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Bhuvaneshwari
THE MACROCOSM IS HER BODY

I give thanks to you My Lord.

I give myself unto you My Lord.

I am and always have been nothing but your servant,

I am your vessel – please (continue to) use me as you see fit.
Thy Will be done, as it is already being done
(for everything that has ever happened has always been Your
Mysterious Will),

I give to You all my heart, all my gratitude,

My every thanks, my every action.

Everything I have ever had is because of you, and I am grateful for it

(for You have created everything and You are everything, and my
entire life is but a gift from you).
Everything that I am and all I have accomplished is because of You,
and I am grateful for it
(and I take no pride in it, for how can I be proud of what is not my
doing?).
All obstacles before me are Your Doing, and I am grateful for them
(for I trust in Life; or I trust that obstacles are a part of Your Great
Plan and I trust/have faith in You).

And may you forgive me for my failings,

and Love Me in spite of them,
As you would your child,
And fill me with the courage and positive energy to go on.

(For I am Your child,

for all of my sins are nothing but Your mysterious way of revealing
Your Grace to me,
all of my failings are ultimately your doings,
revealing your splendour to me whilst humbling me,
 I am your child,
Instilled with your Godly touch,
Your Divine Beauty flows through me,
Love me as your child)

Give me the strength to trust You,

To have faith in You,
To know that whatever befall me,
all will be ok.

I am truly Yours
(for everything is Yours),
Nothing is mine
(for there is no me),
Everything is Yours
(for You are already everything and no-one).
I am nothing.
I am but You in action.

Everything is shrouded in Your Divine Love.

I pray that I feel your Love,
I pray that Your Love embrace me again and again,
For eternity.

I give you my thanks,

My everything,
I give myself unto you,

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

Shakti Rising

Role in creation:

The fourth Great Cosmic Wisdom in the Hindu pantheon is

Bhuvaneshwari, or Bhuvanesi, ….

Bhuvaneshwari magnetic gaze makes the space of akasha in which

creation rises and falls. …..
*When we are abide as (relax into) awareness, or Self, this deep
relaxation allows to healing to occur.

No longer jump on every thought train (of desire).

A sense of spaciousness, originating in the heart space; extending

being out ….undoes fear and concern.

Constricting power of spiritual knowledge.

-chasing spiritual knowledge can make us lose touch with our ever
present experience of being grounded in the Self.

We trust that all is well even when things don’t seem to be going our
way. This trust open us up to the light of Bhuvaneshwari’s surrender.

We never ask why me because we trust Shakti.

We take everything that comes our way as Divine grace and welcome
even sickness, suffering and death (frees us from worry).

When we are fully established in awareness we break free of the power

of thoughts to creates pleasure and pain, aversion and attachment.

Equanimity arises when we don’t follow every thought …thoughts are

seen as harmless.

Thus we question our thoughts. (which say this shouldn’t be

happening).

This open us up to the space of what is.

Jnana yoga- surrendering knowledge

Allowing thoughts to dissolve into awareness, we become more and

more aware of awareness…….see what lies prior to thoughts of “I am
unworthy” etc…..awareness, the ground of being, primordial
…..requires no effort, the way of subtraction.

Notice that all objects are phenomenon which arise and subside in
awareness (that which is constant)….we learn to discern difference
between them and the subject/I Am / awareness.
Attention shifts from objects to Self…which we can’t find………can
only Be the Self.

Then we are surprised to see that we have always been this self but
mistook the body-mind for it.

Learn to abide as self;…..open to vast inner spaciousness that comes

from subtraction…..the highest form of surrender- staying loyal to the
Self.

Exercise: moving from Shadow to Light—Making Space- preparation

for nondual inquiry into space

I.
1) breath
2) space
3) mantra poornam
4) SPACE (Star trek images)

II. Non dual inquiry into Bhuvaneshwari’s role in creation- Space

1) see object as color
2) is color separate from seeing
3) realize awareness as True Nature

Akasa means the sky, the space, the one without a body. It is also used
to refer the fifth element, the other four being, the earth, the air, the
water and the fire. It is the stuff of which gods and celestial beings are
made. It is also the stuff of the souls. It is immortal, indivisible, infinite
and indestructible. It is the finest and subtlest of all the elements.

This Great Cosmic Wisdom is worshiped as the Great Goddess who

protects all manifested worlds.

