Durga Maang

AMIDST THE NIGHT WHEN DARKNESS WILL BLOOM 

KNOW THAT SHE HAD ONCE SWALLOWED IT TO SHOW IT DOOM

FOR DARKNESS AND LIGHT ARE ALL HER STORY

ALL WHICH IS CONSTANT IS HER GLORY

OH CHILD HOW DO YOU FEEL REACHING HER FOREHEAD?

DO YOU FEEL YOUR EGO FINALLY SHED?

AH! HOLY MA AND YOU UNITE 

YOU REALISE PURITY’S MIGHT

The soil feels cold as the 20 year old boy lies down below the tree. Staring at the branches of the tree which have no leaves he wonders about the secrets of the universe, the night sky which is clear seems to be telling him something . He closes his eyes and falls asleep.

He feels someone’s hand on his forehead and he wakes up. Before him stands an old man wearing white robes, who has  blackish grey beard and a childish pristine smile on his face. He holds a candle in his hand.

 The candle in his hand is hypnotic and the boy is lost in the magnificence of the flame. His eyes become moist and he begins to cry. In front of his eyes appear all the events of his life till present where he had made ignorant decisions based on his ego, had let negativity arrive within him due to jealousy, had let lust kill the very natural river of beauty from within him. As a tear drop falls on the ground at the same time a drop of wax falls from the lit candle which is in the old man,s hand. The drops unite and the boy freezes. 

Snow falls in the mysterious night as the boy who is still  stares in the eyes of the old man. The old man is constantly smiling as he brings the candle near the centre of his forehead. The boy in the ecstasy of the calm universe within  realises his true nature, he sees that neither his body  nor his ego belong to him, what belongs to him are the thoughts and devotion towards Ma Durga. This realisation makes the flame increase in size and intensity. Very gradually the flame surrounds the old man and he closes his eyes to imbibe the fire.

The boy  can’t see this sight and closes his eyes too. In his dream He sees himself lying in the old man’s lap . He asks him, “what is the truth”

The old man replies, “You are the part of Ma Durga’s Maang, that is MA Durga’s forehead. You have to bow down first in utter emotion of Samarpan or surrender. From her feet a cycle of enlightenment will begin which shall make the fire of knowledge rise and make you realise the nature of her soul. Once you achieve that you are already at her forehead where divinity shimmers and bliss twinkles.”

He says , “stay with me old man”

The old man replies, “ my flame is with you always son”

He asks , “who are you.. tell me your name Guruji”

A reply in a soft voice comes, “ RAM KRISHNA PARAMHAMSA”

The boy opens his eyes to find a torch with a huge flame on the soil. He picks it up and begins walking on the path of Durga with the name of Shri Ramkrishna Paramhams and Durga on his lips, piercing the Darkness with the flame of MA Durga.