Hari om.
Every now and then every one of us
seated here goes through some changes in our lives. Some of the
changes that we go through are good, and some not so good. When you
have to follow the instructions of great masters like my guru, Swami
Murugesu Maharishi, Shivabalayogi, Kriya Babaji - and not forgetting
the one that hammers me all the time Agastyar - when you follow these
great saints, changes happen every day. When this project, this ashram
that you are sitting in, was complete I thought I could rest – but
no, they didn’t give me the chance to rest. Now they say I must
complete the Kali shrine. They also said that this is my last
project: "This is your only project. This project will take you
where you belong". I stand in front of you here to hand this
project over to you as the most sincere devotees of the Gayathri
Peedam, and some sincere followers of my Guru's teachings.
This is not a simple project. To
install a Kali murthi means I have to split my energy so I can make
this shrine a reality. It takes a lot to install a Kali murthi.
Talking about the Kali murthi as She stands here: It is a design that
came to me through my Guru in meditation. I remembered it in every
detail. I went to Mahabalipuram, told the guy what I want and in my
next visit, he produced something that, to me was beyond my
imagination, and a total disbelief – this is exactly how I saw the
mother. Now that I am going to house her, it gives even me better joy
because, in my meditation, she was seated in a shrine that looked very
much like the Taj Mahal – in all her glory. That is the plan I have
for the installation of this supreme mother Kali who has guided us
through every major prayer we have performed at this ashram.
Before every prayer we first worshiped Mother Kali. To me, she
is not just made of black stone; she is not just made of
granite; to me, she is living and I expect her to live in each one of
you after we complete the installation.
The project will be one of its kind. It
will be the most unique Kali temple and it will be THE Kali temple
for all for you to worship and absorb Her energy. There will be nine
kalsas placed underneath the Kali murthi which will generate energy
continuously. There will be a Mahameru above the murthi so that you
can absorb the energy of mother Kali. Some of you have worshiped
mother Kali before and you are now thinking,‘How is Guru going to
do the necessary pooja?’ Kali has never asked any one of you to give
a life – Kali does not represent a life sacrifice. Mother Kali
represents your own sacrifice. As you can see she has a garland of
skulls which means, "before you come to Me, purify your mind and
come to me with pure mind". They are human skulls and not goat skulls,
and because they're human skulls we should not believe that we should
sacrifice goats.
A man came to me in the early days to
'open book'. We
didn’t use the word ‘astrology’ in those days. When we did the
reading, I told him that he needed to become a vegetarian. He said he
couldn’t because he owned buses and he had to sacrifice. He said
that when his great grandfather ran the business, there were no
accidents on the road because he did the Kali prayer. Well, I had to
find a quick answer for that and said to him, ‘When your
grandfather was driving the bus somebody had to run in front of it
with a lantern and there were no accidents because there were no cars
on the roads.’ Nowadays we have so many cars on the roads so it’s
not easy to avoid an accident. I told him there was no need to
sacrifice. He then called me some names which I cannot repeat here. But
today, he no longer has buses, neither does he have his lower
limbs. That is what happens when we sacrifice – we are the looser.
For this Kali murthi we have no sacrifice. Sometimes we want to bluff
ourselves and do sacrifice with nutmeg. Sometimes we cut a pumpkin
and put red kumkum inside and say that it's blood. There should not be
any kind of sacrifice here. And this Kali is no exception – there
will be no sacrifice here. Don’t make you contribution thinking
that you can come here on Good Friday to offer your sacrifice. It’s not going to happen! You may think on Good Friday you can
bring your goat here instead of driving all the way to Isipingo –
it’s not going to happen here.
The shrine will be in stainless steel -
that means the upper deck and the dome. It will be open on four sides so
worship around the shrine is possible. The Kali shine should not have
walls because she is there to protect. After the installation, the
protection of the shrine will be in the radius of 200km or more. If
you come from Stanger, you will be protected. This includes ships
that will be traveling 200km from here. That is the total energy
radius of this Kali.
In the joy of us installing this Kali
murthi also comes some sadness. This morning the Shiva lingam came loose
from its base and that is not a very good sign. But I believe that by
making my pledge today I will be able to overcome whatever obstacle
is in store for us. There are many aspects of life that can be
affected when a lingam comes loose from the base. The biggest and
most terrifying for you is called death. It is not supposed to come
loose on its own. This is not to shock you. We are doing
a re-installation tomorrow at 5am. Come and feel the energy.
So, I stand here and, as I always say to
everybody – nobody is a better beggar than me. Here I stand to beg
of you to make your contribution to this shrine which we call the Sri
Vidhya Maha Kali Mandir. Sri Vidya because of the Sri Chakra and nine kalsas, so that she will be encapsulated in this divine energy. It
will be so powerful that you may have a problem approaching the
shrine. I ask you in total humility and love that your contribution
is not based me being your guru or on pleasing me; your contribution
should be based on yourself as individuals. Once you make your
pledge, the next step is to fulfill the contribution. In the name of
my master Swami Murugesu Maharishi, in the name of Sri Agastyiar
Muni, I pray that we meet whatever is required for the building of
the Kali shrine.
