I have been deepening my yoga practice, and cleansing since Saturday. I'm on day 4 of all liquids, and feel hungry, but not starving. It's quite fun to test the boundaries of hunger and strength; we are so used to needing 3 solid meals a day. I'm quite happy on little right now.
I have decided that after my 1-month Saddhana practice with Psalm, to continue on this path of deepening my practice of yoga and fly to Kauai for at least a week and practice on the Island of Nectar.
For some reason the Sri Yantra is coming to me as a potent symbol for this trip, going deeply inward into the sacred matrix of my soul;
We have been chanting to Lalita in my month long class; the goddess of Divine Play, of creation, of the undying essence that never fades away when the physical dies.
This quote was taken from "Religious Worlds," which takes us deeper into the this Goddess;
Lalita means She Who Plays. All creation, manifestation and dissolution is considered to be a play of Devi or the goddess. Mahatripurasundari is her name as transcendent beauty of the three cities, a description of the goddess as conqueror of the three cities of the demons, or as the triple city (Tripura), but really a metaphor for a human being.
What then is a yantra? The word is usually translated as a machine, but in the special sense of the tantrik tradition refers to the Devi in her linear or geometrical form. Yantras, by the way, are always used flat. They may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Every aspect of Devi has her own mantra and yantra. The yantra of Devi Lalita is Shri Yantra. The divinity of the yantra always occupies the centre or apex.
The different parts or petals and lines of the yantra are usually arranged in concentric circles (mandalas) and contain rays or sub-limbs of devi. The Shri Yantra has nine of these mandals, each filled with various aspects of the Devi. In Shri Yantra there are 111 aspects. The Shri Yantra is said to be a geometric form of the human body, which implies that goddess as Macrocosm is one with human being as Microcosm.
In this year of 2011, where if you ad up your birth year (mine being '84) with the age you will be this year (27), then you will get 111. Hmmm...it seems to be the year that resonates with Lalita, or the Sri Yantra, a geometric and universal shape that resonates with 111. This is also a portal number, relating to the year of the RABIT in the Chinese Astrology that we are entering into on this NEW MOON.
"Not many people know that the Rabbit is the symbol of the Moon, while the Peacock is the symbol of the Sun, and that together, these two animal signs signify the start of day and night, represent the Yin and Yang of life. It is said that anyone making supplications for wishes to be fulfilled are certain to get what they want... and in the Year of the Rabbit, the wish-granting aspect of the Sun and the Moon combined is multiplied. The Moon is YIN and this is the Yin of Heaven, signifying magic. Thus on each of the Full Moon nights of this year, go out into your garden to gaze into the Full Moon and visualize plenty of Moon dust and Moon glow flowing into you, filling your whole body with bright white light and granting you fearlessness, love and courage. This will not only strengthen your inner "Chi" energy, it will also bring wisdom into your life.a'
NEW MOON. So I wish to activate this 111 portal within me, to develop an even stronger relationship with Lalita, chanting her mantra everyday, and to play in the Divine Matrix of the Sri Yantra, being shown these subtle yet powerful YONIVERSAL downloads.
Ka-e-i-la-Hrim-Amrita ha-sa-ka-ha-la-Hrim-Ananda sa-ka-la-hrim-Janani
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