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Siri Jotis: Abundant Light Through Collective Awakening

Guruji explains why life feels like a struggle, and how a small group can share light, love and help through an event called Siri Jotis.

From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Post title: "Devipuram Siri Jotis: Abundant Light Through Collective Awakening". Dated 5 November 2016. Posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com.

In short

Siri Jotis: Abundant Light Life is often a struggle90% tension, 10% happiness Move from I to weJoin as a team with a common goal Give first, then receiveOne unit each into the central light Four hours, once a monthDraw, decorate, call in powers, share Our life becomes that much easier.Guruji, on Siri Jotis Kaula Devi Marga ยท from the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati

Guruji's words

Guruji:

  1. For most of us life is a struggle: 90% tension and 10% happiness. We are all suffering from some problem or other all the time whether created by ourselves or the society we live in. Society demands conformity. We are punished if we do not conform to its standards. Most of the time we can’t solve our problem all by ourselves. We do need help. First, we do seek and get help from people known to us. But the people we know are very limited, may be a thousand in the entire human population. Next we consult internet to get help. Even that cannot solve if nature is disruptive. Nature can be violent as for example in extremes of heat and cold, tsunamis, volcanoes, hurricanes, and breakdowns of power and communications. Nature can also be wonderful and lovable when controlled. We can get unlimited abundance and powers not only from people, but also from all of nature when controlled. We call unseen controllers of Nature powers as Devas and Devis. To get help form Nature, we have to follow its law: first we have to sow before we can reap. It means we have to give first before we can get help from to controllers of nature. Help from Goddess Nature is what we really need to solve all our problems and enjoy our life in peace. We have to move from I as an individual to we as an individual. We have to join as a team and work towards a common goal. One common goal can be empowering each one of us and the team. To achieve this goal, we can create a simple team building fun event near our own homes.

  2. How can we design such an event? Suppose we first draw a geometrical diagram which can attract all benign powers of nature. Such power diagrams are well known in all cultures as mandalas or chakras. Let us put each participant’s life force into a light placed in its centre. Into that light, we call powers of Fire, Sun and Moon, and all elements including time. Then we invite the unending happiness flowing from blending all feminine graces and masculine powers. Then we invoke compassion into eyes, music into speech, nectar of love into its heart and creative powers into its womb. We share in fun what we have and get what we really need to solve our problems. Suppose 100 of join as a team. Each one of us gives one unit of life energy into the center light. When we take it back into us, every one of us receives 100 units of pure life energy. The team receives 100x100 life energies. Such is the potency of power working in team work. By letting go of alienation from each other, we glow with love, grace and power, sharing and caring for each of us. Our life becomes that much easier because all around us are fields of love, light and laughter.

  3. We call such event Siri Jotis meaning abundant lights: emitting rainbow shades of love. The procedure is easy to learn and easy to do. It comes from ancient wisdom called Srividya, It is time tested. It can be learned in just a day and done in 4 hrs once a month. 1 hr for drawing, one hr for decoration with lights, flowers and snacks, one hr for calling in powers of nature along with its controllers, and one hr of fun and sharing with music and dance. It is spreading like an expanding like a wave front enveloping our globe. Interested to learn more? Please make sure you visit the website www.devipuram.com. Devipuram is spelled as d e v i p u r a m.

Realize: who you really are, the importance of your body and how it is related to the universe.
Feel: the state of love in yourself, and everything that surrounds you to make yours the meaning of life.
Understand: why it is more blessed to give than to receive by experiencing divine presence in all people.
Transform: yourself, life and world by realizing love and mind.

Guruji, "Devipuram Siri Jotis: Abundant Light Through Collective Awakening", as posted on Guruji's blog by Vira Chandra on 5 November 2016. The text is kept as in the original. A photograph on the original post is not copied here.

How this shows up in Kaula practice

Guruji says Siri Jotis comes from Srividya. It is group worship in the open, with a mandala, a central light, flowers and shared food. It follows the Kaula idea that the Mother is found in nature, in people, and in the light inside each of us.

The event is about giving first and sharing freely. Each person adds their own life energy to the light and takes it back with the strength of the whole group. This is the inner worship of the Goddess, made into a team practice.

Guruji attained mahasamadhi in October 2015. His words remain, and Guru Amma Annapurnamba guides the lineage today. This site is an independent practitioner's space. To learn the event, Guruji points readers to devipuram.com.

Common questions

What is Siri Jotis?

Guruji says Siri Jotis means abundant lights. It is a group event where people draw a mandala, place a light at its centre, and share love, music and food.

How long does Siri Jotis take?

Guruji says it can be learned in one day and done in four hours once a month. One hour each is for drawing, decoration, calling in powers of nature, and sharing.

Where does Siri Jotis come from?

Guruji says it comes from the ancient wisdom called Srividya and is time tested.

Why does Guruji say to give first?

He says nature works by a law: you sow before you reap. So you give first, then you receive help.

Read the original: Devipuram Siri Jotis: Abundant Light Through Collective Awakening, on Guruji's blog.

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