Daily Prayers

Mother Divine, Maa,

may we live by the high and noble ancient Ideals. Neither for ourselves, nor for others, may we live for the Divine in us and in humanity and the world. May we shun all that is small and narrow, selfishly turned upon itself.

May our thoughts fly in vast luminous zones of Truth and our actions lead us through the mountain climb as pilgrims walk towards the temple of the deity they adore. May our feelings emerge from the deepest and luminous depths from the heart’s mystic cave carrying the light and streams of rejuvenating love to earth and men.

May our will no more strain and struggle after temporary longings and transient gains but, freed from the clutch of desires, strive rightly towards great ends and mighty deeds in the service of Truth and Light.

And may all in us give itself unconditionally to the Thee, O sweet Beloved of our souls and Thy work of terrestrial transformation.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Supreme Mother,
may all misery and suffering be washed away in the purifying rain of Thy Grace.
May all be healed, filled and fulfilled with the waters of Thy Divine Love. May the fire of sacrifice be lit up in human heart and the day become a happy pilgrim march towards Thy Home of Beauty and Light. May the ways of Truth be found and shedding the dark attire of ignorance, may our souls breathe Thy infinite Force, drink the sweet invigorating nectar of Thy Divine Love, grow stronger by Thy Delight and the human world be filled with Thy Harmony and Peace.

May we live no more by appearances but by the vision of Truth, no more by the fanciful play of desires but by the law of Truth, no more by the ignorant ideas of self and world but by the knowledge of Truth.

Om Tat Sat

Om Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine, there seems to be not one destiny but several destinies that chase us as we move through life. Each of these pulls some part of us in a direction that would open doors to one set of events and experiences. Each of these pulls, if accepted, puts us in the corresponding network of forces leading to a certain result. Each of these is an unfinished curve of our evolutionary journey, an unfinished tale whose threads are lost in some deep crypt of nature. Ultimately all these several destinies eventually lead us to Thee, for Thou art there at the core and circumference of everything, Thou art the eternal wayfarer who walks on every path as well as the goal of all our journeys. Yet when we choose to be pulled in one direction and then another, we go through the crisscross chequered board of life, a crablike crawl with an endless list of pleasure and pain. Desire and pleasure are the hooks through which nature pulls us along the long serpentine roads of Time. The experience gained, she uses pain to put us back on the straight and sunlit road that leads us to Thee through the broad and beautiful spaces of the soul. Thus, we move until one day we hear Your call and heed it.

Then all other distracting destinies begin to close, they drop off like dust from our feet when we reach home and bathe in the purifying streams of Your love. We receive whatever experience we still need through certain events and circumstances, people and situations, either in our subjective self or, if the pull is too strong, through a brief brush with them, yet held safe in Your hands ensuring that the road to the highest destiny is never lost. In fact, every experience turns into a feeder to progress fast and grow closer and closer to Thee.

Oh, what a supreme assurance it is, what a blessing and a blessedness to turn to Thee and walk smoothly, held by Thy hand, or carried in Thy arms upon the broad and clear highway that leads straight to Thee. For he who has found Thee there is but one destiny, – to be one with Thee, everywhere and in everything, in every state of being, at every level of consciousness, in every domain of being, Thee only Thee.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Maa, Beloved Supreme, may our hearts, fully enamored by Thee, be bound to Thee with chords of faith, devotion and love. May this love translate itself not only in outer worship, not only in feelings but in concrete acts of Thy service and submission to Thy Will.

May Thy sacred fire burn in each corner of our being, may its radiance enter each cell, may its power express in every act, may its beauty glow in every form unhindered and unobstructed by this hard and dense material cover.

May all the quarters chant Thy Name and every heart sing Thy Glory. May all be resplendent by Thy Light, filled with Thy Peace and in harmony with all existences.

May all be full of Thee, moved by Thee towards Truth and Beauty and Bliss, O Wonder of wonders, Glory of glories, O Marvellous One.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Maa, O our Divinely human Friend and Beloved, Comrade of our souls, eternal Witness of all our thoughts and feelings, privy to all our acts. Thou art the stable Anchor amidst the ever shifting sands and the ever changing scenes of life. Thou art the unchanging ground amidst the changing seasons, the ever burning Splendour amidst the ever changing hues of the skies.

Mother Divine, Thy Heart is our sole refuge and shelter amidst the raging storms and turbulent winds, the Nest where our souls are nurtured and nourished before we are ready to fly, the wide brooding Wings that support and guide as we fly to distant and uncharted horizons, our Permanent Home where we find eternal Rest and Abiding Peace.

May all find the supreme rest and peace in Thee, the inner felicity that comes by taking shelter in Thy arms of Love.

May Thy Peace and Joy fill our earthly life and all its creatures.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine,
to possess nothing, to regard nothing as one’s own, to receive all that comes as Thy gift, to hold it as a temporary trustee before they pass on to other hands, to remain inwardly untouched, unaffected, detached by the ‘having or not having’, to use them rightly if not divinely, without bringing selfish considerations or under the impulsion of desire is perhaps the best way to utilise the forces that circulate and pass through us changing hands as it were.

But we either make the mistake of thinking them as our own, using them without discernment for ourselves and others, or else afraid of them as obstacles on the spiritual path, give them away, preferring the barren life of an ascetic. The path of balance is however the most difficult, perhaps this is the ‘razor’s edge’, to be in the world but not of this world, to live in the world but not for the world.

