LAWS OF PROSPERITY IN THE HOME : 8.1 Swami Chidananda

14/01/2017.

VERY IMPORTANT. AS AT PRESENT IN BHARATHAM, IT IS NOT SO, AND DISRESPECT ON THE HIGH ....

8. GODDESS OF AUSPICIOUSNESS -1

In the domestic sphere the concept of Goddess Lakshmi is wonderful and unique in this blessed land of Bharatavarsha. 

For the home itself is regarded as the abode of Lakshmi, where the Mother manifests Herself in the worshipful form of the Grihini (house-wife or mistress of the house).

Therefore, we are familiar with the expression Grihalakshmi, the Mother who presides over the
auspiciousness, welfare and progress of the home-life and family. 

She is conceived of as the very embodiment of Goddess Lakshmi. 

In the West the woman is more conceived of as the wife, an equal partner to the man, vying for privilege with him in all spheres of activity and trying to assert not only her equality but even further her personal independence. 

Whereas, to the Hindu heart, woman is the mother. 

It is the motherhood of the woman that is ever present in the consciousness of the true Hindu. 

This is the blessing of being born in this Punya-Bhumi (sacred land), for out of this concept we shall be able to rise to the realisation of the Motherhood of God. 

This Matri-Bhava or the attitude and vision of the woman as the mother is a means of to a higher state, wherein the descent of divine light becomes facilitated.

To be continued ...