Kali worship is emotional. This is how it is. Many believe we have to slaughter for Kali, but we don't have to. The sacrifice they talk about in the Bhagavad Gita, is your sacrifice, of your mind, your blind thoughts, not any animal. If Kali wanted animal sacrifice, how come she has human skulls around her neck and not animal skulls? That means you must sacrifice your thoughts.
Today is only 1/100th of the complete Kali pooja. The other stages will come, the 52 days are even stronger than this. You'll be crying almost every night. It starts at your muludhara chakra and works its way up. You won't even know about it. If you feel like crying, don't think you're going off your head. That is Kali.
The reason Deepak is dressed like this is because Deeps is in charge of the Kali shrine. He is in negotiation with the contractors. I don't speak to anybody. Because of that he needs to be the head of this Kali shrine. I don't want any of you to feel bad. Deepak is in charge. Once the Kali shrine is up, as far as Port Shepstone you will feel the energy, for a 200km radius. Roy said a 200km altitude too. Even if a plane is going over Verulam it'll be affected. You will find this energy, you will feel it.
If you have a problem, just sit and think about this shrine and you'll find that your problem passes away without another day's problem. This is the power of the Kali shrine. The one we're constructing is very unique. This here is a solid gold chakra that will be installed in the ground. After this some sand will be put over it, and then we'll set a kalsa with two other chakras: a Kali chakra and a Sri chakra. After that we have to set another eight kalsas in the foundation. As soon as we're finished the eight kalsas we'll pour over the concrete. That's another prayer, but not as big as this one. Once that's done then we do what we call a Kali Vidya foundation prayer, that is, attaining the power of Kali. Once that is finished we'll put up the stainless steel structure. It will be put up in one week. The shrine area will be closed so no one can see inside. As soon as I get a date from Gurukul we will install the Kali murthi. Once she's installed we'll complete the finishing of the shrine, with glass all around. Just the front will be open but the sides will be glass so wherever you sit you'll still have a view of Kali. You can sit in front and meditate. A special removable structure will be put up so you can sit and meditate on your own.
Some of you have given me different gold bangles and jewellery. If there's anyone here who wants to put any broken gold, or any gold in here, to go into the foundation, you may do so now. The mother needs a bangle, here we have a bangle from Mrs Mahabeer. A ring: the Mother needs a ring. An earring in gold: the Mother needs this. The Mother needs this chain around her neck. Everything is in the foundation because it's an open temple. When I say 'open', I mean that we're not around all the time to watch the gold. Anyone can come and meditate and the gold can be very tempting so it will all be sealed in the foundation. This chakra is for you all, especially the businesspeople. It's a Kubera Lakshmi chakra that will be put inside the foundation. So we know what we're doing. Any questions?
To those who don't understand: who is mother Kali?
Mother kali is the energy that protects us continually, against any evil misdoings, misfortunes, anything negative that might cause a problem for you, Mother Kali will protect you – that's her energy. These forms are just for us so we have a point of focus. Kali is beyond any form. Not so long ago, on the Wednesday before Good Friday, Seelan was very sick so I took him to the doctor, then to the chemist for medication. He was weak so I told him to sit in Mugg and Bean to rest. When I came out I saw Anne Cowan and her mother, Ginny. They saw Seelan and joined us at the table. She said, “tomorrow we start the first day of our prayer”. I asked her what they do. She said “We wash the feet”. We do the exact same thing at the temple, just in a different way.
This might be Mother Kali to the Hindus; the Catholics might call her Mother Mary, the Buddhists, Kunya Ma, other people call her Tara Mata. Whatever you want to call her, this is the Mother. She's just third in line from Gayathri. The highest is Gayathri. If you don't have these protections, you won't be able to handle the protection Gayathri might give you. This is another kind of energy. So let us now have everything out of our heads, all your problems. Think of whatever you want, whatever this energy has to give to us, be open to it. Don't ask for the lotto. That won't work. Say, “Whatever the mother wants to give, I am open to,” and you will get it, no matter what your thoughts are. Before we start we'll do the Kali abishegam, bathing the Mother in nectar.
The Mother and Babaji have their own way of doing things, and in the radiance of Babaji we are all here - without me even expecting Meghen and Sivanesen to grace us at this Kali Pooja, and to have Raksha Raksha sung in that deep, divine energy that we so much enjoy. It is all the doing of Babaji, and we all live in the radiance of Babaji. To some of you this Babaji thing may seem like a sign of madness. But to those people who belong to Nagaraja's Babaji networking - Sivanesen, Meghen and myself - we enjoy Babaji. For some reason Babaji gives us all the energy we want.
But what I'm going to tell you now might insult some of you but, unfortunately, it is good to say it now. I've known many of you here for many years. Not one day did you come to me to ask me for the key to the meditation hall to meditate for even an hour. Not one of you. Meghan, Sivanesen, and Meghan's wife found the time. Last week they were here, the week before they sat for 2 or 4 hours to meditate in the radiance of Babaji. Babaji says we meditate in his radiance. So as I sat here, Babaji was in his highest state of glory and joy. And Babaji's highest state of glory and joy is his name. Yogiar Ramaiah's highest state of glory enjoyed is Babaji's name. This union between guru and disciple is so unique. It cannot be compared to the relationship between father and son, mother and daughter, for example. This is something else, all in the radiance of Babaji. So just because Babaji directed Sivanesen, Meghan and his wife in this direction on this day, I think it will be proper for us to acknowledge that.
Hari Om.
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