HOW can Hindus in Guyana benefit from this period of Navratri? It is a period for worship to Bhagwan, in the form of the divine Shakti (ma).Let us for a brief moment forget about the divine Mother Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati and focus on our earthly mother. What is it that our earthly mother can do for us? Our earthly mother will practically do anything humanly possible to ensure that we are taken care of. For example, go back to your childhood days to the moment you opened your mouth and said: “Mommy, I want the latest schoolbag or footwear.”
Even if it means literally hiding the money from the husband, she will do it, just to ensure that her child is happy. Even if an individual is Public Enemy Number One, for a mother, that individual is a gem. Our earthly mother will fight for us, scold us, etc., all because of her love.
If our earthly mother can do so much for us, think now how much the Divine Mother will do, because we are all children in the eyes of Ma Durga.
As Hindus, we are fortunate that our Hindu calendar is structured in such a way as to remind us of these events; and it also shows how vast Hinduism is. We have periods that are set on our calendar to worship GOD in the form of Mother.
As devotees of Ma Durga, use this opportunity of Navratri to do a self-analysis of your life, plunging head-on in this spiritual bath to get rid of all the dirt from us, namely ignorance, egotism, unwanted desire, hatred, lust, anger, etc.
Note well! If we are going to take a bath, definitely we will need soap or shampoo in the spiritual bath that we are taking during this period. Soap and shampoo will be the fasting, bhajans, havans, pujas, etc.
At the end of this Navratri, we are going to celebrate the advent of the Father of the Universe, Shri Ram. It simply means that the Mother prepares us for the father, Shri Ram, to welcome us in His arms.
VINODHA NARINE