To live in Thee, for Thee, by Thee, whether in rags or riches, whether in poverty or plenty, owning nothing, not even oneself since all is Thine and belongs to Thee, shunning nothing since all is Thyself. All is Thy Play with Thyself in different masks. All is Thy Glory, revealed or hidden. And while one has to act upon each mask differently taking into account its laws and qualities, one should never forget that in the hiss of the arrow and the kiss of the flute, in the blaze of the guns that destroy and in the flash of light that welds and joins it is Thou, Thou alone.

And we are Thine for all eternity.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine, life is a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces are as if scattered all over. We try to arrange the pieces and solve it according to the preferences of the ego or the fancies of desires and the puzzle gets more and more complicated. The more we try to solve it with the mind, even using our highest analytical reason we are often complicate it even further. The mind with its partial knowledge, most often of the surfaces of things, tied to its preconceived, often rigid ideas, easily prone to the influence of desires straining for temporary gains, subject to various attachments, moved by the ego-bound personality of the moment is simply unable to put our inner house in order. Yet until that is done, man’s outer life remains a thing of endless conflicts, struggles and sufferings that are the consequences of this giant ignorance.

True remedy, the lasting solution begins when we realize that the mind is a very limited instrument and there is something greater, much greater called the Divine Wisdom. And greater even than the Divine Wisdom is the Divine Grace and Love. It is only when we truly surrender to the Grace, entrust ourselves to Her Action that we truly begin to understand and the riddle of life begins to get solved. It does not mean that the Grace will fulfill our desires that we with our limited capacities could not. That will be absurd, since it would mean that the Divine Grace is like an arbitrary Power without any Wisdom or Love. Though it may even do so for us to realise the absurdity of our longings and the limited satisfaction they may give us.

When Thy Grace acts, a great churning begins, throwing out at first all that was suppressed as a catharsis, exposing all that is hidden and, finally rearranging, reorganizing our life on an entirely new basis. It is only when the work is nearing completion that we begin to wonder and marvel at Thy Divine artistry and the far-seeing Wisdom that denies nothing, takes up everything in our nature and the world around us, refines, purifies and then transfiguring each element places everything in a new divine order, the true arrangement as it should be in the highest, widest, truest and deepest Vision of it.

Oh, how wonderful it is to trust Thy Grace completely, how simple and easy, magical life becomes, a profound marvel, a perpetual wonder and joy when all is given to Thee, when all is taken up by Thee.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine, our most beautiful, most precious moments are those when we are alone with Thee. As a mother You know and provide all that we need inwardly and outwardly even before we have asked or even become conscious of it.

Mother, sweet Mother, as a Guide, You not only lead us through the paths meant for us, but also protect us against the dangers within and without, most of all the danger from our own self. Not only do You Guide and Protect, in all critical moments You carry us safe in Your arms and it is only when we have crossed the perilous bridge do we realize what the passage meant.

As a Friend and Confidante, it is You alone who listens and understands not just the words but the thought, feeling, intent and everything else that is behind it. Indeed You know us more than anyone including what we ourselves can know, yet who never judges or condemns but is always there to help, to heal, to succour and even to enjoy together. Your counsel looks beyond the moment and sees the yet unborn future. Your denials are a Compassion and if You let us go through the difficulties and challenges of life it is only to help us progress fast and draw nearer to Thee.

What else and whom else would one need. The whole world and its powers are a travesty of Thy Beauty and Light and Love and Power. What else can one want but to walk with You alone on any and every path through which You choose to take us, O eternal Guide, Friend, Beloved….

May our hearts grow tranquil and free. May our thoughts grow luminous and pure. May our body grow receptive to Thy touch.

Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa Maa

Mother Divine,
how much beauty You have lavished upon earth and in such abundance and variety as if all the moods of Infinity found a just place and right balance. The dangerous and the delightful, the vast and the tiniest, all have been woven together in a rich and harmonious tapestry that is constantly changing its hues and scents and colours. There may be life elsewhere and surely there must be but perhaps nowhere could be found this richness of forms than here, upon earth.

Yet amidst all this wonderful harmony and the sense of unity, man seems to be alone and isolated, locked within his mind which is a world in itself, a world that is often not in harmony with the rest, a world often restless, anxious, afraid, turbulent, looking for a safe and stable spot, a secure space where all is peace and beauty and bliss. Yet he refuses to make effort in finding the true and lasting solution as if afraid of losing his littleness that acts as a comfort zone in the vast blue infinity. He has trimmed his wings, tied them neatly and coloured them with impressive colours. But he is afraid to use them for the one main purpose which is to soar and fly.

Maa, for millions of years man has moved as a nomad still searching for his stable home, the home from where he wandered here. Now the day of redemption, the moment of return, with all the experience gained, has come by Thy Grace. Let this Divine hour be not wasted Mother. Let there be no more wanderings any further. We implore Thee, with whatever strength we can summon to fulfill the Yoga this time so that we cross over the perilous bridge from the human to the Divine without lapsing back into the old stupidities. May the earth no more suffer its shadow nor man suffer the fall.

Om Anandamayee Chaitanyamayee Satyamayee Parame