This attribute of the goddess is also suggested by Her name: the

Glorious Queen, or the Governor (Ishwari) of the whole realm of
creation, with all the worlds (Bhuvana) which are contained in Her.
In other words, She is the Divine Mother who protects the worlds and
consequently the whole universe is Her body on which the numerous
beings that exist are like jewels adorning her.

SHE PROTECTS THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN WORLDS

Her glory and greatness are signified by Her brightness filled with
goodness that irradiates from Her, just as the rising sun or by the
moon that drops the divine nectar (soma) from the goddess’s head.
Bhuvaneshwari sustains all the worlds, with the beings and things
that are characteristic to all of them, in a gesture of perpetual
blossoming of the creation.
In other words, we may say that Bhuvaneshwari is in fact the whole
universe embodied as a deity.
Her ardent worship attracts the cosmic vision of the Reality,
surpassing thus any limits imposed by a certain opinion, or belief.
The goddess’s help is manifested mostly in the area of overcoming any
types of false identifications and preconceived ideas,…..
This general vision offered to us by Bhuvaneshwari (when our
aspiration is sincere and ardent enough to make it possible), offers
the yogi an intuitive understanding of the great mysteries of
the creation, determining him or her to understand and
perceive the indescribable reality of the infinite.
HER WORSHIP GRANTS THE PERFECT VISION OF THE
REALITY
In the four Hindu Veda-s Bhuvaneshwari is known as Aditi, the Great
Cosmic Mother, infinite and indestructible, the origin of all
manifestation, the primordial space.
The light comes to life in Her and therefore She is the mother of all
suns and of all the solar deities.
The Divine Mother Bhuvaneshwari creates the space so that all the
things in the manifested world could come up eventually.
Similarly, the space of our consciousness is created also by
Bhuvaneshwari so that we are allowed to manifest as individuals in
the world in which we exist.
……subtle space at the level of our hearts. In other words, the heart is
the Bhuvaneshwari’s residence.
One of the infallible methods that allow us the communion with this
Great Cosmic Wisdom’s gigantic sphere of force is to orient our
consciousness towards a loving investigation in this mysterious, subtle
space of our spiritual heart.

SHE IS THE SCENE ON WHICH TIME DANCES

Because She represents the space, Bhuvaneshwari is complementary
to Kali, who, as we know represents Time.
The two goddesses represent thus the two main faces of the Great
Goddess, Shakti, the infinity and the eternity.
In other words, we may say that Bhuvaneshwari creates in a certain
way the stage on which Kali will perform Her dance of
life and death.
This analogy of Bhuvaneshwari with the stage of the
universe allows us to notice that the supreme goddess
represents at the same time the observer, and the one
who enjoys and is involved in Kali’s dance of life and
death.
This is also an important theme for meditation,
indicating one of the methods for the revelation of our
Supreme Self through Bhuvaneshwari’s worship. Consequently, Kali
creates the events in time, and Bhuvaneshwari creates the objects in
space.

HER RESIDENCE IS YOUR HEART’S HEART

SHE REVEALS THE THREADS OF ILLUSION

The modern science has reached just lately the conclusion according to
which space (named in the yogic terminology akasha) represents in
fact the primordial “matrix” from which afterwards are born all the
other elements (air, fire, water, and earth)for instance, the substance
from which the earth is made is essentially a concentration
characteristic to the space in a certain area.

Under this aspect of primordial substance from which emerges

everything in the manifested world,
Bhuvaneshwari is also known as Prakriti, or
Mother Nature.
However, we need to remember that this
primordial space, fundament of any ulterior
manifestation is essentially pure
consciousness and consequently it is an
ineffable expression of endless freedom and bliss.

From a different perspective, Bhuvaneshwari is also Maya, or the

cosmic illusion. Bhuvaneshwari spreads thus the infinite “threads” of
the illusion in which ignorant people are entangled and thus they
complicate their choices.
When we measure, appreciate, or compare the different things or
situations in life, we simply fall into Mayas illusory trap, forgetting
almost entirely the reality of the fundamental unitary space, the
primordial matrix from which all things appeared.
Any manifested form is in fact a system of energy waves that exist
based on subtle relationships, or resonances with the macrocosmic
sources of energy from the Infinite.
Therefore, one of the important methods of transcending the illusion
is to learn to see around us the sacred space of the Divine Mother
Bhuvaneshwari, space that is in fact her gigantic, ineffable
consciousness that surrounds us in a kind and loving embrace.

