We need that extra jolt of spiritual energy to recharge and proceed.
That was exactly what I needed, a satsang of sorts.
Had the most invigorating discussion with Kavitha - who is another Shiva lover. I have been to her blog and found it a tad academic at times, devoid of the spirtual fervor of a sadhak, but to my utter surprise, she had the intensity for my Shivjee - akin to what Mirabai had for Krishna. She had taken the mantras, shlokas and japa to the next level...
She had achieved a 'realization' of sorts, that she was exuberantly discussing around this mantra...
(I made a mental note to go back and read them again...)
THis is how she explained the above verse
She described this shloka that was utterly familiar to me,
but I felt distant as she described the poetry in the word rudram and on the syllables....
her passion for the maha mrityunjaya mantra....
I woke up once again to the magic of the mantras, as they were intended by whoever authored them...
We discussed many deviations, it became a wrestling match at times, America and India, values and lifestyles, we admitted to our views of blogging... she preferred to call me by my given name, while I preferred my alias to be the shield over my emotions and thoughts....
Bottom line, she had transcended to the next level of SHiva Bhakti, and found Shivness in everything. She described her love for Shivjee with all the intensity and yearning she felt and I could feel some of it.
THe intensity had crossed over to me too...we were intertwined via her poetry ...., I looked at the half moon over the silhouette of the roof. I could see magic in that too, my perspective had changed. I called it a night with the recurrent wish of dreaming of Bholenath, in all His glory.
The morning found me still preserving the bounce....


The famous pilgrim centre of Kamakhya in Assam would now be given a facelift to make it the `Vaishno Devi of the North-East` for religious tourists from across the world.



Sri Sri Ravishankar