I had quite a powerful experience this week. For the first time I was in the presence of Divine Amma, the embodiment of Pratyagiri Devi. Amma and her husband, Swamiji are from Singapore. When Amma was a young girl she began to receive visits from this obscure and powerful form of the Goddess, Pratyangiri Devi. Although married and with two children, Amma and her husband travel the world now giving Darshan (blessings) to devotees. Swamiji is a master pujari (one who performs fire ceremonies, like a priest), while Amma goes into the form of Pratyangiri Devi. And I will tell you, it is a wild transformation to behold.

The form of Pratyangiri Devi, is described as a “very swift and sometimes ferocious current. Many of the Saints who’ve seen it’s energetic expression have described it as half lion and half human. The lion head is that of a male and the body is that of a female, representing the union of Shiva and Shakti. In her full form, she is humongous, with 1008 heads (symbolically representing the 1008-petalled Sahasrara Chakra, the universal chakra of the cosmic energy) and 2016 hands, riding majestically on a chariot pulled by 4 lions (representing the 4 Vedas), carrying many swords for removing obstacles. The jaws of so many lions makes it very powerful for destroying negative karmas, and a great blessing for anyone on a spiritual path.”
copied from http://www.pratyangira.org/Shri-Maha-Pratyangira-Devi-Ksham-Bliss.aspx

See her form represented here:
http://www.ekatvam.org/links/sri-maha-pratyangira-devi.html

What I find so fascinating about this goddess is not only her incredibly powerful form, but the body through which he is manifested.
http://www.ekatvam.org/pictures/index.php has pictures of Amma, the Singapore woman through which Pratyagiri Devi manifests. You will see that Amma is a striking woman, She resembles a lion herself. A very wide mouth, large prominent teeth and incredibly large and bulging eyes overcome her human form when Pratyangiri Devi manifests – Oh yes, and also an incredibly long tongue.

Amma and Swamiji will continue a US tour which includes Hawaii. I strongly encourage you to spend some time with these two amazing beings. The most profound the quality of being in their presence, besides seeing this powerful form of the Goddess manifest, is seeing this man and woman as the living embodiment of Shiva and Shakti. Swamiji does puja to Amma, which brings forth the Devi. Yet, Amma also bows to the feet of Swamiji who is, in many ways, the originator of the current itself.
http://www.ekatvam.org/page/2007-us-tour.html

To illustrate how powerful Amma and Swamiji are, as soon as Goddess Durga was invoked at the Puja Ceremony on Tuesday we had a little earthquake. Devi shook the ground to let us know she was watching.. It was Incredible!!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/30/california.quake/index.html

Plus, they are extremely friendly, accessible and down to earth people. Their natural, humble, yet divine presence is an opportunity for inspiration and remembrance for us all – We too are divine beings. If you have the chance to do the retreat with them especially, a day long immersion in the teachings, you will be blown away.

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So all of this is related to astrology. On Tuesday I attended the retreat of Amma and Swamiji in Santa Cruz. Approximately 11:30 – 11:45 there was an exact conjunction between the Moon and Mars in the Nakshatra of Ardra. On this day in particular, the bhava of this goddess was so incredibly fierce – even somewhat frightening. Amma herself was a bit apprehensive revealing such a raw and unhinged face of the Goddess. Several in attendance who have been with Amma many, many times report that they have only seen the bhava this fierce maybe one or two other times.

I checked the astrology chart before I went that day, knowing there was going to be this rare exact conjunction right at the time the program was starting. The Moon and Mars will only cross in Ardra Nakshatra perhaps once every two years. This year it will happen more because Mars will go retrograde and forward in this Nakshatra. So, I was kind of prepared for an intense day, but I had no idea. It is difficult to convey in words exactly what happens when Amma merges with Pratyangiri Devi. But suffice to say, it is like nothing you have ever witnessed before – on Tuesday it was even more ferocious. I didn’t think a body could push that much energy.

Here is an image of the astrology chart of the moment when the Devi Bhava occured. Look at the large arrows pointing to the degrees of the Moon (Mo) and Mars (Ma) in the sign of Gemini. Notice the exact conjunction at 16 degrees of arc. (and seconds)

Above each planet you see “Ard” , which means Ardra, the nakshatra (star).

Ardra nakshatra is ruled by Rudra, the fierce form of Siva, the original, Vedic form (Siva is a Puranic Deity). This same star is called Betelgeuse in the West. Interestingly i just made a video about Ardra nakshatra as it is related to the California fires. Mars in Ardra is a main reason why that has happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HmsK1YE2cA

Although the deity related to Ardra is Rudra, the planetary ruler is Rahu, the north node – the head of the Serpent. (The Kundalini)

The Moon is Devi, the mother – the feminine aspect of God – Shakti
The Sun is the masculine aspect of God, the father – Siva

This conjunction of the Moon and Mars in Ardra brought about this fierce power of Devi and also the Lion form of Narasimha (Narasimhi in the feminine). Mars is the indicator of the God narasimha, the Lion.

Each of the Planets refer to one of the Visnu avatars,
Sun – Lord Rama
Moon – Krsna
mars – Narasimha
mercury-Buddha
Jupiter – Vamana
Venus-Parsurama
Saturn-Kurmasana
Rahu – varaha
Ketu-matsya

Best Wishes,

Sadasiva

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