostrate to you, O Devi, who takes different forms.
Om aim hreem kleem chamundaya vichche.
[The Navarna Mantra, Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundaye Vichche, is a highly revered and potent invocation dedicated to Goddess Durga, specifically in her fierce form as Chamunda. It is chanted to invoke divine blessings for protection, the removal of obstacles, and spiritual growth.]
Swamiji: Without Her nothing can exist – not even Lords Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar.
May that Shakti protect us, guide us, and give us devotion. Hari Om Tat Sat.
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