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 Swami Shanmuga and Amma Adi Sakthi are a husband and wife team working tirelessly to help people realize their true, Divine nature and lift consciousness throughout the world. They lead the lives of householders and serve through practicing and sharing the teachings of the Divine Mother and Mahavatar Babaji. By guiding and sharing powerful sadhanas (practices) from the Eastern tradition, they help a person uncover their own Divinity and clear obstacles in their path. Knowing that the Supreme Self sits inside each person, they share that following one's own heart blooms the highest Self.
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 Namastae to all loved ones,
This coming 7th of February is the Thaipusam Festival. Here is a small explanation of the day:
There was a demon named Tharakasuran who gave a lot of trouble to the Rishis and Saints. Lord Muruga was called by his parents Lord Shiva and Parvati and given the task of destroying the Demon. Lord Muruga set off with the blessings of his parents to destroy the demon. He took with him twelve weapons, eleven of which were given by his father Lord Shiva and the 'Vel' (spear) given by his mother Parvati. The festival commemorates the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (spear) so he could vanquish the evil demon. Lord Muruga destroyed Tharakasuran on the Poosam Nakshatra day in the Tamil month of Thai.
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 Ekatvam is a beautiful Sanskrit word which means Unity or Oneness with Divine Consciousness. The word is mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita (The Divine Song of God) in 6:31 as follows:
sarva-bhuta-sthitam yo mam
bhajaty ekatvam asthitah
sarvatha vartamano 'pi
sa yogi mayi vartate
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 Driving from Mother Pratyangira’s temple, our heads were reeling. We were all in awe of how the Mother created a Lila (Divine play or illusion) and brought us to Her abode. We continued our drive and passed many rice patty fields with busy workers, small roadside villages with smokey straw huts and dense green jungles. Raghudas, sat in the back of the SUV and absorbed the passing sights. We passed several road signs and suddenly he saw a village name that he recognized. Impossible, he thought, he had never been here before. Just then, Ashok commented to Swami and Amma and they had a short discussion in Tamil. After a moment the car slowed and Amma informed us that we were going to Parangippetai, and that many years ago it was called Porto Novo. Raghudas realized he had read about this village and immediately recalled it to be the birthplace of Sri Mahavatar Babaji.
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Just as the honeybee takes nectar from all flowers, big and small, an intelligent human being should take the essence from all religious scriptures. – Srimad Bhagavatam 11.8.10 |
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