BHUVANESHWARI AWAKENS THE THRILL OF THE INFINITE

Bhuvaneshwari is the space in which Gods endless will and love
manifest. Indeed, always the pure and deep feeling of a sincere and
unconditional love offers the feeling of space and
infinite freedom.
The frenetic worship of Bhuvaneshwari makes
possible even for such a person to transcend his
or her pitiful limitations through the revelation
of the fact that the genuine universal love has no
form (it is not “contracting” and focuses on one person, or object), yet
this real love is all the forms.
BUILD HER A TEMPLE INSIDE YOUR OWN BEING
Gods infinite love gives birth to the desire to create and then to follow
then the wonderful spectacle of the Creation. From this perspective,
Bhuvaneshwari creates the worlds in which the endless power of the
divine love manifests.
This divine game (Lila) is continuously effervescent because space
(akasha) represents an infinite potential energy, which is always
updated in the infinite ways and forms of the manifestation.
Therefore, the yogic spiritual tradition says that the whole universe
comes from the infinite space of the Divine
Consciousness. Especially for those struggling to
become artists, or creators, the devotion for this
Great Cosmic Wisdom, Bhuvaneshwari, will prove
unbelievably helpful.
This devotion will help them create a sacred space inside their beings.

At the same time, creating a certain space, we become free from stress
and tensions, which are merely limited forms of our conceptions,
preconceived ideas and attachments.

In other words, the endless space can be assimilated to repose, rest,

peace and perfect equanimity.
This ineffable state is granted through Bhuvaneshwaris grace and
consequently one needs to obtain Bhuvaneshwaris grace in order to
find supreme peace and tranquillity.
Bhuvaneshwari represents the power of openness and infinite
expansion, of equanimity in spirit and
profound peace that contains in it all things
and that cannot be disturbed.

Indeed we will be able to understand this

assertion better when we evoke
the tantric teachings referring to
Bhuvaneshwari.
These teachings say that the goddess is the originary space from which
emerges any being and anything.

Bhuvaneshwari represents the Void in its creative form, from which

then emerges the creation and which sustains the creations further
development. (vortex)
It is important to underline the fact that this void is not the void
anterior to the creation, which is transcendent and which is
represented by the Great Cosmic Wisdom Dhumavati. From the point
of view of the location, Bhuvaneshwari is everywhere in the space.
Practically, we can say that we are always in Bhuvaneshwaris sphere
of consciousness but beyond this reality that implies a macrocosmic
reality, the goddess represents more the very subtle space of our hearts
in which is contained mysteriously the whole manifestation and which
at the same time represents the sacred place in which we may become
one with the consciousness of our Supreme Immortal Self, through
spontaneous, beatific revelation.
Bhuvaneshwari offers you the enlightment and revelation of the Self.
To what concerns the iconographic representation of Bhuvaneshwari,
it resembles to the representation of Tripura Sundari, radiating a
beneficial state.
From this throne, Bhuvaneshwari controls and organizes the
movement of the entire universe. Different gods and goddesses who
serve her and immediately obey her orders surround Bhuvaneshwari.
Meditating with great perseverance on this beautiful goddesss form,
the sincere practitioner may obtain her infinite grace, become even
enlightened, and reveal his or her supreme Self.
Another modality through one may obtain her grace is to meditate on
the reality of the infinite space.
Another method is to develop and refine within ourselves the attitude
of detached witnesses in the manifestation, witnesses who simply
observe the various events, things, beings that may cross our paths,
but without becoming ever identified with these aspects.
Another modality is to try perseveringly to eliminate from our mind
the idea that surrounding names and forms represent the Reality.
This method is very resembling to the practices from Jnana Yoga, and
are based on the fact that everything we know is based on an over
positioning of names and forms, which are in fact just conventions,
over an unknown presence, which is nothing
else but the creative void supported by an infinite energy.
Of all these spiritual processes of worshipping the Divine Mother
Bhuvaneshwari, becoming perfectly detached from the illusionary
nature of the dual aspects of the cosmic illusion and manifesting a
sincere and complete openness towards finding the Supreme Truth
represent the most indicated ways of adoring Her and also of
honouring the charming presence of the Great Cosmic Wisdom
Bhuvaneshwari.